Manawatu Friday Night Ride. (Be there or be in the square).

[sarahtvet]

I'm a little gutted about the tumble but as stated over a cold beer, "rather it happen like that than out on the open road"

For sure mate, Look on the scratches as a little bit of character

Anyone out riding this weekend? Lis has loaned me her bikes to use this weekend for get my fix while I'm waiting for the D675 to arrive.

Welli way, Rimutakas maybe tomorrow if weather improves You can drool over the blue beast
Sorry I missed this earlier you could have come to Opunake to the Triumph mechanic of all times. Great ride and he took me pillion. Blue beast was unstoppable and when we got back, me with the fixed cheesy grin, he had expected me to be paying attention to lines and rpm. Riders who don't pillion have no appreciation of how exhilarating a good pillion experience is. Guess I shall have to pay attention next time!!!!

Great to see you out riding with us, know what it is like to keep stalling when you first start riding, and even now at times.And yes it is very addictive. I love it more and more everytime I ride.

ditto

Really good to see you out, you looked very good on Norman. Isn't he cute

Of course he's cute, he is an old Honda

Yeah I plan to stick to the west coast if I can. Will cut across though to Central Otago to get to Dunedin. Though if I find I'm pressed for time near the end of the trip I may have to take the east coast back to Picton.

You'll have a fab time!!! All this talk of the south, must start a plan

[SuperSonic]

Hey monday is a holiday :
Anybody fancy a ride, rimutakas, masterton, akatera valley, something like that? I will get a map out if any of you are man enough to ride 3 days a week ( I know the girls can do it)

Hey, whats the start place and start time for this ride to something like that and back??? I need a ride after the track day was rained out today and I miss friday night ride.

[Monie]

Well went to work this morning feeling all giddy about tonight, kept clock watching and I
am sure I saw it go backwards a couple of times!
Finally it got to four and I was off to the dreaded (wil not mention the name) motorbike shop to buy some
decent fitting goves thanks to the advice of Monie. They worked a treat!
Raced home to get ready and decorate Norman with his newly made keyring, six oclock yay we can finally go.
Sarahtvet turned up right on tme and we were off to mobil where there were alot, and I mean ALOT of bikes already
there waiting. After alot of talking and more talking we were off! I was determined to stay at the back cause I wasnt too
keen on holding anyone up and my wonderful husband pootled in front so I could keep an eye on his lines and sarah very bravely
sat behind me to ward off any cages. Thanks sarah felt very safe with you behind me.
We got to colyton turn off and I was feeling quite comfortable, there were a few bikes waiting there so I came to a stop put
my left foot down and got nothing but air! Norman decided he didnt want to stay so rolled off to the left and I didnt want him
to leave me behind so I fell ( quite slowly I think!) and took him down with me. It was a nice soft landing, though my leg doesnt
agree!! I hit the ground and just started laughing, Meanie and Sarge came to pick up Norman and I couldnt stop laughing, I was thinking
how funny that must have looked! Did a quick check on Norman and the clutch seemed a little tight so Lance took him for a quick spin down the road
to check everything was alright. All good so off we went to meet the rest of the crowd in colyton.
You would think that having a kickstart would make you learn to not stall pretty quickly, but not me from then on I just kept stalling
almost everytime I came to a stop!! Aaargh I was geting a little frustrated after the third time! i think manwithav8 thought I was swearing at him!
Anyway met up with the rest of the crowd again at the top of mount biggs and asked Lance how far are we from feilding, he said five km so I said lets go
I am hanging out for a smoke and a cold one by then! This time we took off in front and it was awesome just being in amongst the group. Finaly got to
feilding and just couldnt help myself but to stall one more time!!
Well after a few laughs and a catch-up on how the ride went we had to leave to go pick up the kids. Lance went off for gas and me sarah and lee
waited on the side of the road for him. Once we got out of feilding and through bunnythorpe I decided to pin the throttle and got Norman up to 120
woohoo!!!

What a great ride!!
As Meanie says, I have the bug! Looking forward to the next one!!!

way to go am really pleased you are finally riding [ a bike] and sorry for laughing but it was so funny... lolololololooololololololololololol see you next friday night [ am still having a laugh ]

[manwithav8]

Hey, whats the start place and start time for this ride to something like that and back??? I need a ride after the track day was rained out today and I miss friday night ride.

1030, bottom of the Pahiatua track. Back road to masterton, takas, akatarawa valley and home.

If it looks like rain I be statying home, the ride will be rough enough with my wobbly bits as it is..

[manwithav8]

sorry all, I am out of this one....Will see you all on friday, I might suprise you all and show up for two in a row..

[NZsarge]

sorry all, I am out of this one....Will see you all on friday, I might suprise you all and show up for two in a row..

[Hanshi]

Where were you guys, the track day was great, I didn't ride this time as I was taking photos over 1000. the track was dry after lunch.

[sarahtvet]

sorry all, I am out of this one....Will see you all on friday, I might suprise you all and show up for two in a row..

Sorry, weather in Wellington looking crap
Gonna give this a miss as the main idea was a good sprint over the takas on a nice day

[cowboyz]

i going to get a wet weather hobby. this weather sucks.

[Owl]

i going to get a wet weather hobby. this weather sucks.

Barefooting! Of course you'll need a suitable boat, probably 150hp plus outboard and a driver, but you can do it all year around!

Oh, there is a down side I should mention. You need a high pain threshold and you end up with a fat neck!

[yod]

sun is shining on the yods, stopped raining bloody hours ago!

looks better this side than the east

[banditrider]

Where we going?

[NZsarge]

sun is shining on the yods, stopped raining bloody hours ago!

looks better this side than the east

All good over here baring in mind that I live in a valley but plenty of blue sky from what I can see.

[Owl]

I'm going on a slow ride! Still, she won't get better without practice.

[sarahtvet]

I'm going on a slow ride! Still, she won't get better without practice.

You wait , sometime in the future, you'll be eating dust as you chase her through the twisties
And you'll be so glad you spent time now.
Newbies never forget the people they followed and those that watched their arses. Both make a huge difference to the initial experience and how it goes from there.

Good on you both: