Manawatu weekend rides

[NZsarge]

Was a goody alright the two singles got to Taradale waited(there was mention about lunch there at the 50 turn off). Check of cellphone bugger!! No sign of life in it. Waited a bit. Oh well, maybe theiy've gone to Napier.
Brmmm Brmmm. Nope. Oh well back to Taradale then. Nope. Ah well, lunch at mackers then. Ok.

After a quick lunch of back we went via some pemo winding country roads. Thing where a bit nippy so stopped to warm up then off to Ormenville via Norsewood. A rum and a natter and leg stretch later we mounted the humble beasts brmm brmm. Alignment of Uranus must been spot on as Lance mentioned we bumped into the other lot at Dannivagas then off home with the Scorpio breaking off to see the Yods.

Came home with a smile so it must have good. Bring on the next one.


All good then Bonez.


A side note- Coming home I passed two car incident. One taking out a power pole about a km from town and t-bone at the Vogel/main Str intersection.

Ouchies!.................................

[Bonez]

Could'nt have been better really Sarge. It was good to see everyone beaming at the kick off Had a feeling we'd bump into the main group again. And that we did. Pleased everyone made it home ok.

Oh almost forgot. A couple of the ladies were introduced to the Onga Onga facilities. An Ashurst first I believe.

[cowboyz]

Was a goody alright the two singles got to Taradale waited(there was mention about lunch there at the 50 turn off). Check of cellphone bugger!! No sign of life in it. Waited a bit. Oh well, maybe theiy've gone to Napier.
Brmmm Brmmm. Nope. Oh well back to Taradale then. Nope. Ah well, lunch at mackers then. Ok.

After a quick lunch of back we went via some pemo winding country roads. Thing where a bit nippy so stopped to warm up then off to Ormenville via Norsewood. A rum and a natter and leg stretch later we mounted the humble beasts brmm brmm. Alignment of Uranus must been spot on as Lance mentioned we bumped into the other lot at Dannivagas then off home with the Scorpio breaking off to see the Yods.

Came home with a smile so it must have good. Bring on the next one.

A side note- Coming home I passed two car incident. One taking out a power pole about a km from town and t-bone at the Vogel/main Str intersection. Be carefull out there.

Could'nt have been better really Sarge. Had a feeling we'd bump into the main group again. And that we did. Pleased everyone made it home ok.

that accident still there. Mother-in-law brought kids home at 3 and past the accident site. She was just telling me about it. Over 2 hours and its still there is not a good look. Aparently it is a real mess.

[Bonez]

that accident still there. Mother-in-law brought kids home at 3 and past the accident site. She was just telling me about it. Over 2 hours and its still there is not a good look. Aparently it is a real mess.

Not good at all.

[Owl]

Not good at all.

Yeah the power pole one looks nasty!


Cheers everyone for the great day out. Loads of fun and got to do Middle Rd for the first time!

[Bonez]

Yeah the power pole one looks nasty!


Cheers everyone for the great day out. Loads of fun and got to do Middle Rd for the first time!

There's another you'll enjoy just 15kms or so to the west. Must show you it sometime.

[Mrs Cowboyz]

twas the mintiest of mint days!! The nerves were quite high as we met up with the group at mobil, but once on the road they subsided and started to get into the rhythm. Stopped at the chook and filly for a superb lunch. Said our goodbyes to the boys off to have their little jaunt around the countryside!
Headed into havelock north to fill up. Lucky for me we did as I had left Norman on reserve! Yikes!! Then off to the famous middle road, same as you owl was my first time and I loved it, was a bit concerned about holding the ladies (who were nice enough to stay rather than go play!!) up. Awesome bit of road that. Loved it.
Did I say that I loved it???
Stopped off at a pub that was in the middle of nowhere!! Cant remember the name sorry, wrists and hands were getting a little sore by now. Carried onto waipawa and got spat on a little!
On through waipakurau, here on I knew I would be hitting a head on wind so ended up just pootling on to Dannevirke for a hot coffee to warm the hands and meet up with bonez and Leonie!!
Awesome ride! Awesome company!!

[NZsarge]

Awesome ride! Awesome company!!

Nice, stoked that you enjoy it, so you'll be up for some more of that then?
More of that will be coming particularly as friday night rides are coming to an end soon.

[86GSXR]

Extremely minty slicey wicey of a ride with a sprinkle of awesomeness on top for good measure

The golden beauty behaved herself very well I thought. Good team assembled at Ashhurst to see off the lads who are doing a wee ride.

Good to see young Norman and the Scorpy patanging along quite nicely I thought.

Brief stop at Ongaonga for the girls, and was most impressed to see the Buell pull a very competent manoeuvre good lord, Monamie has kept those skills rather quiet Cowboyz will have some competition soon

Nice run to the Chook and Filly and very pleasant catching up with a few of the HB crew but losing a couple of ours in the process

Sweet, sweet run through Middle Rd (wasn't me, honest) and a quiet bevvy at Patangata.

Straight line to Vegas for coffee and then a good run back, Monie displaying impressive skills

Must figure out what those lines on the gorge mean one day, but always fun.

FMS

[Monie]

Yeah the power pole one looks nasty!


Cheers everyone for the great day out. Loads of fun and got to do Middle Rd for the first time!

was a first time for me too... what a neat road and i enjoyed following mrs c .. thanks to all for coming i really enjoyed it .. a nice bit of rain now my bike is clean ... the boys arrived to the port of call at 4pm ...
thanks again for a nice day...

[KiwiKat]

There's another you'll enjoy just 15kms or so to the west. Must show you it sometime.

West???

I obviously missed an awesome day. Very jealous.

[Bonez]

West???

I obviously missed an awesome day. Very jealous.

West of Middle Rd ol bean. Ha ha.

[cowboyz]

Nice run to the Chook and Filly and very pleasant catching up with a few of the HB crew but losing a couple of ours in the process

dont think it was a fair trade!
Sweet, sweet run through Middle Rd (wasn't me, honest) and a quiet bevvy at Patangata.
my headspace wasnt mint through middle road. It was alot bumpyer than I remember it. Had a few front wheel issues but saved a fair bit of tread so I guess it all evens out.

Straight line to Vegas for coffee and then a good run back, Monie displaying impressive skills

Must figure out what those lines on the gorge mean one day, but always fun.

FMS

I passed 13 in the gorge! fucking traffic everywhere! Nice piece of road that. I am liking it more and more lately and they should stop cars from going through there.

the boys arrived to the port of call at 4pm ... ...

what boys? Oh yeah, the whole point to the ride. I am blocking out the southern cross due to being extremely jealous!

[Monamie]

It was a nice day for riding though a bit nippy in places. Its good to get out and just ride,stop,ride,visit Onga Onga,ride,stop,drink,eat,ride,stop,drink...I forget the rest but it was a bloody neat day.

Lesson of the day:
If many bikes are parked on the side of the road and everyone is pointing to the cafe' across the road.......it means stop,drink,eat (though I thought they were just waving too)

A great way to spend the day.

[Owl]

There's another you'll enjoy just 15kms or so to the west. Must show you it sometime.

That sounds like a plan Bonez. I just love those winding roads!

Brief stop at Ongaonga for the girls, and was most impressed to see the Buell pull a very competent manoeuvre good lord, Monamie has kept those skills rather quiet Cowboyz will have some competition soon

Al+Al

Must figure out what those lines on the gorge mean one day, but always fun.

Yeah!