HELP!: accident on Paeroa ride, Feb 16

[bikerboy]

This just goes to show why eyewitnesses are often of little use, such variation.
I was in the second group taking off after crossing the road and while I saw CK walking by I couldn't here him over the bike's exhaust and wearing the helmet. However, I was riding fairly slowly as everyone took off as I don't know that road and was a bit nervous in such a large group.
I remember going slowly for ages while several past me, then just as I was starting to get going( 70kph max), Nhuan went past and just as he was crossing back I saw the gravel and really got scared as it was on a curve and no signs were seen. If there were two signs, the first one was miles before the gravel or I would never had sped up. As CK said they did drag the sign from the top of the hill, I saw them go by with it. That just doesn't make sense if there was already a sign.
Also after the event I was going to go home so rode back to the gas station but turned around as I remembered I told CK and AFFman I would meet them. I saw the sign that was moved to the culvert/bridge but I did not see any others going back and then past again.

[Coldkiwi]

IS THAT what took you so bloody long to catch up to us!? We were waiting at Kaiaua for blimmin ages and were close to turning round to find out where you'd binned it when you finally showed!

the mystery is revealed...

[Kwaka-Kid]

hey i was first to catch up with you guys and i spent a good 20mins @ the scene twiddling my fingures trying to find somthing to help with, lol. but nah, i am just a slow rider with a comparitivly slow bike who had just seen somthing hed never thought really happen to real people infront of you in real life

 but i got there and passed the message on safely, and i still remember riding to paeroa with SPman on his YZF750 and Bluninja - another example of my slowness :P i was trying damn near my hardest to keep up with you two, and it was so hard going like half as slow as u guys around the corners as it made me think "maybe" my bike could do that too, should i try? damn i just saw a dude come off, dont wanna do it that bad, do i? so many questions not enough skill to provide answers

but it was a great ride from memory despite the crash and my speedo cable breaking (hah but only like $18 new thanks mike@mteden)

[bikerboy]

I knew you'd catch that CK if I explained the reason for my certainess regarding the sign situation!

Nothing gets past you.

[Coldkiwi]

hehe,

that's ok... I was just really getting worried that you were just going to ride like a nanna for the rest of the day if you kept at that sort of a 'crawl' having taken so long!!!

[Kwaka-Kid]

Replace "nana" with "KK"

and hey, its still fun

[SPman]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
and i still remember riding to paeroa with SPman on his YZF750 and Bluninja - another example of my slowness :P i was trying damn near my hardest to keep up with you two, 

I thought you werent doing to bad, considering the (alleged) state of your bike - mind you we were just cruising....

[Kwaka-Kid]

hha exactly :P

but that (alleged) was not called for, you saw the bike for yourself, and hte oil dripping off onto my legs and boot, and unfortunatly i aint fast enuf to get head of you, but if iwas, you would have seen the coulds of smoke on the over-run that bike was puffing, valve guide seals methinks.  No problems now, Because its all somebody elses Problem

all good, and who remembers my slip in/slip out washer-in-the-exhaust thing? haha i took the muffler of and all i reckon that was the greatest system