
Here is a picture of two bikes and field of clay.
Then through to Big Bikes via the famous Hamilton by-pass (that actually takes longer than going through the centre of town) and a catchup with a few friends. Mind you, the cruisers were severely outnumbered by sporties: Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, and a couple of Hyabusa's amongst them.
I was thinking "its bikes with radar detector vs bikes with GPS".
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So how come the guys with the GPS got totally lost? We even found Eureka (yeah, I know...) but not the prescribed ride route.
So we abandoned the well designed motorcycle speedy-twisty-backroads for the "straight to the pub" strategy. By this time the day was drawing on and Ivan and I decided to go straight back to Auckland from Tirau, to try and arrive before dark - and we nearly made it. Ivan's Hyosung 250R was being put to the test and I'm sure he changed gear 1000 times while doing a great job of keeping up with the bigger bikes. Mind you I was being extra good (mostly).
Great day, great roads, great company, and a vast field of clay. You'll need knobblies for the next trackday...