Calling all Palmy & surrounding district riders - Waitangi Day Ride

[HornetBoy]

yup quick flick out there ..

only bugga was so much loose gravel along the backroad to ....waipawa ..i think it was ,kept me on me toes tho kinda wish i stayed on for the full ride but meh was getting eager to get back on the road during that bp stop

so whens and whats the next ride peoples ?

[slydesigns]

Was a fantastic ride. Shame we had to go see Lis's family for the afternoon really... Enjoyed the twisties the most and finally got comfortable with this whole Road riding thing. Was missing the lack of jumps until I hit that pointy little rise/bridge and cleared it and the second rise behind it! Couldn't stop grinning and laughing after that!

86 flew by me on the R6 so I could admire my next bike from behind... thanks for that

I want to volunteer for being corner marker/guide on the next ride. Was so much fun trying to catch back up to everyone. Except when I finally caught Lis and a CBR1000 (I think) and they both promptly blew me into the weeds while I was gloating passing them both as did Pauly and his loaner GSXR! Lessons learnt.

Was a bit unnerving sitting for 10mins after 10 bikes went through, waiting for the rest and nothing showed. Sat in the rain with the Hyosung rider discussing possible causes ranging from a lost group, a short cut, to a major accident. We were both pretty glad to find every one at Waipuk still on two wheels.

The Rangi fix of wrapping wire around the muffler to the rear footpeg on Lis's ZXR held fine all the way home thank god! Seriously expected the whole can to fly off when we reached Dannevirke the first time and the mounts sheared off as she pulled into the gas station!

The paint was mixed up tonight for the new Green TYGA Babyblade look (should appeal atleast alittle to Cowboyz... maybe), so I'll be stoneguarding EVERYTHING and riding like a nana for a while now. The Green shot bike as the kids call the ZXR is off to see the welders at Roadrunner for repairs and we are both adding some decent toolkits to our bikes so we don't have to bludge on the roadside again.

The video camera on the fairing works a treat and even caught the bridge jump.

Thanks Chanceyy for the ride. Great day off!

[chanceyy]

only bugga was so much loose gravel along the backroad to ....waipawa ..i think it was ,kept me on me toes tho kinda wish i stayed on for the full ride but meh was getting eager to get back on the road during that bp stop

so whens and whats the next ride peoples ?

good to see you back out there as well Chris .. hmmm have to think on that .. will be organising the Ride Right Ride Safe course from now on ..

Was a fantastic ride. Shame we had to go see Lis's family for the afternoon really... Enjoyed the twisties the most and finally got comfortable with this whole Road riding thing. Was missing the lack of jumps until I hit that pointy little rise/bridge and cleared it and the second rise behind it! Couldn't stop grinning and laughing after that!

86 flew by me on the R6 so I could admire my next bike from behind... thanks for that

I want to volunteer for being corner marker/guide on the next ride. Was so much fun trying to catch back up to everyone. Except when I finally caught Lis and a CBR1000 ( I think) and they both promptly blew me into the weeds while I was gloating passing them both as did Pauly and his loaner GSXR! Lessons learnt.

Was a bit unnerving sitting for 10mins after 10 bikes went through, waiting for the rest and nothing showed. Sat in the rain with the Hyosung rider discussing possible causes ranging from a lost group, a short cut, to a major accident. We were both pretty glad to find every one at Waipuk still on two wheels.

The Rangi fix of wrapping wire around the muffler to the rear footpeg on Lis's ZXR held fine all the way home thank god! Seriously expected the whole can to fly off when we reached Dannevirke the first time.

The paint was mixed up tonight for the new Green TYGA Babyblade look, so I'll be stoneguarding EVERYTHING and riding like a nana for a while now.

good to see you both out there .. glad to hear the can stayed on for the trip home as well

[HornetBoy]

The video camera on the fairing works a treat and even caught the bridge jump.

Post that part up ,wouldn't mind seeing some of that video from the ride

was going that slow i didn't really see any of the other riders ,rideing

[kiwibryn]

The Rangi fix of wrapping wire around the muffler to the rear footpeg on Lis's ZXR held fine all the way home thank god! Seriously expected the whole can to fly off when we reached Dannevirke the first time and the mounts sheared off as she pulled into the gas station!

Sometimes rangi has a few good ideas...
Cheers bro
Rangi...

[HornetBoy]

Sometimes rangi has a few good ideas...
Cheers bro
Rangi...

Speaking of Rangi ideas,might have to get one of those seats you got on the cx and put it on the hornet

[Grub]

Where'd you go, is that Kairakau Beach?

Since nobody else has said, may I try ... but I'll be wrong on a bunch of things, this was the general run of the day.

Woodville (left just out of town into some very nice country roads), Danniverke, Waipuk via more back blocks, Patangata for lunch, Elsthorp[e, Kairakau Beach, Kahuranaki Rd to Havelock, Middle Rd to Patangata again, Waipawa, Ongaonga, SH50, to Dannivereke and for us back down the 'rapa to meet TCWNR crowd in Featherston, home at 10 and 700kms

[slydesigns]

I'll edit it out and try to post it up tomorrow night.

[yod]

Since nobody else has said, may I try ... but I'll be wrong on a bunch of things, this was the general run of the day.

Woodville (left just out of town into some very nice country roads), Danniverke, Waipuk via more back blocks, Patangata for lunch, Elsthorp[e, Kairakau Beach, Kahuranaki Rd to Havelock, Middle Rd to Patangata again, Waipawa, Ongaonga, SH50, to Dannivereke and for us back down the 'rapa to meet TCWNR crowd in Featherston, home at 10 and 700kms

bang on the money

Danniverke to Waipuk was via Ormondville and Takapau

nice to meet ya grub

[kiwibryn]

Speaking of Rangi ideas,might have to get one of those seats you got on the cx and put it on the hornet

Ummm... it aint as comfy as it looks... My arse generally goes numb after about an hour. The Virago seat is softer.

I stuck all my pics up on my site so here is the clicky

Scream at me if you want anything taken off...