Manawatu weekend rides

[sarahtvet]

I'm out for any rides this weekend. Midnight dash in the RVR to Hastings with Connie and sis-inlaw. A death in the family ):. Have a good weekend all.

Sorry to hear that Bonez, thoughts with you.

[sarahtvet]

Wow now I know why you guys rave about Vinegar Hill,went there to Taihape to meet a mate at Mangaweka,in best Manawatu fashion we left at 1.15pm instead of about 11.00am,as they were later leaving and enjoying the ride down..

Sorry our times didn't match up, I was in Turangi by then,awesome day for a ride Beast was on form

Two things of notice gang members don't wave back,and all others did.

Funny you should mention gang members, we followed a bunch of Warriors through desert road and they had some huge apehangers. I was intrigued to know what they were like to ride with, bikes handled like shit. Kerry jumped the traffic and them and headed off and I pootled with them, too chicken to overtake on those bends

The guys got ahead of me and then they saw Kerry stopped and went back to see if he was ok and ruined that photo opportunity. We had a quick chat and apparently your arms don't ache when you have them over your head all day!!!

They have some good taste though, they liked the blue beast and particularly the noise it made

Had a couple of near misses with the law but somebody was smiling on us. We went Bulls, Turangi, Napier and PN but had a few bits to do enroute so took 12 hours to do it !!!!!!

Worse km/hr than the average manawatu ride

[ynot slow]

Yep it's a good run through there aye
I'd be interested to hear what sort of millage you get out of it, last time I checked mine it was 19.6km/liter so on last fuel bar you have almost 100km of juice left.

Not to sure of distances,but the manual says 5.5ltr once the symbol flashes,so at say 12km/ltr expect about 70-90km,when the bar flashes it is almost oh shit empty.1.5ltr won't get ya too far.

[rottiguy]

yeah made me nervous as hell the first time the fuel gauge started flashing, only recently realized ya still got about 100km to go but don't like the no reserve buzz, must check my millage now I have over 4000km on the clock.
Happy trails

Not to sure of distances,but the manual says 5.5ltr once the symbol flashes,so at say 12km/ltr expect about 70-90km,when the bar flashes it is almost oh shit empty.1.5ltr won't get ya too far.

[Horse]

Worse km/hr than the average manawatu ride

That's saying something!

Sounds like a nice day for it.

[chanceyy]

yeah made me nervous as hell the first time the fuel gauge started flashing, only recently realized ya still got about 100km to go but don't like the no reserve buzz, must check my millage now I have over 4000km on the clock.
Happy trails

That 5.5 ltrs left when the light starts flashing can not be too far off, I usually fill up as soon as it flashes & still have over 5 lts in the tank .. did a trip to whitby a while ago & since I was running late did not gas up .. did not run out either

[rottiguy]

yeah it says 5.5 liters in the manual but like a typical NZ male I never read manuals until after the fact

That 5.5 ltrs left when the light starts flashing can not be too far off, I usually fill up as soon as it flashes & still have over 5 lts in the tank .. did a trip to whitby a while ago & since I was running late did not gas up .. did not run out either

[rottiguy]

Going for a bit of a ride today if anyone is keen, either going Apiti way out toward Hunterville, or if the weather looks better the other way will go through the gorge toward castlepoint.
Meet at Ashurst Mobil 10am leaving by 10.30

[chanceyy]

Going for a bit of a ride today if anyone is keen, either going Apiti way out toward Hunterville, or if the weather looks better the other way will go through the gorge toward castlepoint.
Meet at Ashurst Mobil 10am leaving by 10.30

hmm could be quite a bit more north than castlepoint however the weather is definitely lifting this side .. see you in a bit just waiting for the welly crew to arrive new tire n all

[chanceyy]

Well it was good to see the weather played ball on the western side so we could keep the plan of Apiti, Vingear Hill, Halcombe loop.

so waiting for Balzy & Cj this morn, good chance to scrub in the new tyre, and my g/friend gave her partner a leave pass for the day so the duc monster made the trip.
so off to Ashhurst & met up with Rottiguy & Owl .. a few mins later & Sugi rocked in ..

so 6 bikes 7 ppl made the way out to Apiti.. Glad we missed the sheep but not the shit

Roads in very good order, & nice to see the publican advise about the grit at the turn off futher up the road.

Totally a fun ride & thanks guys just a great day to be out on the bikes

photos soon

[rottiguy]

Yep was a premo ride in sweet as weather, and the roads were sooo much better than they usually are. Every time I do that vinegar hill and Halcome road I like it more and more. My little ebony ho just keeps getting more bettera each time I get on her , she might have earned herself some new bling soon

Well it was good to see the weather played ball on the western side so we could keep the plan of Apiti, Vingear Hill, Halcombe loop.

so waiting for Balzy & Cj this morn, good chance to scrub in the new tyre, and my g/friend gave her partner a leave pass for the day so the duc monster made the trip.
so off to Ashhurst & met up with Rottiguy & Owl .. a few mins later & Sugi rocked in ..

so 6 bikes 7 ppl made the way out to Apiti.. Glad we missed the sheep but not the shit

Roads in very good order, & nice to see the publican advise about the grit at the turn off futher up the road.

Totally a fun ride & thanks guys just a great day to be out on the bikes

photos soon

[coffeejunkie]

Mint day when we got up in Wgtn, Had a heads up weather not too flash up north but oh well,

Got to Chanceyy's and met up with her mate(nice bike dude)Yeh i'm shit with names,

So off we headed just like the pied piper and her little minions(love following you babe)

Met up with Rottiguy and owl then look what the cat dragged in..... Sugi was nice to finally ride with you,

Nice roads, great weather and mint company, Was just a good day to be alive,

Cheers to the pub chick who gave us heads up on new gravel, Nice to see people who care, LOL

Balzy's tire is ever so lovley and all scrubbed in, Must say a big thanks to you Chanceyy cuz if you haden't got a ride sorted we might not have gotten the tire till velentines day after all,

[chanceyy]

Mint day when we got up in Wgtn, Had a heads up weather not too flash up north but oh well,

Got to Chanceyy's and met up with her mate(nice bike dude)Yeh i'm shit with names,

So off we headed just like the pied piper and her little minions(love following you babe)

Met up with Rottiguy and owl then look what the cat dragged in..... Sugi was nice to finally ride with you,

Nice roads, great weather and mint company, Was just a good day to be alive,

Cheers to the pub chick who gave us heads up on new gravel, Nice to see people who care, LOL

Balzy's tire is ever so lovley and all scrubbed in, Must say a big thanks to you Chanceyy cuz if you haden't got a ride sorted we might not have gotten the
tire till velentines day after all,

ahh yes but I found the sunny spots again .. 2nd weekend in a row :slap:

hmm Julian or Jubes on the Ducati Monster

you know you wanted that pressie early girl .. see you next weekend (ohh yes its a lovely tire .. but give it a few thousand ks & will be sad again )

and totally being in great company, weather & roads tis certainly a good day to be alive alright

[86GSXR]

Just back from three days of stunning riding! The East Cape is sooooo beautiful. 100's of kms of sublime roads with no-one on em! So many magic moments. Knackered. 1657 km's 18:46 on the move.

Brilliant people, stunning scenry, amazing roads!

Quote of the day. Banditrider - "This is not an endurance event"

[cowboyz]

will be writing a ride report tomorrow but for now I will just say fucking mint (slice).

awesome of awesomeness is the only way to describe the weekend.