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Ulysses Club Waikato Branch meets 7.30pm at the Waikato Commerce Club 197 Collingwood Street,
Hamilton on the first Monday of the month except January. Visitors Welcome. Evening Meals available from
6.30 pm except Public Holidays.
Waikato Ulysses website: www.ulyssesclubwaikato.wordpress.com/
This Newsletter plus other information is available on this website.
Branch Committee 2014 - 2015
ULYSSES CLUB – WAIKATO BRANCH
May 2015 - Newsletter
Coordinator
Rowena Smith
Phone: 07 889 5461
Mobile: 022 471 4012
Email: [email protected]
Secretary
Athol Thompson
P: 07 853 9935
M: 021 836 704
John Turkington (Turk)
P: 07 853 6102
M: 027 485 0645
Committee:
Lawrence Gosnell (Goose)
P: 07 871 4040
M: 027 439 0039
Glen Proctor
P:
M: 021 508 876
Sheriff
Mick Aldred
P: 07 843 2675
M: 027 268 4588
Committee:
Mark Empson
P: 07 871 4554
M: 021 839 934
Vice-Coordinator
Phil McKinnon
Phone: 07 855 8426
Mobile: 027 222 1240
Email: [email protected]
Treasurer
Bruce Nelson
P: 07 839 0110
M: 021 586 720
Quartermaster
Anthony Mol-Krijnan
P: 07 560 1888
M: 021 120 5798
Newsletter Editor
David Coy
P: 07 855 0929
DATE DESTINATION MEET TIME IN CHARGE
1-3 May Gisborne weekend Cambridge BP 9.30am Alan / Phil
Mon-4-May Branch AGM Commerce Club 7.30pm Committee
Sun-10-May
Mother's Day Ride - Rotorua
( Bring your mother, mother of your children
or grandchildren for lunch @ Lakeside )
Cambridge BP 10am David
Sun-17-May Poker Run Commerce Club 9am Goose / Phil
Sun-24-May Kart Racing (min 8 people, $40 each) Airport Kart track 1pm Phil
Sat-30-May Auckland bike shops Rototuna BP 9.30am Jim
Mon-1-June Club Night Commerce Club 7.30pm Committee
Sun-7 June Bus Stop café, Mangakino Te A, Caltex 10.30am Shrek
Sun-14 June Mt Maunganui Hot Pools (bring your togs) Rototuna BP 10am David
Sun-21-June Flat White café, Waihi Beach Hillcrest Caltex 10am Jim
Sat-27-June Accident Scene Training (TBC) Commerce Club All day Goose
Contacts:
David 07-855-0929 Lou 07-870-4463
Footrot (Anthony) 07-560-1888 Mark 07-828-4750
Goose (Lawrence) 07-871-4040 Phil 07-855-8426
Jim 07-843-3119 Shrek (Glen) 021-508-876
Waikato Branch Activities, May & June 2015
BRANCH AGM – MONDAY 4 MAY
Nominations for 2015 – 16 Committee
Coordinator: Phil McKinnon #7645
Vice Coordinator: Lawrence Gosnell #8430
Secretary: Athol Thompson #7807
Treasurer: Rowena Smith #6890
Committee: Mark Empson #7028
Mick Aldred #7633
Anthony Mol-Krijnen #7634
Glen Proctor #8558
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TOY RUN REVAMP?
Significant changes are being considered for the 2016 Toy Run & beyond. The Toy Run is the
major annual event of the Waikato Branch and reached its 30th anniversary this year. Originally,
the Toy Run finished at the Hospital, then in the 1990s it moved to the old Claudelands
Showground and more recently, Garden Place. However, the administrative bureaucracy has
become a real headache for organisers who have to deal with three roading authorities (Waipa
DC, Waikato DC & NZTA), traffic plans, Police, Hamilton City Council and other health & safety
matters. In addition, over the past decade the number of participants in the Toy Run has halved
from over 1,000 in the 1990s to closer to 500 nowadays.
At the April Branch Meeting two alternatives were presented.
Wayne “Weka” Green suggested a change to Selwyn Park, Te Awamutu as the destination. This
would have the major advantage of simplifying the administration since only one local authority
(Waipa DC) would be involved and a State Highway would not be used. Initial soundings indicate
strong support from Waipa DC and clubs such as Lions to provide ancillary services (food, drink
etc).
