Manawatu Rant n Rave

[Grub]

Sheesh Banditrider what a suckie end to a brilliant day.

It was great to share a few tales with you guys at The Red, we'll have to stop meeting like this.

Nasty and I had a lovely pootle home on SH1 - they really ought to put some more corners into that road. We stopped at the Indian restaurant in Levin ... Legend! What a place. Great food, service and ambience. I'ts on days like today that you realise it's good to be alive and good to be alive on a bike.

Now ... speaking about tomorrow .... Nasty, SweetP and I are coming to Palmy for lunch (we think). Well at least we're leaving Rimutex at 10:30 with that in mind. We were thinking maybe one of those George St cafes at 12-12:30 and then bling shopping at ANZA. Or do they close at 12 on Sunday?

[NZsarge]

Now ... speaking about tomorrow .... Nasty, SweetP and I are coming to Palmy for lunch (we think). Well at least we're leaving Rimutex at 10:30 with that in mind. We were thinking maybe one of those George St cafes at 12-12:30 and then bling shopping at ANZA. Or do they close at 12 on Sunday?

I'm pretty near certain Anza's is open all day sunday.

[Nasty]

Will be down Palmy way tommorrow,so if ya see an Accord flash lights at ya it will be me,not necessarily a cop ahead.

we are heading to palmy too ... got to continue having poddles on the new bike ... look out for the Grub on the CBR Sweetp on the Sv and me on the teapot!

[chanceyy]

Sounds like a good trip,albeit the dealer was probably trying to close up and you guys out tiki touring hehe.

Nothing worse than when you're ready to close literally,someone walks in and are JUST LOOKING,hell they've had the morning to come in lol.

She was taking a bike to welly & my understanding was she would sort us out with the bikes then leave & one of the other guys would sort out the second set of bikes ..

we left just after 10.15 back by 11.45 and they do not shut til 1 ..

[ynot slow]

we are heading to palmy too ... got to continue having poddles on the new bike ... look out for the Grub on the CBR Sweetp on the Sv and me on the teapot!

Hehe was going to stop for lunch at cafe cuba anyway.Will keep an eye out for yas.

[ynot slow]

She was taking a bike to welly & my understanding was she would sort us out with the bikes then leave & one of the other guys would sort out the second set of bikes ..

we left just after 10.15 back by 11.45 and they do not shut til 1 ..

See what happens when women organise things.Must have got them with their wires crossed re bikes,shit if ya say can we go for an hour or so for ride they must know what to expect.

[chanceyy]

See what happens when women organise things.Must have got them with their wires crossed re bikes,shit if ya say can we go for an hour or so for ride they must know what to expect.

No time frame was mentioned either by her or us .. but a test ride is just that a test ride .. not a pootle around the block



btw woman are better organisers than men

[chanceyy]

Sheesh Banditrider what a suckie end to a brilliant day.

It was great to share a few tales with you guys at The Red, we'll have to stop meeting like this.

it was great to catch up again ...

Nasty and I had a lovely pootle home on SH1 - they really ought to put some more corners into that road. We stopped at the Indian restaurant in Levin ... Legend! What a place. Great food, service and ambience. I'ts on days like today that you realise it's good to be alive and good to be alive on a bike.

Rangooli Resturant ?? they are blardy great in there

Now ... speaking about tomorrow .... Nasty, SweetP and I are coming to Palmy for lunch (we think). Well at least we're leaving Rimutex at 10:30 with that in mind. We were thinking maybe one of those George St cafes at 12-12:30 and then bling shopping at ANZA. Or do they close at 12 on Sunday?

I am heading to Bulls today 6 horses need their feet trimmed .. ummm hmmm doubt i will be finished by 12.30 .. might text ya to see where your at when i am finished ... mind you I will be smelling pretty high & in desperate need of a shower so will prob just head home

[Grub]

Yup it was the Rangooh ... even betterer, we discovered they have one in Kapiti Rd so that'll get a visit from us. After all it's just out our front door and over Paekak Hill

[HornetBoy]

Well ended up yesterday having a ride up to Te Kuti (on the hornet) and returned to wanganui with a ......very torquey 1200 Harley Sportster certainly not your average happenings on a Saturday ride but certainly made it very interesting none the less.

So another bike to add to the shed ,certainly gets people ears twitching when ya ride past and surprisingly, boy can it go round the para's at a fair rate of knots.

Now its back to the original plan of a replacement for the katana have narrowed it down to either an sv650s(fully faired new version
) or a 07 cbr600f , So having ridden both the bikes (not exact years but as closer as i could find them) its now up to which is better priced and most bang for the buck as i like em both for different reasons.

O if only i could get both "Asks boss nicely for OT "

[Noel Jones]

Hi just letting you know that I now live in Feilding NJ

[rottiguy]

Yup, she sure got her nickers in a knot, that was what she said to me to, she would set us up with bikes and then go to welly and then someone else would deal with us. also she said we could take both bandits out at once but then when we get there neither is regoed and only 1 dealer plate, mmmm methinks her green-ness at the job is showing Oh well they wont be getting my money and I might be buying new so they miss out on heaps

No time frame was mentioned either by her or us .. but a test ride is just that a test ride .. not a pootle around the block



btw woman are better organisers than men

[yod]

overdid the rear brake on a downhill lefthander on aotea rd (i think?), out near kawhia and highsided myself into a bank....stoopid...my guess is about 60-70kmh but i really dont know

feels like someone dropped a car on me now....stiff as a board...ya get that

not sure whether the bike will be a write off or repairable....it's arriving back in palmy tomorrow courtesy of tri-boy (who is an absolute fookin legend, thanks mate), so i will get my first decent look at it then

cowboyz and mrs cowboyz and extended family were all bloody champions in getting my shit sorted while i was carted off in the ambulance to be poked and prodded

[banditrider]

Not Good! A real shame after all the work you've put into the poor old RF. Glad to hear that you're more or less in one piece. Hope bike gets sorted out for ya.

[sinfull]

overdid the rear brake on a downhill lefthander on aotea rd (i think?), out near kawhia and highsided myself into a bank....stoopid...my guess is about 60-70kmh but i really dont know

feels like someone dropped a car on me now....stiff as a board...ya get that

not sure whether the bike will be a write off or repairable....it's arriving back in palmy tomorrow courtesy of tri-boy (who is an absolute fookin legend, thanks mate), so i will get my first decent look at it then

cowboyz and mrs cowboyz and extended family were all bloody champions in getting my shit sorted while i was carted off in the ambulance to be poked and prodded

Awww mate not good !! Seems to be a day of it, someones binned on the takas this arvo as well !
Hope ya body comes right ! If ya stiff now ya gonna feel it morra !
Bike insured i take it ? Still sucks i know