Chch Wednesday Night Cruises 2009-10

**SpeedMonger** · 24th March 2010, 16:41

I won't be along tonight since I took cage to work today due to deluge at home this morning. Will be along next week for a Duva ride. Can go earlier Cruza. Let me know. Have fun all!

**dangerous** · 24th March 2010, 16:51

Originally Posted by Buddha#81

I'll be doing the sprint races in the morning but giving the enduro a miss in the arvo,

what about the 30min bucket race tho, ya doing that?

Originally Posted by phoenixgtr

Nor will I be along tonight

Ohh crap, was going to bring the signiture with me ya need

EDIT: not going either was bringing the XN Turbo now compleat, well aparently not quite the shop didnt sort it in time.

PS: how was that wee storm to ride through, hehe... wernt on the summit road I hope?

**cruza** · 24th March 2010, 19:17

Originally Posted by dangerous

how was that wee storm to ride through, hehe... wernt on the summit road I hope?

Impressive watching it roll down lytt harbour, massive lightning strikes, half dozen of us at evans pass , made a run for it , my leathers are nice and clean now! , just a tad wet.....................

**cruza** · 24th March 2010, 19:21

Originally Posted by The Hornet

I won't be along tonight since I took cage to work today due to deluge at home this morning. Will be along next week for a Duva ride. Can go earlier Cruza. Let me know. Have fun all!

Will do , made a wise choice re cage!

**sammcj** · 24th March 2010, 19:23

Well... wasn't that interesting!

Came round a corner where there was little protection from the wind and big gust of wind/hail pushed me over and off down a bank. Landed face down on a rock over the tank!

Thanks so much to the good buggers that stopped to help me out of that 'off-road adventure'.

Bike is OK, very wobbly turning right, think wheel is warped. (which made it very slow riding on the way back)
RHS faring is scratched to buggery.

As for me, bloody sore back, grazes on my legs but all and all I'm bloody lucky.

Thanks again guys!

EDIT: Wheel is fine (I think), just had to re-align the steering

**Dave-** · 24th March 2010, 19:24

Originally Posted by dangerous

PS: how was that wee storm to ride through, hehe... wernt on the summit road I hope?

FUCKING EPIC!!!

zooming up evans from sumner side the wind picked right up, and I could see the clouds flickering with the most powerful electrostatic force in nature - raw electricity.

I got to the car park and looked down at the monster rolling down the harbour, road was still dry so I start chopping down evans pass, that's when the wind hit.

it was what I'd imagine a leaf feels like, phowar was it powerful, pushed the bike all over the road like a flag in the wind.

I jump on the brakes and slow the bike down, trying to point it into the wind so to reduce the sail effect.

Ashmore eventually comes down when I stopped wondering where they'd got to, he carries on and we creep into lyttelton, we're soaked before we get there.

Stopping in lyttelton to regroup/watch the lightning/laugh maniacly at the lightning the others come down also, I txt brent to let him know I'm heading home, then I decided to go to the pub, then the shit weather on the chch side of the tunnel made me decide to go home again.

I showered and warmed up.

**Ghost_Bullet** · 24th March 2010, 19:31

Thats funny, twas and still is fine out this side, maybe ya should have done an ashley oxford run... someone needs to invest in a crystal ball.

**cruza** · 24th March 2010, 19:35

Originally Posted by Ghost_Bullet

Thats funny, twas and still is fine out this side, maybe ya should have done an ashley oxford run... someone needs to invest in a crystal ball.

Yeah you could see blue sky out that way! came thru really quick and cleared soon after

**maxf** · 24th March 2010, 20:11

Yep, mucho gusto even just at Evans - great fun watching the lightning hit the hill (over the brow), start a fire (lots of black smoke for abt 10 secs) then the rain/hail came and that was the end of that!

definitely a real microclimate out there - back in town, just a bit of dampness (apart from on me, I was right soaked) and at home just some laughs when the SO said she'd avoided going for a walk with the neighbour as they thought it looked a bit black!!

Hope everyone else got thru OK (apart from Sammy's unluck hangliding - the Bond movies are supposed to be on Saturday nights, not tonight).