Alan Thoresen & Ken McGeady (Waikato Classic Bikes) advised that next year the Frankton
Business Community is making a big effort to put “Frankton on the Map”. As part of this initiative,
on the first weekend in March an event to be called “Frankton Thunder” will be held. This event
will be run over the whole weekend and will include cars and bikes, vintage, classic and modern
and will involve a series of related events, displays, stalls, presentations, etc. Ulysses Club is
invited to run the Toy Run as usual on the Sunday morning but terminate at the large paved area
in Frankton by the railway. Ulysses would be responsible for the organisation until the procession
reaches Frankton, at which point road closures, security, parking, refreshments, audio etc will be
the responsibility of Frankton Thunder.
Of necessity, both presentations gave an overview outline, and more detailed proposals will be
made to the Branch Committee later which will decide; Coordinator Row reminded members that
a third option is “no change”.
David, April 2015
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Man goes to Doctor for results of recent tests. Doctor says “Bad news, you have only 24 hours to
live”. When he goes to bed that night asks wife for sex; she agrees. He can’t sleep and a couple of
hours later asks for more sex; she agrees. Wife sleeps soundly but still he can’t sleep and soon
realises has only three hours to go. Gently, taps wife on shoulder, wakes her and enquires about
more sex.
“NO WAY”, she says, “IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, BUT I HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING!!”
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We read the story in the March Ulyssian; and at the April meeting we had the real deal.
Bill Attwood brought along his restored 1970 Kawasaki 500cc HI two-stroke, triple
cylinder. What a great piece of workmanship, he gave us more detail about the history
of the “Widowmaker” series and the trials and tribulations of putting this one back
together. Pretty special.
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John O’Farrell describes eighteen miserable years in the life of a UK Labour supporter, 1979-97 in
his book, Things can only get Better. He reflects on his efforts canvassing at a by-election in 1987,
in South West London (p.126).
“Fulham is what they call ‘socially crunchy’, which means that it has very rich people with very
poor people living nearby to clean their houses in the daytime and burgle them at night.”
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INTRODUCING: Pieter Smit #9164
On my way to the Toy Run last year, I stopped by at River Road Farmer’s Market and when I
returned to my parked bike I got chatting to a South African guy on crutches. He was interested in
my bike and explained that he was a biker too, which, in view of his supports, looked and sounded
a bit odd. I told him I was on my way to Cambridge for the Toy Run, and he said he would come
and join us after taking the car home. And so it was. Piet pitched up on his BMW rig, and has
been a regular on the Thursday lunch rides ever since.
Piet had polio as a two-year old in South Africa but this hasn’t stopped him leading a very active
sporting life. You’ll immediately notice
his broad shoulders, big chest and thick
arms and then won’t be too surprised
that he was a top gymnast as a
youngster. He has done paragliding – he
can’t run to get off the ground, someone
has to launch him off a cliff. He’s had
many bikes over the years, sidecar rigs,
and currently runs a R1200 GS BMW. A
favourite trip is to go camping at Port
Jackson, top of the Coromandel. He’s
also a keen surfer, and represented
South Africa (a Springbok, no less) at
Kapiti Coast branch member, James Farnan (centre above) rode his Honda Hornet from
Waikanae to the Tauranga AGM in seriously rough weather. James has just turned 88, and
was disappointed to discover that he wasn’t the oldest to ride to the AGM. That honour
went to our Tom who passed that milestone over six months ago. Youngster, 86 year old
John de Lautour of Taupo (right) joined them for the snap. Simply terrific, they are still
riding.
Think about it, anyone joining Ulysses today who can match this will qualify for a 50 year
membership badge in 2065!! Seems a long way off now, but “1984” seemed a long way off
to me in the 1950s when Orwell’s book was circulating; now it’s history.
With Charmaine on the 1922 Matchless at a Vintage Rally near
Durban in 1992
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paddle surfing, not the disabled team BUT
the fully-fledged able bodied team.
Remarkable.
He came to NZ in 2008 with wife Charmaine
to join his two sons who arrived a few years
earlier. A clockmaker by trade and keen on
antiques. A trip round Australia is on his “to
do” list. Welcome to Ulysses, Piet.
