Fabulous people got us here - around 100 superbly kind and generous donors who allowed us the get to the 5000 total - thank you all so much from myself and Lance and Johnny, but also from the Jolly Good Chaps org, and the top folk of Hawkes Bay. Not only did we finish, we finished well. Lance stopped about 25 k's shy of Dannevirke on the long straights, where the Honda hurtled up to 76kph on the GPS, sadly it cooked the 69cc oversize on the Suzi. Unknown to me, as I hurtled on GG to the stop in town, where I learnt that Lance had stopped, assessed the sitch, called Johnny and our support vehicle, and proceeded to do a heart transplant on the side of the road, lifting out the engine, removing the seized block and piston, and replacing the barrel, head and piston with the original 50cc, that he had decided at the last minute to pack in the truck. Having rebuilt it, he rejoined the 222 riders and support folk at Mangatainoka, in time for lunch, a beverage, and a wee, and off we both went. A little more sedately. We stayed together and by the Remutaka's we were both flying along, belted up to the top, and at one stage, Grey Goose the wee Honda, was passing cars and hooning her way up. At the top Lance decided we had enough time to go to Lower Hutt and pick up his new purchase, an LX150 Vespa, stick it on the trailer, and we'd then ride the last part of the journey alongside he Harbour to the wharf stop area beside Circa. We were the last to arrive. 325k's and home. THANKYOU! XXX
