March Hare Rally (5-7 March 2010)

[kerryhare]

Was an awesome weekend, I did 976km this weekend. Not a bad wee effort on my wee bike. Now just need to get rid of the achy arms ad knees and the sunburn. And yes i did have sunblock on. Looking forward to the next rally which for us will be the brass.

[KiwiPhoenix]

Was an awesome weekend, I did 976km this weekend. Not a bad wee effort on my wee bike. Now just need to get rid of the achy arms ad knees and the sunburn. And yes i did have sunblock on. Looking forward to the next rally which for us will be the brass.

well done chick!! I'm planning on doing the Brass as well, should be interesting doing it on a 250

[98tls]

A few pics.

[SDU]

2) A mint 850 GT Guzzi

This beauty won peoples choice at the trumpy rally this year! hope you stopped Q from dribbling all over it:-)

[SeanG]

Great ride, great food, great band, great people! My first March Hare, and I had a ball. Even the early morning entertainment provided by the Ducati_Tequila_Bar (thanks Helen, oh, and that *was* your tent..right?) was great.
The ride home through Fairlie and Geraldine was a first for me too.. what a weekend

SeanG

[kerryhare]

well done chick!! I'm planning on doing the Brass as well, should be interesting doing it on a 250

I will still be on my 250 as well.

[MotoRad-ical]

What a weekend!
This is one of the huts through the Orari george (Well off the beaten track)
Once again the ducati bar was open and serving shots I'm sure there licence would be removed for serving intoxicated people but the cops can't catch that bike
What a weekend!

[cruza]

What a weekend!
This is one of the huts through the Orari george (Well off the beaten track)

Did ya do the clayton pack track and back thru meikleburn saddle down to fairlie?

[MotoRad-ical]

Did ya do the clayton pack track and back thru meikleburn saddle down to fairlie?

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm u'd have to ask my side kick we did end up in Fairlie so I'm gonna go with yes!

[Ghost_Bullet]

So that was another weekend and another ride on the bike Southward, Waimati camping.
It all started with a normal day at work, and the end of what has been a hectic couple of weeks. Going to school after morning tea to see the kids swimming gala, back to work, home finish packing and await the kids to come home to say bye bye and off I go astride me bike toward Rolly BP at 3.40ish.

miSTa was parked up, muttering a few words to one another, we rode south to Timaru for gas, and Waimati for some fish and chips. The blue cod surely was not at all. It was not bad, but very far away from good either.

Ariving at the site, the latest I have ever done to a rally, pitchin tent at near dark.
Very deserving of a few drinkies.
Though HOT, seeing her slyly putting lemons and bottles of stuff into her tent... I thought, aint coming anywhere near here later..... mmm well, I did, two shots... ti killa is still bad, and that vodka with mint and somthing... weird, kinda nice, but still weird.

Woke in the morning… BONUS.
Ride time after breaky to Tarras for lunch. Was an awesome day for a ride, with miSTa and Nighthawk as once out of the Waimati gorge, the sun gleamed.
A fab ride over the Lindas, an awesome Burger at the Tarras café, about turn back to a cloudy rally site, somewhat fuller than before.

Roving the site, many bikes, and interestingly, so many seen before at rallies before. Food and drink chatter and all as had done the previous night.

Woke again. A delayed start due to a small number people testing breaths.

Got home, with the tired feeling and thinking, can’t be bothered going to another.
A day in reflection and the thought of the Hororata and/or the Off The Rails… well lets do it again.

I did take a few pic's and should post the links tonight.

[KZT]

There has been a lot of comment on the Timaru radio station and also on the front page the Timaru Herald today about the booze bus and the delays it caused. etc etc.

The local cops say they had nothing really to do with it as it was all done out of Chch, but....NEXT YEAR they willl be more organised and more considerate to us riders.

So looks like the way to go will be having a huge Friday and a quieter Saturday....which for me works well anyway!!

[98tls]

There has been a lot of comment on the Timaru radio station and also on the front page the Timaru Herald today about the booze bus and the delays it caused. etc etc.

The local cops say they had nothing really to do with it as it was all done out of Chch, but....NEXT YEAR they willl be more organised and more considerate to us riders.

So looks like the way to go will be having a huge Friday and a quieter Saturday....which for me works well anyway!!

Really?Havent heard anything about it on the local station,amusing that there complaining of delays due to the breath testing really as if there was an accident involving a pissed biker there would be even more complaining about the lack of testing no doubt.Rock and a hard place i guess,though it held me up i got home safe n sound which all things considered is fine by me,they did it right outside the gate so anyone that got busted really cant complain to much,actually not at all.EDIT,just occured to me that you meant there was a booze bus in Timaru Zed.No idea i headed South.

[Ghost_Bullet]

A few options with the photos...they are an extension of my story, and they give insight to that and more, they are
Here http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghost_b...7623570109118/ or see them as a slide show... http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghost_b...70109118/show/
or Here
by GhostBullet

And that was the Hare.

[98tls]

A few options with the photos...they are an extension of my story, and they give insight to that and more, they are
Here http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghost_b...7623570109118/ or see them as a slide show... http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghost_b...70109118/show/
or Here
by GhostBullet

And that was the Hare.

Any idea about the condition of the Wallibie after Ant had finished with it?

[Ghost_Bullet]

Any idea about the condition of the Wallibie after Ant had finished with it?

Sadly word has it that the Wallibie has lost it's bounce...there were some serious sounds coming from his tent, I tried blocking it out... but the fear of being so close to something so explosive, and I am not talking miSTa either.
I also heard that the wallibie community is wishing to be extradited back to Aussie, they can not deal with such trauma from a man such as him.