Clarence River ride - Sat 6 March

[Woodman]

that sucks - im glad i did wimp out now. bet you guys were pissed off

na not really, still a day out.

[NordieBoy]

i'm going to cruise out to lake tennyson once all my gear is dry. anyone interested in coming?

[Underground]

na not really, still a day out.

Yep still a good days riding , we were just pissed off with the person who made it rain (Woodman) He forgot his wetweather gear ...and he bought togs for swimming ,now thats just asking for it.
Almost akin to taking bananas on a boat when you go fishing

[Padmei]

i'm going to cruise out to lake tennyson once all my gear is dry. anyone interested in coming?

Um nah i'll say dry in front of the telly thanks. Made it home in 21/2 hours. At least the subway omelette was nice - but the coffee...

Woodman nest time bring all your winter thermal gear & swandri stuff will ya?

[NordieBoy]

met up with alan again on the way to the lake and at the lake i met topo's dad. helped fix a ktm sidestand cutout issue on the way back. a good day.

[topo]

i met topo's dad.

Yeah, sorry abot that one, he mannaged to chew through his restraints again

[Padmei]

Yeah, sorry abot that one, he mannaged to chew through his restraints again

What was the weather like when you got back to Hamster Nordie? It was dry & warm here in the avo.

[thepom]

So I take then that DOC closed the gate due to the bad weather?

[Padmei]

Yep Nordie said they were turning everyone away at the gate. When we went through the fords by Kaikoura it was looking pretty messy

[Woodman]

Took a detour through the maungatap on the way home. Got a sudden attack of illiteracy at the beginning so I saw no reason not to carry on.
Roads in good nick aye. Met a family of mxers coming the other way and there were some mtbers heading in. No 4wds hehe.

[Underground]

Yeah , nice and quiet up there now aye

[NordieBoy]

What was the weather like when you got back to Hamster Nordie? It was dry & warm here in the avo.

Brilliant.
Bunged all my gear in the dryer at the camp on "delicate" and headed out to Tennyson about 5pm in brilliant riding weather.

Did a roadside fix on a KTM (Topo's dad's mate Nigel) as about 10min out from Tennyson toward Hanmer his 640e just died. Lucky it's still light at 7pm
Traced it to the sidestand switch cutout (that he'd bypassed long ago) wires snapping at the connecter in the instrument cluster.
A bit of wire stripping and insulation tape and he was happily off back to ChCh.

Vibrations? What vibrations?

Met our builder halfway through the Rainbow today As good a place as any to discuss the renovations.

[countryguy]

Bugger! missed you guys. Could have snuck over Malings Pass and rode up Fowlers. You guys rode right past the access points.

[NordieBoy]

Bugger! missed you guys. Could have snuck over Malings Pass and rode up Fowlers. You guys rode right past the access points.

I was thinking of having a look but was on road tyres and it was getting past 7pm when we got the KTM going.

[alane]

Bugger! missed you guys. Could have snuck over Malings Pass and rode up Fowlers. You guys rode right past the access points.

Just got home ,after nearly 1500km,s,& read this. As a matter of fact ,some of us DID sneake up Mallings ,& ride up Fowlers.

But too stuffed to report now-----will do so later.
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