Auckland University bike & scooter club

[ehab2weelr]

Ducatis are meant to be ridden - and the odd drop is part and parcel of riding a bike.

for example I shot down the southern motorway today and courtesy of one of those big quarry trucks I collected a stone on the front of my helmet. Thought that was it until I discovered my left indicator had copped one too. So my Ducati has got a left indicator held together with Super Glue.

Not too unhappy - if I'm gonna ride it shit is gonna happen - even to a Ducati.

Hay no warys the Ducati is just fine , not one scratch on it. He was by the looks of it a very experianced rider, wich shows that things like that can hapen to any one at any time, the only damege was the bent foot brake level and as he sade he dosnt need no rear braks "ha". but on this note do take care when your riding or even parking and allwys get off your bike from the lift side.
but dame that was one gooooood looking 999

[dman]

Sucks, you should go find one of those big quarry trucks and run them over to make them pay! :P

[bomma]

Hey all,
theres a Scooter run on tomorrow that has been organised by Dan Walker (El Presidante). Here are the details so go along and check it out.

Cheers,
Nish

SCOOTER & MOPED CRUISE!

OK! Guys n' gals! It's time for the groovy scooter & moped people to come together, meet up and go for a ride. We'll start with a cruise from Auckland Uni down to Quay Street mobil, Gas up, if anyone needs to, then from Mobil to Bastion Point to park up and have a chat, check out eachothers rides, then over to Mission Bay (carpark opposite movepick/de-fontaine – where the zebra crossing is) for a feed of fish n chips, where we can take it and eat on the grass over in the carpark, (its buy your own for now),and some more chatting, then back along the waterfront to the Uni. All in all, the cruise, feed and talks etc should be about 2-3 hours. Some of us have powerful scooters that can take on Evo's & porsches, while many of us can barely pull away from a bus. So the cruise will be nice and safe, at about 50kmh just about everywhere, we will cruise at the fastest speed the not so quick scooters can go, that way we can enjoy the company and the scenery.

We are going to meet up outside the Uni Gym on Sysmonds Street departing at 11.30am where I can brief everyone of what to expect & road etiquette, then cruise down to Quay street along to mission bay & park up at the car-park opposite movepick/de-fontaine where the zebra crossing is.
So – Scooter Cruise – All Scooters, Mopeds & Motorbikes welcome! – also open to anyone not yet a member of SMC!..hehe

When: Sunday 13th May 2007
Depart From: Symonds Street outside the Uni Gym
Time: 10.30AM
WARNING: If the weather is bad, the cruise is cancelled. We are counting on nice weather �
See you there! –

there will be a reminder during the week, with this email going out to the 52 members signed up on Wednesday,

Dan Walker
SMC President

Any questions, text or call me 021 748 224

[bomma]

Hey all,
came as a surprise to me that we have been moved from new member speak...hehe thought we may have been deleted for doing something wrong :S weird...

Cheers,
Nish.

[bomma]

Hey all.
It has been aaaaaages since the club has done anything but im sure that we have all been busy with exams and assignments and things!! Hope everyone is going well in their exams and not stressin too much. Remember that there is always next semester
There is a ride being organised by Stephen Dodge (no longer has his GSX750 but has moved on to a TL 1000 i hear). For more information give me a buzz or an email or if you already know me just stop me around uni and have a chat. Or just wait a couple more days and ill put up the info here. I think its on this Saturday (the 22nd) but will verify and let y'all know. Stay safe and dry.

Cheers guys,
Nish

P.S. it has been freezin over the last couple of days and i think its going to continue so dress warm. Stupid Auckland weather :P

[PeteJ]

Good to see that there is a new version of this club. Some years ago when I was doing my postgrad stuff, I ran advanced rider tuition days for the then Auckland Uni Motorcycle Club at Baypark Raceway. If you're interested, I could do something similar - would probably need to be done in conjunction with one of the trackday organisers.

Cheers

[avgas]

Lol yeah, anybody would think bomma went to AIT

That would have been about 15 years ago then? (cant figure it out yet??? google : "ait")

[xwhatsit]

That would have been about 15 years ago then? (cant figure it out yet??? google : "ait")

We're past that now

But that was just a snide joke at the expense of AUT students. Nothing shits an AUT student more than referring to their university as AIT (its name before it became a proper qualified university). Trust me, try it in a student bar some time!

[bomma]

Hey all,
I know things have been really quiet and its great to see that everyone has been keen on rides!! And I know that we were hoping to get HEAPS in during these holidays but our lovely weather has prevented us from doing so!! Instead of giving up though we are going ahead and will try and get out this saturday (the 7th).
It was a great inspiration when I met the Rotorua branch of the Eulysses fullas when they were out in absolutely horrible conditions so im keen to have a slow cruise if the weather is anything but a hailstorms and hurricanes!!

Probably meet out next to the university gym on Symonds St saturday round 10am and decide where people want to go and such and then head off.

Cheers,
Nish

[klyong82]

Cool. I'll see you there.

[insane1]

mind if i bring the burger for this one.

[Squiggles]

bah i wont be there for this one, am tied up all fri sat sun
tl will have to stay in the garge

[klyong82]

bah i wont be there for this one, am tied up all fri sat sun
tl will have to stay in the garge

I wouldn't mind taking your TL for the ride on behalf of you. Give it a good run and terrorise the streets with the roar of V-twin. lol

[avgas]

Trust me, try it in a student bar some time!

Vesbar? Honestly i would rather drink in the bus shelter than there......i proved this point back in 2004
Shads is way better.

[bomma]

Hey all,
looks like the club has its own post thing under CLUB!! So i guess all communications will be done through there. I know the holidays were waaay quieter than we had hoped but the weather is a real adversary to organising in advance. Think everyone's itching for a ride!!

Cheers,
Nish