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

[Meanie]

And leave the radar detectors at home maybe?............

Having a radar detector doesnt make me ride any faster
I like to travel around 120 kph on the main roads where its safe too but unfortunatly thatll cost me a reasonable size ticket, hence the detector. It has saved me a few dollars over the short time i have had it

[yod]

Ahem... A certain white Mitsubishi makes for the widest panniers i've ever seen...

and as for you shut up i am not a pack horse .. you can talk bring a car for the ride...lol i forgot it was to carry your make up
lol

i need my creature comforts....

[Meanie]

i need my creature comforts....

You mean your ugly kit

[yod]

You mean your ugly kit

no more banoffie for you

[86GSXR]

Got to see the v-max and have a yak, shingle off the the back of a truck means a loss of load to me being a truck driver which is an offence and causing an accident from it is exactly why its an offence, I'd write them a letter asking for damages or tell the insurance company there details after talking to mr plod....

Couldn't agree more. Apparantly there were pics taken at the accident site, but none of the gravel! These roading authorities need to be made aware just how dangerous their slack practises are to bikes.

You mean your ugly kit

no more banoffie for you

[Bonez]

As a newer rider I like sitting behind say Al,Sarge,Bones,Jonno,James to try and catch the lines they use,

Lines? What lines? Surely they're acute or optuse with the odd reflex angle in my case?

[KiwiKat]

I am more than happy to be TEC some nights, as happy to cruise along.

I agree we dont want to have to make lots of rules, but everyone needs to realise that we have a huge range of riders from experienced to very new, and some of us on new bikes who are still getting the hang of them.

Maybe we do need to have a speech at the beginning of each ride since we seem to be attracting lots of new riders to the Friday nights.

Yep, a short and clear riders brief would be the way to go now we're getting the numbers

WTF is a TEC. From MADAR. Good call on the clearer briefing. There is a often a degree of confusion. Experienced / faster / smoother riders can be a bit intimidating on a ride when overtaking and I've probably been just as bad. Now I snooze - sorry cruise.

And leave the radar detectors at home maybe?........ The last time I went it felt like a race till we got lost and it settled down no end. Got to see the v-max and have a yak, shingle off the the back of a truck means a loss of load to me being a truck driver which is an offence and causing an accident from it is exactly why its an offence, I'd write them a letter asking for damages or tell the insurance company there details after talking to mr plod....

Been there with the race track thing - What's with lost ? - GPS gurus on hand.

A real concern with Hanshi and the roads situation. Roading teams have been held liable before. I encountered those Pahiatua roads when they were sealing them (Caravaning) and wanted to post / warn but had no internet. I was hoping no one was riding that way for a while. Is there a roadworks log that can be accessed or approach Higgies etc. for pre warning?

Does Hanshi need help with the kennels? One man band?

MADAR = Middle Aged Dumb Arse Rider

[Owl]

Well if I get there tomorrow, I'll probably be on the 250, so the only thing I'm likely to pass is a squashed opossum!

[NZsarge]

TEC = Tail end charlie.

[KiwiKat]

TEC = Tail end charlie.

Duh! I should have got that. Must be time to change jobs.

[Meanie]

Does Hanshi need help with the kennels? One man band?

Yea she might, she said she had someone for a while but not sure for how long

[ynot slow]

Lines? What lines? Surely they're acute or optuse with the odd reflex angle in my case?

You are way to bloody modest mate,shit even on a 20yr bike you make it work well,a joy to follow and learn off.Then you go whoosh and vanish lol.

And as for truckies losing loads when we had a glass claim the insurance company asked us if it was xyz company,yep we said to them,insurance company had spoken to cops and the trucking company were sent costs to fix on behalf of them (insurance co),at least 3 or 4 claims from one insurance company.

[phantom]

Just tried to get my boots on to see if i could sneak out for the ride tonight but foot still too swollen. Next week perhaps, have a good ride were ever you go you bastards

[dogsnbikes]

Great Ride tonite guys......

As usual the big get together at Ashhurst.........Bonez did the pre talk and I agreed to lead...coool and away we went noticed cowboyz doing 20 in the 50 zone it was plan he so didnt want to be 2nd at the 1st intersection thanks Sarge for stepping up....once onto pohangina valley east road it was time to play in the bends had a good flow going..and tooted as went past Halina...she says thanks too all those who tooted and its envious as hell now.....

Not too much crap on the road as the locals would have it but if your a country road Virgin more than you would like...while all this was happening the 9 had vanished from the mirrors so that saying things appear closer than they are hmmmmm gotta think about that now!!!!

still going and stopped at highland park intersection sarge and cowboyz came into site so carry on no time for smoke breaks tonite and once at pilgrims rest time to slow down as it was a straight yip more bends at the end bikes insight........10ks up the road 86 came into sight cripes mate you took your time

down through the hills to umutoi waiting for 86 oh here he comes time to go 14ks to Apiti YAY!!!!! this is going to be a Ashhurst record 60ks with out a bloody smoke break all parked up in apiti I whipped round to see if Mark was home caught him unawears and said come down the pub...as it turn out he had been watching criket and had falling asleep guess cricket would do that

had A great drink and chatted too new faces...June (owner of the Apiti Pub) offered us vension patties with bread and onions for $2 each could go pass that and watch some go for 2nds...as we left Bruce June's husband said thanks very much it was a pleasure to have the group out there

Well done guys your welcome back and its not to Apologise well except for cowboyz maybe

[Elysium]

I didn't want to wear out my rear tyre too much so didn't come out tonight, spent most of today getting prepared for my trip to the south tomomrow.

You working on the Bluebridge tomorow Dogsnbikes?