Pauls immaculate Kawasaki 500H1 (and others) to Hunterville

From Blue Haze VJMC Hunterville run 28/03/2010

From Blue Haze VJMC Hunterville run 28/03/2010

From Blue Haze VJMC Hunterville run 28/03/2010

From Blue Haze VJMC Hunterville run 28/03/2010

Had a pleasant run up to Hunterville on Sunday with a good turnout. Paul W on his recently on the road kawasaki GPZ 750r, Kim on the mighty H2, Dion on his Honda grenade, (just kidding Dion, it goes really well!) otherwise known as MVX250, Alan on his Suzuki TS250, Don on his GT500, Bruce on his BMW F650, pretending it is his Yamaha RT1, myself on the KH250 and Paul D on his immaculate Kawasaki 500H1. It has to be seen to be believed as it is no surprise that it won peoples choice at last years VJMC rally in Stratford. Sorry about the poor video quality. Didnt take my "flash camera" this time. The sad part of the day was the demise of 'Sir Alans' beloved Suzukis gearbox just before Hunterville. Luckily it managed to limp home. We probably wont be seeing it on any runs for a wee while! But rumour has it that Sir Al has a stand in waiting the wings! Hunters Cafe in Hunterville is becoming a favourite place to stop for fluids and food.

Blue Haze/ Manawatu VJMC to Suzukis 50th Birthday Rally in Wanganui.

From Suzukis 50th Whanganui

From Suzukis 50th Whanganui

From Suzukis 50th Whanganui

From Suzukis 50th Whanganui

Suzuki celebrated there 50th year in New Zealand. A rally was held in Wanganui to celebrate this. A group of us travelled over from Palmerston North. Don on his recently rebored Suzuki GT 500, Paul on his Kawasaki H1a, Dion on his Honda MVX250, Alan on his Kawasaki A7, Kim on his Kawasaki H2a, myself on the XJ750 and Alan De Latour came down from New Plymouth on his Suzuki RG500. Some interesting bikes but a distinct lack of Suzukis. We were all really impressed with Alans RG500. He has done a magnificent job on restoring it and the chambers on it make a wonderful crisp sound. great to see a nicely modified Kawasaki Z900 as well along with a lovely sounding Laverda Jota. the Blue Suzuki GS1000G was another standout bike.

Blue Haze / VJMC run Ekatahuna via The Saddle Road 7th December 09

From Blue Haze Run 07/12/09

From Blue Haze Run 07/12/09

The Saddle Rd between Ashurst and Woodville is a favourite bit of black tar for many Manawatu riders. It is lot busier now with all the site seers visiting the wind farm at the top. The windmills are amazing up close and well worth a visit and you also get to take in some great scenery as well. We ended up taking the long way back to Palmerston North via Ekatahuna! Paul was on his Kawasaki H1c, Kim on his Kawasaki H2a, Alan on his Kawasaki A7, myself on my Kawasak KH250 and Dione on his nearly restored Honda MVX250. It was great to see Diones MVX on the road and looking really sharp. You just don't see many of these on the road these days as they can be a bit of a hand grenade. The one I ran in the 80s had no problems what so ever over a couple of years.