250cc ride 18/11/06

**WarlockNZ** · 18th November 2006, 19:47

Originally Posted by Donor

Ah, the key is in the two vital omitted words in your quote...

"This avoids scaring the bejesus out of your tail end charlie and having you finish cornering while laying down in a shower of sparks"

I can see how my original post can be taken in another context though... rest assured, my organs are going to be mine for a good long while yet!

Damn ... english was never my best subject ... i'll have to ask gijoe to include me in a class .. LOL ... glad to hear no one had any majors

**Lucy** · 18th November 2006, 20:03

Oh darnn I wish I'd kept up with this thread I could have come on this ride! I've been whinging all day that I haven't been able to go for a ride for ages....and I'm working lates, so can't take the bike to work without breaking licence conditions. Does anyone else with a GN find the headlight doesnt light up much of the road? Or is it a motorbike thing all over?

**WarlockNZ** · 18th November 2006, 20:05

Originally Posted by Lucy

Oh darnn I wish I'd kept up with this thread I could have come on this ride! I've been whinging all day that I haven't been able to go for a ride for ages....and I'm working lates, so can't take the bike to work without breaking licence conditions. Does anyone else with a GN find the headlight doesnt light up much of the road? Or is it a motorbike thing all over?

Have a chat to Fub@r.. he rides a GN .. for now ... mu ha ha ha

**zeocen** · 18th November 2006, 20:08

I assume by TEC you mean a more experienced 250 rider at the back of the pack?

Well, providing nothing bad happens when I take my bike to get the rattle out of it next week I'm dead keen on joining fellow KB'ers, hope there's another one coming up soon!

**WarlockNZ** · 18th November 2006, 20:10

Originally Posted by zeocen

I assume by TEC you mean a more experienced 250 rider at the back of the pack?

Well, providing nothing bad happens when I take my bike to get the rattle out of it next week I'm dead keen on joining fellow KB'ers, hope there's another one coming up soon!

Normally every two weeks my friend .. have a chat to Maverick .. hes the brains behind the 250 friendly runs

**gijoe1313** · 18th November 2006, 20:21

Righto chaps! Debriefing a bit late, have to run out and do some clubbing soon! Great turn out for a shite day and a great attitude shown by one and all - I was Tail Gunner and I liked how riders took it easy and didn't do any silly stuff (apart from me at the end doing so

) At times I wondered if Donor was going to live up to his namesake and I was going

when I saw him trying to emulate McJim at times! (All credit to both, they stayed rubber side down and didn't try to slide it motard across the slippery shite!)

Was a short blat, I was hoping squadron leader would be heading out to Tuakau and then onto Raglan via the backblock twisties

Turns out he was a sensible bugger and took in account of the riding conditions and group composition ( A sensible newbie on a bike that could smoke the rest of the group, a scottish madman who is channelling Billy Conollylyylly, a daft rogue squadron leader, some idjits on Hondas and a mad chinaman wokking up the rear!)

Rain was a treat, I was grinning from ear to ear as my boots filled up and smelling two stroker exhaust fumes

Rode back to Eden Cycles for the Bikini wash and met JC+Eleanor and lukein250 (Mav was arranging for his next hot jappo ride) and then to Motomail outlet before beetling off home via the long way to practice lane splitting in the rain (alongside a kwaka)

What a day, what a ride (bikini babes weren't too bad, but there needed to be an asian hottie

) Spotcha all on the next one when there's flooding, loose stock, thunderbolts and lightning and maybe some bikers!

**Fub@r** · 18th November 2006, 20:23

Originally Posted by WarlockNZ

Have a chat to Fub@r.. he rides a GN .. for now ... mu ha ha ha

Yeah GN lights are not the greatest..........but it really would be hard to "out run" them

As for riding a GN, as Warlock is pointing out its days are numbered. I have come to the realisation of having an impacted tooth removed and looking sorry for myself works wonders on my new bike fund

**WarlockNZ** · 18th November 2006, 20:26

Originally Posted by Fub@r

Yeah GN lights are not the greatest..........but it really would be hard to "out run" them

As for riding a GN, as Warlock is pointing out its days are numbered. I have come to the realisation of having an impacted tooth removed and looking sorry for myself works wonders on my new bike fund

Now tell them what you want to buy

... go on ... don't make me do it for you my friend .. LOL

**Donor** · 18th November 2006, 20:38

Originally Posted by Lucy

Oh darnn I wish I'd kept up with this thread I could have come on this ride! I've been whinging all day that I haven't been able to go for a ride for ages....

If I can get the bilge pumps to work overtime on me boots, I'm seriously thinking about doing it all again tomorrow!

**WarlockNZ** · 18th November 2006, 20:42

Originally Posted by Donor

If I can get the bilge pumps to work overtime on me boots, I'm seriously thinking about doing it all again tomorrow!

LOL ... the weather report is fine for tomorrow ... i'm off out to waiuku if anyone fancys a ride

**Donor** · 18th November 2006, 20:43

Originally Posted by WarlockNZ

Damn ... english was never my best subject ... i'll have to ask gijoe to include me in a class .. LOL ...

Me either mate - sat school c english 3 ... count 'em 3 times and NEVER got it!

**WarlockNZ** · 18th November 2006, 20:45

Originally Posted by Donor

Me either mate - sat school c english 3 ... count 'em 3 times and NEVER got it!

Enter Gijoe ... stage left ... lol

**Donor** · 18th November 2006, 20:48

Please Sir, Warlock started it Sir!

**McJim** · 18th November 2006, 20:50

Originally Posted by WarlockNZ

So your telling me that you didn't .??

Having been TEC on the last one of these 250 runs and seeing a fellow biker almost lose it ... i would hate to think that any of us are pushing to hard and having bin's, yes we are out to improve our skills but we all need to know when to stop pushing.. i hope i never have to pick a fellow biker up off the road... that would suck.

I witnessed a high-side while being tail end charlie a few weeks ago. not nice - really felt for the guy but we got him home in one piece.