What a wet and interesting day (coro ride)

[Two Smoker]

Hey everyone,

Well us REAL bikers went on a ride today, a few of us (Death Inc, Loosebruce, Sarg, Vtwin Raver, Zapf, Paparazzi and Drunken Monkey) turned up at 0930 and we going to lewave at 1000, so at 1000 hours we waited for MR to finally arrive, then while he was gassing u p the man himself, WT turned up.....

Finally we were on our way..... I stayed back with Zapf and Paparazzi (hopefully) improving their riding.... I must say that there was a huge improvement from when they started till when the ride finished well done guys.....

So we got to the Kopu straights and it absolutely DUMPED down, and just for good measure there was quite a bit of hail to top it off... finally got to Kopu and met up with Quazzievil and Ds33....... after everyone turned up i decided to have a play upfront going accross the gorge to whangamata, had a really good ride (even though it was raining extremely hard) and ended up coming first, waited a couple of mins and then MR turned up with Loosebruce.... The weather was absolute shit so Death headed back because he was too cold (had leathers and a light rain jacket) the rest of us headed onto Whangamata...

Had Subway at Whangamata and a good yarn, then it was off to Waihi, Loosebruce was infront and then MR then myself, we had a fairly quick pace going and then about 10k's out of Waihi i came around the corner to find MR standing on the side of the road..... first thing i thought was that Bruce had come off, but no MR had come off..... Came around a corner, hit some shiny tarseal and had a bit too muh lean for knoblies.... Lowsided and went of the road.... Ds33 came and helped me move the biike back on the road.... After 15 mins everyone was there and DM had gone to get bruce (who was now in Waihi....lol) with some kiwi ingenuity we used a rock as a pivot point so that MR now had a clutch..... end result was MR had a bruised and bleeding lip and the bike had broken brake and clutch lever and the handle bars had moved...

Got to Waihi and fixed the clutch to a better standard...

Overall i had a great time good to meet new faces and ride with the usuals

Death once again did some AWESOME wheelies.......

I got my knee down a total of about 7 times.....

Looking forward to the next one (hopefully in the dry)

[toads]

glad you had a good trip, don't ya just hate breaking clutch/brake levers!

[Drunken Monkey]

While trundling down the Southern M/Way I was wondering what I was going to say to sum up. Well stuff all that.

Motoracer was not the only person to have an off today. Mere minutes from home, a young wench named Stacey was responsible for reaming my ass and sending the gixxer to the deck at the Greenlane roundabout.

Damage is light - some scratches, broken indicator and windscreen and a bent shift peg. Nothing serious, and the bike still rolls in a straight line no hands...

Well I've had my hot shower now and am feeling warm and dry. I didn't find any goldfish in the bottom of my boot - did anyone else?

'til next time! Sorry I didn't get a chance to catch up again WT!

[Zapf]

It was my 1st ride with the KB's and it was great, the ride was challanging for someone so green like me and great that u guys took turn to make sure me and Paparazzi didn't go into bush somewhere.

Must say it was cold and wet, learnt a lesson on what to and not with the gloves (wet). Got a bit cold riding back and just can't concentrate on the line, so another lesson learned about riding long distance and in the rain. I think we did around 350km's today in pretty bad conditions, and look at it this way. It can only get better.

Thanks guys, I can't wait for the next ride... just not today ok :spudwave:

[Quasievil]

Yeah good day, to bad about the offs, nothing a fishing sinker and PVC tape cant fix ( yes for real )

Good to see a couple of newbies having a go in the crap weather and GREAT to see they new there limits and stayed there fantastic !!

The Kawasaki was great but I really did want to take it gentle and spent most of the day in the back which I was happy with given the Rain, I swear I was riding down a waterfall over the hill from KOPU did you see the water so thick it had ripples in it from the wind FAAAAAARRRRK

Twas a good day ,better than staying home complaining about the weather better to be in it having a go.

You know guys and girls one thing I love about biking is the way everyone looks out for everyone else,if someone stops (even to adjust gloves like me today) someone stops to see if all is well, if someone crashes EVERYONE stops and does everything they can fucken great, and no questions asked
beautiful stuff , Oh by the way MR you owe me $5.00 for the fucken fishing sinkers and tape ya bastard dont leave fucken town ,

[Motoracer]

Hmmm, dunno wat to say about the bin other than I was silly by pushing it too hard. I enjoyed every bit of it prior to that though!! Knobblies in the wet = fun!! except for the bin but that wasn't the tires, it was my decision to go at that speed knowing the bike and condtions Still, I got to learn some sliding skills and even the bin is only going to cost me a couple of hundreds to fix when compaired to a crash on a sports bike like my GSXR, which would have costed thousands!!

I'll fix it all up and I better get a nice presie for the bro to say "Sorry, I binned your bike".

Thank you for the help everyone It was very kind of every one to jump in and help out with the bike!

I'll return your damn but much appreciated 5 bucks when I see ya next time! Oh and my cell phone is in your pocket Bruce.

Well done Zaph and paparazzi! You guys were doing real well for guys who have just only started riding bikes! Impressive stuff!

Rider of the day would be Loosebruce IMO. Shit, what is up with this group of people originating from that welly area. Every single one of them buggers are super fast and good!!

[Zed]

...Mere minutes from home, a young wench named Stacey was responsible for reaming my ass and sending the gixxer to the deck at the Greenlane roundabout.

Damage is light - some scratches, broken indicator and windscreen and a bent shift peg. Nothing serious, and the bike still rolls in a straight line no hands...
...

