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    Quote Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ View Post
    There are a few other ideas also floating around to fill the gap as well Just not sure how to organise it
    Fuk,dont let them float away...

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    Bugger

    The 2007 was my first rally ever and really enjoyed it. Including meeting some rather interesting KB people.

    Just hope my first attendance at the Pissed Penguin in a few days does not spell the end of it
    I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dangerous View Post
    Dont be decieved people... there is a little politics here, I know through my sorces that the crowd running the Glen rally would only do it if they make money, and believe me they make lots of it.
    The beer dosnt have to be as dear as it is, they just dont stand to make a lot of money anymore.
    I'd go along with that. If they hadn't of got too greedy a few years then they would have turned so many off from returning in the following years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ View Post
    yes... yes... yes... and yes... and I finally got her to ride her own ride
    That's good to hear and to hear Xaria is riding.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Sensible View Post
    I'd go along with that. If they hadn't of got too greedy a few years then they would have turned so many off from returning in the following years.
    And that's is what I was saying.
    I went up to buy a dozen bourbon and coke cans and I think it was $5-6 a can (I can remember that it was over $50) and that was on their first or one of their first rallies and that was when every one else was changing about $2 a can, 8 years ago.
    And that is why I would never go back or would my friends.
    Feel the fear and do it anyway

    Don't confuse education with intelligence.
    There are alot of highly educated idiots out there.

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    Overheads for these sort of events shouldnt be all that high, you need...
    a mate with a field ($0)
    a big tent (say $1000)
    Booze (if you buy em bulk there about $1 per can... sell em for $2 and it pays for the entertainment)
    porta-potties (no idea, but id say $1000 ish for a weekend)

    so thats $2000, if your selling tickets at $25 its 80 people to break even...

    im sure there are some costs there that im missing, but at the end of the day, people go where other people want to go... and there are a whole lot of KB'ers around.
    Still hungover

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lil_Byte View Post
    Bugger

    The 2007 was my first rally ever and really enjoyed it. Including meeting some rather interesting KB people.

    Just hope my first attendance at the Pissed Penguin in a few days does not spell the end of it
    so you might be the jinx of it all

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    Quote Originally Posted by lemans View Post
    That's good to hear and to hear Xaria is riding.

    And that's is what I was saying.
    I went up to buy a dozen bourbon and coke cans and I think it was $5-6 a can (I can remember that it was over $50) and that was on their first or one of their first rallies and that was when every one else was changing about $2 a can, 8 years ago.
    And that is why I would never go back or would my friends.
    That's why I never got drunk - even WITH my own tequila.

    (And I bought some takeaways at the Glenorchy jar-shop too)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashika View Post
    yeah you're right...

    ...we'd have to do that as your bike probably wouldn't make it all the way to Kaikoura
    You forgot to go back to your post and edit out the hurtful bit.........!!!!
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Sensible View Post
    At least I won't have some hoon on a red bike, don't remember the make and model sorry, come roaring past me and then stopping in front me every five minutes...
    I think I spotted that tall mysterious stranger too.
    Handsome devil as I recall.
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashika View Post
    yeah you're right...

    ...we'd have to do that as your bike probably wouldn't make it all the way to Kaikoura
    Aw c'mon, character like that you just can't BUY you know......
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    Quote Originally Posted by idb View Post
    I think I spotted that tall mysterious stranger too.
    Handsome devil as I recall.

    And a legend in his own lunchtime too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Aw c'mon, character like that you just can't BUY you know......
    well actually you can... it starts with a 'D' and has an 'i' on the end
    "Do not meddle in the affairs of Buells, for they are subtle and quick to wheelie!"
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    yank tank at Glenorchy 2006 rally

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashika View Post
    well actually you can... it starts with a 'D' and has an 'i' on the end
    havong troible tuping thrigh my tears niw
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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    Quote Originally Posted by idb View Post
    havong troible tuping thrigh my tears niw
    oh, dont be such a big girl here have a hankie...
    are you gonna be at the Pissed penguin this weekend? Only a wee trot down the road for you...
    "Do not meddle in the affairs of Buells, for they are subtle and quick to wheelie!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashika View Post
    oh, dont be such a big girl here have a hankie...
    are you gonna be at the Pissed penguin this weekend? Only a wee trot down the road for you...
    For all sorts of reasons I'm not sure....but I really hope so.
    I'll know better on Friday.

    I'm in a shitty mood for the whole weekend if I miss out on a rally.
    ...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)

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