PT back to civilisation :)

[Posh Tourer :P]

Hey all, thought I'd let you know that I'm now back in Auckland as of 1am today, after spending a month on Great Barrier - mainly on Kaikoura Island, but also down on the Broken Islands for a week - Its interesting being back in civilisation, but I was kinda getting to like the fresh seafood and relaxed lifestyle out there - the price for food and petrol is horrific, but apart from that it is a great place to spend some time.
Main mode of transport was kayaks, and I spent a large amount of time living and working on largely uninhabited islands... Going to get out on the bike this afternoon for the first time in a month - should be ineresting trying to start the beast

13,229 new posts to read - how do you guys post so much rubbish???? Could someone give me a rundown of the salient points this month?

Read the christmas party thread - sorry to hear it was wet, but it sounded alright anyway....Where and when is the next ride?

Photos coming up when I sort out which ones of the 200-odd look the best...

[jrandom]

I went to Wellington and rode back on a Zeal. Yeeeeeehaw. Frosty got the FXR.

Frosty also got engaged to the imaginatively-named Pillion, presumably because of general irresistibleness to fairer sex of said blue Suzuki.

Also on the New Bike front, firestormer is now vifferman, the Trashman has a gixer thou, SpankMe has a GB500TT, and Ching has an XB12R. Apologies if I missed anyone.

And Brian Tamaki is Evil, and we all like Buells.

[Hitcher]

Summary as follows:

-- Car drivers suck
-- But not as much as old cunts with small dicks who can't do wheelies
-- Penis size is directly proportional to the size of the bike you ride
-- School holidays have a lot to answer for
-- All cops are arseholes
-- Brian Tamaki sucks
-- Noise objectors to Western Springs speedway suck
-- Lynda Blair has a virus
-- Some folk have no bike to ride for Christmas
-- Twisties are good
-- No, you can't modify your bike if you don't have any money
-- Fullstops and capital letters appear to be going the way of the apostrophe
-- There's little to get excited about regarding the offering of new bikes for 2005
-- There's no such thing as a new new joke joke...

[Ghost Lemur]

What JR said, plus

-Lots of spills thrills and action...

coming to a cinema near you this (non-existant) summer.

Oh and lots of shit talking, and I do mean lots.

[Yokai]

Additions to the summary:

- Spelling a word "desparate" is overly confusing - do you mean disparate or desperate?
- There's a lot of cool KBers out there
- Frosty likes burnouts
- Speeding is either bad or good
- The law might be the law, but we're gonna bitch about it anyway
- Zed doesn't bite on "the disciples were gay" trolls
- The Welsh English and Scots don't get on unless they are ganging up on one of the others - (usually against the English)
- Lovely weather for the time of year, Eh?

Glad to see you back - How were the rats?

[merv]

-- and Jim2 is one of the "no bike for Xmas" brigade and isn't riding at the moment.

-- The LTSA doesn't exist anymore, but Land Transport NZ does. Hasn't stopped cops being "arseholes" as they take their orders from Police HQ.

-- The road toll for the holiday period has started early.

[vifferman]

What they said - I think they've about summed it all up.

Oh - and jrandom is a triple whore (which you probably noticed from his post header) and so he's responsible for all the postings. On his own.
Although I may have helped a little - over 2000 posts since March. My bad.

And as JR said - I've had a NomenclaturiticalMetamorphosis, for which you can blame the space aliens who turned my wife into a pod person who made me buy a new bike (that blue thing up the top left).

XJ/Frosty has also joined the PipeNSlippersBrigade with the acquisition of a VFR750.
Oh and the eedjits are breeding fast on here.

If you start to miss the rats, we've got some at home you can play with (Houdini, Shibby and Bruce).

[Motu]

Are you new here?

For those of us without bikes for various reasons,or just plain wanted a fang on a dunger - Milky loaned us all some old crap R65 with a green seat....you may have heard about Frostie's burn outs and other mayhem...it wouldn't of been as much fun without the loaner - thanks Milky....

I lost all reason and sold those nearest and dearest to me....as I am Irish the money is all spent and I have nothing to show for it....

[Posh Tourer :P]

I went to Wellington and rode back on a Zeal. Yeeeeeehaw. Frosty got the FXR.

Frosty also got engaged to the imaginatively-named Pillion, presumably because of general irresistibleness to fairer sex of said blue Suzuki.

Also on the New Bike front, firestormer is now vifferman, the Trashman has a gixer thou, SpankMe has a GB500TT, and Ching has an XB12R. Apologies if I missed anyone.

And Brian Tamaki is Evil, and we all like Buells.

Ooo I want the GB500......
And I was wondering who this vifferman was who had suddenly got on and posted a lot....

Congratulations to frosty

[Posh Tourer :P]

Thanks Hitcher, and others

GL - I noticed the amount of shit talking - see 13,000+ posts....

Whats happened to Jim2's TRX??

[Posh Tourer :P]

If you start to miss the rats, we've got some at home you can play with (Houdini, Shibby and Bruce).

Hmmmm. I'm very good at snap-trapping them/bashing the over the head, and removing small parts of their bodies to put in vials of ethanol..... I take it these ones have been around for a while, seeing as they've got names?

I can also put them in big jars of ethanol for you if you want to souvenir them....

[vifferman]

Whats happened to Jim2's TRX??

Diesel on t'road.
TRX fell down.
Jim2 very sad.
Several days of self-flagellation on KB.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Are you new here?

For those of us without bikes for various reasons,or just plain wanted a fang on a dunger - Milky loaned us all some old crap R65 with a green seat....you may have heard about Frostie's burn outs and other mayhem...it wouldn't of been as much fun without the loaner - thanks Milky....

I lost all reason and sold those nearest and dearest to me....as I am Irish the money is all spent and I have nothing to show for it....

So what do you still have and what did you get for the rest of em?

Oh yeah and the R65 started without major complaints - just a little battery boost after running once.... Thanks to you all for taking care of my bike and keeping her running.... very community minded of you....

Still, gotta take it for a long ride soon to blow out the cobwebs - both bike and rider...

Piccies below - 1 and 3 from where we stayed on Kaikoura island for the majority of the time - in a "resort" with an old pool table and taps etc
- 2 is from just round the corner
- 4 is our modes of transport - kayaks being towed back from the Broken Islands (Pig Islands) into Fitzroy

[Posh Tourer :P]

More piccies - this time from coming back on the ferry last night....

Dead calm too the morning run had 4m waves, we had about 1.5m at most... and it was supposed to be bad today too...

Here's a map http://www.thebarrier.co.nz/Map.htm - the broken islands are those ones between B1 and C1

Or here for a wider view included at the bottom: http://www.greatbarrier.co.nz/GBIVIC/gbi_info.htm

Pic 4 - Leaving Fitzroy at about 8pm
Pic 3 - Pretty self explanatory
Pic 2 - Little Barrier
Pic 1 - Auckland at midnight....

[Posh Tourer :P]

Summary as follows:

-- Fullstops and capital letters appear to be going the way of the apostrophe

We might be able to wage a backfoot war of sorts I suppose.....