Woodstock Rally: 30th Jan - 1st Feb 2009

[Trumpess]

As D' has just said I'm back already, though does it really count if you don't even get there in the first place??
Well what a fucken day!!

Put it all down to experience Steve. I have
We will be purchasing a couple of tyre repair kits very soon!!
To be honest, its something you dont think about until it happens, and Im sure most would agree. Tis a lesson learnt.

Im pleased you found someone to help when you got back to ChCh and managed to get Connie back. It was a wise decision to hide her from the road. Well i thought so.
Thanks for txting me and letting me know you were ok.
You were in my thoughts all of Friday, wondering how you were getting on.
Bummed as you were, you missed a fantastic weekend! You will just have to make it up at the next rally huh!

We had troubles on our way home from Woodstock. Got as far as the Otira pub and my old girl died The battery failed. Just aswell it was there and not half way up the gorge! But as luck was on our side in the pissing down rain, the Pub proprieter had a 12v battery charger and we were on our way again in just over an hour and rode into a warm nor-wester to dry out.

Its a great ride mate! Hope you get to complete it one day!!

[SDU]

Bummer about your puncture Steve, better luck for the Vincent.
Trumpess you are so lucky with your bike, It is just highly tuned into your needs & picked up on you needing a beer

[Trumpess]

Trumpess you are so lucky with your bike, It is just highly tuned into your needs & picked up on you needing a beer

My old girl highly tuned?? She was just being a total bitch i think, for being left out in the rain for 2 nights
She started 2nd kick from cold, so gave me a false sence of security.

Either that or my nana (god bless her R.I.P) felt i was going through enough greif and tears, so that was the best place to break down.
A beer wasnt strong enough to quell my frustrations hunny
But sure was a quencher by the time I got to Springfield

[Ghost_Bullet]

The rally was awesome... it was the ride... sunhot and wet was wicked, not know if the road was slippy or not... damn saw one fella on the way home slide and rather impressed he kept it, and bewildered how it happened to start with. Jacksons pub, always a great Venison Pie. The site was full and damp underfoot... pub beckoned with whitebait and it all got good and bad at the pub.... I think.... Sat was magic, up and out, the Shingle track around the lake is awesome even if every corner is single lane and blind.
Over to the gorge for misty blue water, and buggers on the swing bridge trying to swing every begger off.
Lunch and kanerie pub hot sunny, the site dry, very quiet drinks, an almost sombre evening. but all in all wicked.

The rant by the truck driver on the way home at Springfeild "No wonder so many bikers dead" (somthing to that effect) and likely very true... some dont really do the best or right things by the law or others on the road.

The Westcoast is somthing.... Ya have to do nothing but love every second on that side of the range!!!!!

Pictures... of course... click on it...

by GhostBullet

A couple of favs.....

and

[Dave-]

atleast you got my good side.

[Bren]

Bugger GB, you is startin to look old man...or is it just that facial fungus?

Ya almost lookin a bit like Rolf Harris with that mo and square glasses

Must be all them hard rallies ageing ya prematurely!

[Ghost_Bullet]

atleast you got my good side.

Was there a good side???? ha ha ha you were having a blast!!!! lol

[dangerous]

Pictures... of course... click on it...

*humph*

*sigh*

[miSTa]

The rant by the truck driver on the way home at Springfeild "No wonder so many bikers dead" (somthing to that effect) and likely very true... some dont really do the best or right things by the law or others on the road.

Ahh yes the truck driver at Springfield...not a happy camper at all, and who could blame him? Being passed on blind corners, being given the fingers for not letting bikes past when its not possible to do so, huge speeds when passing. Well done people.

[98tls]

Ahh yes the truck driver at Springfield...not a happy camper at all, and who could blame him? Being passed on blind corners, being given the fingers for not letting bikes past when its not possible to do so, huge speeds when passing. Well done people.

So that thing managed to do the round trip then?

[T.W.R]

the other story we heard was of bikes dropping on the road rail bridge with a figure of 20 something being given, (which this morning I heard a figure of 40 plus).

That was a mixed bag of stories surrounding the Arahura bridge started with 7 bikes then 26 then 40+ though apparently it gave the workers a bit of amusement as they'd stop work to check for possible victims when bikes were heard approaching

Though on the ride over on the Saturday there was a bit of carnage with a Daytona deciding to straighten out a bend just past Porter's the rider got a free flight back to ChCh with possible back injuries. And then not far past Otira a some muppet decided to take on a Car on a single lane bridge :slap: not good seeing a bike partially hidden behind a roadworks truck and the soles of the pillions High Heels & a Helmet left at the roadside

The Possum tossing added a new twist to things though half a dozen low flying furry projectiles meant the growth of extra eyes was a must

Not recommended to have camp down the bottom paddock then attempt a drunken waltz back there in the early hours over undulating ground and zero lighting

couple of pics

1) The odd ball trumpy
2) An obscure wee Norman
3) Can-Am Spyder
4) Battle lines drawn for the Possum toss

[miSTa]

So that thing managed to do the round trip then?

lol, cheeky prick! Just coz you're too chicken shit to do another rally....

[98tls]

lol, cheeky prick! Just coz you're too chicken shit to do another rally....

Na not at all mate,besides the fact that ive done so many over the years that there getting kind of the same i was geared up to go over but some must have bits appeared and there only so much $ to go round.

[miSTa]

Na not at all mate,besides the fact that ive done so many over the years that there getting kind of the same i was geared up to go over but some must have bits appeared and there only so much $ to go round.

Yeah there is a wee amount of the sameness granted. Slightly off topic...You working on Friday? You could join us from Geraldine through to Benmore Dam?

[98tls]

Yeah there is a wee amount of the sameness granted. Slightly off topic...You working on Friday? You could join us from Geraldine through to Benmore Dam?

Heading up to CH-CH in the morning mate as my mum is in hospital,gets some results back in the morning re cancer or just some far less serious bowel thing going on so not sure what i will be doing Friday,if the news is good i will drop you a line and go from there.