Day 1 – TT2000 2016 – The Start Slept very little on the ferry. The crossing was a bit lumpy and there were a few wave crashes that jolted. But all things end and I popped down for breakfast at 5am. Was early so went outside for a look. Very windy but you could see gaps in the clouds with… Read more »
Day 0 – TT2000 2016 – The Trip Down Decided to leave home about 5pm and take a slow trip down. It was supposed to be raining but the weather was fine all day but the wind was hell. Getting blown all over the place down the Foxton straights. Topped off with the last cheap fuel in Levin and ambled… Read more »
Day None – TT2000 2016 – Planning TT2000 time has come around again and for me planning starts very early. This year like others there are 4 mystery locations to find so I started out trying to find these. Mystery #3 was very easy for me to find and it did not take long with google to find the snow… Read more »
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 »