Hornet Swarm Night City

**TOTO** · 5th April 2011, 00:54

Extra Creamy ride tonight folks. Worked on night riding lines, and enjoyed the view of the stars. Very romantic Honda ride if you ask me

Steelphoenix did camp outside but it was worth it, eh ?

And to top of the creamy night we gave Tim a taste of what our adventures include when we got locked out of the secure carpark we parked the motorbikes at.

oops ...

**KALLAN** · 5th April 2011, 01:40

Originally Posted by TOTO

Extra Creamy ride tonight folks. Worked on night riding lines, and enjoyed the view of the stars. Very romantic Honda ride if you ask me

Steelphoenix did camp outside but it was worth it, eh ?

And to top of the creamy night we gave Tim a taste of what our adventures include when we got locked out of the secure carpark we parked the motorbikes at.

oops ...

Gotta say - it sticks well with your definition of adventure ... Inappropriate equipment in in appropriate places?

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**wanpo** · 5th April 2011, 01:40

Originally Posted by gale_wolf

I did manage to go out for a late lunchbreak blat today with Wanpo riding a '99 CBR600 loaner while his thou was in for a service.

CBR600F, not quite the pirate the super-sports are (what with all those Arr's)

Originally Posted by gale_wolf

That serviced my riding need for today

You got serviced by a Honda rider? Trading in the Gixxer for a CBR then?

Originally Posted by TOTO

Steelphoenix did camp outside but it was worth it, eh ?

I can't believe we made her wait 45 minutes. I probably shouldn't have told you that you had forgotten to set your clock when you sent the text.

Originally Posted by KALLAN

Gotta say - it sticks well with your definition of adventure ... Inappropriate equipment in in appropriate places?

I liked how Todd's Bars/mirrors were twice as wide as the doorframe and he managed it though. (without running over Sayaka's toes)

**Gremlin** · 5th April 2011, 01:57

Glad I wasn't there on the BMW

**TOTO** · 5th April 2011, 01:59

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Glad I wasn't there on the BMW

WHat do you care, even if it got scratched, we wouldn't know the difference

**gijoe1313** · 5th April 2011, 09:31

Well it was a great time last night, just about everything - even a tiny amount of gravel!

Interceptor was running a bit late, but nothing a text or two couldn't fix!

Ride up SH16 was nice, we were virtually the only vehicles proceeding along it to Wellsford! And yes, the stop at the top of the hill to see the stars was a change of pace (though my poor girl really needed a pitstop ASAP!

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Was good to see some riders getting in some new night riding skills safely

The fiasco at Hulucat was compounded from the moment TOTO told Steel_Phoenix our ETA

Then the lockout in the gargre was the icing on the cake!

Fortunately, bikes are magical freedom devices and they escaped their confinement with some small amount of manuvering and a plucky japanese girl! Yataa!

And no apologies for the tiki touring across the greater parts of north Auckland!

Been ages since I done the airfield circuit ... I love it when I see planes taking off and the hangars are open at night. Very kewl! (my girl was wondering why my head was permanently turned left at that point in the ride!

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**wanpo** · 5th April 2011, 10:12

Oh yeah, and I had my first kill. Wheelied right over that sucka possum.
Had to spend a while explaining to Sayaka that they are horrible creatures and I was doing New Zealand a credit by lessening their number.

**gijoe1313** · 5th April 2011, 11:43

Originally Posted by wanpo

Oh yeah, and I had my first kill. Wheelied right over that sucka possum.
Had to spend a while explaining to Sayaka that they are horrible creatures and I was doing New Zealand a credit by lessening their number.

The hassle I got through Trace when we rode to Bethells beach one night and I ran over a bunny ... she thought I was deliberately trying to run it over when I was moving from left to right!

In reality I was trying to pick a line that would avoid the wascally wabbit, in the end it was wanting to commit suicide and was probably thinking "why the hell is this prick trying to make it hard for me to throw myself under the wheels!"

But it will be a while before you rack up a kill count that rivals Gremlins or mine! (I massacred well over a couple of dozen in one night ride from Wanaka to Alexandra via Queenstown).

Gremlin hates these vermin with a passion and goes out of his way to even kick them with his boots!

**steelphoenix** · 5th April 2011, 11:53

Originally Posted by TOTO

Steelphoenix did camp outside but it was worth it, eh ?

Delicious takoyaki. Delicious takoyaki is worth the wait.

(Also, your time estimation sucks.

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Originally Posted by TOTO

And to top of the creamy night we gave Tim a taste of what our adventures include when we got locked out of the secure carpark we parked the motorbikes at.

oops ...

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Then the lockout in the gargre was the icing on the cake!

Fortunately, bikes are magical freedom devices and they escaped their confinement with some small amount of manuvering and a plucky japanese girl! Yataa!

I am so glad someone took a photo... And it totally counts as 'adventure'!