National Classic Bike Rally

[Paul in NZ]

The National Classic Bike Rally hosted by the Wellington Classic Bike club is being held in Wellington this weekend - let me know if anyone needs details. Toot and wave if you see us old codgers on older bikes ;-)

[scumdog]

Would love to but a tad far I'm afraid, one day who knows??

[Paul in NZ]

Right - that was fun (sort of)

I ran the movies on friday nightso had to take the car 'cos you really can't get a 80" sceen, a dvd player, case of dvd's, stereo and a $5,000 project on a bike... Bummer..

SO... I went back to work - dropped all the shit off, checked me emails did 2 hours work and got home at (cough)

Managed to get to the meeting point behind Te Papa to find the delightful children had run the batteries flat on the camera and filled the damn thing with trademe picts of shit we gave them (sods)

Anyway - we tucked in behind the ride to Makara beach... God it was hideous - we were behind some kind of AMC wheeze hound ridden by a 900 year old garden gnome - far out - nearlt fell off on every bend because of the slow speeds but it's considered terribly bad form to pass in a dangerous place so we suffered (lord how we suffered) - eventually - yippee - the gods of burgess were howling and life was goooood...

Makara Beach? What a shit hole....

Mind you - it was made much much brighter by the coolest gathering of the decade - enjoy!!!!!

[Paul in NZ]

More.... Lust.... My GOD a bloody QUASAR

[Paul in NZ]

Well - if the quasar wasn't enough - it went on.....

[Paul in NZ]

And on and on and on...

[James Deuce]

Makara Beach is better than work ya grumpy old gumboot.

I saw a Quasar once. I nearly fell off the curb.

[Paul in NZ]

Anyway - we made damn sure we were amoungst the first group away on the track back to HQ and the pace was uplifting....

General socialising and we left em too it - much as I'd like to have stayed we had a lot to do and life gets 'complicated' sometimes.

Anyway - with the child bride tucked snuggly into the pillion and the road free in front of us we took the loooonnnnggg way home and the twin upswept mufflers howled in glee at the freedom.... There is a glory in swooping this bike through the twistys that is ever denighed to the technicals. Trumpets sounded and anger echoed from the hills and womanly arms clasped me tight reminding me of a safety owed and the thrill not to be taken lightly - yet we stormed the hill and freed the demons and lust was served - perfection - 3 of us in harmony and safely home..... 20 years and the C has never let us down - a true menage de trois...

[Paul in NZ]

I saw a Quasar once. I nearly fell off the curb.

Ah - I always wondered what was wrong with you? Disturbed at an early age...

Mind you - having one growing large in your mirror is truely disturbing - they seem to go quite - well... Bastard didn't get past but it was all hands to repel boarders I can tell you...

[Motu]

Love the trailing link on the Norton - leading links are just so boring.The gorgeous black Triton is a sleeper...I had to look twice to pick it up.

[xwhatsit]

The gorgeous black Triton is a sleeper...I had to look twice to pick it up.

God, it's so clean! Tank is lovely, and there's even room for two. Not what you normally expect!

[Dodgyiti]

More.... Lust.... My GOD a bloody QUASAR

STEADY ON!

That's enough of that.

[Voltaire]

Great Pics Paul, Of special interest to me was the two 50's Triumphs....I should get onto mine before I'm too old to kick start them.....
Was it a VCC event or a separate club.

[riffer]

Hmmm. and that Vincent. Obviously not an American one - they never could handle that H.R.D (too easily mistaken with H.D.). I did also notice the two Le Mans as well - none of which are in the same condition as yours.

Good to have you back Paul.

[tri boy]

Old buggars on old machines