Ride sat 2nd(north)

**DEATH_INC.** · 1st October 2004, 22:17

Originally Posted by Zed

Lol, does that mean if Spudchucker & Marty & co turned up on their sportsbikes in full riding gears you'd tell them to get lost?

See you Shell Westgate - hope the sun stays out in all its glory!

Na, I'm happy to ride with anyone,as long as they leave their hats and ticketbooks at home.....

**Bleck K6** · 2nd October 2004, 07:03

looks like its goin to be a wicked day

**6Chris6** · 2nd October 2004, 08:41

Originally Posted by Kwaka-Kid

Meeeooow meow meow-meow meow, meeeooow meow meow-meow meow.

Don't be such a pussy and come for a ride.

**6Chris6** · 2nd October 2004, 11:32

Originally Posted by 6Chris6

Don't be such a pussy and come for a ride.

Gonna be a pussy myself.
Too hungover to ride, bloody alcohol!

**Two Smoker** · 2nd October 2004, 13:13

Lucky bastards..... i only got to terrorise the streets of Auckland today.... and yes it was on my "road" bike

**Kwaka-Kid** · 2nd October 2004, 13:39

Originally Posted by 6Chris6

moo, moooo,.... mo moooooo moooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ah crap wait... chickens dont moo do they?

**DEATH_INC.** · 2nd October 2004, 21:26

Great day,great riding.Not too many Kber's though......
A bit windy for too many long wheelies,but managed to make a mess of the rear dunlop on the gixx

good run up 'till we had a minor mishap,but that's up to the rider involved to divulge.
cut the ride a bit short(ran outta time) but still had a good trip back.
Had a dice with a couple of cages,one guy was on the edge most of the time,and I wasn't surprised to find him on his roof just before kaukapakapa(he'd gone past when we stopped)

The coppers were in attendance so we cruised on past.....
All in all a good 'un (well for most of us anyway....)

**Zed** · 2nd October 2004, 23:34

Originally Posted by DEATH_INC.

...good run up 'till we had a minor mishap,but that's up to the rider involved to divulge...

It was a PREMO day for a motorcycle ride, especially with 12 other bikes (mostly late model 600cc+ sportsbikes). We all met at Shell Westgate around 12.30pm and headed off up north. I managed to rope in a guy on an R1 who was there just to pump up his tyres - Rhys/Reece is his name and he said he would be coming to check out KB soon...he rode with us as far as Wellsford and then turned back.

The ride up Old North Rd, Peak Rd, and onto SH16 to Wellsford was fast and without disruption. We all (well most of us - where did you get to Firestormer & Mrs??) stopped for refuelling/drinks at Wellsford S/Stn (see pics) before heading to Maungawhai Heads...I never made it!

We turned off SH1 into Maungawhai Road, which is full of twisties, and about 3/4 of the way along I was going about 80kms around a sweeping LH bend when my front started sliding out! I quickly straightened it up as best I could within the millisecond I had and then I felt myself sliding on the tarmac. I lowsided my pride & joy! During my slide, the initial impact being directly on my LH shoulder, I managed to flip myself onto my back protector and thought "phew it'll be okay" until I plowed into an embankment which sent me into tumble motion

. I jumped to my feet to see my 'wreck' in the distance only to realise I was also seeing stars & had mildly winded myself - I sat down.

To cut a long story short - the bike could be written off? ...with all front fairings damaged and possible fork & front wheel damage? Another insurance claim. My body is a bit bruised, especially my shoulder, but the doctor says *probably* nothing is broken. My Teknic jacket is history along with my flash Asian helmet which took a good knock on the side, gloves are ripped on the tops.

Thank you to the whole group for your kind support and for waiting around until the trailer arrived. Sorry to hold you all up - such is biker life I suppose!

BIG thanks to VTGlen for calling in his friend Andy and waiting around in Wellsford with me until my ride from Auckland arrived - thanks a million Glen!

Zed

**Velox** · 3rd October 2004, 00:06

Another one bites the dust eh?! That sucks. Sorry to hear about that Zed. I'm guessing you're ok by the sounds of it? Let us know what the fate of your bike is when you get it all sussed out. Good luck mate! Hope it doesn't bite you in the wallet too hard.

**riffer** · 3rd October 2004, 00:19

Argh. Not a good day for the bikes today is it?

I thought that was your bike when I saw the pics.

What a bugger. Still, at least your good friend above was looking out for you (again)... Methinks you'd better head off to church tomorrow and say thanks.

See, no good will ever come of riding Hondas.

I guess you'll probably need to start looking for another bike...

Hope your wife wasn't too pissed at you.

Get well soon...

**jrandom** · 3rd October 2004, 00:23

Originally Posted by Zed

PREMO day... bang splat... could be written off? ...

Awww, that really sucks. Commiserations. Such are the breaks, I suppose.

Did you get a chance to check out the road and see if there was anything in particular that might have upset the front?

October doesn't quite seem to have started off so marvellously for KBers in general, does it? See firestormer's thread from earlier this afternoon about his exploits on the way home.

Hope nobody DIES at Puke tomorrow.

If they do, you heard the prediction here first...

**SPORK** · 3rd October 2004, 00:29

Originally Posted by jrandom

Awww, that really sucks. Commiserations. Such are the breaks, I suppose.

Did you get a chance to check out the road and see if there was anything in particular that might have upset the front?

October doesn't quite seem to have started off so marvellously for KBers in general, does it? See firestormer's thread from earlier this afternoon about his exploits on the way home.

Hope nobody DIES at Puke tomorrow.

If they do, you heard the prediction here first...

Way to go, now someone is bound to! Who was it that got the ticket after they said that hadn't had a ticket for many years? Coz jRandom is jinxxxing everyone! No more predictions from jrandom! He is going to kill you alll! listen to me! Argh!

I need to hide in a box till he goes offline

**Mr Skid** · 3rd October 2004, 01:03

Sorry to hear another Honda go down Zed..

How many has that been in the last month? I've lost track, I think we've had myself, Erik, LooseBruce, Jazbug5, Vagabond, StoneChucker, and yourself Zed.

Have I missed anyone? Thats like a bin every 5 days..

..and I try to convince my family that motorbikes aren't dangerous.

Originally Posted by madcat_

Way to go, now someone is bound to! Who was it that got the ticket after they said that hadn't had a ticket for many years? Coz jRandom is jinxxxing everyone! No more predictions from jrandom! He is going to kill you alll! listen to me! Argh!

I need to hide in a box till he goes offline

If your right, your box will probably get run over by a motorbike.