Awesome NEW place to ride!

[Rossi Gal]

Hey guys and girls!!!

Just wanting to let you all know that we have a new place for all you off roaders to ride!!

3000 acres of land with all sorts of tracks and trails!!

20Km of bulldozed tracks and a whole bunch more unbulldozed!!

Suitable for all sorts...enduros, trails, Moto X etc etc.

We are having an Open day here on the 5th of December for all those wanting to come for a play!!
Gates open from 8am, day runs from 10am-4pm, gates close at 5pm.

$40 per bike.

Also available for bookings.

(Also an Open day for horses on the 19th Dec $30, and an Open day for 4x4's vehicles on the 13th Dec $50)

Phone:

Tihoi Adventure Farms

460 Hingarae Rd,
Tihoi,
Taupo
07 372 8888
email: ride@tihoi.com

[Pussy]

Is that where you and Brad are living now, Aria?

[motorbyclist]

$40? ouch! Got a student rate for those who can't even afford to drive down there?

website?

[Atomic]

What is the MX track like? Compared to say Digger McEwens?
Doubles? Rythm section? Any jumps over 100ft?

[Quasievil]

$40? ouch! Got a student rate for those who can't even afford to drive down there?

website?

maybe dont go is your option

$40 bucks ya miserable fucker how much to burn around your house?:2guns:

[vazza]

$40 is a lot for most people. Considering it isnt a trail ride.

Other than that sounds like an awesome place to ride! Would love to go down.

[RØKSTA]

Hey that would be awesome

[Reckless]

maybe dont go is your option

$40 bucks ya miserable fucker how much to burn around your house?:2guns:

Sorry mate don't agree with you there!

The sandpit is $25 or $55 for a family, Thunder park $20 with every 6th ride free and girls ride free (so thats only $40 for me), mr moto rides $30 and $30-35 for the Power rides
So $40 each is way to steep for me.
For me thats $40 x 3 bikes for my family + gas for the ute and bikes, + maintenance and breakages. Even if i only lived an hour (or less) away thats up over $200 for a family day out just for entry and gas.
To much mate thats why we don't go to Kimis Farm either.

[motor_mayhem]

I would definitely try there for $40, if I lived close enough.
Unfortuately a 4+ hr drive each way is a bit much :(

[Motoracer]

Wow cool. Neat idea Aria. I hope it really kicks off for you!

[Quasievil]

Sorry mate don't agree with you there!

The sandpit is $25 or $55 for a family, Thunder park $20 with every 6th ride free and girls ride free (so thats only $40 for me), mr moto rides $30 and $30-35 for the Power rides
So $40 each is way to steep for me.
For me thats $40 x 3 bikes for my family + gas for the ute and bikes, + maintenance and breakages. Even if i only lived an hour (or less) away thats up over $200 for a family day out just for entry and gas.
To much mate thats why we don't go to Kimis Farm either.

Oh really, wouldnt know I ride track bikes, so would have thought it was cheap, so I here by re tract all previous comments and now think I will shutup and put my head back up my arse.

[Atomic]

$40 is on the high side but I will definately check it out. If its a sweet track, ill go back, if its an unmaintained rutted out track with no decent kickers I wont return.

Definately cool to see more spots popping up, just a shame Auckland is still missing out.

[browny]

40 bucks is pretty,steep but what isnt.thats about 10 mins at pub.im also assuming thats a days riding not per lap.dont mind ruts and stuff you learn to ride better when its challenging still nothing wrong with some cruisey groomed stuff either,only wish we had one down south too.theres none at all down here that i know of.

[FlangMasterJ]

$40 is on the high side but I will definately check it out. If its a sweet track, ill go back, if its an unmaintained rutted out track with no decent kickers I wont return.

Definately cool to see more spots popping up, just a shame Auckland is still missing out.

Auckland's missing out? Try living down here.

[little.whittle]

$40 is on the high side but I will definately check it out. If its a sweet track, ill go back, if its an unmaintained rutted out track with no decent kickers I wont return.

Definately cool to see more spots popping up, just a shame Auckland is still missing out.

Auckland's good. We have Woodhill Kimmys Thunder cross and now Dome valley..Also MX tracks like mercer (winter) Harrisville and Ardmore open often enough.

[Taz]

$40 bucks is good and will keep the fools away.

[little.whittle]

$40 bucks is good and will keep the fools away.

But also the students :doh:

[Atomic]

Auckland's good. We have Woodhill Kimmys Thunder cross and now Dome valley..Also MX tracks like mercer (winter) Harrisville and Ardmore open often enough.

Half of those places are out of Auckland. Huntly, Welsford/Warkworth, Naike...

