Day Two

Great nights sleep and 6.00am see;s in the new day..............

Coffee's , chat and some even went for a queit walk as we await the arrival of Spider. Half an before it's time to ride it's a glance at the sky and into the leathers...........NO rain thus far : ) .

With seven bikes today rangeing from the mighty 800 to a new 1700 Voyager we headed out bloody near on the stroke of 11 am, a gas stop and let;s not discuss the price of petrol.

headed out of Palmerston north past Massey Universty on the left and Centennial Lagoon on the right was a great way to start what was to become a very sceanic day. On wards to the top of the Pahiatua track where it's time for a pic.....

Loverly bit a road

blowing er tit's off up there !! So it was on the bikes and down a great little second , third gear road that just begs an ear to the pipes. Saddle road to The Windfarm.

Parked in the gravel.


This wind farm is bloody impressive~!Each Wind turbine produces enough power for 700 homes and is a great way to harvest power from a renewable source .

Just arrived

every direction

zoomed~!

Yet MORE

Awesome rideing

The beautifall Manawatu

A crop of Kale

Naked sheep , boy....mention Toa,s name and do the ears come up <GBG>





Ok....there's lot of great rideing roads here in New Zealand and the Manawatu is a good if not better than most depend'it on I guess your guide and the weather , today we had the best of both~!

and it's lunch time so a quick blast down to a real treasure~! The Waterford Cafe , a wonderfull little Irsh place in the middle of no -where  . 10 of us wander in and the Lass is sole charge~!

Perplexed?





after order'n a wander  and bugger me? Lover'ly stream and the lass's are ready to......


swim : )

                

Great sett'n

Great service and QUICK , this lass did really well~!

yup, burger again thu I splashed out on chips <G>

couple of BLTs

left-right, Cathy, Lorraine and Paul

Paul, Johnny, Jazz and Horse

Rob and Gaylene

Spider

heh heh me

Horse should be on a American bill , Abe? <g>

Thorn's an Roses

went for a walk and saw this shop...A Hair dressers!

lover'ly ole Villa in great nick

Jazz cooking with help from his Grandson Dimitri

MMMMMmmmmmmmmmm

BBQ

Yes Sir , Abraham Lincoln did'nt die ...he moved to New Zealand~! <SEG>





that's Day two and i'm done ......bye~!:)

Day One

 We have had this event annually since 1999, alternating between the North
and South Islands of New Zealand - it started out as a planning get-together
for Toa and me in preparation for our attendance at V2K Four Corners, and
went on to introduce fart to the gang, and to his nickname, and to be an
opportunity for visitors from Canada, Australia and the USA to sample some
downunder VROC riding.

Jazz

and so it begins , to that end Gaylene and I headed out this morning to jazz's place in Palmy North to participate in this years Vulcan Riders and Owners Club reunion. I call it a reunion simply because of the freindships garn'erd and embellished over the years seeded by a marque of Motorcycle...

we left this morning and stopped in Taupo for brunch......Narrative will be related to the pic directly underneath.

Taupo~! Both lake and Town

Motorcycle only parking

NOW thats a Burger~! Brunch~!!

There's a boat pulling this chute and bugger me?

there gett'n in their togs and lineing up~! freindly too <g>

Desert Road, A harsh barran land only soft'n thu winter with the odd snowfall

arrived at Jazz's and cuppa tea time

Jazz makeing his Chilli

Horse and..... arriveing

Tonights line up

The dinner table

and into it~!

yup, it's VROC and I'm a putor geek BWBWHahahaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAA