Westpac Rescue Helicopter Fundraiser!

[Imbray]

Tried to catch you at Hamilton, not sure what time you ended up there, the weather was pretty nasty, glad everyone got thur it safely and good amount was raised.

The sale wasn't bad at Boyd's either, spent more than hubby , arh well that's life, ride on

[Mom]

Tried to catch you at Hamilton, not sure what time you ended up there, the weather was pretty nasty, glad everyone got thur it safely and good amount was raised.

The sale wasn't bad at Boyd's either, spent more than hubby , arh well that's life, ride on

We got into Hamilton at 3:30 and yes the weather was totally disgusting!

[MadDuck]

Every now and then you get to do something positive and something to be proud of...that was yesterday.

Thanks Mark and Anne for having the vision and putting in all the hard work to bring the day together...at times I know it wasnt easy

The ride itself was timed to perfection and all the bike shops were just brilliant opening their facilities to us. Luckily Bayride sell big thick warm socks - alas they didnt stay dry for very long. Oh and thanks Lindsay for pointing out the direction we were heading was where those really really big BLACK clouds are

Actually didnt mind riding in the rain and wind except for heading back to the base on the Southern Motorway and the only thing visible was Marks tail lights. This coming from a fair weather harley rider.

And what a HUGE HUGE honour to be allowed onto the base to meet the crew and see the helicopter up close. What a top bunch of guys and what a great job they do. They deserve every penny we can raise and more

[Imbray]

Damm, only just missed you then, there till about 3:20 , getting over bronchitis & chest infection so headed for home before I bought up both lungs, hope to catch up with another time perhaps

[dangerous]

A quick calculation shows that a total of just under 10 grand was collected.
WooHoo!!!

Sweet, this years KB rally is going to be awesome

Should do this again sometime..........Mark

Yeah why not... but please, PLEASE can we do it in summer time?

[chanceyy]

$9755 is what was raised yesterday throughout the country, a fantastic effort... Good onya Yungatart and MSTRS and the HB crew/Chanceyy and her team from the Manawatu/MyGSXF and the rest of the Nelson region Bikers/SuziQ and Dangerous in Christchurch/Hayd3n and Chi5tina from Dunedin....oh and US.
Massive day yesterday, riding in the worst weather ever at times. Big thank you to everyone who turned out. Special thanks to (in no particular order) The Busa's/MadDuck/The Stranger/Draco/DEATH_INC/Speedie/Luckylegs/Gubb/Zapf.
Busa Pete did an awesome job of keeping us moving, making sure that the 1/2 hour at every stop was indeed just that. We got to the Base at the time we said we would, even though it took us an extra 1/2 hour to get to Tauranga.
Botany Honda did a wondeful job with the B-B-Q , cheers Richard/John and the team from Botany, those bacon and egg rolls were a welcome first stop beakfast munch.
Onto Tauranga...its not unusual for me to take a wrong turn at times and yes it happened again... saw DMNTD at Te Puna and by the time we got into Tauranga, the big green signs confused me... and I took the wrong, all the while thinking '' come on Chris where are you mate''? he took the lead and got us to BayRide. TOTO did a bit of traffic control so we could U turn on Cameron Rd....cheers TOTO.
Big thanks to Lindsay and the team at Bayride, the toilet got a hammering I know that!! Coffee and food supplied and the weather had changed for the better so we took the Old Tauranga Direct rd to Rotorua.
Once in Rotorua we were told that it had been snowing in the Mamaku's, yip we are going that way Thank you Bike Force for staying open and once again, the toilet got plenty of use. 1/2 hour break there then off to Hamilton. Just over the Mamaku's the sky was black, and I mean black, not dark grey BLACK!... and fuck did it rain! cleared by about Cambridge but chucked it down again once we arrived at Boyds. The B-B-Q there was hit pretty hard as was the Toilet (AGAIN) Thank you so much Sue Boyd for generous Cheque and hope the Sale went well. Refuel at Ngarawahia BP, it looked sunny up ahead so on go the shades for the first time...what a waste of time that was, couldn' see by the time we got to the Bombays, that fricken' rain and dark dark sky, so up went the visor and I gave Anne my sunny's. and then I got real interesting around the Papakura area, the wind shear and hard driving rain made for very unpleasent riding, slowed right down to about 70ks at one point, maybe 60?.. Speedie jumped in front closer to the off ramp and lead us into the Base. Beers and the B-B-Q were at the ready. The Helicopter Crew were fantasic and the Cheque was signed and handed over. A few words were spoken by Myself and Anne and we dedicated the ride/day to Zukin (scott) the crew in Auckland were the ones that went to him. Those guys have a hell job (and I mean that in posistive way) and total respect goes out to them...
Should do this again sometime..........Mark

