Hawke's Bay weekend rides

[MSTRS:Me]

So if its a good clear day, nice stretch of road, no traffic, can I go to say 102, maybe 3ish?

Oh...what the hell...I'm feeling tolerant today...knock yourself out. Maybe try for 105. Can the Trumple do that?

[Dooly]

Oh...what the hell...I'm feeling tolerant today...knock yourself out. Maybe try for 105. Can the Trumple do that?

Thank you sir.
Yes it can, but it may need a tail wind.
I can draft behind you maybe.

[Tony W]

Does indeed mate.
Was thinking maybe its time to slow up a bit, speaking only for me, concentrate more on the ride blah blah blah......

Hmmm....but hey when you got HW50

"....many a thing said in jest....."

I think that is actually sane advice....particularly in view of the unfortunate circumstances on Sunday.

You boys are probably a little old for boy-racer type escapades in the countyside on public roads. . . it's a dangerous game, and an illegal one at that.
Although I may have been guilty of following the leader lately, this is not my usual pace of riding.
Age and 25 years of motor racing have blunted my desire for speeding excessively on the open road....jeez I ride a BMW tourer, that should say something !
What you guys are doing with the track days is commendable - that's where you should be getting your rocks off.

You guys have been lucky so far. It's time to excercise a little responsibility.
It would be naive to think otherwise.

[BigG]

"....many a thing said in jest....."

I think that is actually sane advice....particularly in view of the unfortunate circumstances on Sunday.

You boys are probably a little old for boy-racer type escapades in the countyside on public roads. . . it's a dangerous game, and an illegal one at that.
Although I may have been guilty of following the leader lately, this is not my usual pace of riding.
Age and 25 years of motor racing have blunted my desire for speeding excessively on the open road....jeez I ride a BMW tourer, that should say something !
What you guys are doing with the track days is commendable - that's where you should be getting your rocks off.

You guys have been lucky so far. It's time to excercise a little responsibility.
It would be naive to think otherwise.

You got that right.

[MSTRS:Me]

You guys have been lucky so far. It's time to excercise a little responsibility.
It would be naive to think otherwise.

Wise words. And yes, a certain amount of luck always attends a successful ride, at any speed.

[stormy1]

Yes we are all a bit sombre at the moment but some perspective please. We are a vulnerable road user with all the risks that go with that. Whether we go into a corner at 80/100/120 if there is oil/diesel on the road, same basic result. Hell I dont want to get paranoid that there is oil on the road everytime I ride or I may as well hang my leathers up!!!!

We could wrap ourselves up in cotton wool, or live life and enjoy the freedom and exhileration that a bike offers. Some people ride faster, others slower but we roll the dice every ride and it takes all sorts to make the world go round.

My two cents worth

[speights_bud]

I think it's time that farmers realised that they have to take more responsibility for their stock. Roads are for motorised vehicles, and stock needs to be kept at least one paddock away at all times.

Uh huh...., then the purpose of having the paddock there would be....? i guess this comes down to the new noise laws?

[speights_bud]

Bugger that mate.

All good for you young hotshots with big cahoonas, but us oldies get reality checks on roads like that.

Mind you, spose it could be ok if we tootled over it.
But why eh..........

its got lots of cool bits in it!, and in a lot of places nice slow twisty stuff as well and LOTS of elevation change, i'd loove a track that had good uphill and downhill bits

CHECK IT OUT AT 6min 54sec, worth loading the whole video for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKj-KY6nn2I
YEAH BABY!

[MSTRS:Me]

..., then the purpose of having the paddock there would be....?

For the general public to pick mushrooms?

[speights_bud]

For the general public to pick mushrooms?

They be the magic kind??

[BigG]

Yes we are all a bit sombre at the moment but some perspective please. We are a vulnerable road user with all the risks that go with that. Whether we go into a corner at 80/100/120 if there is oil/diesel on the road, same basic result. Hell I dont want to get paranoid that there is oil on the road everytime I ride or I may as well hang my leathers up!!!!

We could wrap ourselves up in cotton wool, or live life and enjoy the freedom and exhileration that a bike offers. Some people ride faster, others slower but we roll the dice every ride and it takes all sorts to make the world go round.

My two cents worth

Not quite what we are meening, there is a difference in riding fast when the roads are good for it but there are roads we dont no and are deemed dificult so we adjust our speed to suit.
The track is whare we push our limits cos there aint anything comeing the other way. Some smaller country roads are very technical and it could be on that tight corner that we tend to drift out on and there happens to be a car coming or worse a truck cutting the corner. Ride well and ride safe not much else to be said realy.

[MSTRS:Me]

Not quite what we are meening, there is a difference in riding fast when the roads are good for it but there are roads we dont no and are deemed dificult so we adjust our speed to suit.
The track is whare we push our limits cos there aint anything comeing the other way. Some smaller country roads are very technical and it could be on that tight corner that we tend to drift out on and there happens to be a car coming or worse a truck cutting the corner. Ride well and ride safe not much else to be said realy.

Yep. All things in moderation. Including moderation.

[GMcC]

For the general public to pick mushrooms?

And for the general public to be engaged in the fine art of growing things they shud nay have any business growing
But only if there just happens to be a sprinkle of heavy native - for disguise

[stormy1]

Not quite what we are meening, there is a difference in riding fast when the roads are good for it but there are roads we dont no and are deemed dificult so we adjust our speed to suit.
The track is whare we push our limits cos there aint anything comeing the other way. Some smaller country roads are very technical and it could be on that tight corner that we tend to drift out on and there happens to be a car coming or worse a truck cutting the corner. Ride well and ride safe not much else to be said realy.

In that context yes I agree entirely

[Gixxer 4 ever]

You got that right.

So what has been going on since I stopped riding with this group?

You have a Mentor in your group. He should be controlling the speed you ride at. And George should be a good influence. I know Tony can’t cos he was born in to speed.

I don’t know ….. we just can’t trust you lot.