Ardmore and Harry are no good for those who like to ride all day and with day flexibility. 1pm till 3pm on saturdays only doesnt leave alot of ride time.

But hey its all good, just reckon it would be nice to have a few more options within Auckland.

[meteor]

$40 bucks is good and will keep the fools away. ???????

Whadya mean by fools?......also keeps the families away... parents trying to keep kids out of trouble by doing something constructive and together thats not either electronic or drug related... and on a budget...

What Reckless says above +1. Unless of course you've got a money tree. but maybe a park patronised by families would keep the "fools" away!

[secondfield]

If there was a family camping area there that would be cool, and make the trip worth it. Nothing too flash, just a paddock and a longdrop with a couple of 44 gal's rubbish bins. Maybe near a wee creek too?. Over here in aussie, most of the riding parks have an annex where people can tent up for the night, because of the long drive to get there. Added bonus of a two day ride as well, no need to rush. Just adds to the fun really as you can camp at night and get to mingle with other like minded souls.

[BM-GS]

Some good comments on here, hope they're being taken as useful market-feedback!

$40 for a 50cc kiddie bike is steep, especially as the small kids have short attention spans and need an afternoon nap, so an all-day ride just ain't gonna happen. And they often have siblings who'll want to come, as well as at least one adult to drag them back out of harm's way and ferry them to/from. Kid discounts would count for a lot, but if there's no kid track that's academic...

To those who say we need more places to ride actually in Auckland, I hope they did the City Scramble! Though I would support a bulldozing of a few buildings in the CBD to make a 20km trail loop. Maybe Vic Park could be used while they're digging that new tunnel? Gotta put the stuff they dig out somewhere, right?

[buffstar]

To those who say we need more places to ride actually in Auckland, I hope they did the City Scramble! Though I would support a bulldozing of a few buildings in the CBD to make a 20km trail loop. Maybe Vic Park could be used while they're digging that new tunnel? Gotta put the stuff they dig out somewhere, right?

:2thumbsup

[telliman]

haha, funny all the aucklanders moaning abt prices, we are so starved of riding terrain, its not the prices to ride, its the damn driving expense just to get anywhere!

[xen]

haha, funny all the aucklanders moaning abt prices, we are so starved of riding terrain, its not the prices to ride, its the damn driving expense just to get anywhere!

Yea exactly why I got a cheaper car to run

Think $40 is bit much, depends on how long the trails are

[t595]

Half of those places are out of Auckland. Huntly, Welsford/Warkworth, Naike...

Ardmore and Harry are no good for those who like to ride all day and with day flexibility. 1pm till 3pm on saturdays only doesnt leave alot of ride time.

But hey its all good, just reckon it would be nice to have a few more options within Auckland.

in what area within auckland could you ride a dirtbike without some towny ponce whinging about it????

[telliman]

taupaki, riverhead, hellinsville, swanson,to name a few, west auckland has so much farmland way out and beyond,unfortunatly its all private land!

[barty5]

taupaki, riverhead, hellinsville, swanson,to name a few, west auckland has so much farmland way out and beyond,unfortunatly its all private land!

give me a few more year and we will be lookin at buy a large chuck of land out west ish some place likey to be a semi private track but it will be there to use.

[t595]

taupaki, riverhead, hellinsville, swanson,to name a few, west auckland has so much farmland way out and beyond,unfortunatly its all private land!

exactly my point! dome is open on weekends and riverhead got a few trailrides coming up but for some reason the excuses come out when either of them is mentioned :baby:

[Chia]

exactly my point! dome is open on weekends and riverhead got a few trailrides coming up but for some reason the excuses come out when either of them is mentioned :baby:

yes and those same people would be the first ones to complain if dome or riverhead were to shut down to bikes :oi-grr:

I don't mind traveling long distances for a good ride and would be keen to give this place a go...But I agree with secondfield... if there was a camping / overnight facility it would make the experience much more fun, especially if JAFAS (:eek5:) are to make the trip down...

[telliman]

the domes a shithole! the new trails ok, but i wouldnt drive up there just for that , dont get me wrong im stoked to see these places open ing up and stuff, but like thunder park, and even kimmies, they are the kind of places you;ll probably only visit once a year cause they are just rutted, bumpy, dusty over priced facilitys, they get groomed at the start of summer( if they lucky) and then take a hammering all summer! and from where i am its a 2hr drive to either of those places! in saying that i do intend on giving these trail rides a go this summer as well as the usuall weekend mx.

[t595]

yea the dome is a shithole,thats what makes it fun and challenging!!!! :2thumbsup

[telliman]

cool dude,

[stig]

Hey guys and girls!!!

Just wanting to let you all know that we have a new place for all you off roaders to ride!!

