Planning an Epic Adventure - Will trade beer for use of couches

[motorbyclist]

ok, should get to one stump hill around 3..... If you guys want to sort something out that'd be great but we don't want to postpone to outside work hours for all the traffic we'll hit (or rather traffic that'll hit us)

we'll be late

[gijoe1313]

And today, the magnum opus is to be written for these two intrepid explorers of our nation's roading infrastructure (or lack of it)!

So hark thee to the clarion call of the two stroke,
Let there be spark and movement in its bowels!
May your ride be fair, your backsides tender,
And heaven sent riding weather to accompany,
Lo! Let these two loutish lads of limb,
Cross the divide from the Coro
To that hill with no tree!
Riding for ridings sake and to be free!

[junkmanjoe]

at least you had a bit of sun shine to ride in..
how far you got to go..

[Danae]

Great pics guys Can't wait for that vid, TOTO!

[Mystic13]

we'll be late

We didn't expect anything less.

Arriving late and after dark seem to be two rules you guys live by.

[Conquiztador]

Expect a detour (or two) also...

[Blackbird]

Just this moment got back to Coro after escorting the guys down to Kopu so they should be tucking into fish 'n chips at Kaiaua by now!

It was a real privilege to meet some young guys who are prepared to step outside their comfort zone and undertake such and awesome challenge. It was also a privilege to follow that little Honda, listening to the howl of the expansion chamber and smelling that glorious burnt 2 stroke oil. Sigh.....

And to GIJoe1313 and Toto, great to meet you at long last and pleasure to ride with you - drop in any time you're passing.

Cheers,

Geoff

[Donor]

Well, I parted ways with Brown Fury and the pair wot is straddling it, as well as Danae and Gijoe1313 (complete with his pillion!) about 20 minutes ago at Clevedon.

Met Piratejafa and Motorbyclist at Kaiaua, had a scoff of luvverly chips and a crab stick inna bun, then proceeded to scoff at a bunch of retirees on their so-called touring bikes - not a 100cc ride between them!

Zapped... cruised... crawled to Clevedon, where with a merry tootle I headed left to my abode, as the motley crew headed toward Maraetai, bound for the tree-less hill, quite possibly via the St Heliers GP.

T'was good to catch up, look forward to the final instalment of this epic saga!

[Blackbird]

.......then proceeded to scoff at a bunch of retirees on their so-called touring bikes - not a 100cc ride between them!

Good job I turned round at Kopu - your words above are a fair description of me too

Mind you, after seeing those intrepid travellers on a 2 stroke, I'm sorely tempted to try and get the person I sold my Suzuki X7 to, to sell it back to me. It's been sitting unused in his shed for about 8 years!

[motorbyclist]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/ne...1&p=1129299236

we made it!

[Squiggles]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/ne...1&p=1129299236

we made it!

Mac fail.

The correct link (our current location): http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=89282

[nsrpaul]

nice work, I am wrapt the h100 treated you both well and made`the trip

good use of the old girl

[gijoe1313]

Well any excuse for a ride I say! Got a pm from Donor about catching up with these two larrikins last night, so killing two birds with one stone, I also teed up with my pillion and she was keen to ride along too!

So picking her up early we did a pre-ride ride to chez Donors and then we blat off to Kaiaua, I was mildly surprised to see the lads sitting there grinning cheekily and with the lovely Danae also!

A bit of a chinwag and the scoffing of tucker and then off we rode! Donor split off at Clevedon and the rest of us carried through Maraetai/Whitford where I left them at Ti Rakau drive where Botany Honda was ... I had to drop off my pillion and get back to my apron and flipping burgers!

Great day for a ride, great to see the lads completing their journey and above all ... any excuse for a ride!

Pic1 : My pillion lass and Donor
Pic2 : Mmm bikes, gotta luvvies them you does!
Pic3 : Moar bikes? Oh the humanity of it all!
Pic4 : Me taking a picture of Donor taking a picture ... oh, you get the idea!
Pic5 : Where did we leave our bike? I'm sure it was here at Ammunition bay somewhere!
Pic6 : Oh, there they are!

[Danae]

I'll leave the larger installment for motorbyclist to post up, but here are some pics from Kaiaua onwards.

1. Om noms at Kaiaua. I was just heading up Kaiaua road and saw the two adventurers ring-a-ding-ding past the intersection. Victory fries were had all round.
2. We're on a wharf, motherfuckers!
3. Victory!
4. One Stump Hill = Conquered.
5. Hondaaaarr!! Brown Fury arrives home safe and sound.

[motorbyclist]

We awoke to another stunning breakfast from our kind hosts, and while it was being prepared we informed Hanne (squiggles' missus) that despite her strict instructions not to let squiggles buy any more bikes, while we were gone he has bought r6kid's bucket racer.

We went down the road for gas and were on the road by 11am. Blackbird bought us some 'cajun kawai' from the corotown smoke house, and followed us all the way to kopu. On the way we found they are still working on those bloody bridges due to the initial design calculations being wrong, but are due to finally build a new kopu bridge soon - the traffic in the kopu intersection was the most we've seen since arriving in nelson. We bid our farewells and headed across the the plains.

40 minutes of over-revving and drafting later we arrived at kaiaua fisheries for lunch, where we met Danae, GiJoe (and pillion friend), and Donor. We left to continue our coastal route through maraitai for photos and moar twisties!

Eventually we made it to the city. The next 30 mintutes in auckland's rush-hour traffic was most definitely the most dangerous leg of our journey, but we did amuse a few aucklanders with our antics taking off from lights. We didn't take the motorway but probably could have considering it was stationary in both directions.

After a bit of stuffing around in cornwall park trying to find the summit road, we ascended the summit (only barely) and met Magua in the carpark. We made it! While we admired the view we witnessed some of NZ's worst parenting, and a bit of chatting later, we moved Brown Fury up onto the podium for photos.

After that was the descent down into the meelee that is auckland from 3pm to 6pm, and went round to squiggles' place for booze and to chillax with pizza and some delicious cajun kawai! Later that night we parted ways to head home. The journey was complete.

For the record, Brown Fury absolutely pwns an FXR 150 at the lights, but doesn't have the top speed to keep ahead. The only thing wrong with it is the badly stretched chain, and the poor lighting system typical of aged bikes. I've been asked whether or not I'm selling Brown Fury. I don't know yet - I want to keep the old girl but really can't justify the money for the amount of use she might get.... I'll wait til summer comes around and decide then, deending on my financial situation and the use she gets. Probably hit a few bucket track days at mt wellington in the meantime, just to see how she goes.

Also, there is going to be a mission to rescue our fallen comrade, The Beast, from paul's shed in nelson. We'll post up our plans along with a big youtube video shortly.