SH16 today - no gas

**surfchick** · 23rd September 2007, 12:59

omg I ran out of petrol today 30kms south of wellsford and 20kms north of Kaukopakopa! was totally in the zone caining around on the bike -noting to myself how fabulously it was handling - how LIGHT it was feeling and somewhere in those farms between servos I glanced down ad the petrol light was on. I had no idea how long it had been on for as I dunno when I last looked at the dials... and after totally going gees what am I going to do-totally couldn't decide whether to go back to wellsford or try for kka so I just pulled over to collect my thoughts..which were awash. I stopped on the siding going oh god this will be a long walk... looked around and spotted a family outside a farm house. I turned around and beelined it to their driveway to ask whether wellsford or kka was closer.(

..then a white buell blew by and i thought god there goes someone who remembered to FILL their bike at wellsford!)...but from less to more they actually hooked me up with a 1/3 tank of gas from a jerry-can for their quad bike. they sooo rescued me from my stupidity

I managed to get to Kaukopakopa and get filled

I'd leant the bike to a mate yesterday who did sh16 and made the RASH assumption that he'd filled it before returning it & when I looked in the tank this morning before leaving it had looked full (in the dusty-half light of my west ak garage..) However i discovered the hard way there were 40kms already guzzled

i saw gazzillions of bikes out today - and OMG it was such a good one

**ManDownUnder** · 23rd September 2007, 13:03

Originally Posted by surfchick

but from less to more they actually hooked me up with a 1/3 tank of gas from a jerry-can for their quad bike. they sooo rescued me from my stupidity

YA DICK!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Next time bloody ring me! You KNOW where I live...

**surfchick** · 23rd September 2007, 13:12

Yo DUDE!
I soo thought of stopping at yours and dragging you up to wellsford then I thought..oh no soccer!

Also to crown out my excellently low i.q. day I didn't even have the celly on me!

**The Pastor** · 23rd September 2007, 13:21

it happens to the best of us.

**surfchick** · 23rd September 2007, 13:28

I know the whole-out-of-gas threat is a bit wierd cause sometimes if i use 98 i can get as much as 180 kms per tank - but on 95 and going quicker its as low as 140kms....that'd strand you in some parts of the country..

**ManDownUnder** · 23rd September 2007, 13:31

Originally Posted by surfchick

Yo DUDE!
I soo thought of stopping at yours and dragging you up to wellsford then I thought..oh no soccer!

Also to crown out my excellently low i.q. day I didn't even have the celly on me!

... so... at the risk of repeating myself...

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

YA DICK!!!!!!!!!!!

All good mate. Better than an "I binned it" story.

**surfchick** · 23rd September 2007, 13:53

ba ha yup a happy ending is a mega-ton better than a bin

the road was the business today -dry wind-free and good surfaces... OMG had such a rad time till my rudo-sheepish-sir-may-I-borrow-just the tiniest-bit of petrol-to-get-me-on-by moment. thankfully I had cash on me or it might have been time to turn a few tricks...

**R6_kid:Me** · 23rd September 2007, 14:12

Are you blonde?

**MVnut** · 23rd September 2007, 14:56

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Are you blonde?

she doesn't need to be blonde.........she rides Italian, that's good enough 4 me and it's only about 1100km to SH16 from here. Also just checked ya profile (to see if you are blonde) & you cook Italian too...........woohoo !

at least uou had a great fang on some good roads today, I have to work.

**bugjuice** · 23rd September 2007, 15:03

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

YA DICK!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Next time bloody ring me! You KNOW where I live...

ditto.. was up that way yesterday, and don't mind going up again! next time, call one of us! really don't mind

**carbacca** · 23rd September 2007, 15:07

if you are AA member they will deliver $10 or $20 worth of fuel to you, you pay for the petrol but deliver is free

**surfchick** · 23rd September 2007, 15:53

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Are you blonde?

ba ha..not down where it counts - but sometimes if you look really hard my usually dark mop gets this I'm a super-blonde sheen to it... the transformation begins to take place from brown to blonde any time something sensible needs to be done...