Attn all northern North Island cruisers!!! Cruiser only ride 29th September

[X-Ryder]

Would love to put in an appearance, but it clashes with the Waikato Air Ambulance charity poker run on the 30th, maybe next time.

[Waylander]

Would love to put in an appearance, but it clashes with the Waikato Air Ambulance charity poker run on the 30th, maybe next time.

Gonna miss ya mate. Will keep this thread saved and let ya know when the next one is. Same for the rest of you aswell.

[oscar the cat]

hi all yes still have the virago could not bring myself to sell it at this stage . would love to make it but saturdays is a work day for me maybe next time

[Waylander]

Bumpity bump.

[Lias]

My attendance is looking more likelyish, because I'm giving serious thought to going to the BLS gig.. The only problem I have is accomodation for the night, because I dont want to try and ride home to Hamilton half pissed after the concert

If anyone can accomodate a loud mouthed drunk (Me, not sarge!) and preferrably lives close to st james (or is going to the BLS gig!) let me know.

[Waylander]

My attendance is looking more likelyish, because I'm giving serious thought to going to the BLS gig.. The only problem I have is accomodation for the night, because I dont want to try and ride home to Hamilton half pissed after the concert

If anyone can accomodate a loud mouthed drunk (Me, not sarge!) and preferrably lives close to st james (or is going to the BLS gig!) let me know.

Would be great if you could make it to the ride and concert mate.

[Waylander]

1 week to go folks.

Diggydog and others from Hamilton, I'll be riding up saturday morning sso can meet y'all somewhere in Hamilton and ride the rest of the way together if you're interested.

[Waylander]

Bumpy....

and ten...

[Macktheknife]

Sorry guys my shoulder is not going to be up to the task so I will not be able to attend. Damnit.
I hope you all have a great time and sink a few for me.

[Waylander]

Shame mate, would have been great to ride with you.

Will have to do another one in a few months when everyone can make it.

[outlawtorn]

sorry dude, no can do, Friday I'll be stuck in the office......but I might just see you at the gig on Saturday night, we'll see how it goes.
Just saw that the ride is on Saturday and not Friday - Doh! Still can't make it though, sorry chaps

[Waylander]

An update folks.
The ride will be cut a bit short as some want to head back into town by 2:30pm. So figure when we get to Piha we just run back and head into town then go our own ways from there.

[Scouse]

Looks like you folk would have got a drenching out west today

[crashe]

Looks like you folk would have got a drenching out west today

Now that is the understatement of the year mate....

We all meet out at Shell westgate... it was so sunny and it was a great ride out to Piha Beach for a drink and a feed.

The boys had me lead the way as I am a westie I knew where I was going
It was a scorcher out there at Piha... Waylander was commenting that he wished he was wearing jeans instead of his leathers....

On the way back along Piha Road the heavens opened up and I mean really opened up.
It was so hard to see, the roads were getting a bit flooded in parts and the crap off the side of the road was washing all over it. I slowed right down to a snail's pace as it really was atrocious weather to ride in all the way back to Titirangi and half way to New Lynn.
Then there was blue sky again.

I was saturated all the way throu... Yep I was wearing jeans and leather jacket. As we pulled up to New Lynn lights I waved them on as they were heading into the city to Real Groovy records and then a ride out south.
I headed home to a nice hot shower. As it wasnt worth me to continue to ride and get any colder.

When I got home I managed to get my HD boots off and then I tipped out so much water out of them... YUK.

Nice to meet DingDong as well
Yep a few made it up from Hamilton and Tauranga for the ride.

So another cruiser ride in the near future would be awesome.

[Waylander]

Dingdong wasn't there Crashe lol. That was DiggyDog. Dingdong rides a black TLS.

Was a great weekend and a great ride. DiggyDog, sorry about the short ride and the drenching mate. Have to make it up to you sometime. Comming all the way up from Hamilton for that just doesn't seem worth it. But you looked like you had a good time and I hope you did.

Crashe set a good cruising pace that had everyone riding in well in thier comfort zones and no one having trouble keeping a line in any corner that I could see. Hot indeed out in Piha and riding around slow speeds trying to find a spot for a feed soon had my radiator fluid boiling over... But other than that the bike was doin great. Bit disapointed that the whole time all I could hear was the concert of low rumbling barks from Slashwylde and Lias' bikes. I need louder exhaust, but I got back at them by showing them just a little of what my bike is capable of once we got back on the Motorway headed to East Tamaki to get ready for the concert.

On the way back from Piha just before we hit the rain we were pasing a line of stopped cars on the opposite lane. Well the first few were stopped the ones behind not quiet as me and DiggyDog were suddenly allerted by the squeeling of tyres on tarmac. DD had made it passed them but I was right beside them when the two cars hit and got myself a inpleasant shower of glass. Nothing but glass luckily and none big enough to cause damage to my tyres so I passed by with nothing more than a faster heart rate.