**KiwiPhoenix** · 24th March 2010, 20:48

I've attached a few photos that I took tonight, couldn't do anymore, camera wouldn't play ball!!!

Pic 1: Lighting hit, the pinkish tinge is the lighting
Pic 2: Front rolling in
Pic 3: Again lighting hit, pinkish tinge

Got home feeling very damp and cold, not a nice feeling!! Feeling more thawed out now....

Peetey, if you got any footage tonight I would love a copy please!!

**helenoftroy** · 24th March 2010, 21:05

Originally Posted by sammcj

Well... wasn't that interesting!

Came round a corner where there was little protection from the wind and big gust of wind/hail pushed me over and off down a bank.

Thanks so much to the good buggers that stopped to help me out of that 'off-road adventure'.

Bike is OK, very wobbly turning right, think wheel is warped. (which made it very slow riding on the way back)
RHS faring is scratched to buggery.

As for me, bloody sore back, grazes on my legs but all and all I'm bloody lucky.

Thanks again guys!

Where you came to grief,the wind gusts were wicked!
we saw you & I couldnt stop ! had to go to the other side of the road in the lieu of a hill...then when you were under way again i had to get neels to help me struggle to get the Duc upright off the stand!!

Hope your OK Sam....think you will be sore and stiff for the next 48hrs or so,hope the bike isnt too bad ,take care...

Originally Posted by Dave-

FUCKING EPIC!!!
.........

Lol!remember that 1st summer of WNRs when there was a awesome storm & a massive hail storm just as we rode into Diamond harbour?

Im sure I remember you and Spuds were loving it but the sprotsbike guys limped home a zero ks an hour!!

I was on my old R100GS,she was in her element

**maxf** · 24th March 2010, 21:05

OK - don't mean to do a thread hijack, but got this tonight from the nice people at the BMWOR Canterbury

- posting here as it's time-sensitive and it could save you some serious $$$$

In case you didn't realise this was possible...

The ACC levy's on bike's goes into effect on the _1st of next month_. You are entitled to hold up to 18 months Rego at any time. The post shop will give you the Rego top up form you need

All you need to do is calculate 18 month from the date in fill it in... So ensure you have the full 18 months Rego at the current low price before the insane prices start.

This of course presumes you **do** want to keep up the rego, and I don't know what the story is if you put it on hold, either.

Max

**neels** · 24th March 2010, 21:12

Originally Posted by dangerous

PS: how was that wee storm to ride through, hehe... wernt on the summit road I hope?

Um, yup we was.

Hail up dyers pass and around the summit road to about rapaki, hell windy so had to slow down to bugger all for the exposed bits of the road, particularly the worst one where we found sammy hiding in the shrubbery. Wasn't game to stop in the wind so parked a bit further up the road behind the bank so my bike didn't join his over the side, a few hands had the bike back on the road. Carried on along the summit watching the lightning show, down to evans and then Lyttleton just in case there were people waiting, nobody there so back through the tunnel to the hop for a drink with the other soggy people.

All good fun, what's on for next week

**TuonoTom** · 24th March 2010, 22:12

Am happy to say i bitched out and headed for shelter before the storm hit! Got the bike into a garage about 30 seconds before the hail hit.

**T.W.R** · 24th March 2010, 22:17

Originally Posted by sammcj

Well... wasn't that interesting!

Came round a corner where there was little protection from the wind and big gust of wind/hail pushed me over and off down a bank. Landed face down on a rock over the tank!

Thanks so much to the good buggers that stopped to help me out of that 'off-road adventure'.

Bike is OK, very wobbly turning right, think wheel is warped. (which made it very slow riding on the way back)
RHS faring is scratched to buggery.

As for me, bloody sore back, grazes on my legs but all and all I'm bloody lucky.

Thanks again guys!

Dude!

And who was it saying they'd be giving the bike a well earned clean last evening:slap:

Least you're in one bit.....plastic & metal can be repaired

That front looked pretty awesome heading toward the pennisula from out this way....the lightening strikes were