Cold Kiwi - 2007 Part I

This Cold Kiwi had us bringing a few of the boys down with us, and as usual the Cold Kiwi didn't live up to it's name. Not much to mention, same old thing happens year in year out, but that suits us well.

Me - Suzuki SV1000S
Rob - Ducati ST4
Ray - Honda Firestorm 1000
Mike - Triumph Rocket III
Steve - Honda CB1300
Roy - GSXR 1000
Brett - Moto Guzzi VII Sport
Dane - Triumph 955i
Chris (who didn't really ride with us) - GSXR600

 Black Night, Rob's ST4 and 749S - a photo now would have a Suzuki GN250, Laverda, Triumph Triple, and a Suzuki RGV500                                  

Right: Ray and Brett checked out the bitumen at Papakura servo. A popular place for bikers to meet before hitting the Bombays.

Left: Brett and Roy at lunch, Taumaranui, a beaut place to eat, especially when you get two feeds! Sorry Dane! I ate a meal put in front of me (upset they scrambled instead of poached my eggs) and then when mine finally came, Dane didn't want it so I had that too. I was 20kg heavier in those days, that's why I needed a V-Twin!

Right: the boys meet up with Chris in Ohakune - he rides like a Nana, he left two days before!

 Left: Dane cannot understand why then girls haven't put up the tent for him already! this is one of the sweeter sounding 955s around, beaut pipe on it.

Right: Some of the bikes - Black Night, Brett's Guzzi, Rob's ST4 (he dropped it and broke the mirror), Roy's Gixxer, Steve's CB1300

Left: me, Mike and Dane share a broke back moment. It was a bit cool judging by the clothing.

Right: everyone does what they do best - argue, gossip, talk bikes, and waffle shit over beers and around the fire. The conversation makes no sense when girls are about to impress. From l to r, Chris, Rob, Roy, Dane, Steve, Ray, Brett (back turned), Mel (Brett's fiance) and Becky (Steve's daughter).

East Cape Bike Run (Pt I of III) - 2007

This was a run that me and my mate, Rob Anderson, did first in 2006, and the following year had another rider who we met at Wanganui Bike Races the year before, Steve Riley, join us.
It started with the "Coromandel Loop", then through the Waioeka Gorge via Steve's bach in Thorndon , around East Cape via Hicks Bay, and through the Bay Of Plenty back to Auckland.

Me; Suzuki SV1000S
Rob; Ducati 749S
Steve; Honda CB1300

Sorry about the sequence of photos.

 

Above Left; Rob's Duke and Black Night outside McDonald's, Papakura.

Above Right; quick stop at Tapa, western Coromandel.

Left; lunch at Vibe's (highly recommended Big Breakfast!)Whangamata, eastern Coromandel. Note Steve's 'street-fighter' mods to his Honda.

 Above Left; the bikes take up residence outside Steve's bach in Thorndon. Steve's bike suffered a rear puncture sometime about now coming back from dinner in Whakatane which made for a harrowing ride back into town for repairs the following morning.

Above Right; lunch in Tauranga.

 Above Left; the boys outside Steve's bach. Above Right; dinner in Whakatane, mediocre really.

 Part II to come - photos from Gisborne and Tologa Bay to feature.