Trailblazer - Taupo 18 & 19 July

[Chia]

Sooooo..... who's going to Trail Blazer??

http://www.epicevents.co.nz/page/7-Trail-Blazer

[barty5]

Yup but you know that already seeing bike on your trailer will make a change from me driving must mean i can drink on the way for a change.

[Chia]

Yes must stock up on JD's for the drive down ;)

[green machine]

I'm going.......for those that havn't been before,these rides are awwwwsome,ivé done a few now and had a ball

[Bradz]

Just bear in mind there wont be any emergency toilet stops!!:argh:

[barty5]

Just bear in mind there wont be any emergency toilet stops!!:argh:

Wont be needin those hahaha 1 has good drinkin skills.

[flyingcr250]

Yup but you know that already seeing bike on your trailer will make a change from me driving must mean i can drink on the way for a change.

ooooooooooooo i might be there, if i have enough money left after the t100,
went to all the epic rides last year, trailblazer was my favorite

be good practice for the 4 hour

[barty5]

Yes must stock up on JD's for the drive down ;)

can we place duty free orders here as well hahaha

[laserracer]

me and 3 others going im baby sitting a new rider

[WRFracer]

May have to get some of the boys together and head up for this,
I've never been to one but have heard they are pretty good.

[socialites]

Yeah..me going too, also baby sitting new rider...where is everyone staying on the over nights?

[Bradz]

Yeah..me going too, also baby sitting new rider...where is everyone staying on the over nights?

Taupo top 10 is pretty popular, big heated swimming pool and everything for a nice relax after the ride..

[socialites]

Taupo top 10 is pretty popular, big heated swimming pool and everything for a nice relax after the ride..

have looked at the prices and Prince motor logde in Taupo does a better deal...complete with Spa and all....think we will check in there

[4stroke]

any keen to go, i can go down but no one to go with, long way to go on my own... comming from the north. rupe, telli ??

[Atomic]

any keen to go, i can go down but no one to go with, long way to go on my own... comming from the north. rupe, telli ??

Stephan couldnt make it when I spoke to him last week...

We are hittin Digger Mcewans on the Sunday for anyone who cant be arsed trail riding both days. Anyone have a key!??!?!

Taupo Top10 is gonna pretty busy, iv got two cabins and 15 people booked.

[4stroke]

oh tup i havetn talked to him but all good, theres plenty of places to stay down there aye, surely someones got a spare seat or wants a ride down?

[Atomic]

oh tup i havetn talked to him but all good, theres plenty of places to stay down there aye, surely someones got a spare seat or wants a ride down?

Might have a spare bed in one cabin, justing waiting for Raj (R64LIFE) to confirm if he has pulled out or not. Ill let ya know soon as he gets back to me. And should be able to hook you up with a ride or couple of us go with you or whatever.

[Atomic]

oh tup i havetn talked to him but all good, theres plenty of places to stay down there aye, surely someones got a spare seat or wants a ride down?


Might have a spare bed in one cabin, justing waiting for Raj (R64LIFE) to confirm if he has pulled out or not. Ill let ya know soon as he gets back to me. And should be able to hook you up with a ride or couple of us go with you or whatever.

Yep Raj cant make it so got a spare bed if your keen. Can squeeze you in one car but will be tight or take yours and get a coupe others to pitch in gas.

Let me know if your in.
Lance 021826821 or lance@09vantage.co.nz

[4stroke]

yeah man ill give ya a ring tonight, i can take my ute down no worries with another bike with a trailer or whateva,

[Atomic]

yeah man ill give ya a ring tonight, i can take my ute down no worries with another bike with a trailer or whateva,

Sweet, we are leaving Hillsborough Auckland about 4:30pm Friday afternoon. Trail Blazer Sat, Digger Mcewan Sunday, overunning the Taupo Top 10 hot pool with bikers both nights. Coming back around midday on Sunday.

