Novice Cruise, Sunday 23rd Jan

**2_SL0** · 23rd January 2005, 21:26

Originally Posted by jaybee

awesome day was great to get out wid you lot , was bloody tired though have a new born

thats kept me up for a week now wid no sleep , well a lil shut eye , hence was pretty quiet like a mouse, but lets catch up on some sleep and meet again ,

who wants more piccys ???????

I know the feeling, we have a 1yr old, the wee fello grabs naps all thru the day and keeps us up thru the night, lolol.

**Posh Tourer :P** · 23rd January 2005, 21:43

Originally Posted by El Dopa

Seems to be a demand for slower, less hectic rides, judging by todays turnout.

So whens the next one?

Why don't you all turn up to the rides then? I turn up and there's no-one to be slower and less hectic with!! Apart from MikeL occasionally.....

It's not that scary, really......Unless you pick an obviously fast ride......

**Goddess of Goof** · 23rd January 2005, 21:49

An awesome day, complete with wonderful scenery, excellent company, and a bloody good ride as well......Well for those whose bikes stayed the course "////><" of course.

Our 250cc / Learners and Friends group is in great shape .....

What more could anyone want !!

Thank you to Sparky who had the idea and organised it, and to all who contributed, and those who attended.

A great bunch, and hope to see you all again soon.

DO IT AGAIN DO IT AGAIN - SOOOOOON

Oh - and I still love my ikkle baby bike - even though the seat's as hard as crap...
And it needs constant gear changing to even get up the hills at all....
And it vibrates --- mmmm hhhhh mmmm - They say "never go backwards" but I reckon a lot of riders would love to have their first bike back again. Agree ???

**Posh Tourer :P** · 23rd January 2005, 21:56

More piccies

**Sparky** · 23rd January 2005, 22:46

Just uploaded all my pics for the day to Webshots, sorry Jaybee yours slipped through too. If you like to have a look click here: :cool2:

http://community.webshots.com/album/257434796uskvRi

or copy/paste into browser. I hope it worked.

**Zapf** · 23rd January 2005, 23:23

Good to see all the old and new faces... thanks for a fun day and hopefully see u all again!

And Justsomeguy... go DO that BRONZ course!

**ajturbo** · 23rd January 2005, 23:52

Originally Posted by Riff Raff

Well today's ride was great. I met up with everyone at Clevedon after deciding at the last minute to come along for a "short" blat. Good to see so many people turn up, and especially so many 250s and newer riders. Well done guys for organising the ride - I bet you didn't expect so many people. This created a little bit of a logistical problem, but on the whole I think the ride went pretty well.
Neck was pretty good for most of the ride - there were a few nasty bumps I went over that caused me to wince, but all in all pretty good.
By the time we all got back to Papakura I wasn't quite ready for the ride to end - so I took on a kid in a go kart while everyone was fart arsing around trying to decide whether they were going home or going for a bit more of a blat. Does anyone have pics of that?
So then TS, Dveus, Zapf, Justsomeguy and myself headed to Bombay Autobahn where we caught up with SPman, Bestfun and their friend. After a beverage and long natter, TS, Dveus, Zapf and myself headed out to Tuakau, then a short blat down 22, turned round and then out to Port Waikato (nice ride to PW, btw) before heading home. So good to be back on my bike after 6 weeks. I'm also soooooooooo ready for a bigger bike. Thanks everyone. I had a blast today.

FINALY... good to see you got out there matey!!!

hope you don't sufer to much over the next couple of days!

take it easy ........

andy

**Sparky** · 24th January 2005, 05:47

I see DangerDave had a good day, seen his report and pics?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...498#post157498

**Riff Raff** · 24th January 2005, 07:24

Originally Posted by Sparky

Just uploaded all my pics for the day to Webshots

Wow, heaps of happy snaps. Well done!

**Lucyloo** · 24th January 2005, 07:30

Thank you to everyone for a great day.
It was fantastic to have a relaxed ride with so many bikers.
L.

**crashe** · 24th January 2005, 08:39

Great pictures taken by everyone.......

Dang it, I need a digi camera....

**Two Smoker** · 24th January 2005, 08:40

Well everyone, thanks for the ride

I had a great time... That was virtually a KB ride, the only thing missing was a few of the fast guys, and Death doing wheelies....

I hope that everyone saw that KB rides are generally organised and people wait at the intersections for others....

If you want to come on a normal KB ride, you basically only need to be able to do the speed limit (100kmh) because there are others that do this on KB rides rather than going balls out.... So now you guys wont be scared

If it is going to be a fast ride, the organiser of the ride will say on the thread that is will be a fast ride, and not recommended for slower riders... But if you see a ride being organised and it doesnt have that warning, by all means pop along.... I wont have my 600 on the road for a while, so there will always be a smaller bike there....

Thanks for all the pics, and sorry if i broke your camera with my ugly RG150 hehehe.....

**El Dopa** · 24th January 2005, 19:43

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

Why don't you all turn up to the rides then? I turn up and there's no-one to be slower and less hectic with!! Apart from MikeL occasionally.....

It's not that scary, really......Unless you pick an obviously fast ride......

Well, this is the first one I went on, 'cos i'm still on my L's (not for long, with a bit of luck), and it happened to coincide with me feeling confident enough in my own abilities to stretch my wings a bit.

That's why I've not been out and about before.

Still, when there's another one, drop me a PM if you're going, and we'll form a rearguard.