Sunday March 29 Ride to Lake Ferry.

**Duke girl** · 29th March 2009, 19:46

Answer to your question Clive, Yes we did get to Lake ferry for a nice cold 1. Shame you couldn't ride down there with us but nice to have you aboard to Martinborough.

**sinned** · 29th March 2009, 20:19

Originally Posted by Gareth51

Should have kept ya Triumph

You could be right - this is my second new sook and the first had a major failure when new.

**davebullet** · 29th March 2009, 20:33

Originally Posted by Holyshift

Thanks for the great ride today. Really enjoyed the loop from Gladstone and back. Had to leave the group a Martinborough to get home. Hope the ride to Lake Ferry and back was incident free. Was witness to a bad crash on the U/Hutt side of the Taka's. Guy on a Honda had what I can only describe as brain fade going through a corner stood bike up and straight in to the bank. Was in a pretty bad way. Was plenty of help there by the time I got off the bike and ran over. Heard he was air lifted to Hospital. Don't know why he didn't just lean further in to the corner. Would have made it without to much trouble from my view point. Wasn't going fast as I caught him and his mate up fairly easily.

Standing up mid-corner has happened to me twice in a panic.... you think you have more chance stopping the bike than leaning over and low siding it.

Is this something they teach you how to "combat the urge" on an advanced course - or just practice or HTFU?

**sels1** · 29th March 2009, 20:42

Originally Posted by Gareth51

Should have kept ya Triumph

Originally Posted by sinned

You could be right - this is my second new sook and the first had a major failure when new.

Slow learner eh Dennis?

**Holyshift** · 29th March 2009, 20:48

Originally Posted by davebullet

Standing up mid-corner has happened to me twice in a panic.... you think you have more chance stopping the bike than leaning over and low siding it.

Is this something they teach you how to "combat the urge" on an advanced course - or just practice or HTFU?

Look at your exit point and where you want to go. Counter steer and have faith in your tyres, they have more grip than you think!

**BALZYBUELL** · 29th March 2009, 21:04

yes holy i tend to agree with you there mate, the bike will go where you are looking, I feel he may have looked at the bank and frozen on it and maybe come in alittle too hot.....Forgot to let go front brake maybe

**Duke girl** · 30th March 2009, 09:05

Has anyone 1 heard how the rider is after his accident yesterday as it must have been fairly serious if the helicopter was called in to take him to hospital?.

**coffeejunkie** · 30th March 2009, 09:11

No news yet, going to ask jas when he gets home from work, he may have seen wolfgang, will keep you posted, Fingers crossed for the rider tho, always freaky when the helicopter is called

**Duke girl** · 30th March 2009, 14:10

Yeah lets hope he is ok. Not good when any motorcyclist is involved in an accident and being flown to hospital by helicopter means it was fairly serious. Thoughts are with him and his familyand friends.

**Holyshift** · 30th March 2009, 17:13

Originally Posted by BALZYBUELL

yes holy i tend to agree with you there mate, the bike will go where you are looking, I feel he may have looked at the bank and frozen on it and maybe come in alittle too hot.....Forgot to let go front brake maybe

Yeah, maybe. Hard to tell from my view point. Just saw him stand the bike up and go straight in to the bank. Hope he's okay. Didn't look to flash when I left.

**rustys** · 30th March 2009, 17:43

Hey thanks guys and gals for turning up. It was more of a spur of the moment ride we put together, but it was too good a day not to waste in the garden.
Glad everyone that joined us had a good ride, and enjoyed the roads we went on, i'am new to this area and enjoying the roads out there in the Wairarapa. I Know a lot of good roads up in the Gisborne ,Hawkes bay region, but these equal them.
The road Lees Pakaraka, and up to Wainuioru and back down to Gladstone was awsome, (thank god someone else new the way as we over shot a turn and started heading out into the Ngaumu Forest.)
A quick stop at Martinborough where some of the group left, then down to Lake Ferry for a cold one.
Thanks to TTNZ for looking after my gal coming up the Taka's in that traffic, shes not to keen on the wind up there on that small bike of hers.
Thanks for the coffee, yep at coffeejunkie and BalzyBuells place, needed that thanks guys.
Got back home to Waikanae at 7.30pm and another 385 klms on the clock.
Hope to get another ride soon out that way to Castle Point for the day but will leave a little earlier next time.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 30th March 2009, 17:48

Originally Posted by coffeejunkie

What a great day to be alive it was, Thanks to rusty and duke girl for the planned route, Nice to put some more faces to names, Hope you guys kicked ass at the soccer game, Was a crack up to ride with a trio of actual brothers, Those of you who dropped off in martinborough missed a good clean ride and some mint weather, Poor guy on the rimmies....By the time we got there he was gone but it's serious cuz the cops from SCIU were there, Am looking foward to the next ride.....Sorry bout ya busa mate thats a bugger

Hey there! Saw you guys on the Takas on the way over...gave you a wave! Missed you at Lake Ferry though!

Pete

**Radar** · 30th March 2009, 18:34

Originally Posted by Holyshift

... Was witness to a bad crash on the U/Hutt side of the Taka's. Guy on a Honda had what I can only describe as brain fade going through a corner stood bike up and straight in to the bank. Was in a pretty bad way. Was plenty of help there by the time I got off the bike and ran over. Heard he was air lifted to Hospital. Don't know why he didn't just lean further in to the corner. Would have made it without to much trouble from my view point. Wasn't going fast as I caught him and his mate up fairly easily.

That accident was in the afternoon, right?

When I met you guys at Rimutex in the morning, a cop car with siren and lights flashing screamed by going up towards the Rimutakas, then a bit later there was an ambulance. When your group left Rimutex, did you see the cop car and ambulance? I thought there may have been another accident.

**coffeejunkie** · 30th March 2009, 20:55

Yeh pete i spotted the bike with dealer plates and thought......yeh that wud be about right, there goes pete fashionably late, LOL,

We did end up at lake ferry plans changed