[barty5]

Sweet, we are leaving Hillsborough Auckland about 4:30pm Friday afternoon. Trail Blazer Sat, Digger Mcewan Sunday, overunning the Taupo Top 10 hot pool with bikers both nights. Coming back around midday on Sunday.

..PARTY...:wari:

[Atomic]

..PARTY...:wari:

Sounds like it! Got 16 going with me...how many KBers going?

Just remember cans and plastic bottles, we got kicked out of the pool last time...risk of broken glass in the water. Fair enough I guess.

[barty5]

[QUOTE=Atomic;1129305451]Sounds like it! Got 16 going with me...how many KBers going?

Just remember cans and plastic bottles, we got kicked out of the pool last time...risk of broken glass in the water. Fair enough I guess.[/QUOTE

Sweet as so that ill be a case of JDs then sortred.

[4stroke]

Sweet, we are leaving Hillsborough Auckland about 4:30pm Friday afternoon. Trail Blazer Sat, Digger Mcewan Sunday, overunning the Taupo Top 10 hot pool with bikers both nights. Coming back around midday on Sunday.

mint i hope its muddy as fk on sat hehe

[Chia]

Yep... Rock On... will be a massive weekend....!!

Atomic you should change ur location coz u don't live in Piha anymore (wishful thinking on ur behalf maybe??)

Will grab some duty free alcohol on my way back from Melbourne on Thursday so there will be plenty of supplies.... :innocent:

[barty5]

Yep... Rock On... will be a massive weekend....!!

Atomic you should change ur location coz u don't live in Piha anymore (wishful thinking on ur behalf maybe??)

Will grab some duty free alcohol on my way back from Melbourne on Thursday so there will be plenty of supplies.... :innocent:

Such a good girl we like duty free

[Atomic]

Yep... Rock On... will be a massive weekend....!!

Atomic you should change ur location coz u don't live in Piha anymore (wishful thinking on ur behalf maybe??)

Will grab some duty free alcohol on my way back from Melbourne on Thursday so there will be plenty of supplies.... :innocent:


Sweet! drinks on Brad & Lucia!

[kezzafish]

any WGTNers going??? keen as on a cheap ride up if i can get it... just to take pics and get on the piss. Gotta try to get the KBers in some photos this time

[Atomic]

A few of us are meeting at BP Autobahn Papakura at approximately 4:30pm Friday if anyone wants to join the convoy.

Ill be in either black XR6 with trailer or blue XR8 ute.

[Chia]

A few of us are meeting at BP Autobahn Papakura at approximately 4:30pm Friday if anyone wants to join the convoy.

Ill be in either black XR6 with trailer or blue XR8 ute.


Cool... Should be on the road by 3.30pm
May see ya on the way down... we'll be in the American Muscle Jeep...:Punk:

[Atomic]

Cool... Should be on the road by 3.30pm
May see ya on the way down... we'll be in the American Muscle Jeep...:Punk:

Sweet, ill keep an eye out for your 76" wheels

[barty5]

Sweet, ill keep an eye out for your 76" wheels

The mighty silver Johndeer. haahhaaa

[Bradz]

The mighty silver Johndeer. haahhaaa

A tractor it may be, but cheap on fuel unlike the orange beasty:yes:

[barty5]

A tractor it may be, but cheap on fuel unlike the orange beasty:yes:

nothing wrong with 19L per hundy is there??

[Bradz]

nothing wrong with 19L per hundy is there??

nuh, not when your pockets are as deep as yours:msn-wink:

[Hemex]

Cool... Should be on the road by 3.30pm
May see ya on the way down... we'll be in the American Muscle Jeep...:Punk:

I think they'll notice your red tyres well before they notice the jeep...:laugh:


nothing wrong with 19L per hundy is there??

Yeah there is... rising fuel costs for the rest of us due to depletion...:wari:

[4stroke]

arrgh just spent an hour trying to put the husky back together again, dont ya hate it when ya get ya front mudguard plastic welded back together again and they weld the f...kn bolt holes up garggghhh should have been a 5 min job!!:bash::bash::nono::spanking::argh::argh:

[Chia]

I think they'll notice your red tyres well before they notice the jeep...:laugh:


If they don't notice the red tyres it's because they'll be distracted by the Jack Daniel's No 7 bike...

