South Auckland Street Skills

[The Singing Chef]

We talked about this last night at the pub. We reckon that if we did meet up somewhere central then we'd just be marooned in the city with no where fun to ride to; we'd get broken up by traffic lights and all that and it would just suck.

So yeah, either we have one week where we're all at NASS and the next all at SASS or we do something on another day. The problem with a weekend ride is finding the time and the problem with visiting the other's meeting place is the 30 minute earlier leaving time that the visitors will need to sort out (that's easier though).

Also, If we're going to do this I say we call it, not SASS, nor NASS, nor SNASS but ASS as it truly will be Auckland Street Skills.

Haha ASS it is, yea i think it would be best to do one time at each...just ride faster...

[Sis]

There are a few issues what ever way it is decided.
If we are to meet up on a Wednesday night at the others' place, it is a hassle getting thru traffic to get there on time. This may exclude some. Also best done when daylight saving is back in.
If we choose a weekend and meet somewhere central, we may get more bikes that are able to join in but we may have trouble finding a venue.

Look forward to hearing people's ideas.

[aws]

A weekend ride would be cool and all, but it isn't really NASS or SASS or even ASS, it's just a ride.

I vote for meeting Wednesday in the city somewhere - take a restrained cruise along the waterfront (no traffic lights there) - do Riddell Road (got to be the best set of twisties in the city) and then make our way to somewhere like Sylvia Park for the carpark.

[Grasshopperus]

Haha ASS it is

Yeah, it has a certain 'ring' about it. It really rolls off the tongue.

I'll stop now.

[nzspokes]

I guess we will see what the weather does tonight.....

[MikeD400]

Weather is gonna be good! I'l be there and im bringin a buddy bud. Hopen for a good turn out tonight because i missed last weeks good turn out!

[funrunna]

I'll be there tonight - my suggestions for the ride is either Gorge/Skyhigh/Twilight, or Clevedon/Maraetai/Regis.

[Grasshopperus]

Hi guys, it's a bit cloudy but I don't think it's going to rain.

See y'all there.

Oh, and if I make it to the ride part of SASS then I'll vote for Clevedon/Maraetai/Regis

[funrunna]

Oh, and if I make it to the ride part of SASS then I'll vote for Clevedon/Maraetai/Regis

at a more sedate pace than Sundays ride???? I will be well behaved tonight

[Grasshopperus]

at a more sedate pace than sundays ride????

neva!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MikeD400]

Hey whats Maggie's KB name? I need to PM her so I can ask if she wants the video on youtube or for me to just send it to her email.

[funrunna]

Hey whats Maggie's KB name? I need to PM her so I can ask if she wants the video on youtube or for me to just send it to her email.

KB name =
Maakz

[aws]

I was going to drop by the carpark on my way home from work last night around 8 pm. But it started raining around Papatoetoe, so I flagged the idea - I thought you might have all piked anyway. Seems there's a bit more enthusiasm on a dodgy night than I would have expected!

[MikeD400]

. Seems there's a bit more enthusiasm on a dodgy night than I would have expected!

I have to admit i may have lost a bit of enthusiasm....

Was a really good experience tho, other than that night i cant say ive had any experience in rain on dark twisty roads that i had never riden before lol.

[Maakz]

Now come on mate, where else would ya get ta see a newb kiss ashphalt...hope i haven't dented ur enthusiasm on that score. For all ye other SASS members who wondered if i A) got the clutch fixed and B) got home in one piece after this weekend...the answer is Yes and Yes. Sos, after kissing ashphalt on Weds ride the following morning i headed to that place in Drury to sort the bent clutch...picked up some bags for storage, picked up ma riding hog buddy a.k.a the newb baby sitter and we promptly gapped it to Welly. Ride down was ok, mixed weather...but essentially quite picturesque scenery. Ride down we went through Te Kuiti Taumaranui...loved the roads once out of the windies...lots of bikes on the road this weekend. Wellys quite a nice place to pootle. Got to hand it to the guys who allowed me and my ho-bag to ride with them, they were pretty good company and imparted some pieces of wisdom re riding. Kinda unexpected. Today i made the ride home solo, having been ditched by the big boys who had mens business to attend to, and i wanted to get home. Weather was bliss, traffic wasn't too bad, but the scenery was amazing! Oh yeah, got my first ever ticket from the PoPoe today in Rangipo-Turangi as a consequence of overtaking a truck-trailor, was throttling down and getting back to speed limit when he clocked me...got done for 13km over the limit...bloody rookie couldnt stop grinning when i took ma lid off, bloody revenue gatherer... ah well, i was speeding...thems the breaks. Sucked to be me that moment. He asked what i thought about the ticket and I told him i'd frame it for posterity...gah!!!! I went back through Tirau Putaruru out through Taupiri. Anyhoo, got home bout half 6 after calling in at the trusty BP Bombay, where i saw a superb Triumph Speedmaster rockin the black widow colour scheme and a black harley sportster...very nice choices and the dudes riding em were real friendly like. All in all, really stoked at having taken a decent ride and then arriving back in one piece without anything catastrophic happening.

SIS-apologies, i gapped it to Welly otherwise i would have done that ride with ya to look at where i kissed ashphalt.
When are we doing combined SN.ASS?
Mike-you sent me a wmv audio...where’s the vid link buddy...?

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