Sundown Rally (28-29 April 2007)

[T.W.R]

sure you weren't just busy pissin round like a bloody old nana...???


As for forgetting your tools.. you'll get a for that!!!!

playing dodgems behind friggin trucks trying to see through the kaleidoscope of road-wash,drizzle, & on coming traffic that's what held me up

waiting

[MyGSXF:Me]

playing dodgems behind friggin trucks trying to see through the kaleidoscope of road-wash,drizzle, & on coming traffic that's what held me up

excuses.. excuses...

waiting

[laRIKin]

Well that was an interesting ride.

Fine misty stuff all the way out to Waipara with visibility about 100m at times. Not too much traffic (and no bikes) and fortunately all were behaving........
After a coke and coffee at the pub and a bit of a chat (no KBers in sight).....
Pity about the weather and low turn out. Seemed like another 10 or so bikes heading that way as I rode home. Well there is always next year.

I pity we did not meet up Silage, we may have passed as you were going home and I was heading there.

Onced cleaned up it was time to target food & refreshments, and heading back up to the gate we found Lemans and had a good chat & so forth

you struck bloody good timing R. We had just finished the bike, & was heading up for a well earned beverage! Good to catch up with you!

It was good little ride in the rain and trip home was good as the traffic was light.
I was planning on staying longer and even have a meal there with you guys.

As you know the weather cleared (well stopped raining and wasn't to misty) for a moment so I thought this was as good a good time as any to leave.

Should of stayed longer.

[MyGSXF:Me]

I was planning on staying longer and even have a meal there with you guys.

As you know the weather cleared (well stopped raining and wasn't to misty) for a moment so I thought this was as good a good time as any to leave.

Should of stayed longer.

Never to worry R.. at least you had a good ride home!! next year hopefully you guys can come up & stay at the rally for the weekend!!

Jen

[laRIKin]

next year hopefully you guys can come up & stay at the rally for the weekend!!

Jen

Will try, have to see when SDU gets time off.

[MyGSXF:Me]

All a bit disapointing, this will make it two years in a row that the weather has not played the game???

3 matey!! the year before last, a WICKED horizontal hail storm hit just after midnight.. all our tents along the edge of the carpark behind the pub.. got flattened!! & the clubs 2 marquees got destroyed in the process!!

Hope all others that went to the Sundown(kinda ironic... no sun???) had a blast of a time.

As far as I am aware.. Bill & I were the only stayers.. with Silage & lemans visiting!!

pretty bloody slack really.. considering the numbers of KBrs around ChCh etc!! maybe they're all just a bunch of softc...s!!!

[Ghost_Bullet]

3 matey!! the year before last, a WICKED horizontal hail storm hit just after midnight.. all our tents along the edge of the carpark behind the pub.. got flattened!! & the clubs 2 marquees got destroyed in the process!!

pretty bloody slack really.. considering the numbers of KBrs around ChCh etc!! maybe they're all just a bunch of softc...s!!!

Pretty hard to get the weather right... Coulda been just as bad southward, but thankfully after a part painful journey through the cold and wet, it ended with a great time.
Shame the rally is not getting the support seemingly due to the weather...Best of luck upcoming years...

See ya's at the Brass will we's?

[MyGSXF:Me]

Pretty hard to get the weather right... Coulda been just as bad southward, but thankfully after a part painful journey through the cold and wet, it ended with a great time.
Shame the rally is not getting the support seemingly due to the weather...Best of luck upcoming years...

See ya's at the Brass will we's?

Yeah.. the weather sure puts the brakes on some people.. the camp owner fielded calls all day Sat.. people ringing to see what the weather was doing at Greta Valley cross fingers for better conditions next year!!

Great you guys had a good one down South!!!


MAY see ya at the Brass..

[gman49]

hey! quick question, if the rally ran for 2 nights and was 3 weeks earlier would that encourage more to go???

[MyGSXF:Me]

hey! quick question, if the rally ran for 2 nights and was 3 weeks earlier would that encourage more to go???

I reckon 2 nights would definately be better.. especially for those that travel a fair distance!! & are you refering to Easter weekend, by 3 weeks earlier???

[gman49]

No easter is the 23rd of March, I'm gonna suggest the 4 to 6, but don't know when Mokihinui Rally will be, don't wanna clash.

Did you help pack up? I thought you were still in bed just before we were ready to leave

I'm gonna do t-shirts and stuff next year

[MyGSXF:Me]

No easter is the 23rd of March, I'm gonna suggest the 4 to 6, but don't know when Mokihinui Rally will be, don't wanna clash

I take it you are looking at a 2008 calendar...!!??

Did you help pack up? I thought you were still in bed just before we were ready to leave

yeah.. I did.. some..

I'm gonna do t-shirts and stuff next year

Good idea!! whatever happended to the people that used to do it??

[oldrider]

sure you weren't just busy pissin round like a bloody old nana...???

Geeze MyGSFX, you say the nicest things! Bet he likes it when you "talk dirty" though! Cheers John.

[Deviant Esq]

I was planning to do a day trip out there on the Saturday with Dangerous and Rashika... but the weather was shyte and I got convinced by the better half I had more unpacking to do. Which I didn't end up doing as she wasn't home to enforce it... whoops. If the sun shows up next year I might come along.

And the weather's still shitty. Bah. Getting me all grumpy... no sense in going out for a ride just to get saturated. Sucks not having waterproof gear.

[T.W.R]

No easter is the 23rd of March, I'm gonna suggest the 4 to 6, but don't know when Mokihinui Rally will be, don't wanna clash.

Did you help pack up? I thought you were still in bed just before we were ready to leave

I'm gonna do t-shirts and stuff next year

Maybe the 2nd week ?

bed till mid morning, unwillingly removing one's self from the bed then shower till lunch to wake-up
Jen did manage to stuff those ground sheets into the bin

What sort of numbers of T-shirts? my mate & his partner run a printing business that produces good work at competitive rates

yeah.. I did.. some..

See above

Geeze MyGSFX, you say the nicest things! Bet he likes it when you "talk dirty" though! Cheers John.

Jen has to hustle me verbally because if it's tried on the bikes she becomes a speck in the mirrors pretty fast though what goes on behind closed doors stays behind closed doors

I was planning to do a day trip out there on the Saturday with Dangerous and Rashika... but the weather was shyte and I got convinced by the better half I had more unpacking to do. Which I didn't end up doing as she wasn't home to enforce it... whoops. If the sun shows up next year I might come along.

people travelled from Hope and from the west coast on the day