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GILLY’S VIEW
The current BMW R1200 GS rig
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ADVENTURE 1: Ducking & Diving on the TT2000, 2015 by Jim Galt #5991
The website with details of this year’s TT2000 was up and running last July with advice to make a
coffee and then spend a couple of hours working through. This year’s version had a twist, as
always, there was both a Northern and a Southern start and never the twain shall meet until the
end in Christchurch. Also, the starting time was changed to 12 noon on the penultimate Friday in
February, not 6 pm, with the finish at 12 noon on the Sunday in Christchurch. Like last year you
worked out your own route to cover 2,000 kms and pre-set photo checkpoints worth a total of
50,000 points. The Northern start was in Whanganui, the southern in Dunedin.
My plan, which changed a couple of times was to start in Whanganui, visit three checkpoints
within 100 kms of Whanganui before heading up SH4 to Taumaranui then across to finish for
Friday night at Turangi, having done about 550 kms. For the Saturday an early start was
anticipated and then was down for a tour around Southern Hawke’s Bay and back over the Napier
Taihape Road then down to Wellington to visit a few checkpoints in that vicinity then catching the
Bluebridge ferry which has cabins available on early morning sailings. If you arrive for the
Bluebridge before 11 pm you can board at just after 11 pm and sleep your way across the Strait.
On arriving at Picton it would be off the boat and down to Christchurch to finish before 12 noon
on Sunday.
Everything went smoothly and much as
planned – a good part of the fun of these
events is in the planning and anticipation, and
so it proved. Minor mishaps were forgetting
to take my ferry tie downs (I was rescued en
route by Turangi Coordinator, Steve McLardy
who lent me his for the weekend) and missing
one or two low value checkpoints. For riding
in NZ a GPS is OTT most of the time, but for an
event like the TT2000 it’s invaluable. On
Friday I covered 560 kms, starting in
Whanganui at 12 noon and finished in Turangi around 8pm, having collected 19,500 TT points,
after visits to Makakaho Junction, Field’s Track, Top o’ the Bruce, Piriaka Lookout, Tokaanu Hot
Pools and sundry other spots.
On Saturday I was on the road at 5.40 am heading along Napier-Taupo Road for Hawke’s Bay, back
along Gentle-Annie to Taihape, then down to Wellington area for the Bluebridge ferry at 11pm.
Big day, 1,060 kms and 31,000 TT points. Checkpoints included Te Mata Peak, Omakere,
Ormondville, The Old Bridge over the Rangitikei River, Mangaweka Int Airport, Turakirae Head,
Eastbourne and a dozen others including the spot in Hawke’s Bay with the longest placename in
NZ.
Near Porangahau in Hawke's Bay is an unassuming hill known as "Taumata whakatangi
hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu",
which translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who
slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater', ...
Quick snap at Mangaweka checkpoint – no time for a
coffee in the DC3
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The $30 for a cabin on the 2.20am ferry
was good value and the solid sleep set me
up well for the final three checkpoints, and
some heavy rain down the east coast into
the finish in Chch before 12 noon. The
TT2000 is not for everyone, but I enjoy the
challenge.
Jim Galt #5991
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ADVENTURE 2: AUSTRALIAN ULYSSES 2015 AGM by David Coy #4412
Before Christmas, a guy I met at the 2014 Alice Springs AGM sent an email offering me his spare
bike (Yamaha Diversion 900cc) if I wanted to go to the 2015 AGM at Albury Wodonga (Victoria).
Too good to refuse so, in mid-March, off I went. We spent a week riding 1,800 kms along the
Victorian coast and through the hills on the Great Alpine Road for a journey that is only 400 kms
direct from his home in Geelong. Changed my mind about Australian roads for bikies. On
previous trips I’ve ended up doing long long stretches on straight, desolate roads, Nullabor, Stuart
Highway to Darwin, East Queensland to Cairns etc. Tedious. These Victorian roads along the coast
and through the hills match anything we have in NZ (almost). Main difference was that the
Final “mystery” checkpoint – the sheep statue at Waikari
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backdrop was eucalyptus and brown or yellow compared
with pines and deep green most of the year in NZ.
Australian bakeries are highly recommended even for a non-
meat eater; most days we ended up at bakeries for morning
and afternoon tea and lunch as well as the odd breakfast;
watch that waistline. Disappointing for organisers, only
2,700 at the AGM, most of them camping at the racecourse.
