Wellington it is a glorious day to get out there

[F5 Dave]

Sorry in advance to those experiencing inclimactic weather.

But Dogam! It is the perfect day to paint or trim trees or wash the car.

Don't do any of those things. Don't even call a friend.

Just get out there and ride while you can. You don't work all week to mow the lawn.

I'm not quite ready to ride (tried last weekend on low risk trials bike in garden) so please go enjoy yourself. You only live once and trust me it can be over before you plan.

Those other things can wait for a windy overcast day.

[F5 Dave]

Well I washed the bike as a compromise. It wasn't dirty but wasn't clean when I put it away 3 and 1/2 months ago. I staggered it to the yard and also slung a cautious leg over.

Then I drove the van for first time since then to get a pie from Janus bakery and sat by the river.

Favorite 4 wheeler as taken me with race or dirt bikes to many fun events.

Hope you guys did get out.

[pete376403]

Apparently the 'Tukas were thick with cops today according to son.

[jato]

A Bitterly cold southerly here - so a quick scoot on the rm to check the farm then back to a nice warm workshop to machine many crankcase mouths

[F5 Dave]

I actually loved riding the RM that day. Pretty gutless compared with the 300 unsurprisingly. But endearing nonetheless.

[Moise]

It was stunning in South Waikato this morning. Rode from Rotorua to Whakamaru on SH30, then north on Waipapa Road to Kihikihi and back to Auckland.

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[Kickaha]

Rangiora, Amberley, Lewis pass to Blackball for lunch, then back through Stillwater to Jackson and back through Arthurs pass, 550 ish km, dodgy Italian electrics meant the bike stopped charging somewhere west of Porters pass but I got to within 16km of home before it died and then rang a friend 2 km from where it stopped to get picked up.

It's my brothers ST2 which I'd just got on Friday from the shop where he was having work done so I guess it's going back there.

[Grumph]

In the 70's if you went over the passes on a fine weekend you's almost always meet the Honda Four Club. Around 20 with 750's when they were still fairly rare.
They'd regularly go over and back in one day using both passes.
Bunch of mad bastards going for it in the days when traffic was a lot lighter.

If you were recognised and going the same way as them it became very noisy - most had big loud aftermarket horns fitted.

As well as the obligatory clubmans bars.