Hornet Swarm Night City

**TOTO** · 20th November 2008, 22:46

Good fun as usual. Lol at us getting mixed up with the ATNR fast crew, it was nice to see some old friends from there too

Nice to finally meet Zeosen and BlackSheer(shame we lost ya buddy), hope you biys join us again.

Cherio to the ride Captan GiJoe for the pootling to the secret new beach Ididnt know about - aparently it is a nice romantic place a bitt out of view from curious people

Tace was there again all happy and smiling and gigling. Her mouth dropped at the site of all the bad boy GSXRs at bar africa tonight - the wors as I remember were : "Suzuki represent STRONG !!!"

EDIT: Pic 5

**TOTO** · 20th November 2008, 22:50

ok , do tell what happened here

**gijoe1313** · 20th November 2008, 22:56

Knee down on rough sandy surface leading to a low side careening off a bank?

**gijoe1313** · 20th November 2008, 23:02

Right the next ride for tomorrow Friday is an all encompassing compass point ride that summarises the rides this week!

BP Takanini 6.30pm ... bring warm clothes and a sense of adventure!

**zeocen** · 20th November 2008, 23:03

flippin' gixxers always tryin' to steal the show !

**TOTO** · 21st November 2008, 05:53

I bringa da warma clothes

**Choco** · 21st November 2008, 10:53

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Knee down on rough sandy surface leading to a low side careening off a bank?

Awesome photos guys, surprised you didn't get someones bike in the photo frame though! Maybe another trip is required....

Edit: 666th post!

**GSXR Trace** · 21st November 2008, 12:56

Originally Posted by zeocen

flippin' gixxers always tryin' to steal the show !

bahahaha "tryin" - i think i succeeded this time round! hehe but in all honesty... didn't do it thinking a photo would be taken... was thinking of my poor short wee legs pushing bike backwards up grass incline!
Another enjoyable ride.. but would have been good to do a few more twisties.. so maybe do similar ride again antoher night (not thursday)???

see you again tonight boys! loving my week of riding! great start to summer! so far have have 5 days straight of riding!

**Badger8** · 21st November 2008, 17:09

all these adventures... *sniffles*

Been a hellish week at work, hoping to be back in action next week

**Blackshear** · 21st November 2008, 18:48

Sorry guys, and TOTO, if I held you up

All I need now is a spanner, a chain punch aaaaaaand. Wassat other thing. Er. OH! PLIERS! How I love those circular clips.

Anyways, sorry!!!

**Donor** · 21st November 2008, 19:34

Originally Posted by Blackshear

Sorry guys, and TOTO, if I held you up

Dude - NEVER apologise for holding ANYONE up on a ride.

Ride your own ride, if you get lost, sit tight and someone will find ya.

**Donor** · 21st November 2008, 19:35

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Right the next ride for tomorrow Friday is an all encompassing compass point ride that summarises the rides this week!

BP Takanini 6.30pm ... bring warm clothes and a sense of adventure!

This is teh suckiest week to have been finishing at 1830

**Chisanga** · 21st November 2008, 23:23

I just got back from HALF of the planned ride and it is 12:20!! What a bunch of crazy bikers.... loved every minute of it and definately improved my night riding skills.

Thanks guys!

**gijoe1313** · 22nd November 2008, 02:08

Four points of the compass ride has been successfully completed by some mad nutters (I already am, so I don't count

)

Started off at BP Takanini, where I encountered a piece of metal leaking out precious air!

Tracey and Rie hadn't arrived yet so I quickly went back home and got it sorted out with the dog poo (needed some pliers to get it out!)

TOTO was helping Blackshear out (ironic innit?

) and would meet us at Kaiaua. That meant zeocen, Chisanga, Tracey, Rie and I to pootle off at a nice sedate pace to the fush n'chup dinner (to fortify ourselves for the riding ahead)
Compass point one done!

Donor txtd me several times and was well put out by all these capers!

Anyhow, TOTO arrived and we all left for the 2nd compass point - Port Waikato and did this via Mercer where zeocen left us to make his way home.

Good to see everyone being sensible and just enjoying the riding at night!

Port Waikato done and done, we made our way over to West Auckland for compass point three : Bethell's beach!

Chisanga left us at this point around Mt Wtgn and it was down to four intrepid riders! I had to check my rear wheel again and lead the group on a merry wending way around Te Atatu and its environs (lots of

but no fear for us since we were riding like nanas!)

A bit of more air, Rie said her goodbyes at this point and then there were only three musketeers left! The games afoot and we set off for Bethell's beach. Nice twisties at night, done at a gentle pace - I ran over a bunny (Tracey will swear I deliberately aimed for it!

) was all fine till the return bit when I hit a stone, which sent the Big Ol'Hornet for an ooer!

Left the picks alone, threw my gaze away from the impending wall o'doom, looked left, more throttle and the Big Ol'Hornet carried me away from mega-ouchie time

Heart rate back to normal and I wondered if it was the spirit of the bunny wanting vengeance!

The last compass point at Takapuna beach was done by some meandering through the city at Pt Chev to Three Lamps and over the bridge. A quick photo op and back over to meet in central to have a bit of a chinwag. Well done everyone!