South Auckland Learner Friendly Ride, 3 June 07

**duckaddict** · 3rd June 2007, 22:21

Enjoyed the ride. Thanks to Hellraiser for organising!

Shame some of the nice twisties were damp, still I had a good time

So when's the next one?

**Black Bandit** · 3rd June 2007, 23:07

Fark me, I've just had a look at the map. It's freaking miles to Whangamata. I had no idea, my sense of direction is appalling. No wonder I had to fill up three times today.

**Black Bandit** · 3rd June 2007, 23:09

Originally Posted by duckaddict

Shame some of the nice twisties were damp

You need to find some of those HTFU pills

Cheers for letting me have sit on your bike today btw.

**Gremlin** · 3rd June 2007, 23:30

Originally Posted by Hellraiser

thanks for the great company today the weather had its moments .........

thanks to gremlin for leading the ride

I don't think I left anyone out there... just tell me if I did

no problems, not a bad route, just too damp. With a shot front tyre, and a dying rear, damp roads, every time I tried to open her up, I was sliding around. I found traffic very good actually... its been far worse than that. I could climb whole hills with only 1 or 2 cars needing to be passed...

edit: I'll just leave out the part about being rung up, when I woke an hour late, and arrived in errrr... record time

**Cr1MiNaL** · 4th June 2007, 01:18

Well thts was a good descent ride.. shame about the wet roads though... no bins though so all good... though im just too quik for some slower munter cars who wanted to catch me... *evasive manuvers for the win* har har ..

Raj.

**duckaddict** · 4th June 2007, 09:40

Originally Posted by Black Bandit

You need to find some of those HTFU pills

I thought I had a few before I left home for the ride, are they diamond shaped with the words Pfizer on it? I did felt it hardening up, but I was still slow on those corners

Originally Posted by Black Bandit

Cheers for letting me have sit on your bike today btw.

Not a problem, I would let you test ride it if you'd asked - you looked like you could afford it

Originally Posted by Black Bandit

Fark me, I've just had a look at the map. It's freaking miles to Whangamata. I had no idea, my sense of direction is appalling. No wonder I had to fill up three times today.

Yes, you should come out for "real" rides more often and not just around Queen St

ha ha... nah all good, look forward to riding with you guys again.

Originally Posted by YamahaR64Life

... though im just too quik for some slower munter cars who wanted to catch me... *evasive manuvers for the win* har har ...

You are a brave man.

I should learn to wheelie my bike, need more dosage of those pills I guess

**Devil** · 4th June 2007, 12:30

Good ride. Late lunch though!

Those wet roads weren't too fun with tyres that were well past their use-by date

I was knackered by the time I got home, took the long way back.

**R6_kid:Me** · 4th June 2007, 13:32

Originally Posted by Devil

Those wet roads weren't too fun with tyres that were well past their use-by date

Originally Posted by Gremlin

no problems, not a bad route, just too damp. With a shot front tyre, and a dying rear, damp roads, every time I tried to open her up, I was sliding around.

excuses excuses... harden up girls

**Devil** · 4th June 2007, 20:55

Originally Posted by R6_kid

excuses excuses... harden up girls

You must have been so fast that I didn't see you the whole ride...

**Gremlin** · 4th June 2007, 23:50

Originally Posted by Devil

You must have been so fast that I didn't see you the whole ride...

he park it in the trees again, before I even saw him?!?!

pffft, he doesn't ride, he just talks shit about others (when really he just wants to ride, and cries himself to sleep like a little girl instead)

**Black Bandit** · 5th June 2007, 13:01

Originally Posted by Gremlin

I found traffic very good actually... its been far worse than that. I could climb whole hills with only 1 or 2 cars needing to be passed...

Spoken like a typical "big-boike" rider.

You only need a 100 m gap to squirt through traffic (and lets face it, on those roads that's often about as long as the straights get) while us 2-fiddies need a 100 m just to build up enough speed to contemplate passing cages.

Doesn't help when cages slow to 35 km/h on corners and then speed up on the straighter sections either.