Fnar

[rogerh]

All pretty good comments, and seems like lots of people have learned the same lessons I am getting (or have learnt the hard way)

I do like
- the adventure/trail side of things
- cheap
- An experience compatible with the odd "senior moment"
- The occasional (or more) ride with my wife and kids

I do not like
- Wearing knobblys out on the way to a distant ride
- Trail terrorists
- Broken bones
- Macho bullshit and one-up-man-ship (is that a word?)

To date by far the majority of riding has been on my own, (means I can be stupid when I feel like it) but group rides are good when they meet these criteria. In the last 20 odd years this has only occured, on the occasional ride I have been on, that has been organised here.

This leads me here in what little spare time I have. Other may have different criteria, but I suspect there is a little common ground here for some.

[Oscar]

All pretty good comments, and seems like lots of people have learned the same lessons I am getting (or have learnt the hard way)

I do like
- the adventure/trail side of things
- cheap
- An experience compatible with the odd "senior moment"
- The occasional (or more) ride with my wife and kids

I do not like
- Wearing knobblys out on the way to a distant ride
- Trail terrorists
- Broken bones
- Macho bullshit and one-up-man-ship (is that a word?)

To date by far the majority of riding has been on my own, (means I can be stupid when I feel like it) but group rides are good when they meet these criteria. In the last 20 odd years this has only occured, on the occasional ride I have been on, that has been organised here.

This leads me here in what little spare time I have. Other may have different criteria, but I suspect there is a little common ground here for some.

There are good organised rides for big bikes out there - the obvious standout is the CCA, and some of Bruce Marshall's efforts in Taranaki and the Pukemanu rides were fantastic too.

There are only a few organised events I would bother with now (unless, like the FNAR, I am commanded to go by Herr Publisher) and like you we decided long ago that the best rides were those we organised ourselves.

[rogerh]

There are good organised rides for big bikes out there - the obvious standout is the CCA, and some of Bruce Marshall's efforts in Taranaki and the Pukemanu rides were fantastic too.

There are only a few organised events I would bother with now (unless, like the FNAR, I am commanded to go by Herr Publisher) and like you we decided long ago that the best rides were those we organised ourselves.

I would like to get to the CCA, as I did a lot of riding on some of that dirt 20 odd years ago. Lived at Makara (worked at Quartz Hill) for a number of years and had a lot of opportunity to ride out there and around Karori, Makara High etc. Almost all on my own then too.

Planning that far ahead is challenging for me, but I would be OK with orders to those events if I really had to

Riding to distant events can be fun, not the least of which is the people at gas stations looking at you funny when you ride in on a perfectly running bike, then lie you bike down and change tyres at their air pumps

[warewolf]

Unfortunately, the more 'trailie' a ride, the more unsociable twats there are. Dunno why that is . I do quite a few organised trail rides, for my own enjoyment I've learned to give the wallies some space - either get out in front or wait till they f#ck off. Both on and off the trail! It's not enough to keep me away, they are great weekends away riding with mates.

The great thing about the adventure/road ppl is the sheer lack of twunts*

* Except for that warewolf fellah

[NordieBoy]

Thats why I have no friends and make my own adventures.

You're just a talentless tryhard.

[NordieBoy]

Yep, very few ppl ride to adventure trail rides,

Or even laidback trail rides

Got to get the KB crew out to some more

[Woodman]

Unfortunately, the more 'trailie' a ride, the more unsociable twats there are.

* Except for that warewolf fellah

Dirtbike version of boyracers, and I like that "twunts" word. Gonna use it tomorrow.

[Padmei]

Or even laidback trail rides

Got to get the KB crew out to some more

Mwahhahahaahahaha
Let the carnage continue...

[Padmei]

Was this Far north Trail adv ride similar to what one could expect at the Yamaha safaris?

[Woodman]

Mwahhahahaahahaha
Let the carnage continue...

My fairing still sits an inch to the right from the last one.........

[NordieBoy]

My fairing still sits an inch to the right from the last one.........

And an inch to the l..l..l..l..l..left

[marks]

And an inch to the l..l..l..l..l..left

I will not be drawn in to this stupidity.....

[bart]

Unfortunately, the more 'trailie' a ride, the more unsociable twats there are. Dunno why that is .

Hahaha. I must agree. My recent experiences with organised trail rides haven't been that good.

They're starting to pull crowds of 300+ riders in this area. It's absolute chaos. And everyone wants to be a Crusty.

[Bass]

I tend to agree with you.

What? What?
Well bugger! There goes one of my main sources of entertainment.

[ducatijim]

You're just a talentless tryhard.

Why, thank you Fran, I rarely get compliments.

ps. think I may have made the tryhard redundant now.