That sux DM...sorry to hear it. Glad it wasn't too much of a major. I hope she accepts liablilty and pays for the repairs!


Zed

[Zed]

Hmmm, dunno wat to say about the bin other than I was silly by pushing it too hard. I enjoyed every bit of it prior to that though!! Knobblies in the wet = fun!! except for the bin but that wasn't the tires, it was my decision to go at that speed knowing the bike and condtions Still, I got to learn some sliding skills and even the bin is only going to cost me a couple of hundreds to fix when compaired to a crash on a sports bike like my GSXR, which would have costed thousands!!

I'll fix it all up and I better get a nice presie for the bro to say "Sorry, I binned your bike".

Thank you for the help everyone It was very kind of every one to jump in and help out with the bike!

I'll return your damn but much appreciated 5 bucks when I see ya next time! Oh and my cell phone is in your pocket Bruce.

Well done Zaph and paparazzi! You guys were doing real well for guys who have just only started riding bikes! Impressive stuff!

Rider of the day would be Loosebruce IMO. Shit, what is up with this group of people originating from that welly area. Every single one of them buggers are super fast and good!!

Sorry to hear about your off Sudeep (always worse when it's not your bike)...glad you're okay man!


Zed

[MikeL]

Sorry to hear about the bins - glad it wasn't any worse. I was really looking forward to the ride today, but despite my earlier optimistic forecast, I knew this morning that the day would not be pleasant weather-wise, so caution prevailed. I had a taste of that vicious wind yesterday as well as the greasy roads when I rode to Wellsford. Today would have been worse. Still managed to get out this afternoon on my own for a couple of hours, dodging the worst of the rain, but it sounds like the Coromandel/Thames area was a lot wetter.

[DEATH_INC.]

Yeah,shame about the weather,I was looking forward to a good thrash too.....
Had a F****N BIG slide on the backroad through to miranda, and didn't stop shivering from the time we left kopu,'till I got back home.......at least I had a good run back,followed the only hole in the clouds all the way home.
Sorry to hear about the spill MR.And DM,always the way,ride 300k's in the worst shit mother nature can throw at you,only to be got by some dickhead(dickheadess)in a cage back in Jafaland......
No goldfish,I think I saw a trout or two though......

[loosebruce]

Was a excellent day all round even with the weather, you can't beat dry roads & sun but i still had alot fun considering the conditions, i was worried about stopping going up from kopu , thought me and TL would get washed back down, that was some of the worst rain i've ridden in, even if my visor was clear it was hard to see 40 metres ahead, after that the ride over to whangamata was all good, i've ridden those roads a bit so that helped.
TS & MR we're setting a good pace over the hills, i got a bit of a lead on the way to waihi and felt quite comfortable (apart from losing the front then the back going into one of the numerous hairpins) but eyah after waiting around 5 mins at waihi i figured something was up and returned to find MR had lowsided, easy way to crash on that slick tar, how slippery was that tar out miranda Death? Shit! That was a fantastic kiwi fix on that clucth lever.
The ride back was fairly uneventful, still wet as. I learned heaps about my limits today, i've never really pushed that quick in the wet before, i was amazed at the grip a super corsa has in those conditions, most of the time anyway.
Big shout out to Zapf and Papparazi both new to biking and what conditions to go out in, even some more experienced riders would shy away from weather like that, well done guys you handled it fantasticly.
Was good to meet Quasi & Dss3 as well and V twin raver hope to catch you all again.
DM shit man sorry to hear about the off, like it was said endure a day like today come out in one peice and some twat knocks you off, no justice.

Cheers

[James Deuce]

Aww maaan. If it's any consolation, it dumped on me big time on the way home from Celticno6's tonight. I could feel individual raindrops through my jacket, even with the thermal liner in place.

I hate hearing about you guys falling off. Stop it, damn it!!

Look after yourselves.

[shandawg]

Sorry to hear about the off mate, hope you're back on the road real soon

[Drunken Monkey]

DM shit man sorry to hear about the off, like it was said endure a day like today come out in one peice and some twat knocks you off, no justice.

Cheers

Tell me about it...had a few scares when the bald part of my front was over in the really wet stuff, but kept it all under control - only to get belted off by someone else. Oh well, rear enders are pretty straight forward, shouldn't have any problems getting the repairs all covered.

Big ups to you all for braving the elements - esp. Zapf and Paparazzi, with less than 2000kms experience between them!

Hmmm, my knee is a bit tender...where's that ACC form...

[Mr Skid]

Oh by the way MR you owe me $5.00 for the fucken fishing sinkers and tape ya bastard dont leave fucken town ,

And don't forget those cable ties I hooked you up with MR!


I'm a bit of an all weather rider from commuting, but that was the crappiest weather I've ridden in so far. Yet I still had fun!

I learnt a hell of alot about trusting the bikes ability, that I don't think I would have learnt on my own, and for any other n00bs I'd highly recommend comming along on the next ride.

I did learn a few other lessons, such as target fixation:

"Hmm.. dead possum on the road.. Better not run it over.. *paparazzi stares at dead possum* budumph dudumph.. opps.. hope no-one saw that..

and about brake bias:

"was that 75% front and 25% back or 25% front and 75% back?.. Wiggle, weave, oh crap, I'm going to die.. hmm.. must be 75% front, 25% back"

So any other tools / accessories you want carried for the next ride? I'm going out to buy a large roll of gaffa tape and some more cable ties tomorrow. Maybe a hefty mallet would be handy too.. BTW if anyone wants the other fishing sinkers to throw at tailgaters they're in my toolkit..