South Island 2008 KB Rally, registration thread

[HanSoloNZ]

Thanks To All Involved In Organising The Meet, Had A Great Time, Good To Meet Some Fellow Riders, Looking Forward To The Next Gathering. Hope You All Have A Great Christmas And New Years.

[stevewederell]

What a top bunch of bastards you all are!!

Big to all those that made it happen, including the American trio in the office for providing such a great spot for us all. Will have to take the missus there for a weekend away.

Cheers to Dangerous and Rashika for taking some stuff down for me, would have been quite the mission to fit all that on the bike!

Thanks to Dave and Skyrider for the ride down, no mishaps except for one stupid cager who wanted to test us

No thanks to HOT for poisoning me with her red liquid of death, which is obviously the only reason for my ill health the next day...shame on you Helen

Anyway, like I said you're all a great bunch, few faces I knew and now a heap more to have a with.

Here's a few pics to add to the bunch

1. Dave sourcing dinner
2. Who's is the biggest?
3. So that's what happens to the virgins!
4. Hear ye, hear ye...let there be a Garston rally
5. Bangers at witching hour
6. HOT feeding the animals

[stevewederell]

...and some more

1. HOT's new back protector
2. Dave, "Back in MY day"...
3. She's gunna blow!!

[Ghost_Bullet]

The final chapter of the KB rally was closed yesturday in a mission to extracate the Ducati of Mr Sensibles from the Dansy's Camp.
The weather was shite from the moment of leaving home, right through to arriving home some 12hrs later.

What a mavalous place though it is down there. And looking accross the camp site one could re-live the happenings of the weekend prior.
From the arrival and Friday night table tennis, the fabulous discovery of some wonderful little roads on the Saturday, a grand nibble of some food at Moaraki, to the totaly brilliant time sitting around the fire pit till the early hours. The food cooked on the bbq was a great addition to the copious amounts of fluids consummed by many.
And if with the lack of sleep after getting to bed way to late in the morning, the ride home was good.
With all of that on top of a busy week of work, it took much of the week to feel like I had even semi recovered.

Back to the task at hand of getting this duck back in flight. Mr Sensible had found some perfect "Fag" bearings for the job on his back wheel... some special bearing grease helped those "faggy" things into place. The old worn bearing was infact well beyound worn... Mr Sensible was a little confused by my desire to capture the moment on film... but of course it was me, and that is what I do... "Capture".

Mr S braved the cold and wet weather that was not much more than around 7degrees and as low as 4. We swapped tasks of riding at Ashburton, as the old man looked as though he was going to shrink into oblivion with shivering.
And I was rather suprised with my first ride of such a machine, very similer but very different to the Griso. It was rather easy to ride...felt slow when going fast, turned easy but a pain on the wrists in town and with out getting into to much more detail I would rate it as a 7 out of 10. The griso of course being a conservative 12 out of 10.

The pics below are self explaining...

Then if not
1.The Raikia River full of water
2.The wheel before the bearing was removed
3.The bearing is well and truley fagg'd
4.Not much left of the sphere
5.Fag
6.Knocking new ones back in.

[dangerous]

No thanks to HOT for poisoning me with her red liquid of death, which is obviously the only reason for my ill health the next day...shame on you Helen

That lassie has so much to answer for... setting me up like that n all

Mr Sensible had found some perfect "Fag" bearings for the job on his back wheel... some special bearing grease helped those "faggy" things into place.

And as you said in a MSN message... the FAG bearings so match his Red and Ghay Duc jacket

[scumdog]

6.Knocking new ones back in.

Is that a fag knocking a fag into place???

[helenoftroy]

No thanks to HOT for poisoning me with her red liquid of death, which is obviously the only reason for my ill health the next day...shame on you Helen

But you only had one glass of the divine Port!!
...and it took you 2 hrs to drink that!!

That lassie has so much to answer for... setting me up like that n all

Honey!! you dont need any help from me to get yourself into a heap of trouble!!
Totally innocent I am

What an awesome bunch you all are,didnt we have some fun

[xknuts]

What an awesome bunch you all are,didnt we have some fun

Yeah we did!
But the real evidence is yet to come, Isn't it Owen.
I can't wait! How long does it take to fix a computer?

[_Shrek_]

Photo's are up... and there are a few...

some great pix's in there D or was that P onya u 2

[dangerous]

But the real evidence is yet to come, Isn't it Owen.
I can't wait! How long does it take to fix a computer?

OH... I think we have seen enough

[FJRider]

And he was wanting to ride it home...

[helenoftroy]

Yeah we did!
But the real evidence is yet to come, Isn't it Owen.
I can't wait! How long does it take to fix a computer?

true!!this could be interesting

OH... I think we have seen enough

Yeah more than enough!!

[doc]

Well that was a character building trip!!

Couple of pics
1. Never made it to be a garage ornament.
2, Really only go for the crayfish.
3. She finally came out of the closet.
4. Didn't find enough to get to Garston.
5. Brief 3 day shower.
6. Play in rear hub sorted with tyre change
was loose nut.
Yep another great Sth Island do.

[FJRider]

A three day shower is considered "brief" in Pukekura... nice little bar there. Did you order anything off the grill ??? bit of "house grilled" roadkill maybe...

[1billyboy]

It was a great weekend for me. Pissed in a paddock again. Good to put faces to names. I have a bad habit of forgetting peoples names so I blame it on Caruba or Craft. Hope to see some of you at Woodstock.
Have a great Xmas and a even better New Year.