Taranaki ride, Sat 22 Sept 07

**chanceyy** · 22nd September 2007, 20:39

Originally Posted by banditrider

Yeah, primo day. And I was stuck at home waiting for a plumber to not turn up! Never mind off to the 'naki myself tomorrow to meet my brand new nephew.

congrats on the brand new nephew

.. hoping the weather holds for the morrow

**banditrider** · 22nd September 2007, 20:46

Originally Posted by chanceyy

congrats on the brand new nephew

.. hoping the weather holds for the morrow

Thanks. Going regardless of weather - but hasn't it settled down nicely lately? Looks like the other guys either aren't back yet or have just kept on going...

**chanceyy** · 22nd September 2007, 20:49

hmmm well they must be near .. I see one of the crew lurking .. that must mean ride report is close

**yod** · 22nd September 2007, 20:49

Originally Posted by Boob Johnson

Yeah soz bout that Kev, the weather was looking shithaus for the afternoon & one of our guys wasn't keen to trek the Whanga road in the wet so the 5 of us gapped it to Te Kuiti for lunch. We passed all you guys & of course I waved out to all I could (was bloody heaps of ya lol). Met Patrick for the first time, top bloke. Poor ol Mike just bought another bike this week & took it for its first real spin but his gearbox jammed in 5th (6 speed) so we gave him a push start @ the Awakino pub & let him go for a bit then slowly caught him up & he led the pack back to Waitara then I 2up'd him to NP to pick up his ute. Oh well that's what you get when you buy an old school Ducati

So how was your guys ride? Did the weather hold out? We hit a few patches of rain but mostly pretty light and only lasted a minute or two then dry again, very lucky

Catch you all next time hopefully

hey, yeah i spotted ya....I was on the RF leading the group up that hill you were coming down...but what were doing at the back??

RF's always lead the way mate

yeah we got wet on the way home, a few patches here and there but then a serious soaking between Waiouru and Taihape but it's all good aye - hell of a day, hell of a ride, bloody good roads up that way

**dogsnbikes** · 22nd September 2007, 20:54

Originally Posted by yod

RF's always lead the way mate

how come when Im with you lot the Rf is always in my mirrors

**dogsnbikes** · 22nd September 2007, 20:55

glad you had a good day regardless of the sky above lol

**Bonez** · 22nd September 2007, 21:08

Another f$#%ing good run. Yes it rained. At least it was mainly on the way home. The CX performed once again like a fine peice of 29yo slant eyed engineering should. I even beleive I got it airbourne over the raised one lane bridge on the Viniger Hill.

Nice selection of bikes all round. It was nice to meet up with some new faces.
Hope you all made it home safely. Looking fwd to the next one.

**banditrider** · 22nd September 2007, 21:08

Originally Posted by yod

hey, yeah i spotted ya....I was on the RF leading the group up that hill you were coming down...but what were doing at the back??

RF's always lead the way mate

yeah we got wet on the way home, a few patches here and there but then a serious soaking between Waiouru and Taihape but it's all good aye - hell of a day, hell of a ride, bloody good roads up that way

Dag nabbit!

Me jealous!

**Bonez** · 22nd September 2007, 21:18

Anyone mentioned no speeding tickets this time

**Meanie** · 22nd September 2007, 21:44

Originally Posted by cowboyz

well I am rearing to go. Might just go give the mean one a kick o see if he has joined the land of the living yet

What a nice neighbour you are, its no wonder my misses gives you such a hard time

Originally Posted by yod

give him a kick from me too

You be quiet in the cheap seats and do your own dirty work

Originally Posted by banditrider

Yeah, primo day. And I was stuck at home waiting for a plumber to not turn up! Never mind off to the 'naki myself tomorrow to meet my brand new nephew.

You must be gutted was an awesome day,thought we spotted you heading towards marton turn off on sh1 north of bulls, must have been the other guy from levin on his concours

Originally Posted by pritch008

Was at Waitara at the appointed time, but when nobody arrived I wasn't concerned because the published timetable required an average speed of 160kph from Hawera to Waitara which seemed just a little optimistic.

Almost bang on noon the crew arrived. Some refuelling and away we went to PioPio for lunch. Mostly nice enough weather. Got to put some faces with KB names.

Thanks for the ride and for the company, hope you all made it home dry :-)

Good to meet you today pritch,very nice bike you have

Originally Posted by dogsnbikes

how come when Im with you lot the Rf is always in my mirrors

Ask him if he managed toget his chicken strips any smaller than the hornets that Sarah was riding
Speaking of whom Hope you got home ok Sarah the last we saw of you was when you tore past Viniger hill turn off Gary H tore off in pursuit and we waited for about 30m before we left

**Boob Johnson** · 22nd September 2007, 22:24

Originally Posted by yod

hey, yeah i spotted ya....I was on the RF leading the group up that hill you were coming down...but what were doing at the back??

RF's always lead the way mate

yeah we got wet on the way home, a few patches here and there but then a serious soaking between Waiouru and Taihape but it's all good aye - hell of a day, hell of a ride, bloody good roads up that way

When we came across you guys I was coming down the hill just out of Te Kuiti & was at pace so didn't get a good look @ all the bikes (could barely manage a wave @ that speed lol).

I was @ the back cause I didn't have my fuel cap on properly & comin up the hill out of Te Kuiti I was getting fuel sprayed in my face lol

So stopped to sort that one out.

Out of our group im usually in 2nd spot once we pan out as one of the lads has a radar detector, is a more experienced rider & has a faster bike than I (a brand new 140BHP/122nm torque 1200cc V twin Moto Morini Cassaro) so he usually leads our group on rides.

But yeah hell of a day for a ride was simply fantastic, lovin the RF with a fresh service & new rear tyre, me chicken stripes are small as after this ride

**86GSXR** · 22nd September 2007, 22:33

Yep, a good day. Long and varied. I was a little tired so never quite found my flow. It came and went a few times so not all was lost lol.

Nice to meet some new people along the way. Those Naki Rd's are just brilliant north of NP!

Fair bit of rain on the way down, normally wouldn't be a problem but I had my leathers on, and wet leather is not exactly warm.

Lost Jonno briefly, but he made an amazing reappearance thank god

Gary H was brilliant in the twisties, Sarah got lost and had an 'experience' on the way back - speaking of the Vinegar Hill one way jump, I mean bridge

Maybe she can explain, thanks Gary for the rescue

All up, a big but good day

**chanceyy** · 22nd September 2007, 22:41

Originally Posted by 86GSXR

Yep, a good day. Long and varied. I was a little tired so never quite found my flow. It came and went a few times so not all was lost lol.

Nice to meet some new people along the way. Those Naki Rd's are just brilliant north of NP!

Fair bit of rain on the way down, normally wouldn't be a problem but I had my leathers on, and wet leather is not exactly warm.

Lost Jonno briefly, but he made an amazing reappearance thank god

Gary H was brilliant in the twisties, Sarah got lost and had an 'experience' on the way back - speaking of the Vinegar Hill one way jump, I mean bridge

Maybe she can explain, thanks Gary for the rescue

All up, a big but good day

one of those days huh hon .. when the flow goes its not much fun

wet leathers .. brrrr

Garry is great on those rescue missions

he has done a few now

.. Btw how did sarah get lost ??

can't wait to hear bout the experience... that bridge is fun to jump

anyhow bed time jumping on betsy early morrow .. manfield

and since the choccy cake is pretty much all gone dunna need to take the truck

hmm then its just choosing the route there thats depending on how things look in the morning