TCWNR

This is my first real Wednesday night ride this season.
It was a good turnout. I rode a third of the way up the hill, took a few videos and came home via Haywards.

Capital 1000 Cruise

Saturday I did the CK1C ride.

The ride departed from Caltex Rimutaka at 6.30am. The route was:
Via SH2 to the Patangata pub for a photo of the bike,
Via Middle Road for a photo in front of the School Rd/Mt Erin Rd street sign,
Via the Taihape Road (incl Gentle Annie) for a photo at the Army Museum - Waiouru,
To the Whangamomona hotel via Taumaranui, The Forgotten World Highway, for a photo,
Home to the Parrot and Jigger in Lower Hutt.
A round trip of 1,007kms.

This was a hard ride. The Taihape Road section of 140kms had a lot of lose metal on the new seal, this kept speeds low. It was raining when I got to The Forgotten World Highway and this road was treacherous with a exposed tar on many corners. I must have changed gears many hundreds is not thousands of times on these roads and my clutch hand was in pain. Pain was also present in wrists and between the shoulder blades.

I stopped on the way back from Stratford at Hawera for fuel and a burger, Ohakea for a rest and then Levin for fuel and another rest.

Stats from the GPS:
Odo 1039
Moving Average: 86.4
Overall Average: 71.2

The bike has now done 29500kms.

Sunday pm

The rain cleared by early afternoon. I took a ride to Eastborne and then Alan called when I was heading back to Petone. I swung by his place and we did a short ride to Pauatahanui for a coffee stop and then went home via Grays Road and SH1.

Next Saturday is the C1KC. I will be preparing for that on Friday.

Lake Wairarapa

Today's Sunday ride with Alan was around Lake Wairarapa with a short deviation down to the coast. A coffee was had in Martinborough on the way home. There were a lot of cyclists in the town - must have been an event. Motorcycles were mostly Ducati and Triumph so that indicates other group rides.

I left home at 1100hrs and got home 1535hrs having ridden 225kms.

Labour Day

At the end of the day and a long weekend I did a ride around the Haywards loop with Alan.

Ducati Diavel

I rode the devil today. This was a random ride as I went to Motormart to view the new bikes and without asking was asked if I would like to ride it - the answer was yes!

Did I like it? - yes. Great sound track and just couldn't help opening the throttle to hear the sound and then closing it for the other sound track. Handling seems more than okay and the ride position is comfortable. The wind protection and lack of wind noise impressed; this bike is well designed to keep the wind off the rider and without any screen. A Diavel would fit in my garage.

After this minor test run I did a ride up to Waikanae for a coffee. The Hayabusa is still a neat all round bike. The odo now reads 28013.

TCWNR that didn't happen

This was my first of TCWNR for the season. The weather sort of looked okay when I left home and I took the long way to the Duck Pond. When I arrived it started raining. Darkman turned up just after 1800hrs and then 3 others. We all went home and the southerly with rain was strong on way home.

Sunday quiet ride

It was a nice way to spend a couple of hours. Up to the top of the hill, chat with another biker and then back home via Mayborne, Haywards and SH1.