I looked back and found this... http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB3/viewtopic ... t=#p253555" target="_blank" target="_blank which made me feel a little sad. Work this year didn't allow our riding paths to cross again unfortunately, which is what saddened me. Also seeing how thin he had become, and believing his "Been in the gym" excuse!!!!!
However, it reminded me of exactly what I loved about Rod. He had a passion for riding like few had. And when I say riding, I mean riding!! He could steer a bike a bit good!!! 
The first time I remember meeting Rod was during a ride over the Reefton spur. The top was a little damp. Knowing the road well, and not being used to having a bike go past very often, I was both shocked and wrapped when he sailed past under brakes into a tightening radius right and then proceeded to gap me at every corner!!
Awesome riding! As the road dried I caught up again and we played all the way back down the spur keeping each other honest and him most likely as me giggling away inside our lids as we did it! Once stopped at the bottom we swapped lies and had a laugh about some of the closer moves we initiated on each other. All well within both our comfort zones! The boy could really ride 
I shared a few more rides like this with Rod, all on his Z, but never made it our for a ride with his new Bussy bike! 
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