Only 300 at our Tauranga AGM but we may have higher per
capita representation. Sunday after the AGM was day of the
cricket final in Melbourne, so we left at crack of dawn with
temps about 5C to be in time to watch the match on TV at
home in Geelong; no more to be said about that.
I was a bit nervous about the trip before leaving, worried
that I may have bitten off too much. But everything worked
out, the bike didn’t miss a beat, and my pal Josh and I got on
well both on and off the bikes. I’ve persuaded him to come
to NZ next year for our AGM in Westport.
David Coy #4412
David Coy #4412
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Registration for the AGM was at the
Wodonga Netball Centre. Reminder for
over-enthusiastic parents.
The Murray River, about 100 kms above Albury NSW – probably more water now following recent rains.
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ADVENTURE 3: Southern Escapade by Roger Green, #6962
Over dinner one night in August 2014 at Anthony (Footrot) and Pennie’s place we discussed the
South Island and they mentioned they’d never been and would love to go. Vicki and I had been
down to the Bert Munro at Invercargill for two weeks on the Harley in 2013, so we were keen to
go again and ride some different roads. We all convened a couple of weeks later with our
proposed itineraries and a plan was developed. We booked the ferries, we agreed on the route
and places to stay and we would wait closer to departure to book motels.
Footrot’s not sleeping, he’s like a kid on Christmas day, too excited and we are still three months
away from going. Both bikes, their Triumph Storm and our Honda Goldwing needed new tyres as
we expect to do over 4,000 kms in two weeks. About three months from departure we decided to
book a couple of Motels, one being Te Anau as its out on a limb and we intended leaving
Queenstown early then drop our gear at a Motel then go out to Milford Sound. Pennie rang a
couple of Motels to find they were fully booked as it was Chinese New Year and panic started to
set in as the South Island was flooded with tourists. I normally set a route on these trips and then
let the weather and my mood determine the distance I travel each day. On a beautiful day in the
South Island on our last trip Vic and I travelled over 800ks, another day we might stay put. We
clearly couldn’t do this this time so we divided up the number of Motels and each couple spent
the night booking accommodation. Pennie and Anthony were busy ringing around different Motels
looking for the best deals and me (lazy arse) phoned the Bella Vista Motel chain and booked those
locations on my list. It became a standard joke where to next, oh yeah Roger booked it, look for a
Bella Vista.
Our ferry crossing was on Friday the 6th February and we decided to leave work early on Thursday
and ride down to Taihape which would give us a leisurely ride into Wellington the next day. We
had a great ride to Taihape picking up a couple of the answers to questions on the Northern
Odyssey challenge. We cruised down to Levin (Vic’s home town) the next day and she wanted to
visit her Mum’s grave as she had only passed away a few months earlier. We arrived at the
cemetery took our riding gear off as it was a
lovely warm sunny day. Footrot mentioned
that he needed a pee and as it was quite a
distance to walk I offered to take him on the
Goldwing. I fired her up and steadied myself
for a slightly bigger guy to climb aboard. That
wasn’t so bad I thought as we moved off but I
could tell the all up weight from two heavy
weights was going to affect my cornering
ability so I ended up riding out of the cemetery
(no helmets) and onto the road to turn around.
We finally arrived at the toilets and I again
braced myself for Footrot’s departure when all
this weight came on my left leg and stayed
there. What the F@$k are you doing I said, “I
At an “inconvenient” break, almost joined
mother-in-law down to earth in Cemetery,
and they hadn’t even reached the Ferry.
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can’t get my leg over the seat I’m stuck” he said. Get back in the middle my legs killing me I’m
going to drop the bike if you stay out there like some guy on a trapeze on a vault. Finally after
what seemed like 10 minutes of pain he was back in the middle of the bike and with the pain
subsiding we started to laugh. We must look funny, two tossers trying to get a pillion off the bike.
My leg spasms have now subsided and I am now ready for another attempt, so we hatch a plan,
when I say go I shall be ready just do what you have too ANTHONY but get off my bike. It worked
he was off, he visited to toilet and he walked back to the Goldwing. I looked at him hoping I
already knew the answer but I had to ask “do you want a ride back , no bloody way he replied I’ll
walk, we were both relieved and I rode back to the girls. Pennie took a photo of us on the bike
(not good) it looks like the Goldwing is a twin air bag model with both airbags already inflated.
