Riding, Riding and More Riding

[Cajun]

Rode down to the Mount the previous weekend and then on Labour Day went to Whakatane. Coming back I decided to do the Kaimais - thought I could get across before the heavens opened. Big mistake. I discovered that there's nowhere to pull off the road and find any sort of shelter while you put on the plastic pants that you should have put on beforehand...
Found a side road towards the summit, struggled to put the pants on, then 5 minutes later the rain stopped. The rest of the ride would have been great if it hadn't been for all the Labour Day traffic returning to Auckland.
Next time I might try the old Tauranga Road. The Karangahape Gorge is fun but not if it's wet and full of holiday traffic.

The kiamais is one of my fav bits of roads, its often damp up there just keep going ya decide to stop and pull over and put wet weather gear on if you get to top and its looks shit in the wakaito area

[NC]

The kiamais is one of my fav bits of roads, its often damp up there just keep going ya decide to stop and pull over and put wet weather gear on if you get to top and its looks shit in the wakaito area

Hafta go for a ride before I leave dude....

[Joni]

Hafta go for a ride before I leave dude....

Maybe all meet up for a drink somewhere, when Im down there the weekend?

[NC]

Maybe all meet up for a drink somewhere, when Im down there the weekend?

Oh hell yeah! On Saturnday!

[Cajun]

Maybe all meet up for a drink somewhere, when Im down there the weekend?

Sweet as could do Joni

NC30 - how long you back in town for??
Also keep and ear out if you know anyone who wants to find a flat i be needing to find a flatmate out welcome bay way.

[vifferman]

Next time I might try the old Tauranga Road. The Karangahape Gorge is fun but not if it's wet and full of holiday traffic.

You realise, Mike, that the Old Tauranga Rd only cuts out the bit between the gorge and somewhere past the Waihi Beach turnoff (i.e., Waihi, and a bit of road either side of it)?

The kiamais is one of my fav bits of roads, its often damp up there just keep going ya decide to stop and pull over and put wet weather gear on if you get to top and its looks shit in the wakaito area

Yeah, mine too. If it hadn't been for the weather, I think doing the trip the other way around would've been better, as I like going over the Kaimais from the west to east the most.

You know what you need? a BMW......

Yeah, I've considered it. I would be on another VFR, but the one I'd lined up was "boring looking" (Mrs FS). She liked the K100 because "it's the same colour as my car".
I dunno... I like the FahrtSturm, as unlike most BMWs, it can easily loft the front wheel, and it's light and flickable. And easy(ish) to work on. Mrs FS prefers the seating position to that of the VFR750 I had, but the VFR had slightly better ergonomics for me. The cheapest option may be to get the seat reupholstered and fit some sort of mudguard and/or hugger. And a new helmet for Mrs FS, and new gloves for me.
But then again, Mrs FS is just starting to get 'into' bikes at a time when I'm starting to think for the first time about getting out. Bad timing...

[Joni]

Oh hell yeah! On Saturnday!

Yeah we do a Tauranga area says "good bye to NC30" drinks...

Cajun, you gotta come, bring the Mrs too...

who else is in that area?

[NC]

Sweet as could do Joni

NC30 - how long you back in town for??
Also keep and ear out if you know anyone who wants to find a flat i be needing to find a flatmate out welcome bay way.

Just for 3 weeks...
I move on the 20th might leave on the 18th or 19th though.. dunno
Gotta find a cheap moving company ()
This weekend coming is the only one I have free left...

[Joni]

Sorry Firestormer blatant thread hijack here....

[Cajun]

Yeah we do a Tauranga area says "good bye to NC30" drinks...

Cajun, you gotta come, bring the Mrs too...

who else is in that area?

there is a new member ajturbo and what? and other ones are madandy and sazuki which those two not been around for a while.

Sweet as

[NC]

Sorry Firestormer blatant thread hijack here....

My bad too

[vifferman]

Sorry Firestormer blatant thread hijack here....

One of the endearing things about forums that aren't religiously policed.

Sooner or later, every KB forum seems to end up talking about beer.

Thread hijack's OK, as long as someone can tell me about huggers, mudguards and stopping Mrs FS from getting wet pants.
At the moment, I'm thinking about buying an old mudguard from a wrecker, or from someone who's amputated theirs, and grafting it onto the FahrtSturm behind the number plate.
Either that, or having a mudflap fabricated from carbon fibre.
I suspect (but don't have any empirical data) that a hugger will keep my boots/shock/chain cleaner, but not stop water rooster-tailing up the back...

[Cajun]

One of the endearing things about forums that aren't religiously policed.

Sooner or later, every KB forum seems to end up talking about beer.

Thread hijack's OK, as long as someone can tell me about huggers, mudguards and stopping Mrs FS from getting wet pants.
At the moment, I'm thinking about buying an old mudguard from a wrecker, or from someone who's amputated theirs, and grafting it onto the FahrtSturm behind the number plate.
Either that, or having a mudflap fabricated from carbon fibre.
I suspect (but don't have any empirical data) that a hugger will keep my boots/shock/chain cleaner, but not stop water rooster-tailing up the back...

nah hugger won't stop water rooster up, you need the tail flap to stop that.
I am sure you be able to find one off a wreaked fahrtsturm somewhere