250-themed ride - All welcome - 20 May 2007

**Luckylegs** · 19th May 2007, 23:44

Originally Posted by YamahaR64Life

Hey luckylegs I used to have a 96 600 rr nice bikes those... had her sussed perfectly.... got to be a new rider all over again now... I neva thought that changing bikes would mean u hav to learn to ride well all over again though

Haha, not sure I could claim to have ridden well enough to have to "learn to ride well again", but yeh I know what you mean, I had some real fun moving from a GPX to my old VFR400 (Ah, the VFR... boy I miss her). To be honest the move to the 600 has been far easier to "deal" with.

**McJim** · 20th May 2007, 08:15

Weather forecast isn't for sunshine and clear skys - but we've got Meverick's Weather Genie (TM)!

Should be a nice day.

**Cr1MiNaL** · 20th May 2007, 08:51

Originally Posted by McJim

Weather forecast isn't for sunshine and clear skys - but we've got Meverick's Weather Genie (TM)!

Should be a nice day.

just conirming we are still meeting today right? thanks

**McJim** · 20th May 2007, 09:24

Yup - absolutely. 10:30 at Botany BP

**Cr1MiNaL** · 20th May 2007, 09:26

Originally Posted by McJim

Yup - absolutely. 10:30 at Botany BP

good c u there any changes while I am on the way pls call 021 605 875 thanks Jim.

**McJim** · 20th May 2007, 16:27

What a lovely day it turned out to be.

Maverick's weather genie worked wonders yet again - shame about Maverick's sidestand Genie being on holiday - oh well.

I lost about 10 riders (I was never lost - I knew exactly where I was the whole time!)

Good to meet some new faces - look forward to seeing you fellas on some other KB rides in the future.

Will probably miss out the "250" next time I organise a ride since there were only 3 250's and a 150 out of 13 bikes!

Cheers all,

McJim

**Cr1MiNaL** · 20th May 2007, 16:55

Yea was a nice fun ride especially on the way down... back up was err... ok I learned a little more abt my bike today and myself too, without any bins yay ! :P Just got bak home n was checkin mails

Nice riding all arnd.... sorry abt the stand mate... tht was real gay I was careful as when it was my turn to open the gate !

Cheers

Raj.

**Grahameeboy** · 20th May 2007, 19:13

Yeah great day......surprised that a Scotsman got lost on the way to a Pub?

SV's rule okay Gremlin and the other fasties........you are like a bunch of women at a coffee group....."well you know my brake lever is further out than yours"...."oh really darling"....."oh that must be awful for the nails".............

Glad you okay Jamie......see you in 2 weeks.......

**McJim** · 20th May 2007, 19:17

Did I miss the 4 cyl boys comparing rides?

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that twin!

**Luckylegs** · 20th May 2007, 20:14

Yip, What they said... Great day and as one of the "new faces" can safely say I plan to get along to future rides when I can.

**Chisanga** · 20th May 2007, 20:37

As one of the few 250's and TEC I had a great time... today's ride saw a large jump in my cornering confidence which has been virtually non-existent since coming off a few months back.

Was a bit worried when a lovely 2007 R6 ground to a halt just after the lighthouse, had visions of pushing him back 35km to Waiuku, but luckily everything was sorted very quickly. Nice ride Raj

P.S. Grahameeboy has added more droolworthy bits on that sexy red SV of his too

**Winter** · 20th May 2007, 21:53

What everyone else said!

Beautiful day in the end, not to hot, not too cold.

Big Bling for McJim for "not getting lost", but more so for taking the time to talk with me in the morn and give my bike the once over.

The bit of extra confidence gained from that was evident in my very much improved cornering - much more relaxed and in tune with my wheels.

It was a beautiful sight coming around some of those corners to see 12 bikes lined up along the side of the road.

The SV1000's, Gixxers, that 5 day old R6,

My sympathy's to ??? with the ZZR400? that took one for the team, to get the gate opened.

Thanks to Raj for that fucking awesome display of recovering from a slide into the ditch! Twas the highlight of the trip - only because you came out on top!

And thanks to those fast fuckers at the front for letting me think I could keep up with them - if only for a minute.