250 ride, Sunday the 3rd/12/06

**Brett** · 3rd December 2006, 00:00

Sweet, i will tag along then. I will be at the BP at 11am.

**strongarm1** · 3rd December 2006, 06:16

im enrolled but havnt got any details yet - can someone pm me the details, and soon - thanks.

**MaPeXi** · 3rd December 2006, 07:43

Hey i just saw the details of this ride this morning ae. WOuld somebody please PM me the location and time if its not tooo late?
Thanks

**zeocen** · 3rd December 2006, 07:57

I'm pretty sure I can still make it, one question though - which BP :/

/edit - Thanks for the pm Jim!

I had a late night but I got enough sleep to not be a hazard I think, looking out the window to see blue sky was a nice welcome (even if the trees are swaying hard hehe)

**McJim** · 3rd December 2006, 08:39

Okay - here's the goss:

10:30am Botany BP - Corner of Chapel Road and Ti Rakau this morning.

We're on our way now (Me, Mav and Chickadee)

Planning for a 11:00 departure at the latest.....just for Brett...

**Chisanga** · 3rd December 2006, 11:36

was that you guys I saw coming down the hill on Brookby Road (not sure of the name)with a trike at the back? Me so jealous.

I was burning up the hill in my dad's red McGregor Lotus Seven Replica!

Nice day for a drive/ride

**Bangbug** · 3rd December 2006, 13:53

Well that was alright.
Think i can work out a couple of kinks from that

Nice to meet ya'll.
WD to the organiser/s.

**McJim** · 3rd December 2006, 14:33

Originally Posted by Chisanga

was that you guys I saw coming down the hill on Brookby Road (not sure of the name)with a trike at the back? Me so jealous.

I was burning up the hill in my dad's red McGregor Lotus Seven Replica!

Nice day for a drive/ride

I NEARLY gave you a friendly wave

- I noticed your car anyway.

**Chisanga** · 3rd December 2006, 14:53

Originally Posted by McJim

I NEARLY gave you a friendly wave

- I noticed your car anyway.

Hopefully it's not going to be too long until I can join you on a bike

**zeocen** · 3rd December 2006, 15:01

I had a blast!
Thanks to Mav, Jim and whoever else helped organise this.. it was great. Sorry I wasn't up for much conversation - was a bit groggy in the morning hehe.

It was great to see so many bikes, now I must find a cushion to tend to my backside.

Thanks again to the organisers, hope everyone gets back to their homes safetly!

**Lucy** · 3rd December 2006, 15:11

Wot he said!

**Gremlin** · 3rd December 2006, 15:31

very good once again, and I think most could select a speed they wanted, and have a lot of fun.

Thanks to McJim and Mav (and any hiding organisers)

**McJim** · 3rd December 2006, 16:02

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Thanks to McJim and Mav (and any hiding organisers)

Thanks for taking point for the more experienced riders. Yesterday I thought we were looking at about 12 riders attending - I was a bit awestruck trying to brief nearly 30 riders on where we were going today.

Glad to see a lot of new riders on the road - hopefully days like today will help give everyone the experience and confidence they need to get the most out of their bikes.

I'd like to especially thank the members of Ulysses that kept us company on the road to Kaiaua. It was nice to know they were behind me rather than being tailgated by an angry cager!

Met The Dover and Finn on the way home and caught up on the terrible news this weekend. Got a lump in my throat as I type. My thoughts go out to the families concerned.

Thanks to everyone who attended today.

**gijoe1313** · 3rd December 2006, 16:07

Well, deep breath - after reading the threads of the fatal accidents concerning fellow kbers

I'm happy that everyone was safe and sound and got to put some of their skills into practice. Nothing silly or flash, just the sound basics and glad to see everyone enjoying themselves at the same time!

I'll get the photos posted up ... once I've had a quiet moment to reflect on my own riding experiences from up north and how to keep motorbiking for a long, long time safely.

Only hairy moment of the day was when we were returning from Kaiaua to Clevedon, the crazy yahoo in a car overtaking into on coming traffic from around a blind bend. I slowed down plenty and hoped like heck we weren't about to witness a tragedy. Also on another note, two other bikers (not any of our group) doing crazy overtake manuever with only 25-30m of clear

Big turn out for a little 250 newbie friendly ride! Guess everyone needed to learn something! Mav - thanks for leading out the faster 250's, I was squadron leader for the first time for the slower 250's (slow? We all doing legal! 50-70 is plenty fast at times!) ... ahh, what a great day it was - now the reality when others not so fortunate have fallen doing what we all love to do - mastering our ride.

RIP to those who have passed