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Haere mai from exotic Waihi. Glad you're home safe 'n' sound.
My thoughts go out to your bro, Big Kev and hope he can over come his cancer battle - kia kaha. I lost a good friend to the disease last year.
On a more positive note, your view from home is much nicer than the one from mine. Enjoy!
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25 Jun 2015
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Thanks Andi and Ellen
Nice of your to offer me the bike to ride ,i may take you up on it one day if you agree to show me the sites ,haha
Sorry to hear of your friends battle with the Big C .wishing big Kev all the best.
wow what a beautiful place you guys live in ,i have only been through Wanaka ,one day i want to come and see wings over Wanaka
Anyhow i will PM you my details on FB so if being home becomes too much maybe you might like to jump the ditch and have a visit .
Thanks once more for entertaining us all over the last few years ,i'm sure at times doing the blog has been a chore .
All the best Noel.   
P.s the Sherco looks like a mountain of fun
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26 Jul 2015
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Originally Posted by Noel900r
Nice of your to offer me the bike to ride ,i may take you up on it one day if you agree to show me the sites ,haha
Sorry to hear of your friends battle with the Big C .wishing big Kev all the best.
wow what a beautiful place you guys live in ,i have only been through Wanaka ,one day i want to come and see wings over Wanaka
Anyhow i will PM you my details on FB so if being home becomes too much maybe you might like to jump the ditch and have a visit .
Thanks once more for entertaining us all over the last few years ,i'm sure at times doing the blog has been a chore .
All the best Noel.   
P.s the Sherco looks like a mountain of fun
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Heya Noel
Show you some sites...name the date!!
As above Big Kev lost the battle, I cried mate, didn't even try to "Kiwi Bloke" it I just let it out, my riding buddies as well could not hold back.....big tuff buggas still feel it.
Wanaka door are open anyway and yeap plenty to see here.
Sherco all road reged now so I can legally chase old ladies down the footpath!!
Cheers Andi
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26 Jul 2015
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Big Kev 1956 - 2015
As life progresses the bad things come with the good things.
I wish just to write about Big Kev, a great member of our Wanaka Motorcycle Club, good bastid through and through.
Big Kev rode a Triumph Rocket 3 which he supercharged as well, the man could ride it like a small trail bike keeping pace on the race track and road with no problem whatsoever.
A dedicated dude, warm and passionate moto head Big Kev finally gave in to the relentless cancer he had been fighting.
His funeral was for me was the most heartfelt funeral I have ever been to, not afraid to say I cried a lot struggling to even mutter the words to the songs we were trying to sing.
Not to dwell on the sadness of a great man taken early we wish to remember him for the total dude,  drinking moto loving petrolhead that Kev was that always bought a big smile to everyones face.
I know I say this for me and from the WMC members, Gayle your loss is hard and is felt by fello members and riders, Ride in Peace brother you will be missed.
95 by Ellen Delis, on Flickr
Cheers Andi
A video made by Doon, a well respected member and riding buddy, onya Doon, great job for the vid.
https://youtu.be/CoDd0zDJEJk
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26 Jul 2015
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Haere mai from exotic Waihi. Glad you're home safe 'n' sound.
My thoughts go out to your bro, Big Kev and hope he can over come his cancer battle - kia kaha. I lost a good friend to the disease last year.
On a more positive note, your view from home is much nicer than the one from mine. Enjoy!
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Heya Beatnik Bedouin
Sorry for the late reply, Hola to Waihi
I have a following post for Big Kev who lost his battle with the rust, extremely sad to see him go but in a kind way now he has left to a higher place and will be watching down on us. Sorry for the loss of your buddy too, we don't need more reminders to live life as best we can eh.
The view is nice, we are lucky, the country is great (despite one or two sillies) which is even nicer and we get to share it.
Cheers Andi
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11 Aug 2015
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Heya Beatnik Bedouin
Sorry for the late reply, Hola to Waihi
I have a following post for Big Kev who lost his battle with the rust, extremely sad to see him go but in a kind way now he has left to a higher place and will be watching down on us. Sorry for the loss of your buddy too, we don't need more reminders to live life as best we can eh.
The view is nice, we are lucky, the country is great (despite one or two sillies) which is even nicer and we get to share it.
Cheers Andi
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Hola desde Waihi también:
Please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of Big Kev.
You're 100% spot on about living life as best we can. I just wish I didn't seize up in the frosty conditions NZ's had of late (LOL).
I'm hoping to do Survivor Scooter and the TranzAlpine next year, so I might see if you guys want to meet when I'm in your part of Aotearoa.
Stay warm...
Kia kaha,
Peter
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Hola desde Waihi también:
Please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of Big Kev.
You're 100% spot on about living life as best we can. I just wish I didn't seize up in the frosty conditions NZ's had of late (LOL).
I'm hoping to do Survivor Scooter and the TranzAlpine next year, so I might see if you guys want to meet when I'm in your part of Aotearoa.
Stay warm...
Kia kaha,
Peter
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Heya Peter, just PMed you mate, been offline here for a while and today catching up.
E us at twomotokiwis@gmail.com, would love to catch up, will be up north in Feb so maybe then if not down here?
Cheers Andi
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