Worst ride ever!!! Weatherman should be shot...

**Mountlocal1** · 11th December 2007, 08:01

The weatherman said thunder and lightning.... Met up in Waihi at 10.30am for the usual loop expedition...Expecting the weather to take a turn for the worst we made our way over the first hilll... Hmmm, more sun? Yip. Rode on through to Whitianga for some lunch.. Sun there too? Yip. Ended up shooting back from Whitianga and through to Kopu for you guessed it...more sun! One of the best rides I've had in ages. Mangaged to get the chicken strips down further, got taught some nice lines courtasy of Ducati Hard and Miss Ducati Hard. Thanks heaps for dragging me out (rubber arm) guys. Awsome day. Looking forward to the next one...

Hope everyone else got there lawns mowed and their gardens weeded...

**ceebie13** · 11th December 2007, 10:07

Tut tut, seems to me that Toni Marsh needs a good spanking!

**MidnightMike** · 11th December 2007, 10:16

What a crock!! Ah well, bring on the sun I say!

**Monsterbishi** · 11th December 2007, 19:03

Yeah, the weatherman is a cock, he said it was going to be 24 degrees here and it only got to 33... Bastard has forcast 31 for tomorrow, lieing prick probably means 37...

Damn it sucks to be here :-)

**Swampdonkey** · 11th December 2007, 19:10

Yeah..he told me of a rain warning of 80mils.So i flagged a ride, kept the bike in the shed and went to work. Yep...you guessed..no rain at all ...dry road....no ride...bad call.

**necrolyte** · 11th December 2007, 19:30

Originally Posted by Swampdonkey

Yeah..he told me of a rain warning of 80mils.So i flagged a ride, kept the bike in the shed and went to work. Yep...you guessed..no rain at all ...dry road....no ride...bad call.

Funny, same thing happened to me today. A little bit of drizzle during the day is the most of it. Should've take the bike

**fishb8nz** · 11th December 2007, 21:09

Sorry not about biking but just bad forecasts.

I went fishing, out of Kawhia, last Thursday, and the MetService forecast was for 20 kts in the morning, rising to 40 kts in the afternoon = GALE WARNING!!!!
Got out and by 10.00 it rose to 2 knots and the 40 knots was, maybe 5. An awesome fishing day all around but if you'd listened to the "Official forecasts" we'd have never gone out.
These West Coast charter guys have so many trips cancelled to bad weather, it's part of their make-up. But to lose a full charter worth nearly $1500 for a forecast that was an absolute crock of $hite is so unforgiveable.

These boats have such a precarious existance they have to charge a higher rate than an East Coast boat, just to survive. I don't like paying more than I have to but these still give good value.