A couple of weekends ago Ian, Bruce and myself decided that no sunny Sunday should go by without some time time in the saddle. Whilst winter seems to be taking its toll on some of the crew we thought that filling the lungs with some prime winter air and some good winter fare from Vivs Kitchen might keep the bugs at bay. Our plan to get there was via our usual route through Colyton, Stanway and turnoff at Ohakea to get to Sanson. Ian was out on his Kawasaki W650, with Bruce bringing out his recently acquired and fettled 1977 Suzuki GS750. It was really refreshing to see another seventies chromey back on the road and despite Bruce's initial caution, it certainly impressed with its ability to keep up with the XJ and W650. Our arrival at Vivs was a relief from the cool air that felt like it had come directly from the Antarctic. We really enjoyed our hot mugs of tea and coffee that quickly warmed us up and the fifties style food, service and decor had some of us reminiscing about the appropriateness of having the GS parked up outside. Ians W650 certainly fitted in with its modern execution of this type of aesthetic.
With our tummies full and hands thawed we decided to pop into Manfield to see how Dion was doing on his NSR at the Victoria Clubs trackday. Dion was having some fun on the track keeping a motard at bay and it is always good to hear a two stroke crackle out on the track. Great to see Kim in support and Tim being a spectator due to fuel problem with his CBR. A lot of mumbling about ethanol in petrol causing significant issues. Bruce's GS attracted some attention with many commenting on the rarity of seeing original Gs's on the road these days amongst the 'hoard' of Z1s, H2s and CB750s! They were heralded back in the day as significant Japanese bike 'that finally handled". Even now they still measure up as a very competent and capable motorcycle and it would be great to see some more of these important chromey's back on the road.
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