Saturday March 3rd ride

[slinky]

thanks for organising that, much appreciated!
it was an awesome ride.

[uksteve]

I'll second that Slinky. Good to meet everyone, no doubt well catch up in the future

[BarBender]

Thanks guys. Great day and good catching up with you all. Weather really turned it on and not too much tar melt though, so was a nice riding day.

Till next time: cheers.

Sounds like it was a good ride Paul. The weather was definitely up for it!!
I was thinking of you guys carving up and enjoying the countryside while I was at Cameron Brown Pools watchin the the young BarBenders go through swimming training.

[beyond]

Sounds like it was a good ride Paul. The weather was definitely up for it!!
I was thinking of you guys carving up and enjoying the countryside while I was at Cameron Brown Pools watchin the the young BarBenders go through swimming training.

That's what parenting is all about mate. Hopefully next time eh.

[Zapf]

hay... missed you guys cause i was late. I did the loop back via Marinda and on the way up the coast saw a few ppl including Spank and then later Micro out East.

[MacD]

Thanks Beyond for organising a great ride. Got to see a few new roads, and the garden bar makes for a good alternative to fish and chips!

Zapf, I'd seen your name on the list so was wondering if you'd decided to ride elsewhere? We took a rather southerly route to Kaiaua (via Tahuna) so its not surprising we didn't see you in the end. Good to see in the other thread that you made it to Bluff, I have a similar photo too!

[Jimmy B]

Great day Gents and looking forward to the next one....smaller hangover but

[beyond]

Great day Gents and looking forward to the next one....smaller hangover but

Not much chop riding in the heat with a hangover eh?

[Jimmy B]

Not much chop riding in the heat with a hangover eh?

Was a bit tough keeping the head up but hey I could have been lying on the couch crook, or out riding crook, either way hooking up with you guys and riding was the better option.

Interesting, hadnt seen a GSX1400 in action before and I was really impressed. A mate of mine is looking at crusers at the moment and will buy next week. I suggested that as a comparison that he should at least hop on the GSX and go from there...you know I think he may just get one

Thanks again for the ride and looking forward to the next one

[VeeTWIN_PJS]

Cheers Paul, had a good ride and enjoyed the company. Look forward to the next one.

[beyond]

Was a bit tough keeping the head up but hey I could have been lying on the couch crook, or out riding crook, either way hooking up with you guys and riding was the better option.

Interesting, hadnt seen a GSX1400 in action before and I was really impressed. A mate of mine is looking at crusers at the moment and will buy next week. I suggested that as a comparison that he should at least hop on the GSX and go from there...you know I think he may just get one

Thanks again for the ride and looking forward to the next one

Yep, the 14's are a darn good all rounder. Great for long distance, nice in the twisties and excellent two up as well.

Right now they have the summerfest special which is $3,000 worth of goodies tossed in for free!!!! Nice half size fairing with headlight and screen unit (very tidy), belly pan and four into one Yoshimura.

AND... where else can you get a big bore bike for $10.00 a CC??

[Jimmy B]

Yep, the 14's are a darn good all rounder. Great for long distance, nice in the twisties and excellent two up as well.

Right now they have the summerfest special which is $3,000 worth of goodies tossed in for free!!!! Nice half size fairing with headlight and screen unit (very tidy), belly pan and four into one Yoshimura.

AND... where else can you get a big bore bike for $10.00 a CC??

Yep thats the deal he is going for, sounds good, his first pref is for the M109 which is a bit steeper but still has the goodies thrown in, not sure exactly what they are offering for the M109.

I am kindof hoping he goes for the GSX because most of our mates do the same sorts of roads as we did on Saturday, I think the M109 would be a handful in parts and the GSX offers more options. Will tag along with him next Saturday and follow him on a few test rides. Either way I am stoked for him, another good dude back on 2 wheels

[beyond]

The M109 is a good bike for sure but if he is into back road scratching (sounds like it if you lot already are) then the M109 is a bit limiting with ground clearanmce. They handle well consiodering there bulk but the pegs touch down fairly early. Other than that, I like the 240 rear