It looked like the sunshine god was benevolent on us for our August end of month ride last weekend. The forecast during the week was looking a little bit dodgy whilst rain was on the cards our sophisticated weather forecasting equipment (called OurEyes) indicated sunshine to the south west and the strong possibility of rain in other directions. The destination was to be the metropolis of Foxton and one of our favourite go to cafes, The Dutch Oven. Nice to see Warren bringing out his Suzuki GT380 for a spin and Bruce S fronting up with his latest acquisition, the legendary Yamaha TDR 250. In the Yamaha camp as well was Ian with his VMax and yours truely on the XJ. Also out for a spin was Gary A on his BMW 800, alongside Bruce A on his BMW 650. Dave R on his Honda CB750 proved to be the sole representative of the brand.
Our route to Foxton was via Tokomaru and Shannon and then across to Foxton via the Motoua flood gates and then to our destination which as usual was a busy place. Ian and I thought the Kahawai pies looked to nice to leave in the cabinet, so on to the plates it went with the lads partaking of other fare. After being fed and watered it was home time with Gary A offering to show us an alternative route. This involved heading towards the beach and turning down Willys road towards Himatangi. We ended up on State Highway One and eventually headed east through Mangawhata and home. It was a great morning out and although one of our shorter runs it certainly is enough to scratch the riding itch and get one through the week until the next weekend ride.
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