Calling all Palmy & surrounding district riders - Waitangi Day Ride

[Gixxer 4 ever]

You lot travel in invisible mode?
Dunno what happened - we did the Wimbledon loop in reverse thinking we'd catch you along the way.
Never mind...weather was good anyway. Hope you all had a good one.

Sorry to hear that MSTRS. We ( Wasp27 and I )found them at Patangata and rode the avo leg with them 320 km when I parked in the shed. Less than half what the Welly people will have done but a great day. I recon the Plod on Middle road must have been pissed. So many bikes and no one speeding. Thanks to the people that put this on. It was one hell of a day out and I am sorry I only got to do half of it. But a good half. Was rear for me to ride one up. Was nice to let the GSX-R run out a bit. What a day

Thanks Chanceyy and all the other that put this on and let us come along. Nice to catch up with a few people as well.

[HornetBoy]

Yea thanks for a great ride guys..and ladies ,weather was great ,and people were great 2 only did half(got tired and my arse was tingleing ,which is always a bad sign) but really enjoyed meeting some new people ,and thanks for the great ride home to woodville Noel (man that last leg rocked eh we really got some awesome lines going) we will have to do that latte ride you were talking about sometime!

And most importantly -I got home without crashing yar!! but i did hear their was a green kawa that crashed somewhere on our way back to woodville (no-one that was riding with us i was told )

ps: did we see banditrider and meanie parked up at the all day breakfast place ? lol

and of course pictures below!!

[MSTRS:Me]

Ah bugger...the lady at Wimbledon said no crowd of bikes had gone through, so now I guess you lot went straight up the middle to Patangata?

[ynot slow]

Good pics Chris,was goner pm ya to remember camera hehe.Good weather by look of it,fine is ok but hate the wind,was going to ride south but heard fire at Patea freezing works on news this morning,so thought wind,aspestos dust best not push luck,quite a few evacuated last night.

[HornetBoy]

Good pics Chris,was goner pm ya to remember camera hehe.Good weather by look of it,fine is ok but hate the wind,was going to ride south but heard fire at Patea freezing works on news this morning,so thought wind,aspestos dust best not push luck,quite a few evacuated last night.

yea put in in meh bag night before just incase ,wow that quite a serious event with the aspestoes flying around ,know not to ride up their anytime soon then

[yod]

good ride, really enjoyed those roads today, a great route all in all

the section out to the beach was a nice find too, that was a blast and of course, middle rd, just sublime, shame we got caught up with cars/cyclists at the top....ahwell....

[cowboyz]

looked like a good day out. Do I see a r6 sitting under 86?

[GSVR]

Enjoyed the ride. Got a couple of pics but unfortunately left them in a drain somewhere I suspect. Sarahs bike wasn't giving good MPG so she parked it up. Alister had to really cane that R6 he was on to keep up with Yod.

Great to see a few Welly guys and Hawkes Bay crew. Long days ride for the Wellington folk.

[kiwibryn]

N00b lost the pack... oops. I apologise for that... blame the strain of being a first timer and just plain weariness. Made it back ok and so did ... (my memory is like a sieve) we went down Middle Road and saw the ambulane and towtruck, then the green kwaka in the shoulder of the road... yes IN the shoulder. Was a mess. Photos later when I can see straight..

Great day, thanx.

[Canterbury]

Absolutely fantastic day, Thanks heaps to all the new faces i meet today.. great day coming up from Welly. Home save now and pics attached (sorry only camera phone)

[robertydog]

Was a bloody good day today. Great turn out. Good to have a few yarns with new faces and old

[cowboyz]

were you representing the "old"?

looking at the crowd it is a shame I missed it today. Never fear. I never touched a paintbrush either.

[DingoZ]

looking at the crowd it is a shame I missed it today.

Yeah dammit......

Next time....

[chanceyy]

well with a new jacket that I arrived monday today would be the "test" ride minus sending it for a crash test well it was great to see about 25 others coming along for the ride too ..

great day, great roads .. lack of mr plod was even better ... did note the one this morning at ashhurst go past turn around & park up the road .. prob trying to catch us out as we left but & the one this aft he must have been pissy that we were caught up behind the cars/cyclists & were behaving ..

a few mis-communications during the day meant the group got split a few times, sorry bout that ... but on the whole with such a large group & quite a few new faces it still was a great ride ..

and impressions of the jacket .. very comfy & roomy enough to fit a jumper or two in the colder weather am definately pleased with muh pressie for sure ..

will have to post pics later ..

[Bullitt]

Glad I came along, all up about 700ks. By far the most Ive ever done in a day, Im understandably feeling stiff but better than I expected to be.

No photos from me, but others seem to have that covered anyway.

Made it to Featherston about 7.30 then (eventually) caught up with the TCWNR people, got home just after 10...so was out for abit over 15 hours