[laserracer]

WE had a great day on saturday one word sums it up .....MUD... unfortunately i didnt ride i whoosed out yeah i know big girls blouse and it looked like cool fun but may have been too much for the dodgy ticker but i had fun just watching all you other dudes and great fun drifting the xr6 falcon into and out of the venue:banana:we had a 13 year old girl with our group and this was her first event ever.. she loved it and the guys recon she had a real nack of missing those deep water filled ruts ..unlike 2 of the guys

[barty5]

Yup wicked ride i would have to say only did the sunday went and did a few laps round motocross track instead today. And yeh i think mud was the overall theme of saturday followed by lot a drinks round the pool once we got back great to meet those that stayed at the Top 10. Now needing sleep.

[camchain]

I got a coupla DVDs from Keith F, and the trailblazer tracks looked superb, and want to get down there at some point. Was it hard slog type mud or could you get some groove going in it? Keen to hear a bit more about it.

[Gravel911]

Sat was great.........mud mud mud.

There were some serious ruts.

On the first lap of the 40k loop I was going through one of those puddles/slop which did not look very deep, next thing bottom of the forks dug in.......bike stopped almost instantly. I can remember the handle bars going under the sludge as the bike was about to do the complete flip just managed to stop it. My mates had a great laugh!!

The next lap was great, lot easier to pick the lines, shame they closed the track early.

There were a lot of bikes stopped out on the trail.

Did you notice the amount of quads stuck. I never passed a quad all day; the only ones I saw were either parked helping his stuck mates or stuck themselves.

[barty5]

was really mixed there was heaps a sloppy shit and bog holes but nothing that you couldnt get through traction was wicked even with a really worn tyre just hooked up real well. once your in the tracks off the roads the line made by others are real easy to get a good pace on and really allows you to throw it in to the corners.

[Shorty_925]

Only went on saturday and was awesome, had not done an epic event for a while. The 40k loop was rad, thought the 12k loop had more mud in it! Came across a few quads in the way, but not nearly as many as other trail rides Ive been on. Had fun following the old man and bro and watching them struggle on little DRZ and KLX 125's, good for a laugh but they had a blast and made it around.

[green machine]

Sat was great.........mud mud mud.

There were some serious ruts.

On the first lap of the 40k loop I was going through one of those puddles/slop which did not look very deep, next thing bottom of the forks dug in.......bike stopped almost instantly. I can remember the handle bars going under the sludge as the bike was about to do the complete flip just managed to stop it. My mates had a great laugh!!

The next lap was great, lot easier to pick the lines, shame they closed the track early.

There were a lot of bikes stopped out on the trail.

Did you notice the amount of quads stuck. I never passed a quad all day; the only ones I saw were either parked helping his stuck mates or stuck themselves.
Was that a big mudhole that had a branch laying in front,a tree to the left and a small ledge to your left to miss the mudhole,it was around a corner so had little time to react.......cause i found that one,the slop came up to my seat and took alot of effort,as i was alone at the time to get out:(

[barty5]

Best one i saw was this dude flagin me down cause there was a rider down come round the corner and there is Chia with bike on its side still running havin what i can only call a swim completely covered in mud was dang near 2 feet deep.

[Chia]

Best one i saw was this dude flagin me down cause there was a rider down come round the corner and there is Chia with bike on its side still running havin what i can only call a swim completely covered in mud was dang near 2 feet deep.


Haha that was the first crash of many..... I had SO MUCH FUN.. the 40km loop was wicked and if you picked the right lines and kept on the gas you could really get in the rhythm and do some awesum ridin' .....

I have never been so muddy....

[4stroke]

yeah a good weekend had here too, had a good skid with atomic and co on the 40km loop, ended up looking rather filthy. had a good play on digga mcewings track at toupo to, someone endded up with a broken foot tho.....