Fantastic day in CHCH (25 August)

[Bren]

WOW, what a wonderful day down here. The sun is shining and its reasonably warm for this time of year. In general a primo day and would be fantastic to have a blast. I still dont have a bike yet and its driving me nuts, absolute bonkers, so if you go out today think of me being at home bikeless

Have fun guys and ride safe!

[laRIKin]

Yes it is and I have a bike to ride.
But can't as I have stuffed my back.
Maybe tomorrow if thing keep improving as they have been.

[T.W.R]

tis a ripper of a day

still trying to shake the flu here and plus I've got bits to be done on my bikes
maybe tomorrow

Lemans be a sport & lend Linux one of your toys

[laRIKin]

TWR I seen you on line and was going to PM you and say.
Why the F### aren't you out riding.
Well now I know, get well mate.

And I ignore the last part you stirrer.

[cynna]

wasnt so nice at 4am this morning when my bike left me stranded on anzac drive. had to wait for an hour waiting to be picked up........

seen heaps of bikes out today around woolston heading to the bike show

[The Lone Rider]

There was a bike show!? Damn damn damn damn.

I woke up in someone elses bed with her long gone to work, road home on the bike, then road to the local mall to buy some wood glue then got a text from the lady saying she left her lights on so I road all the way to the other end of town (right by Anzac drive actually) and ring the AA guy and got her jump started, then road all the way home and now I'm giggling at linux for not having a bike still haha :P

I hope tomorrow is as nice as Chromed Knuckles has a gathering and ride on.

[onearmedbandit]

Went out today on one of the usual jaunts and it was great. Plenty of bikes out too, good to see.

[laRIKin]

There was a bike show!? Damn damn damn damn.

Just checked and it is on Sunday as well from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Woolston Working Mans Club and only $2 to get in.

[Oakie]

Glorious day.
Mrs Oakie followed me on her 250 Eliminator up the Port Hills to the 'Sign of the Takahe/Kiwi' (whichever) from the Christchurch side. This was the first time she'd tackled that piece of road from the city side. Went up slow but steady and safe using good lines and with no dramas except for holding up a GSXsomthingorother for a short time. Got to the top to find a set of traffic lights at the crest and road works on the other side. The light was red and looked like it would be for several minutes so we turned around and came back down again. Slow and safe she came back down behind me again ... so safe infact that at one stage she was passed by a guy on a push bike! To be fair he was on a pretty flash looking bike and was really motoring thru a set of 35kph twisties.
After we'd finished the descent she pulled me over and asking if we could go to Lyttleton next because 'her bike' needed to go fast for a while.

On the way back from there (going down the motorway) I was following her while some grey haired old fella in a maroon Primera tail-gated me for a couple of minutes. I tried to get him to back off but he finished up pulling out with traffic coming the other way and passed us both, missing Mrs Oakie by a couple of metres as he pulled back in to avoid the oncoming traffic. In a move that couldn't have been choreographed better, we both gave him the same 'cheery wave' of the single digit variety in his rear vision mirror at exactly the same time. (That's what being married for 25 years does for you).

Following that we went to Cafe Metro on the road to Sumner for a coffee (that finished up being a Heineken instead) and then toodled happily home.

Great afternoon and Mrs Oakie has another 71 km experience under her wheels.

[Bren]

Oakie, sounds like ya had a good day apart from the cage tailgating ya....I certainly wish I was riding, but ended up perving at bikes at the bike show....all in all a good day...but still bikeless

[The Lone Rider]

Just checked and it is on Sunday as well from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Woolston Working Mans Club and only $2 to get in.

Cheers for that Lemans! Up at 8am for me it is hahahahaha

Now where the fudge is the Working Mans Club? I assume its a bit different from a working girls club haha


I used to live up by the Takahe.. them bicyclist are crazy.

What type of Eliminator does Mrs Oakie have? One like this (cruiser style): http://www.motorbikes.be/en/Kawasaki...or_V_2006.aspx

If it's a cruiser would she be interested in joining up for some CK rides? She wouldn't be the only female or person on a 250!

[laRIKin]

43 Hargood St

[The Lone Rider]

Thanks again! Might see a few of you there... but I don't wear KB patches :P

[Oakie]

What type of Eliminator does Mrs Oakie have? One like this (cruiser style): http://www.motorbikes.be/en/Kawasaki...or_V_2006.aspx

If it's a cruiser would she be interested in joining up for some CK rides? She wouldn't be the only female or person on a 250!

No. Her bike is pretty much like this one ... but is black. (It's a parallel twin instead of a V twin) http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/020841/ It is a cruiser style without the chrome and with a bikini fairing.

I'll pass the offer on to her. She'll have Saturday afternoons all to herself from October on (I play cricket) so she may be interested in the odd ride.

[The Lone Rider]

No. Her bike is pretty much like this one ... but is black. (It's a parallel twin instead of a V twin) http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/020841/ It is a cruiser style without the chrome and with a bikini fairing.

I'll pass the offer on to her. She'll have Saturday afternoons all to herself from October on (I play cricket) so she may be interested in the odd ride.

If you got rid of the bikini fairing it'd look quite like them 250cc magnas eh

Narly, pass it along. Just contact me about it as the others are on KB but don't post or look around much I don't think