Wednesday Night Ride

[CeeJay]

Buyasta - your spirit is to be commended. Volunteeing to buddy up with the new chap and watch out for him is a mighty fine thing to do.

[Buyasta]

Buyasta - your spirit is to be commended. Volunteeing to buddy up with the new chap and watch out for him is a mighty fine thing to do.

Feeling a touch prescient today, are we?
I'm afraid you're dead wrong though, not only am I not volunteeing, I have no idea what that is.. However I am, of course, happy to volunteer.

[Flip]

Sorry I had to shoot off today, if i had my shit together I would have gone in a bit earlier and got my hardware shopping sorted sooner.

Where are we going on Wednesday?

Do you like the new Avatar? it is a pic of my day on his Panther (Where the hell is Roger these days) and my uncle on probably a James. It had to be taken in the early 50's because the Panther was sold while Dad was doing BMT.

[Buyasta]

Sorry I had to shoot off today, if i had my shit together I would have gone in a bit earlier and got my hardware shopping sorted sooner.

Where are we going on Wednesday?

Do you like the new Avatar? it is a pic of my day on his Panther (Where the hell is Roger these days) and my uncle on probably a James. It had to be taken in the early 50's because the Panther was sold while Dad was doing BMT.

Ah well, such is life... 'twas a rather good ride, with some really amazing views, although that wind on the way home was a bit ridiculous.

Thanks to CeeJay and Freespaceage for helping me get my chain back on and tensioned right when the little bugger decided to go walkabout.

Looks like we're heading to Greta Valley on Wedneday...

WNR Greta????

[Transalper]

....Where are we going on Wednesday?

Greta Valley was mentioned a few posts back.

Do you like the new Avatar?..

Nice.

Hope those who rode today had a good one, bit of wind may have been a nuisance up top on Bossu Rd if you made it there.
I was walking bits of the crater Rim Track and it was annoying me.

Oh, I see you did have a good ride.

[Roger]

Do you like the new Avatar? it is a pic of my day on his Panther (Where the hell is Roger these days) and my uncle on probably a James.

I used to love the way your dad rode me

[Buyasta]

Greta Valley was mentioned a few posts back.
Nice.

Hope those who rode today had a good one, bit of wind may have been a nuisance up top on Bossu Rd if you made it there.
I was walking bits of the crater Rim Track and it was annoying me.

Actually that reminds me, which way would you advise going down - we turned left and took Jubilee rd, but it's extremely steep at one or two points... would we have been better off going straight and continuing along Bossu?

[imdying]

I used to love the way your dad rode me

You ferkin what now?

[Flip]

I used to love the way your dad rode me

And I thought you were a m'therfucker, obviously I was wrong.

[Freespaceage]

Was a good ride today - had its ups and ...downs.... Amazing views. The wind coming back was absolutely awful - we were riding at almost a 45 degree angle on the straights. I have promised myself never to do gravel roads again on a street bike!

[Peeteey]

Sounds like you guys had fun!

I've spent the day in bed being force fed chicken and vege soup! The flu I've been fighting this last week seems to have arrived ...

Can't be there this Wed either or the Sun after! Buggery bollocks! I'll be there the week after I hope ...

Do you like the new Avatar? it is a pic of my day on his Panther (Where the hell is Roger these days) and my uncle on probably a James. It had to be taken in the early 50's because the Panther was sold while Dad was doing BMT.

That's cool Flip! My Dad has a Panther too but only rides it when he has to take it to get a new WOF!

[Transalper]

Actually that reminds me, which way would you advise going down - we turned left and took Jubilee rd, but it's extremely steep at one or two points... would we have been better off going straight and continuing along Bossu?

Possibly better going straight through, Jubilee is indeed fairly steep in places and I have seen at least one person fall from failing to control her speed going down there in to a corner. She just hadn't got a feel for the brakes yet and wasn't applying them enough or properly.
I've had an amusing run up Jubilee two up on a CBR1000F once, my passenger was sitting straight up, even leaning back on the pack rack? and causing the front to lift over every little bump until I shouted to lean forward with me so I might be able to actually steer the thing.

To finish Bossu to where it turns seal at the Lands End intersection it would have been 7km of more gravel basically the same format as the rest of Bossu you had already done, so if you had no issue with the Bossu Rd itself then yes, you could have finished it off and then descended on seal but remembering that it's crap seal with grit on some corners year round. Still could be considered easier than the gradient of Jubilee I suspect.

[helenoftroy]

New bike!

Where to this week?

[gloplg]

New bike!

Where to this week?

Nice one HOT Lady. Look forward to seeing it.

Greta Valley.

[Desert Eagle]

Well im still buzzing from Sunday Lots of new experiences, great for a first trip out of the city!

The Gopro was pretty happy aswell at 960p, lasted from Christchurch until the top of the dirt road.