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     Danger_dave |
14th October 2005. I wandered in to Auckland Motorcycles & Powersports during quite a flurry of activity. The new range of Demos had arrived only a matter of days before 'open day' and they had a whole heap of bikes that needed loosening up and shaking down before the general public got to throw a leg over. I've had a great relationship with the AMPS since I arrived in NZ. I owe some of my success as a Jouro to them letting me at their bikes. Friend of the business. 'Ah Dave - just the man we need.' My bike was wheeled in to the workshop and I took off on this orange delight. A Kiwi Rider Magazine 'Quick Spin' article part of the deal. Headed straight home, grabbed the Camera. (Konica Minolta A200) and exited the city to the South West with the first signs of the afternoon peak hour on the freeway. Auckland is on an Isthmus between two Harbours and dotted with 7 extinct Volcanoes. There is interesting riding in most directions, but some of the countryside on the West Coast is unique. Black volcanic sand beaches and a rippled igneous terrain. I was headed for Kariotoki Beach with a sunset shot in mind. I stopped several times on the way. On the road out to the coast.   I'd never been to Glenbrook before. There is a Steelworks there - a small one as far as steelworks go - but none the less...I thought there might be an industrial grungy background to be had. But I couldn't get an angle, they are built in a hollow and face the Harbour. It was poking around the perimeter of the steelworks that the 'adventure-ability' of the bike and it's suitability for me and the sort of sh*t I like to do on bike became apparent. A path or track and I'm up it. But I did stumble upon Glenbrook Beach as the late afternoon sun poked through the clouds. It was the colour of a peach and the Backdrop was a special. I tried to wipe the gunk of the back guard with little effect, but it's turned out one of my most famous images. ULYSSES ON GLENFIELD BEACH PP101 25 Years of Buell Messers Canfield and Gess.  I thank the authors for their kind words. From Glenbrook Beach I headed further around the Harbour to Kariotoke on the West coast and the distant showers on the horizon. I stopped at the top of the hill in what was fading light.  Before heading down on to the hard packed black sand. You can ride quite a way up the coast from here.   I headed back to the city with a full camera and mightily impressed rider. More to come. dd (Message edited by danger_dave on August 29, 2008) | ||
| Boney95 |
Nice pics! You have an eye for photography! Beautiful contrasts (I'm not gay, by the way). | ||
| Bosh |
Damn.... That's a GREAT looking bike!  As usual David, fantastic photography. P.S. That first pic is my new desktop background at work! (Message edited by bosh on August 29, 2008) | ||
| Court |
Dave: I think he called us "messers". . . . . Kiwi's get darned mouthy when separated by half a world . . . . . In all seriousity . . those are fabulous pictures and you have a gift. Anybody can pick up a camera, but capturing images like that takes a special talent. And . . .you are cute as hell I took the photo of you modeling the Triumph jacket and posted on the refrigerator in the kitchen . . . There. . , that ought to keep him away from the USA for a bit.  | ||
| Danger_dave |
>> Originally Posted by Mikkel View Post You forgot to add long haired and unshaven (or perhaps that's 5 mins after last shave, you never know...) pp. 12 and 73 respectively.<< Yes - I apologise. Do you know how much it rained in the fortnight before that mag came out. I wanted a nice pic with a nice bike and nice backdrop. I had to wait till the rain stopped long enough to put my camera on the front steps and even then it was a rush before it drowned. An hour before deadline. Still a mint Jacket.<< | ||
| Nevrenuf |
makes me want to leave the country.  and not in a gay way dave, once again great photography. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Thanks - one of you mods fix the typo on 'Journo' will ya - that's too cruel an irony. If I do it will bust the links. | ||
| Danger_dave |
The next yarn starts like this.  | ||
| Babired |
I thought my ULY was clean!  I love the pics. Can anyone say new computer desktop pictures! K | ||
| Danger_dave |
There was a big snow dump right through the South Island and the depression continued up to the North Island and gave the Central Plateu a dusting as well. Auckland to National Park is about 300km. Wanna go and see the snow? Co-pilot and I asked each other. It's not stuff we've seen much of. So we rugged up and set off on a 700km day ride. According to Wiki ---------------------- Mount Tongariro (Māori IPA: [toŋaɾiɾo]) is a volcanic complex in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres to the southwest of Lake Taupo, and is the northernmost of the three active volcanoes that dominate the landscape of the central North Island. The volcanic massif, often simply referred to as Tongariro, has a height of 1,978 metres. It first erupted about 260,000 years ago. The volcano consists of at least 12 cones; Ngauruhoe, while often regarded as a separate mountain, is geologically a vent of Tongariro. It is also the most active, having erupted more than 70 times since 1839, although the last eruption took place in 1974-1975.[1] Activity has also been recorded at other vents. Red Crater last erupted ash in 1926 and contains active fumaroles. There are many explosion craters on the massif; water has filled some of these to form the Blue Lake and the Emerald Lakes. Mount Tongariro is in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's first national park and one of the earliest in the world. It given to the nation in 1887 by Te Heuheu Tukino IV (Horonuku), paramount chief of the Māori Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi in order to preserve its natural beauty. The park also includes the peaks of Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, both of which lie to the southwest of Tongariro. The national park is a dual World Heritage Area for its outstanding natural and intangible cultural values. The popular hiking route called Tongariro Alpine Crossing passes between Tongariro and Ngauruhoe. ---------- This is Mt Ngauruhoe  | ||
| Danger_dave |
And the whole shebang  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Going to have to winter over one of these years.... I gotta find out how much it costs to send the dirty lil Bi@tch down across the Pacific. And this is why I am just a no talent hack   The Long Haul | ||
| Danger_dave |
I lot of it is to do with the place. It's hard to take a bad pic here. |
