Well we have had the MMMM and the WWWWW, so it is time for the TTTTT (Terribly Terrific Taranaki Tunnel Tour).
And as I was volunteered to organise a Naki ride during the Kawhia Overnighter (thanks everyone!) I thought I would drag Phreaky Phil in to help, he has a vast knowledge of the back country roads in the Naki so this ride promises to be pretty good.
What can we offer on this ride;
- It is a tunnel tour so at least 10 tunnels, and these aren't gay paved, ventilated big city tunnels, these are rough, unpaved, water flowing through them type tunnels!
- Whangamomona, for the Adventure rider not much more needs to be said about this place (or the pub!). Yes we will be stopping there
- The Bridge to Somewhere, yes you read that right, a very close relative of the Bridge to Nowhere.
- The highest water fall in the North Island, this is impressive, believe me
- Kiwi Road, again an icon in the Adventure ride world, unsealed, big drops, grass growing up the middle, and being a tunnel tour - a tunnel at the top!
- Accomodation at $25.00 per head in the bustling town of Te Wera (well it was bustling before they took the petrol station, shop and railway station away)
- Stunning views of Mt Taranaki, and
- Lots of blonde young women going by the name of Baaabaaara!
I hope I have wetted your appetites!
What Phil and I need is some idea of how many of you are interested in doing this ride and when.
We have two dates in mind (to fit in between Rosies ride and the Hawkes Bay ride) either 27 and 28 September or 4 and 5 October.
So sort your leave passes out with your partners (or start earning brownie points now) and let us know;
- If you want to do this ride and
- What date suits.
Yes Marks there is trailer parking at my place (or will you have the Buell by then......)
Oh yeah, for some of you on the smaller bikes who don't mind getting dirty, we might have a special treat for you that could give you two more tunnels.
Oh I forgot to mention that Jim Hickey is a good Naki boy so he will arrange the good weather for us!
Once we some replies we will sort the dates out and go further with this.
UPDATE
Freaky Phil and I have just sorted out the route that we well take on this ride. We have tried to combine as much of the Naki gravel as possible in our route as well as the tunnels, Bridge to Somewhere and the Mt Damper falls.
The tricky part is all the different directions that people maybe taking to get to the ride. Now you guys talking about staying at the Whanga pub on the Friday night, that is fine, BUT have you thought about staying at the Awakino Hotel as that makes route selection much better.
If you plan on staying at Whangamomona, Taumarunui etc on Friday night that is okay as we can easily meet you in Ohura on Saturday morning.
UPDATE the Awakino hotel is full (they are booked out with two other groups of bikers...) but we can stay in the house around the corner, so even more of an adventure. When booking quote my name MICHAEL.
WRF2800 your booking for three people has been moved to the house. The rest of you space is limited so please book early and let me know on here when you have done it. Could be an awesome night!!
We will still go to the Whangamomona pub as we plan to have lunch at the pub on the Sunday. Have a think about that.
Good meeting spots on Saturday will be Awakino or Ohura. If you are coming from the South let us know.
Meals at Te Wera the charge will be $25.00 per head cash (you Aucklanders that means no plastic or your old collection of 1 and 2 dollar notes) for a cooked evening meal, dessert and cooked breakfast. Remember that accomodation is also $25.00 per head. Phil and I will do the bookings for Te Wera.
Lunch we plan to have at the Whanga pub on the Sunday and from there you can head North, South, West (and if you head East your GPS unit is rooted!). Petrol will be available in Whanga, we have made special arrangements, at $3.00 per litre. We will sort out distances later for you they won't be big distances but these are windy back country roads.
There maybe a few extras who aren't on the list of attendees as some of the Naki guys who may be attending are not KB members.
16 September update;
Meals (dinner and breakfast) at Te Wera are $25.00 each. These are being done by the local school mums as a fund raiser type thing. They need to know the final numbers by Wednesday next week. That is we will tell them how many meals we need, they will times that by $25.00 and that is what we have to pay.
SO we can not take the risk of anyone saying that they will be on the ride and then on Thursday / Friday pulling out with a weak excuse (my pet goldfish died, there is a cloud on the horizon etc etc) as we (Phil and I) will have to pay.
Everyone who has registered for the ride I will send you by PM details of my bank account. Please deposit $25.00 into my ASB Bank account with your Kiwibike name as the reference. When I see it in the bank I will PM you with confirmation.
Yes you can trust me!!
Saturday morning we plan to leave Awakino Hotel at 8.45am. By then you need to have filled your bikes up at the Awakino petrol station which is approx 2 or 3kms north of Awakino on the main road.
If you are no longer going please update the calendar.
AWAKINO ACCOMODATION UPDATE
They now have 13 booked into the house and flat. That is all they can take. If you do not have somewhere to stay on Friday I suggest;
Seaview Holiday Park (approx 3km south of the pub) 0800 478 786 or
Mokau Inn Motel 06 752 9725
Awakino accomodation is sleeping bags. Accomodation cost is $15.00 per head. It may mean two sleeping bags on a double bed (but isn't that part of the adventure!!) and others are on mattresses on floor.
As the hotel has another group of bikers staying they will put on a smorgasboard on Friday night for $20.00 per head.
i will post details early next week of the route, approx distances, petrol stops etc
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Originally Posted by pete376403
will see how it goes and let you know closer to the time.
I'll be in
PM me for details
The big GS won't sink into the sand like the Tiger does, honest 
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