Help me at Tawa School take kids for rides (8 March)

[madmal64]

Right!
I have been asked to help out again at the Tawa School Gala on March 8th from 10.00am to 2.00pm.
Last year MD & myself along with some folks from the HOG club gave rides around the school grounds on our steeds. This was a bloody brilliant money raiser for the school and we were busy all day.
What the school is hoping to do is much the same as last year, which is give kids both big and small the opportunity to have a ride on a motorbike and raise some money for the school.
What I enjoyed was the buzz of the kids and many of them came back for more time & time again.
If you have an hour or more to spare and would like to come & join me at Tawa School please pm me or post here. The school will pay for petrol.
It would be great to have a few bikes here and all sizes and types would be more than welcome. The major thing is that you must be comfortable carying pillions that may not have ever ridden before and happy with kids. The riding is just around the school grounds and mainly on grass so you need to be comfortable in that situation too.
All in all its a great opportunity to show the public that us "bikers" are a bloody good bunch of people and give give them a very small taste of what its all about.

Where: Tawa School
When: Sat March 8th
Time: 10.45am till 2.00pm

It would be great to get a heap of KBers there and we could show the community what our kb community is like

[skelstar]

Sounds like a great idea mate. I'll keep that in mind.

Get em riding Italians early eh mate

[Grub]

I was just about to post to mark me down for an hour. Then I checked my calendar ... only to find that my mum is flying down from auckland that day for the day.

So what am I to do .... decision decisions

[madmal64]

Sounds like a great idea mate. I'll keep that in mind.

Get em riding Italians early eh mate

It was a laugh last year I was busy with the boys wanting to go for a ride on the sports bikes and the girls on the Harleys. They did like the sound of the Ape!

I was just about to post to mark me down for an hour. Then I checked my calendar ... only to find that my mum is flying down from auckland that day for the day.

So what am I to do .... decision decisions

Easy!
Drop the bike at the school, go to the airport, pick up ya mum, drop her at the school gala, let her buy some nice home made bikkies & scones for afernoon tea and while she is doing that take some kids for a ride.
Sorted!

[Nasty]

Great idea Mal .. I am on the Hercepton protest ride ... so am bummed I can't be there ...

[jimbo600]

Yeah I'd be keen to help out. I'll refrain from pulling wheelies though.

[Paul in NZ]

Drat - we are on our annual holiday then otherwise I would have loved to help (I could have helped tke the more ancient kids for a trip down memory lane)

[madmal64]

Yeah I'd be keen to help out. I'll refrain from pulling wheelies though.

Thanks mate! Can be interesting trying to pull wheelies on the grass. Had one you fella last year who said I wasnt going fast enough, so I gave it a twist on the go fast lever and wheel spun it on the grass for a good 150 metres. He never complained again I think I might have given him the idea. He still had a smile on his face when he jumped off though.

[MD]

Hi Mal,
I've done this for years now since my VTR1000 bike, but the Daytona rear seat is just not safe enough for kiddies. The F800 was an ideal bike last year.

The bikes were always the most popular event each year.

Mark

[jimbo600]

Hi Mal,
I've done this for years now since my VTR1000 bike, but the Daytona rear seat is just not safe enough for kiddies. The F800 was an ideal bike last year.

The bikes were always the most popular event each year.

Mark

Loud uncomfortable GSXR should fun then

[Sparky Bills]

WHAT!!! No wheelies!!

I could see if I could borrow a Duc for the day...
Let the kiddies ride a real Italian master peice... hehe

[et al]

Speaking of Italians... I can probably turn up on my S4RS and give some rides on that. Maybe I can bring a race bike as well, if you think that might be a good idea - just to have on display and the kiddies who don't want to go for a ride can have a sit on it and "pretend"?

[Sparky Bills]

the kiddies who don't want to go for a ride can have a sit on it and "pretend"?

HEY!! Thats what i used to do with it before you got it!! hehe

[et al]

Thats pretty much all I am doing with it anyway, might as well let others share the experience!

[madmal64]

Speaking of Italians... I can probably turn up on my S4RS and give some rides on that. Maybe I can bring a race bike as well, if you think that might be a good idea - just to have on display and the kiddies who don't want to go for a ride can have a sit on it and "pretend"?

Mate that would be great if it was possible. The more the merrier!
It would be fantastic to get a great cross section of bikes there.

WHAT!!! No wheelies!!

I could see if I could borrow a Duc for the day...
Let the kiddies ride a real Italian master peice... hehe

There may be a 1098 around for a while. But it may end up being a v8 trike instead.
Hey if you can wheelie on the grass... go for it
So far we have coming a .....
Aprilia Falco
GSXR
Harley Night train (possibly x 2)
S4RS
Either 1098 Ducati or 5.0 litre V8 Trike

If you can it would be great to get lots more. They are plenty of whippersnappers that would love a ride on a bike