Fantastic effort Maha & mom .. you did yourselves damn proud , thank you for allowing me to be a part of it .. definately challenging but ohhh sooooo satisfying yesterday once it was all over & everyone back safe & sound

hmm I think this should be either at the least annual or perhaps 6 monthly event ?? but before the shortest day (the old saying the weather craps out after the shortest day is correct )

I am so proud of those guys who came out in way less than ideal conditions, we had some very newbie riders doing their first group ride & had hail a few times on the ride. And I am totally estatic with the behaviour of all the riders everyone did the biker community proud thank you

[Gubb]

I am so proud of those guys who came out in way less than ideal conditions, we had some very newbie riders doing their first group ride & had hail a few times on the ride. And I am totally estatic with the behaviour of all the riders everyone did the biker community proud thank you

Aye, we had 3 people on 250s (myself included) that braved the elements. Goes to show that some wussies shouldn't be scared of the weather.

[Mom]

$100 petrol vouchers - Colin Swindells from Cambridge, saw the ride advertisied in Kiwi Rider, is not KB member.
$100 petrol vouchers - Our very own SpankMe
Westpac gift pack - TOTO
Westpac gift pack - Paturoa
Westpac gift pack - RiderInBlack
Westpac cap and Helicopter book - Phil Brown sorry forgot your KB handle
Westpac cap and Helicopter book - Paturoa
Westpac cap and Helicopter book - BigB
Tee Shirt - windingroad
Hoodie - Chris Wedding sorry forgot your KB handle
Hoodie - Russell Western from Opotoki, saw the ride advertisied in Kiwi Rider, is not KB member.

Congratulations to you all, thank you for your support!

[stify]

glad to have been a part of this orsum event... to all who made it possible.....

cheers

[Mrs Busa Pete]

A big thank you to mark and anne for orginizing this event it was a good day out considering the conditions. Had hoped to see more people out there but good on the ones that did brave it was great to see the support that we got from around the country. Nearly 10k in the winter does that mean nearly 20k in the summer lets hope.

That sale in Hamilton could of cost us hours as every thing was oh so cheap great job there guys.
(although i may have to go back on monday for that shoei )


Unfortunately it was proven this weekend that you could need these services anywhere not just in your own back yard So see you all next time and if it's raining don't worry your bikes won't shrink

[icekiwi]

Westpac cap and Helicopter book - Phil Brown sorry forgot your KB handle


Mwah....

[Luckylegs]

Eek, Im late with my 2c worth and its all been said, so...... Theres only one thing to say about the day, and those involved...

PRICELESS !!! Thank you all, look forward to having the opportunity to do it again (Rain Or Shine).

[TOTO]

Thank you for your welcome on yesterdays combo Wespac Rescue Support / Cheesecutter Awareness Ride. A bit damp, yes. I took some photos and video enroute and at Westpac Chopper Base Mechanics Bay. When a bigger dedicated ride is organized I believe it is essential that we get TV/Media "buy-in" to our fight.
We can organize some spectacular footage at the Rangariri killer section---It's closeness both sides on the runoffs with gustiness dangers would suit a multicam shoot. Ideal would be to get some well known media type involved.This next few months is a heaven sent opportunity to up the ant. in the the public and political areas. We now have Public Special Interests venues for nationwide TV exposure via Freeview. This website plus media adds would get the interested people to target it. Relentless and climbing pressure on Govt is number one. Close behind that will be to get top barristers or Law Professors being interviewed on TV as on How to Sue the Transit and LTSA after the next Wire Barrier bisection. Ah la the recent law ruling on the right to sue Corrections Dep over that murder they contributed to. The Transit Dep need to feel a little heat. First, we would need Court worthy proof that we have supplied them with irrefutable evidence of the Barrier hazards . They are wily and arrogant. So we must close their loopholes. If a video production gets off the ground I can contribute HDV Cam, lights, etc---we would more for multicam shoot---they should be HDV 16-9 widescreen. I have pencil cam rigs that could fit bikes participating etc.
Lets focus on this four months.
lights,

whenever you need people for any help with any of this, sen me a pm and I'll be there. Any help you need

[BigB]

Great to see you all braving the weather, sorry I couldn't go the ride but it was good to see you off.

And yes Mom I'll stop lurking and post more.

cheers

B

[Maha]

Great to see you all braving the weather, sorry I couldn't go the ride but it was good to see you off.

And yes Mom I'll stop lurking and post more.

cheers

B

You did make the vid put up by Nordy....I didn't....
Me and my quick get aways....

Must say I was more than happy to finally get off the bike at the end of it all, we had done 655 ks by the time we got home...probably just over 600 on the day, in 'trying' conditions, we stayed at the Busas on Saturday night, curried sausages and Bourbon.....