Wednesday Night Ride

**helenoftroy** · 2nd December 2010, 12:49

Originally Posted by neels

Was a great ride home last night, and a good chance to stretch the legs on the Duc for a change, that needle goes quite a long way around really quite easily

Yeah! I have found that to! that needle goes quite a long way round - WAY too easily!!

Tis a joyfull thing!

Originally Posted by Gibbo89

Nice one. Bet you will be chomping at the bit to take her for a spin this weekend... or even tonight...

Sure am!!

**helenoftroy** · 2nd December 2010, 13:01

Was great to see Phoenixgtr & R1madness,have missed you guys!

...fireliv where are you?miss you too!

R1madness lead a wee group back over the Scargill Road....

**Spuds1234** · 2nd December 2010, 13:02

Originally Posted by KiwiPhoenix

Watching the video actually proves to women that men do stop and ask for directions!! Who knew??

We'll only stop if we have had a good crack at finding the place first and we dont have a map.

Although as it turned out when we asked for directions we were only like 500m from the pub

**phoenixgtr** · 2nd December 2010, 13:59

Originally Posted by helenoftroy

Was great to see Phoenixgtr & R1madness,have missed you guys!

...fireliv where are you?miss you too!

R1madness lead a wee group back over the Scargill Road....

Missed you too Hels. I should be along alot more regularly now. I need to spend some time with the blue screamer.

I'll try and get my better half out too but she's not keen to ride her bike with the black round hoop things that are currently on it. Will have to get some new ones...

**KiwiPhoenix** · 2nd December 2010, 14:33

Originally Posted by Spuds1234

We'll only stop if we have had a good crack at finding the place first and we dont have a map.

Although as it turned out when we asked for directions we were only like 500m from the pub

saw that on the video! Ah well....

**R1madness** · 2nd December 2010, 18:36

Hey everyone thanks for an awsome ride last might. Gee dave that R6 sounded sweet as we went thru Frog Rock. Nice lines by the way.
Tires on a budget? Try the Shinko APEX. Im using them and they really are good and $450 a pair is reasonably affordable.
Ahh yes we did come back thru scargill but the pace was moderate due to fading light... still fun tho.

It was really good to see everyone riding within themselves and enjoying a pace that was fun for the group.
Ummm yes as for fuel enonomy well lets just say that as the throttle get opened the gas bill goes up lol.
See ya all next week but since a common theme of discussion as been less stops how about we try to come up with a easy follow route with minimum stops? Everyone likes Devochales eh... how about i contact the cafe owner and see if they would open for drinks and nibbles for us next wed? Or maybe go the extra 6 mins to Akaroa. With less stops it wont take any longer. Sure parts o the group will spread out but its a ride not a procession. If you find yourself with noone to ride with slow down for a bit and someone will catch ya up.

**Gibbo89** · 2nd December 2010, 19:56

Originally Posted by R1madness

Hey everyone thanks for an awsome ride last might.

It was really good to see everyone riding within themselves and enjoying a pace that was fun for the group.
Ummm yes as for fuel enonomy well lets just say that as the throttle get opened the gas bill goes up lol.
See ya all next week but since a common theme of discussion as been less stops how about we try to come up with a easy follow route with minimum stops? Everyone likes Devochales eh... how about i contact the cafe owner and see if they would open for drinks and nibbles for us next wed? Or maybe go the extra 6 mins to Akaroa. With less stops it wont take any longer. Sure parts o the group will spread out but its a ride not a procession. If you find yourself with noone to ride with slow down for a bit and someone will catch ya up.

The duvachelles ride could be a pretty good idea, especially because at the moment we shoot back to Little River after Akaroa for the drinks etc. Just need to see what the masses think.

Yeah I was trying to move that Zeal on the straights, that didn't help at all

**Dave-** · 2nd December 2010, 20:30

Originally Posted by R1madness

Hey everyone thanks for an awsome ride last might. Gee dave that R6 sounded sweet as we went thru Frog Rock. Nice lines by the way.
Tires on a budget? Try the Shinko APEX. Im using them and they really are good and $450 a pair is reasonably affordable.
Ahh yes we did come back thru scargill but the pace was moderate due to fading light... still fun tho.

It was really good to see everyone riding within themselves and enjoying a pace that was fun for the group.
Ummm yes as for fuel enonomy well lets just say that as the throttle get opened the gas bill goes up lol.
See ya all next week but since a common theme of discussion as been less stops how about we try to come up with a easy follow route with minimum stops? Everyone likes Devochales eh... how about i contact the cafe owner and see if they would open for drinks and nibbles for us next wed? Or maybe go the extra 6 mins to Akaroa. With less stops it wont take any longer. Sure parts o the group will spread out but its a ride not a procession. If you find yourself with noone to ride with slow down for a bit and someone will catch ya up.

lol Ian....you need to catch up bro.

the duvauchelles pub is closed, needs the top story torn off and repaired, closed till feb or march.

we do a ride to akaroa then come straight back to the little river pub.

**Flip** · 2nd December 2010, 21:29

Originally Posted by Dave-

lol Ian....you need to catch up bro.

the duvauchelles pub is closed, needs the top story torn off and repaired, closed till feb or march.

we do a ride to akaroa then come straight back to the little river pub.

I would prefer to get dinner at Akaroa. I actually don't care for the Little river pub. I don't mind riding back at night, I hate gravel, but don't mind the rain or the dark, but only one.

The Duvauchelles pub was boarded up and the damage to the top floor was looking pretty catastrophic. Pity because it was a great place to go, even for Harley's.

**Gibbo89** · 2nd December 2010, 21:57

He meant the cafe across the road from the pub. From memory it is joined onto the dairy that sells pies, lollies, also like a wee dairy thing as well. Next to that is the cafe, I believe.

**Dave-** · 3rd December 2010, 07:04

Originally Posted by Gibbo89

He meant the cafe across the road from the pub. From memory it is joined onto the dairy that sells pies, lollies, also like a wee dairy thing as well. Next to that is the cafe, I believe.

there's a cafe across the road?

**KiwiPhoenix** · 3rd December 2010, 07:10

Akaroa sounds good to me! It's my birthday on Wednesday

So a good run sounds great!

**neels** · 3rd December 2010, 07:45

Originally Posted by Dave-

there's a cafe across the road?

Not quite across the road, about 500m along the road on the other side. Obviously you either never made it past the temptation of the pub, or you were too busy lining up the next corner to notice....