Shaggy Wet Arse Drippy Cold Nose Ride (25-26 August)

[nzspokes]

Not sure about this weather.....

Whats that bright thing in the sky?

[haydes55]

Cheers everyone on this trip, was an awesome weekend!

Was great to meet you all. Definitely count me in for the next one!

[blue rider]

and without any further U turns i arrived home!

[blue rider]

what was lost got found....there are honest people around!

[haydes55]

what was lost got found....there are honest people around!

Such as pants.... and scarves...

[nathanwhite]

Such as pants....

Pants were lost? I'm doubly glad I wasn't in the cabins now.

[blue rider]

pants were not lost, they were forgotten. anyways, pants are overated.

[nathanwhite]

Well that was a fun weekend. Looking forward to the next one definately.

Now I just gotta save like crazy so I can get my big bike before it

[Maha]

what was lost got found....there are honest people around!

Nice! and a big whew!...that virg is the man for doing the biggest U Turn of the weekend...pics and proper post to come soon, but what a very cool place Kawhia is.

WUT-MC

[nathanwhite]

Nice! and a big whew!...that virg is the man for doing the biggest U Turn of the weekend...pics and proper post to come soon, but what a very cool place Kawhia is.

WUT-MC

mmm, photos yes. I'll have a look at mine tomorrow when I have a decent computer to use.

I was right about my fuel also. I hit reserve just off the motorway.

[Maha]

Cheers everyone on this trip, was an awesome weekend!

Was great to meet you all. Definitely count me in for the next one!

Not knowing an area = lesson learned.....a good boy scout is always prepeared...of sorts...
Cheers for making the ride Hayden, in hindsight, it would been an bastard in the rain...

[Maha]

The FREE meal idea was well and truely got...no sooner had we arrived and doogle was down to his bare nothings and into the water...well done that man and well deserved.
This boy can walk the talk...no doubt.

[nathanwhite]

Not knowing an area = lesson learned.....

Howabout on the next ride the the planned (maybe discussed and debated beforehand also) and is stuck to on the day no matter what (except an emergency or road closure etc) so there is no "oh lets bypass X and go to Y"... U turn ... U turn ...

[Mom]

As usual, great company and good times. The U-turn thing ran a bit flat this afternoon when that officious dickhead made a great show of waving his red flag and pointing us down a road we did not want to take. What else are you supposed to do when faced with many road cones and a red flag being waved at you but go where you are directed. I thought there must have been an accident or something. But no, he "thought" that is where we wanted to go. How he drew tht conclusion is beyond me. He didn't look like a treadly rider either

Was pleased to be home, 335 kms for me today, just hit reserve, or the Millie equivalent at the lights as I turned into Warkworth so that is really good fuel economy. I enjoyed the road in and out of Kawhia very much.

It was great to meet a few more new faces and hope none of you were put off by our wonderfully annoying detours. We have some lovely pics to share.

Thanks for a wonderfull weekend guys

[Maha]

The road out of Kawhia was better that way, for me...guess mainly because I knew where I was going to stop ahead for the main group, and did so, while enjoying what the road had to offer, had Doogle to keep me company.
Slight detour yesterday...ended up seeing way more of the outback than the 4-5 bikes out in front...thanks to the Off Roaders at Nikau Cafe we didn't venture any further into the great unknwon..
Great unknown being the road to Port Waikato via Gravel...no fanx.
The Lost Angels from the Whak-awi Hapu really enjoyed that bit of road up until then to be honest...My mistake, but what good mistake to make.
U Turn to search/find the Lost Leaders at Narrower Here BP...(they had gone onto Pirongia)
2.5 hours to get from Papakura to Narrower Here.....couldn't have asked for better weather.
We (the main group) arrived in Pirongia for a much needed feed as a group...very easy task really.
What greeted us at our 'end of day one' stop was nothing short of stunning...