Off to the ferry about 15 bikes crossing over, not happy with how I’ve tied the Goldwing down
expect to see damage at the other side as there were big swells heading to Picton. Arrive at Picton
about 5pm and relief to see both bikes are fine and we ride through to Blenheim. Next day, easy
ride to Christchurch. It’s now Sunday and we are heading to Akaroa for lunch then to our Motel in
Ashburton. The ride to Akaroa is great,
nice bends with a good clean road
surface the only danger is other bikes
that use it as a race track. We saw some
ridiculous riding with sports bikes
passing on blind corners as they tried to
outdo each other. We saw one casualty
as he had his bike on the side stand and
was seen walking up the road picking up
bits of his bike from the road. It was
again a fantastic day in fact we only had
rain once in the whole two weeks and
that only lasted three hours. Lunch was
at the Akaroa Lighthouse looking over the bay. We then decided to head to Ashburton and our
Motel. This Motel was fairly new, Pennie’s booking so not a Bella Vista and it was to be the best
value for money place we were to stay in. It was a hot summer’s day so I suggested we have a
swim in the motel’s pool. I put my speedos on (no just joking, don’t throw up) I mean togs on and I
got in to the pool, I was soon joined by Vicki. Anthony arrived asked was the water warm to
which we replied it’s a little cold to be honest. He took a couple of steps back away from the pool
and then ran and sort of leapt into the air and dived in, next we heard a loud thud coming from
the bottom of the pool, hope it’s not an earthquake I thought. Anthony came up to the top with a
big red lump on his head, I just hit the fu@#n bottom he said. We were all trying not to laugh but
it was funny, I thought you guys were standing up but now I realise you are all kneeling in the pool.
Yes Anthony it’s only 1.5 metres deep not designed for a leap in the air with a back flip and three
half pikes, the Olympic pool is back in Christchurch.
Monday and we are off to Queenstown approx. 400k ride today. We had two days at Queenstown
in an average Motel. Again every Motel showed no vacancy signs. We saw quite a few people
Pennie savours South Island seaside
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calling in to our motel only to be turned away. Wednesday off to Te Anau only 200ks so we plan to
drop our gear and go to Milford Sound. On arriving at the Motel (Bella Vista) the owner told us to
be careful as they had had 5 serious accidents in the last 7 days, with two of those being helicopter
rescues and it’s only a 119k stretch of road. We gassed our bikes up as there is no fuel between Te
Anau and Milford and we cautiously headed to Milford Sound. Take your insect repellent if you go
to Milford the mosquitoes will fly off with your lunch there’s thousands of them. It was a good
picturesque ride with a couple of stupid incidents. We come around a corner to find a car parked
in the middle of the road on a bend with the driver taking a photo out the window lucky we were
riding slow. I followed a car for about 5ks, the driver got a fright when a bus came around the
corner (bus on correct side of road) the car driver swerved off to the side, caught some loose
metal and started snaking down the road, I backed off waited for the driver to gain control then
just sat well back till he pulled over, probably to turn his undies inside out so the skid mark was on
the outside. Got back to Te Anau and had a romantic picnic dinner at the edge of the lake. No
candles or girly music was present but we did let the girls use the newspaper as a napkin when
they’d finished their fish and chips. I know, I’m getting soft in my old age.
Te Anau to Wanaka 226ks was an easy 3hrs ride today. We took the top road up through Cadrona
capturing a few nice photo’s looking back on Queenstown. The Wanaka accommodation brochure
said lake views and I was expecting to have to stand on Vic’s shoulders just to get a glimpse of the
water but how wrong I was. Thanks Pennie, good find, the unit had wonderful views of the lake
and it was only a 2 minute walk to town, perfect.
Wanaka to Hokitika, 420ks & 5hrs riding. Our first week has gone and the trip is everything we
hoped it would be. As we got to each overnight destination we used Footrot’s GPS to find our
Motel, as mine kept cutting out. It soon became clear something was wrong with his GPS as we
travelled up and down back roads when our unit was only one street over it was later discovered
that it was set to not go on main roads.
