Taranaki ride, Sat 22 Sept 07

**chanceyy** · 21st September 2007, 22:04

Originally Posted by yod

Betsy has a twin, I spotted her/him at Phil Turnbulls when I was picking up the RF - this thing has to be the mintest bike I've ever seen, same year, same colour, same everything and it looked like it just came out of the showroom!! whoever owns it is a serious obsessive compulsive when it comes to cleaning - impressive (not that Betsy isnt impressive....)

laffing gawd two of them .. after playing with bike bits over the last few days ..am quite determined Betsy will be a restoration project in the long term .. am getting a bit braver about pulling her apart .. with supervision of course

**robertydog** · 21st September 2007, 22:28

Originally Posted by chanceyy

laffing gawd two of them .. after playing with bike bits over the last few days ..am quite determined Betsy will be a restoration project in the long term .. am getting a bit braver about pulling her apart .. with supervision of course

yea but you not suposed to do it while riding her

**chanceyy** · 21st September 2007, 22:34

Originally Posted by robertydog

yea but you not suposed to do it while riding her

.. well damn you could have told me that before ..

**cowboyz** · 21st September 2007, 22:41

be careful. One of you might mention the ride if your not careful........

**chanceyy** · 21st September 2007, 22:43

Originally Posted by cowboyz

be careful. One of you might mention the ride if your not careful........

never !!!!

**cowboyz** · 21st September 2007, 22:45

well there is only 9 hours 15 mins left till kick off so I outta here. See whoever shows up in the morning. Before 8am at ashhurst mobil.

**robertydog** · 21st September 2007, 22:54

Originally Posted by cowboyz

well there is only 9 hours 15 mins left till kick off so I outta here. See whoever shows up in the morning. Before 8am at ashhurst mobil.

**yod** · 21st September 2007, 23:11

Originally Posted by cowboyz

well there is only 9 hours 15 mins left till kick off so I outta here. See whoever shows up in the morning. Before 8am at ashhurst mobil.

c u there grasshopper....

looking forward to this one....fingers crossed for the weather....

**86GSXR** · 22nd September 2007, 00:03

What a good read

Just got home after a good day and night. Took Sarah to pick up the Hornet - very nice

While I was there and seeing as I've already desecrated my bike with a pack rack, I got myself a nice little ten litre 'sports' pack to go with my 'sports' rack. I really don't think Daytona's and pack racks go well together, but it's practical and this little pack is really handy! No more things in pockets digging into me now.

Jonno arrived and speaking of Betsy's twin, yep, I thought Chanceyy had arrived first and I was thinking WOW Barry's done an amazing job on her. So a quick look around for Sandra when a bloke jumps on Betsy 2 and rides off. This bike is MINT, still the good old smoke trail tho!

Anyway, a quick spin out to Foxton beach and back. A coffee and a quick ride on the Hornet. Very nice, love the upright position and being able to relax at the lights. Very quick with a lot of 4 cylinder punch. And very directionally stable once turning, lot's of counter steering required. I liked it.

Better get to bed, see ya'll real soon

**NZsarge** · 22nd September 2007, 02:19

Damn...nearly everyone must have seen that RZ yesterday, it was a pearler alright. See ya in a few.

**86GSXR** · 22nd September 2007, 06:02

Will do Sarge! Weather's looking good, bit dark through the gorge at the mo, but where we're going not too bad at all! So far, the only mention of rain is in the Waikato - sweet. Bear in mind though that these are only valid till 2.00 pm. There's a fair bit of cloud around which may mean rain later on.

TE KUITI ARFOR (TK):

ARFOR TK VALID 1700 TO 0200 UTC
1000 08005
3000 04010
5000 02010 PS04
7000 01010 PS01
10000 35010 MS05
FZL 8000FT
VIS 40KM TO 6000M IN SHRA.
CLD AREAS BKN CUSC 3000 TOPS 6000, BASE 1400 IN SHRA.
AREAS BKN ASAC ABV 8000.
WX OCNL SHRA ABOUT WAIKATO, ESPECIALLY IN THE E.
ICE OCNL MOD IN ASAC.=

CENTRAL PLATEAU ARFOR (CP):

ARFOR CP VALID 1700 TO 0200 UTC
3000 05010
5000 03010 PS03
7000 02010 ZERO
10000 01010 MS05
FZL 7000FT
VIS 40KM
CLD AREAS BKN CUSC 3000 TOPS 7000. AREAS BKN ASAC ABV 7000.
WX NIL SIG.
ICE OCNL MOD IN ASAC.=

SANSON ARFOR (SA):

ARFOR SA VALID 1700 TO 0200 UTC
1000 03005
3000 03005
5000 02010 PS03
7000 01010 PS01
10000 01010 MS04
FZL 7500FT
VIS 40KM
CLD FEW AREAS BKN CUSC 3000 TOPS 7000. AREAS BKN ASAC ABV 7000.
WX NIL SIG.
ICE OCNL MOD IN ASAC. =