Chch Wednesday Night Cruises 2009-10

[helenoftroy]

Great night for a ride

....but son!!filled your ride & I get the bike that runs short of gas!!!!

Quite a few new people tonight.......summers coming

[gloplg]

Great night for a ride

....but son!!filled your ride & I get the bike that runs short of gas!!!!

Quite a few new people tonight.......summers coming

Isn't that what parents are for Helen, ensuring that the kids vehicles are full of fuel???

[Retroqueen]

Glenfiddich
The Singleton (of Glen Ord)
Grant's (blended)
And not to suggest a stereotype, but I do love travelling family and natal days.
I diligently spent my some of my yoof researching the phenomenon that is single-malts; proper diligent, that is, no half measures (as you could say), in the country of origin. Made me the man I am today. It's an affliction akin to fly-fishing and/or motorcycling - always something to learn.
One of the better nights for a ride, too, ah well...

what time did you start drinking that stuff????? Natal days?????

[JMemonic]

Was nice to catch up, I will try make a few more.

Anyone else find that nasty pot hole in the repair patch going down Gebbies? I think it hook a tooth loose in me so will be having a serious look at the bike in the morning.

[dangerous]

Anyone else find that nasty pot hole in the repair patch going down Gebbies?

Ohhh yeah I found it last Sunday, so last night I rememberd it at the last minute and went around it, 'just' mean SOB that right in the riding line and bloody deep.

[stanleychung]

What a lovely ride. Apart from initally turning right into Gasson street for no apparent reason.

But thanks to JMemonic looking after the directionally challenged of myself, we soon caught up to the back of the pack by wheatcheaf.

Good to see/catchup with everyone again. Mrs Chung (May) enjoyed meeting everyone and enjoyed the ride, esp the ride back through Dyers looking down on a well lit Chch and being passed by gloplg at the same time. Hopefully she wont be too adverse to joining other wed nights rides.

The bike really needed that run. Ran smoother than silk by the time i rolled into our street and felt like it has an extra pep on the ride to work this morning. Thanks all.

[KiwiPhoenix]

Was nice to catch up, I will try make a few more.

Anyone else find that nasty pot hole in the repair patch going down Gebbies? I think it hook a tooth loose in me so will be having a serious look at the bike in the morning.

Yes you should matey!

I saw the hole, thankfully I missed it! How is the bike??

From what I hear from a sexy lass

now which sexy lass are you taling about!!!

[maxf]

Yeah, nice ride - made it to the top of the Port Levy saddle & thought "Enough"... reminded me of the Paraparas (back roads up Wanganui way) when I first got my licence - nice twisties, but I'm probably more of the "pipe & lounge chair" brigade going through them than some of you guys!! (But did scare away some of the loose baa-baas for your other guys tho - that bought back the old maxim of "slow in, fast out"!). The gravel wasn't too bad, just some of the potholes were a bit eye-watering, and the Ohlins definitely needed some tightening up on some of the mid-speed ribbies...

Did amaze me the number of properties for sale out that way, too... ? Maybe they've had a hard winter out there!

Max

[McWild]

and being passed by gloplg at the same time.

Damn passed by gloplg you'd have to be going slowly!

[phoenixgtr]

Well it was an entertaining evening...

Again we had a huge turnout with over 40 bikes. We'll hit the magic 50 one of these weeks.

I didn't enjoy the Port Levy road at all. I now remember why I've only been over there once before and haven't been back. If I was on a different bike it might be a different story but the "rigid ninja" don't do bumpy roads. It was like one of those mechanical bull rides.

I heard murmurings of a twist on an old favourite for next week. I'm sure my lovely assistant Dave will elaborate

[phoenixgtr]

Stanley I didn't meet your wife. She'll have to come along again

[gloplg]

What a lovely ride. Apart from initally turning right into Gasson street for no apparent reason.

But thanks to JMemonic looking after the directionally challenged of myself, we soon caught up to the back of the pack by wheatcheaf.

Good to see/catchup with everyone again. Mrs Chung (May) enjoyed meeting everyone and enjoyed the ride, esp the ride back through Dyers looking down on a well lit Chch and being passed by gloplg at the same time. Hopefully she wont be too adverse to joining other wed nights rides.

The bike really needed that run. Ran smoother than silk by the time i rolled into our street and felt like it has an extra pep on the ride to work this morning. Thanks all.

Glad to see both of you along last night, hope to see you with pillion again soon.

Shame the red head couldn't join the WNR again!!

[Transalper]

....I didn't enjoy the Port Levy road at all. I now remember why I've only been over there once before and haven't been back. If I was on a different bike it might be a different story but the "rigid ninja" don't do bumpy roads. It was like one of those mechanical bull rides.....

lol, from the way you talk of your bumpy Summit Rd experiences I'm not surprised you had issue with the main road to Port Levy.

[maxf]

Well it was an entertaining evening...
...

If I was on a different bike it might be a different story but the "rigid ninja" don't do bumpy roads. It was like one of those mechanical bull rides.

Sadly there is a lot to be said for a trail bike with road tyres with the condition of NZ roads currently... was a lot of wondering last night if the old XL250RC (many years back now, and which had road tyres) would have done any better than the BMW - there again, both the bike & I could lose some many kilos to be in the same weight league!!

[phoenixgtr]

When I bought the bike 3 years ago I should have bought springs to suit my weight and had the bike set up professionally. Now I'm looking at selling it it's pointless. "Normal sized" people have much less trouble on it. It's just physically too big a bike for my skinny arse