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Thread: Ride up Old North Rd, Peak Rd, SH16 and SH12 to Dargaville and back, Thu 10 Jan 2008

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    By the way, folks, we won't be stopping for gas between Auckland and Dargaville (unless there's anyone coming along with a < 200km tank range...) so make sure you come to the start point with a full tank.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwifruit View Post
    Dan says:
    if I get a group on the ride tonight, guarantee someone will lose their licence
    Now that the cops know when youre coming and on what roads!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Qkchk View Post
    Now that the cops know when youre coming and on what roads!
    Speed kills!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    Speed kills!
    So...
    If a big enough group goes on this ride...
    And they go fast enough...
    Then any police cop foolish enough to wait on the side of the road on the alleged route...
    Could likely get sucked into the Maelstrom of Death / Vortex of Doom...
    And get killed dead?


    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    So...
    If a big enough group goes on this ride...
    And they go fast enough...
    Then any police cop foolish enough to wait on the side of the road on the alleged route...
    Could likely get sucked into the Maelstrom of Death / Vortex of Doom...
    And get killed dead?
    Yes.

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    Nobody saw me rolling
    They were neither hating nor patrolling
    And they didn't catch me riding dirty
    Didn't catch me riding dirty.

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    Hope you all had a great ride. I got there too late you guyz already left. Twas bout 6.20pm. Im still learning lane splitting and dam traffic was bad......anyways I went to pohoi and had a cranberry juice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trump-lady View Post
    Hope you all had a great ride. I got there too late you guyz already left. Twas bout 6.20pm. Im still learning lane splitting and dam traffic was bad...
    Yeah, that's what I figured.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    Yeah, that's what I figured.

    Your filtering-fu is weak! You must train harder, grasshopper!
    Did your police escort last long?

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    Quote Originally Posted by boostin View Post
    Did your police escort last long?
    No, he turned off about 40km south of Wellsford. I gave him a cheery wave.

    Got stuck behind an unmarked snake in the dark coming back down SH1 south of Wellsford, too. Good thing those disco lights on the rear parcel shelf reflect headlights very brightly, eh?

    The BT020s are crap. Time to swap them. I had an interesting moment overtaking on solid lines at a fair rate of knots at one stage - the back end wiggled madly around under throttle as it touched the paint. Bolt upright, clean dry roads, and it just wasn't gripping.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    The BT020s are crap.
    Oh yeah; Dan - the BT020s are crap. It's time you swapped them.
    The BT021s are allegedly better, but you could do more betterer than that.
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman View Post
    The BT021s are allegedly better, but you could do more betterer than that.
    Mm, yes.

    See the thread I just started.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom View Post
    No, he turned off about 40km south of Wellsford. I gave him a cheery wave.

    Got stuck behind an unmarked snake in the dark coming back down SH1 south of Wellsford, too. Good thing those disco lights on the rear parcel shelf reflect headlights very brightly, eh?

    The BT020s are crap. Time to swap them. I had an interesting moment overtaking on solid lines at a fair rate of knots at one stage - the back end wiggled madly around under throttle as it touched the paint. Bolt upright, clean dry roads, and it just wasn't gripping.

    It does seem to put a bit of a damper on things when you have to follow them but it was still a nice afternoon for a short ride (for me).

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