No I didn’t do the Chateau to Plateau today. I would have but did not realise that it was on. For me it was just going to be a final long ride out before the TT2000 in a couple of weeks time. I had decided to go to the Top of the Bruce via Wanganui and the Paraparas. It was overcast when… Read more »
Electric Bike to keep the BMW company Today I drove up to Thames to pick up my new bike. This one is a Volto Cross 5 Electric Bike. I went up a week okay to try it out and found it very nice so I purchased one. The reason being I like riding a bike but hate those head winds that… Read more »
Happy Holidays to all! Hoping you all have happy holidays. Unfortunately I will be working through most of them so won’t be getting out much. Currently at work at the moment but had an awesome lunch of roast chicken, vegies, roast potatoes, and kumara. Followed that by Pavlova, ice cream, and fruit. Can barely move now. Many thanks to the… Read more »
It has been quite a while but finally another ride has made it’s appearance. My days off have all been crappy weather or I had something else to do but finally everything came togeather and I could get away with reasonable weather. My plan was to do a round the block ride basically from home to Wanganui, then Taumaranui, then… Read more »
Service time. It was time to do the 30,000km service on my bike and being a BMW and under warranty meant I had to take it over to Tauranga for a service. A ride of about 4.5 hours each way. Had been watching the weather and it was suppose to rain so was not looking forward to it. Left home… Read more »
Yesterday the Hawera aeroclub had a Tecnam P2008 down from Auckland for a demonstration. I have done most of my flying in a Tecnam P92 Echo so was very interested in the newer model. Had a good look over it when it arrived on a sunny but gusty Friday. It had a glass cockpit so being a gadget loving person… Read more »
Just over 30,000kms now and while I still have not done the service (that’s next week) I rode to New Plymouth today and got another set of Metzeler Z8’s put on the bike. New Tires always make the bike feel like brand new again and the old set while it still had quite a bit of rubber left on it… Read more »
The 2015 Hamilton 1KC ride – Nice!!!! My last real ride was the NI1600 and I registered with the NZ Distance Riders Club for the 1KC a while ago. My bike is about 1,700km away from its 30K service and my tires have about 3,000km left in them so I have not been out much. I had a rough route mapped… Read more »
It has been a long time between rides and nearly two weeks since my last ride and starting to get withdrawal symptoms. The 1KC 1000km ride is coming up in just over a weeks time. The bike is 1800km away from the 30,000 service and there is about 2000-3000km of rubber left on the tires so have to ration until… Read more »
North Island 1600 – 2015 – “Are we there yet?” Saturday 10th October 2015 Had wanted to plan the night before but no details released. When I asked about it they said quite a few said all they were doing was giving the route to the cops. Well didn’t seem to make much difference as I saw heaps more… Read more »