MAG-NZ launches in New Zealand

[boman]

Great day. Very good speech by Mom. I was impressed by the turnout. Very well done people.

[jafar]

Was nice to see a reasonable turnout for the start of MAG-NZ @ the Auckland event, well done to the team who put it all together.

How did the events in the rest of the country go ??

[MadDuck]

well done to the team who put it all together.

Cheers. I hope you remember where to send my new harley ?

[jafar]

Cheers. I hope you remember where to send my new harley ?

I sure do

Have you fixed that driveway yet ??

[mashman]

My congrats to MAG-NZ... as good as their word springs to mind .. long may it continue and long may NZ motorcyclists become more ACTIVELY involved in voicing their dissaproval over the anti-community legislation that these governments promote...

Hats off to ya'll

[Maha]

My congrats to MAG-NZ... as good as their word springs to mind .. long may it continue and long may NZ motorcyclists become more ACTIVELY involved in voicing their dissaproval over the anti-community legislation that these governments promote...

Hats off to ya'll

We had a chat about a couple of 'issues' over a quiet one later in the day.
Going to Wellington was mentioned yesterday during the speech, and can I add, it will be all about timing.
And the Thunder Rolls.......

[Bald Eagle]

Going to Wellington was mentioned yesterday during the speech, .......

there's some good bike parking near the Beehive

[Maha]

there's some good bike parking near the Beehive

Never thought of that, We were thinking of a trip to Te Papa.....

[PeteJ]

As a minor sidelight, the ART day at Pukekohe was not "a track day".

It is actually advanced rider training, already doing what MAG in part is asking for.

You don't need to change your tyres: I've instructed there on Tourances on occasion.

As another sidelight, great to see a revival of this idea. The first NZ MAG ran from the time of an ACC protest ride in 1977 until about 1982. Go for it, and keep it going.

[Maha]

I have corrected my obvious mistake.

[PeteJ]

I have corrected my obvious mistake.

Good - though the point was that AMCC is closely aligned with MAG's aims and is actively doing stuff about it.

[Mom]

As a minor sidelight, the ART day at Pukekohe was not "a track day".

It is actually advanced rider training, already doing what MAG in part is asking for.

You don't need to change your tyres: I've instructed there on Tourances on occasion.

As another sidelight, great to see a revival of this idea. The first NZ MAG ran from the time of an ACC protest ride in 1977 until about 1982. Go for it, and keep it going.

Pete, thank you for your comments. I agree it is important to make a clear distinction between, Advanced Rider Training at a track, and straight out track days, with no formal training happening. Having said that I am picking there will be an argument that sole track days allow for practice of skills so are still valuable in the big picture.

You know about the previous MAG Action? Do you know anyone involved in it? I remember attending protests back in the '70s, I always thought they were BRONZ ones.

[Bikemad]

great day yesterday..........thanks to the MAG NZ crew for puttin it together.......great snags and plenty of bikes to cast ya eyes over...........
however.......im not so sure cruisin at 80-90ks in the fast lane of the M/way holding up people on their day off did the cause any favours......i understand it was a protest ride but i did notice a lot of pissed off agressive car drivers muttering abuse at us as they finally whistled by on our left...........i suspect that even if they knew what it was about,we would no longer have their support.Im sure the fuzz would probably have something to say about it safety wise as well..
and do you know how hard it is to crawl at 85ks on a daytona?????
still..........ya got my $ as promised caseye and look forward to the next ride asap

[Hawk]

Was nice to see a reasonable turnout for the start of MAG-NZ @ the Auckland event, well done to the team who put it all together.

How did the events in the rest of the country go ??

seeing that you asked lol

Christchurch

The 15 to 20 bikes and riders enjoyed themselves on the Fish and Chip run to Akaroa. We had one bike and pillion who enjoyed the ride so much that They introduced an element I didnt consider, The adventure ride, yep they got lost and used evey bit of gravel they could find getting back to to our sponsors. Repco Northwood, top effort guys.

Also we had to ask for help from another group that were on a different run, those suasages didn't stand a chance after the call for assistance was answered ...........on Friday for a Sunday meetup.

If you want to know more, Pay ya $20 get on the mailing list And look for the Canterbury Run Report in the next Mag Rag

Cheers

Canterbury Team

[fliplid]

Not all of us are KB members, infact there are more than a few members of MAG-NZ I know of that have not even attempted a log on to KB, they either dont want to, or have never heard of this forum...

Now, and this is going to sound well dodgy, I "found out" KB in the gents toilets at the Bombay Autobahn! To clarify, someone ha stuck a KB sticker to the back of one of the toilet doors... Honest!