Wellington Wairarapa Winter Solstice Ride Photos here

[Lissa]

Hello.

Here's some more! Thanks to Sarahtvet, my pillion. There's some goodies here, the ones from the back of the bike are pretty cool - brilliant idea!

Awesome pics.. love the ones taken just as you are riding.

Let's just say it's not just the cagers who know they're getting passed by Shadows!!! LOL, when he's not trying to make you follow him in the wrong direction!! hehe

aha... I remember following a certain Kendog once... the wrong way!

[Lissa]

AND whoever put the lollipop on the bike - cheers for that too!

Yea that was great Elle.. I think it was the guy that owns Wild Oats, nice touch... that reminds me I still have mine in my pants pocket.

[86GSXR]

Awesome pics.. love the ones taken just as you are riding.

Yes, those ones were a great surprise and the plan is to get some more of the crew taken from the pillion seat - should be good!

[merv]

Thanks guys for the quick meet at lunchtime - most are probably asking who i was HAHA BUT i did have to get back to work.

Yeah was good to see you and as I said above to see you waving as we went back through Carterton too. See you on another ride sometime when you're free to join us.

I thought the lollipops were from some people in a van that turned up but maybe it looked that way. It was a guy in his 60's (guessing his age) walking around doing it because when I went to my bike to get my visor cleaner he was doing it then. Would that be the owner?

I got two, one heart shaped and one not - spoilt eh - gave them to my girls when I got home.

[Shadows]

i love that blue harley - i could hear it from about 5 kms back when they were heading into carterton and knew it was you guys!

I think you ignored the Doppler effect and incorrectly applied the time delay between auditory perception and optical perception to sportsbike velocities rather than sportster velocities to come up with your 5km estimation. Don't worry, those are both common mistakes.
If you apply the simple formula (x(½f)-1(n/f(xf³+n²))-160.934kph)/60 to your estimation you'll find that we were actually only heard from a range of 342 metres.

Let's just say that cagers know they are getting passed when Shadows opens up the Sporty!

It can be problematic when they freak out, look over their shoulders to see what the fuck is making all that noise, and steer into me.

Let's just say it's not just the cagers who know they're getting passed by Shadows!!! LOL, when he's not trying to make you follow him in the wrong direction!! hehe

I am no longer accepting responsibility for that incident. I suspect you are just a closet Harleyphile.

[merv]

Mate I never heard your Harley all day, where were you? ... and I didn't bother wearing earplugs.

[Shadows]

Mate I never heard your Harley all day, where were you? ... and I didn't bother wearing earplugs.

Well, you were probably more than 342 metres in front of me. Jeeze.

Seriously though, it can't really be that loud. I have got a nice new WOF after all.

[Kinje]

Maybe my school physics is all forgotten and wrong, but would the direction of Mervs travel and relative speed also impact on the doppler effect and auditory perception.

Or perhaps his hearings going off in his old age

[merv]

Or perhaps his hearings going off in his old age

Did you hear him? Unlikely out front like you were. I was just dodging the rocks your back tyre was picking up and chucking at me.

[Lissa]

I didnt hear anything... I was too busy listening to the voices in my head going "Oh Fark a corner... stones... arrrrrr!!!!" hehe.. na I never heard Shadows!

[Kinje]

Yeah, I only heard him once when I briefly folowed and passed him after the turnoff to Mauriceville fiasco (sp). Was a lovely note.

[86GSXR]

I think you ignored the Doppler effect and incorrectly applied the time delay between auditory perception and optical perception to sportsbike velocities rather than sportster velocities to come up with your 5km estimation. Don't worry, those are both common mistakes.
If you apply the simple formula (x(½f)-1(n/f(xf³+n²))-160.934kph)/60 to your estimation you'll find that we were actually only heard from a range of 342 metres.


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Classic mate I was behind you for awhile and you didn't sound too bad. Nice bike too btw

[KoroJ]

Classic mate I was behind you for awhile and you didn't sound too bad. Nice bike too btw

I also did my share of following. As I recall it was a pretty yellow bike, 2up out of Alfredton.

86GSXR...aka Al Daytona.....nah, henceforth I shall call you "Flicker"!!

As we cruised through a section with some loose crap, the only thing I heard was the 'ouch' as the stones 'flicked' up, one bouncing off my cheek. That'll teach me to ride with my visor up.

[chanceyy]

I also did my share of following. As I recall it was a pretty yellow bike, 2up out of Alfredton.

86GSXR...aka Al Daytona.....nah, henceforth I shall call you "Flicker"!!

As we cruised through a section with some loose crap, the only thing I heard was the 'ouch' as the stones 'flicked' up, one bouncing off my cheek. That'll teach me to ride with my visor up.

Flicker .. now thats pretty apt .. so John the next name tag you will make .. goes something along the lines of

86GSXR

Alistair
or FLICKER

[Lissa]

I thought the lollipops were from some people in a van that turned up but maybe it looked that way. It was a guy in his 60's (guessing his age) walking around doing it because when I went to my bike to get my visor cleaner he was doing it then. Would that be the owner?

I got two, one heart shaped and one not - spoilt eh - gave them to my girls when I got home.

I am pretty sure the owner of Wild Oats put them on our bikes... he owns a van I am sure. It was a nice touch.. I will definetly stop there more often.... that french toast looked yummmy!!!