Off the Rails 2008

[JimO]

Did the re enactment as it has to be done... they guys were realy impressed, then suddenly very embarressed when I struck down and unsuspecting bystanding with my swaying memeber.....

it wouldnt be the "long" arm of the law

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

it wouldnt be the "long" arm of the law

Flashing his member huh?

[geoffc]

Great venue, had a great time and enjoyed meeting in person other KB's. Look forward to the 2009 rally. Cheers

[Jantar]

It was another great event, even if a Nighthawk did keep me up to some ungodly hour. I believe we were the last ones up in the whole camp before heading to our tents at around 4:15 am. Just as well the clocks went back an hour to 3:15.

[Jantar]

Everything looked a bit hazy this morning though. I had a rather subdued ride home.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

It was another great event, even if a Nighthawk did keep me up to some ungodly hour. I believe we were the last ones up in the whole camp before heading to our tents at around 4:15 am. Just as well the clocks went back an hour to 3:15.

I was just waiting the free feed left overs... Free2b and Xknuts missed out... they only needed to wait 5 more minutes

[scumdog]

Nice to see y'all hada great time!! And SO photogenic to!

I am still recovering from Far Queue, Ghost Bullet and Mr Sensible 'inflicting' themselves upon me at Chez Scumdog - you should see the surprise the offered me in compensation.

(No doubt the presentation pics will be posted in due course)

[scumdog]

It was another great event, even if a Nighthawk did keep me up to some ungodly hour. I believe we were the last ones up in the whole camp before heading to our tents at around 4:15 am. Just as well the clocks went back an hour to 3:15.

Hey, on pic. 4 there is what looks like baked beans on Ghost Bullets jeans - was there another incident of "The Amazing Exploding Can of Beans"??????

[Jantar]

I did see some cans of some type of food being heated directly over a flame, but as far as I'm aware, nothing exploded.

[xknuts]

Great venue, had a great time and enjoyed meeting in person other KB's. Look forward to the 2009 rally. Cheers

Great to meet you GC, we had a blast, didnt we! Great riding with ya. Love that road, Kyeburn to Hyde.
A lovely afternoon was had by all. Bourbon, Camp brewed espresso (thanks Glen & Lynn), and Tequila shots with salt & lime = YUM also equals pissed by 4.00pm.

I was just waiting the free feed left overs... Free2b and Xknuts missed out... they only needed to wait 5 more minutes

I don't believe we missed it, after all that waiting. No, you are pulling my tit!

PS; Free2be, Outback Al & I met Shek (Keith & Cathy) at Palmerston. He saw the Custard Tart and spied us out. Had a great catch up.

[Ghost_Bullet]

The whole weekend was a ripper. The ride down from Christchurch, through to Geraldine, Fairlie, Omarama, Otamatata (pop in to see the recovering Oldrider) back to Omarama, Alex', Laurence, Milton and "Chez Scummy" for the night. And a great night it was to. I retired early due to over wearyness hitting me. Waking to blazing sun.

One Farq waking late, (hard nite it seems).
Making our way out through Outrum, and over those splendid hills to Middlemarch, The winding road meanders over crest's to reveals expances of beauty! The road surface itself was a little off-putting, not knowing if the centre of the lane was loose, ripples in the road, making the bike feel a little loose.

The rally did it's thing. No wind this year, that sure helped, awesome speaking to the old and new faces of KB and other random humans about the paddock of rock's.
Waking to a frost and a Ball of fire poking it's head over the hill.
It was a crisp 4 degree C ride over to Macraes Flat. Where we stopped to take in the monster of a hole in the ground where gold is being extruded. And the extreme trucks and all other machinery doing thier thing to move the earth from one spot to another.

The ride home was straight but relieving when lunch happened at the "Checkered Flag"
Bikes coming in from both directions, as the Sundown was held north of Chch.

Leg over the steed for the haul home.
Greeted riding though the gate with a kiss from the soft lips of Mrs Bullet, and giant hugs from the kiddy Bullets.

Always nice to get away to these gigs, and ever so nice to get home.
The Brass will soon be here, but pleased it is almost a couple of months away.

Thanks people.
Pictures will show up in a day or so.

[far queue]

I am still recovering from Far Queue, Ghost Bullet and Mr Sensible 'inflicting' themselves upon me at Chez Scumdog - you should see the surprise the offered me in compensation.

(No doubt the presentation pics will be posted in due course)

I'm all recovered now, although I'd have to admit I was feeling a bit slow on Sat morning! Thanks very much to you and CB for the usual great show of southern hospitality.

GB's got the pics of the presentation, but in the meantime here's the item that was presented ...

[far queue]

Great ride, great weather, fantastic roads, and amazing scenery. I had to slow done a few times to take in the awesome views … wow. I must get down there again sometime, but on the adventure bike next time and have a better look around, and takes lots of photo’s.

Oh, and the rally was great too and again in a great setting.

Here’s some pics of things …

1 Food stop on the way to the rally on Saturday
2 The rally site
3 The shearing shed - 150 years old that very day
4 The site from from near the shearing shed
5 The site at breaky time this morning
6 McCraes mining site. That's a BIG truck - look at the ute that's following it for comparison.

[far queue]

... and here’s some people pics …
7 Mr S and GB talking shit as usual and they've got a portaloo each to do in!
8 Big Eat's at 3 paces - GB looking for revenge and Mr S saying "WTF, don't point that thing at me"
9 GB, the intrepid photographer always looking at life from a weird angle
10 WTF where's his arms gone? The Thalidomide kid!
11 The intrepid tourists at McCraes mining site

[T.W.R]

I'm sure SD & CB would have a spare set of cuffs

great pics FQ & that dumper ain't that big, just a Cat 777 just intermediate size compared to what we had at Huntly