Mystery ride - West (and North). Sat 11 August.

[yod]

And I love those time/distance calculations, are they for pushbikes?

kawasakis....

I'd rather do a dry run, and that middle road sounds like a good one. I'm out for next weekend tho, working.

sounds like a plan...im not bugged either way, just thought it might be nice to see the sun for a change - we can wait and see what the rest of the crew feels like doing and of course, ya never know what the weather forecast will say later in the week

[cowboyz]

kawasakis....

Hey hey. Blasphamy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sounds like a plan...im not bugged either way, just thought it might be nice to see the sun for a change - we can wait and see what the rest of the crew feels like doing and of course, ya never know what the weather forecast will say later in the week

Jury is holding out for the weekend but it doesnt look likely. This weather is getting................ interesting......

Sick of it already and still looks like a few days to go.

[86GSXR]

sounds like a plan...im not bugged either way, just thought it might be nice to see the sun for a change - we can wait and see what the rest of the crew feels like doing and of course, ya never know what the weather forecast will say later in the week

Yeah, it would be nice to be warm AND dry. And the sun will be out somewhere surely.

[Meanie]

Ill more than likely come unless the misses objects realy strongly and then i may choose to ignore her
Dry roads sond awesome, my gear is only just dry from Saturday

[yod]

Yeah, it would be nice to be warm AND dry. And the sun will be out somewhere surely.

Ill more than likely come unless the misses objects realy strongly and then i may choose to ignore her
Dry roads sond awesome, my gear is only just dry from Saturday

be aware tho - the farmers have been grazing down the sides of the roads with the lack of rain in the last few months so there was a fair bit of cow crap on the roads....99% of it was dry, very little 'fresh' stuff when i went through 2 weeks ago and hopefully its cleaned up a bit by now tho but as usual on the back roads, eyes peeled....

[Meanie]

be aware tho - the farmers have been grazing down the sides of the roads with the lack of rain in the last few months so there was a fair bit of cow crap on the roads....99% of it was dry, very little 'fresh' stuff when i went through 2 weeks ago and hopefully its cleaned up a bit by now tho but as usual on the back roads, eyes peeled....

cow shit on the new bike not good
I would however be just as worried about the cows that escaped and are wandering along the roadside

[chanceyy]

well the weather is crap here at mo .. hope to get Betsy out for a fang & see if the dying issue is still there .. or might have to steal a gixxer ...

I would be more happier in the sun than rain .. perhaps its good to have east west rides & we can see wot the weather is like on the day and follow the sun ..

bugger Al your gonna miss sugi racing the long track if your working weekend of 18th

[yod]

cow shit on the new bike not good
I would however be just as worried about the cows that escaped and are wandering along the roadside

i didnt actually see any livestock, just the 'leftovers' and the temporary fences along the sides of the roads where they had been grazing

[chanceyy]

i didnt actually see any livestock, just the 'leftovers' and the temporary fences along the sides of the roads where they had been grazing

I think meanie may have been referring to the loose cattle out last weekend ...

[Blue Bandito]

Just done the loop from Palmy, Fordell, Hunterville, and Vinegar Hill today. Roads are in surprisingly good condition considering the weather we have been having. A few wet slippery bits but only the usual rubbish you would expect to find on back roads. No major surprises. But always pays to be on the look out for stray animals on these back roads.

[86GSXR]

well the weather is crap here at mo .. hope to get Betsy out for a fang & see if the dying issue is still there .. or might have to steal a gixxer ...

I would be more happier in the sun than rain .. perhaps its good to have east west rides & we can see wot the weather is like on the day and follow the sun ..

bugger Al your gonna miss sugi racing the long track if your working weekend of 18th

Bugger! I was looking forward to that too!

Just done the loop from Palmy, Fordell, Hunterville, and Vinegar Hill today. Roads are in surprisingly good condition considering the weather we have been having. A few wet slippery bits but only the usual rubbish you would expect to find on back roads. No major surprises. But always pays to be on the look out for stray animals on these back roads.

Excellent! Thanks for that mate, looking forward to trying this one out!

[Meanie]

Bugger! I was looking forward to that too!



Excellent! Thanks for that mate, looking forward to trying this one out!

The weather gods may be favourable to us yet

[86GSXR]

The weather gods may be favourable to us yet

Hope so and it's always hard to tell until the day before, and even then......?

I'm off to masterton until Friday night for a conference so I'll check in then and see how things are looking.

Have fun all, and may the weekend arrive soon

[chanceyy]

Hope so and it's always hard to tell until the day before, and even then......?

I'm off to masterton until Friday night for a conference so I'll check in then and see how things are looking.

Have fun all, and may the weekend arrive soon

Well Betsy appears Ok .. took her out for a wee tonite need to get somE stuff to spray electrics tomorrow .. so hope the rain does not affect her again like it did on sat ..

have fun at ya conference hon dunna to much ..

see ya sat

[NZsarge]

now this is just a thought...there's a bit of a loop i been thinking of doing since i went through the middle road - it basically starts in waipawa and heads up to havelock one way and comes back another - good looking roads

see map here

but im thinking (and this is only a suggestion, im quite happy to go with the flow on this one), the sun looks like it might actually be out and we might get some dry roads for a change over on the east side this weekend, where this side is looking pretty average so maybe we do an eastern run this week and the western next?

feel free to shoot me down mercilessly of course....

edit: we still need to figure out a route to get to and from waipawa of course but i have a bit of a plan.....

Yea.... I can help you out there.....If it's a nice day.... I got a nice little track I like to take