Trentham MK II Sunday
16th January 2011
|
Cliff Peters (leader) |
Kawasaki ZX10 |
Misho Zrakic |
Honda CBR1000 |
|
Jason Wilson |
Kawasaki ZX9 |
Damir Djikic |
Honda CBR1000 |
|
Roman Biaroza (4th ride) |
Kawasaki GPx250 |
Paul Southwell |
Honda CBR1000 |
|
Dan Jones (1st ride) |
Hayabusa |
Michael Balrshunou (1st ride) |
Honda CBR1000 |
|
Karl Trsek (1st ride) |
Suzuki GSXR600 |
John Rousseaux/Kate Stewart |
Honda CBR1000 |
|
Geoff Dick (1st ride) |
BMW 850R |
Ron Johnston |
Honda CBF1000 |
|
Marc Marais |
Triumph 675 |
Ben Warden |
Honda CBR954 |
|
Rick Van (3rd ride) |
Yamaha YZF600 |
Kurn Bridgeman |
Honda CBR600 |
|
Eddie Simonis (rear) |
Moto Guzzi 1200S |
Pina Garasi |
Honda CBR600 |
Cowboy Cliffy decided
to take us all for a bit of yee-hah into the wild west. And what fun we had!
Cliffy even managed to find one of the longest and bumpiest roads I’ve ever ridden
on, a real rodeo experience. Not even my kidney belt could save me. The rest of the day was spent avoiding gravel
everywhere, the random river running across the road, sunken roads transformed
into slippery mud, a road covered with collapsed mountain-side which was
signposted as “Danger - Do Not Enter”. But hey! Who says a sign here or a sign
there should hold up our adventure?
Cliffy, running on all his rural instincts, responded most appropriately
to the police officer who apprehended him and asked him why he had endangered
our lives by flagrantly disobeying the signposted roadblock “Errr …a ‘farmer’
said it was okay to go through”. Clever boy.
On with the ride cowboys …and cowgirls!
Aah, but not for too
long. There was a price to be paid for our invincible determination. The
road-block policeman told his friends further on down the road about us and
consequently they sought us out for a leisurely and inquisitive conversation
while on corner marking duty. Oh what
glee was had by them to inform us that our faithful and conscientious rear
rider was our sacrificial ‘bunny’ for the day.
So very sorry Eddie – I feel sad that this happened to you. Such a heavy
price to pay for performing your duty with such grace, patience and cheerful
disposition. I don’t think we’ll see you
for a while on our rides; please forgive us. Hope we can still put a smile on
your face when we drop in at Peter Stevens.
Thanks for all your good work.
And thanks Cliffy and
all my fellow riders for the best fun I’ve had in the west for a long time.
Pina
Garasi