Sunday, Hokitika to Hanmer Springs. I enjoyed this ride I hadn’t been on these roads for over 10
years and it’s a nice part of the country. The
girls had mentioned many months earlier
that the 14th Feb was Valentine’s Day and
they wanted to be wined and dined while at
Hanmer Springs. Sure Anthony and I said,
let’s start with a swim in the hot pools then
back to the Motel to relax then you can put
on your face and good gear and we can go
out for a flash meal, no expense spared. It
was agreed by all parties but it didn’t quite
work out that way. We talked the Motel
owner into giving us a ride into town as it
was a reasonable distance and we would use
the Restaurant’s Mini Bus to get a ride home.
Welcome break for Roger, Vicki & the Wing
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He dropped us off at the Restaurant and recommended two places, we chose one and ordered our
meal, it was crap. We enquired about the mini bus, but discovered the other restaurant has one
but you have to order a meal. Don’t worry girls I said I have a cunning plan, let’s sneak into the
restaurant order dessert and catch their mini bus home. We walked in and we didn’t bother with
the receptionist, we found a table and sat down for a settling period until we were just another
group in there. After about 10 minutes I said I will go and order dessert then coffees then we will
organise the mini bus home. I went up to the counter and said I was wondering if I can order our
desserts now, sure the lady said what table are you on , um well I don’t recall my table number but
I would like dessert please. What did you have for your main meal she asked so I can look up your
table number, I knew this was not going to end well so I had to confess we were just there for a
dessert. Sorry she said we are too busy we can’t make you guys just a desert with no meal. I
walked back to the table wondering how to break the bad news to the girls, they had got dressed
up, had a crap meal and now no dessert. I arrived at the table and said this place is noisy and it’s
not romantic enough for you girls, you deserve better let’s walk home and we’ll stop at the dairy
on the way and I’ll buy us all a big ice cream. They said it’s cold and a bloody long way back to the
Motel, I know I said but if we walk fast we might get home before dark and you can have choc dip
and peanuts on your ice cream, I‘m struggling to believe my own bullshit at this stage but it seems
to be working as they get up and walk out of the restaurant. We stop at the dairy buy the ice-
creams and walk back to the motel, turn on the heaters and try to thaw out.
Hanmer to Greymouth, the next day for a night stay at a Bella Vista then Greymouth to Nelson for
a four day rest before heading to Picton and then start heading home. Nelson was a good break
with a day trip to Abel Tasman National Park. We parked the bike up some days and walked
around Nelson. Then it was up for an early start breakfast at Havelock then off to the ferry at
Picton. This was a smooth crossing and we arrived in Wellington about 4.30 and then rode up to
Taihape. Taihape to home was another good ride.
Conclusion. Great fortnight away, plenty of laughs with fantastic company. The Triumph and
Goldwing have similar power so we cruised and passed with ease and set a good pace. We initially
thought we would have to set our daily distances to cater for Footrot’s sore foot but that wasn’t to
be the case. Our biggest day was nearly 500ks which he handled with no problems at all. This was
my ninth South Island trip on six different bikes.
Suzuki GSX 1100, fastest I’ve ever been on a bike, too embarrassed now to say exactly how fast
two up. Suzuki 1200 Bandit, nice bike but had to watch distances between tank full’s only 200k
range. Honda ST1100, smooth easy ride great distances on tank. Honda ST1300, 4x trips, fantastic
bike. Harley Davidson Electra Glide, The most comfortable of them all, shame about no power,
lack of corner speed and stopping ability but I still see why people love them and I would consider
owning a new one.
Honda Goldwing 1800, designed for two up cruising, does everything well, crank out 800ks two up
and get off feeling fresh, not everyone’s choice but that’s why there’s so many makes, models
and styles to suit everyone’s needs. ooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo
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Thursday Freedom Rides
Every Thursday, in association with Whakatane Branch, there is a casual ride to a café in Waikato /
Bay of Plenty for lunch. The venue is decided at the weekend before and details are circulated by
email to those on the Group List. Usually about 15 – 25 arrive for lunch, and 4 – 8 riders depart
from cycle track lay-by at junction of Wairere Drive & Cambridge Road, Ham East at 10am.
In April, we have been to the Rhubarb Café (Arapuni), Friends café (Taupo), Flippn Bear Pancake
cafe (Waihi Beach) – Kaimai café (SH29), this Thursday (30 April).
If you want to be on the circulation list advise David Coy of your email address (either by email to:
[email protected] or TXT to: 021 168 1413).