3000 acres of land with all sorts of tracks and trails!!

20Km of bulldozed tracks and a whole bunch more unbulldozed!!

Suitable for all sorts...enduros, trails, Moto X etc etc.


Cool,
Is it gonna be open over the 2weeks of Christmas?
So is there a mx track there as well?
Is it pumic based trails?
Any pics that do it justice to tease us with?

[paddy]

Any pics that do it justice to tease us with?

+1

(10 chars).

[motorbyclist]

I remember there was a summer scramble track up the south head on a venison farm - apparently they could only use it a few days a year due to noise. Why the fuck couldn't the one bloody neighbour just suck it up and either join in or go to the beach instead?

It's just as ridiculous as people moving in next door to ardmore (or western springs) and then complaining about the noise


taupaki, riverhead, hellinsville, swanson,to name a few, west auckland has so much farmland way out and beyond,unfortunatly its all private land!

Yeah it's fucking mean! zero transport time, no loading the bikes for travel, all the tools and parts right there in the shed and cold beers in the fridge for when you're done!

But believe it or not, living in swanson/henderson valley we still have ONE neighbour who decided to complain:

4 of our neighbouring families all ride, and at times there'll be over 7 bikes on any one property which does require road rules to prevent collisions.

We do try to be considerate by not riding on public holidays like christmas and tend to keep within reasonable hours (10am to 5pm) with a break around lunch time. If someone rings and says they're doing something that warrants silence we'll respect that too, but when we stop you can still hear the next valley over full of chainsaws and more bikes.

Then one day we get an anonymous call from some old man with an accent and gets Mum in a bit of a fuss: When I get there he refuses to say who he is or where he's from so we cant work anything out, but insists he'll call noise control unless we stop riding. I said if he won't be reasonable and explain himself or come to a compromise he can fuck off - we've checked the laws and there's nothing they can do within those ours. We're happy to "self regulate" but we do expect a bit of honesty and a reasonable reason/expectation.

He makes the same call a few more times to the same result. We'd already figured out who he was by the accent; he's the same guy who tried to legally stop a neighbour removing a tree because it would affect his view.
Finally, I even went round to his driveway on the (road) bike to see what noise there was. Considering a hill blocked the noise it was pretty much fuck all: just a distant Barp when someone jammed on the gas on one of the boundaries. He stopped calling after that.

[BM-GS]

We'd already figured out who he was by the accent; he's the same guy who tried to legally stop a neighbour removing a tree because it would affect his view.

Some people are only happy when they're stopping others being happy. Even people trying to make them happy makes them grumpy. Good for you for being reasonable but sticking to your guns. Neighbours like that are like acid - corrosive. They stop you enjoying doing anything around your own place and you keep thinking about what twats they are, even though they're not worth it. Hope he's moved on now.

[cheese]

Noise is a funny thing, what some people think is completely reasonable is a real pain the ass to others. For example, I had a neighbour that would start his fucking loud car at 6am every day and idle it for 10-20mins right outside my bedroom window. And daily he would have his stereo so loud I would have to turn my TV up just to hear it and have to shut all the windows. It all came to a head when he had a party and I snapped and called noise control. And he then said, just come talk to me. WTF like I'm just going to tell you everything you do it too loud. LOL

Thank god he moved away! Things got quite nasty and I was about to move house to get away from it. And he was renting!!

Anyway my point is that most Kiwi's don't like confrontation, so people will ring noise control instead of a friendly chat. And the other thing is many people are pretty antisocial. How many of your neighbours do you talk to and know?

But things like western springs is a load of shit. Locals move and try to muscle them out. FFS what a load of shit.

[Rossi Gal]

Hey ya all!!


Thank you all for your feedback, this is awesome!

Now I am going to try an answer all your questions/queries so bear with me here...


Sorry about the price, but $40 is per bike, not rider. And this is for the day.

Now this up coming Open Day runs from 10am - 4pm. Gates open from 8am and close at 5pm.

We will be open 7days a week otherwise. But bookings will be essential.

This will be our first Open Day so we will be reviewing everything again afterwards as I expect to get a lot of feedback, not only about the price but also regarding the different tracks/facilities/ how its run etc etc.


As far as the MotoX side of it, there are different natural jumps all over the section, but we have not actually built a specific MotoX track yet...
watch this space though.
All ideas/suggestions/feedback etc for this is most welcome.


Vazza - Please tell me what do you class as a "Trail ride"? as we want to get this right.


We are currently setting up a hay shed and surrounding paddocks for camping out for those who wish to come for more than one day and stay over. (This facility will be available after news years).
At the moment we have a long drop permanently on site and will have porta-loos for the larger events.



We are also currently setting out a peewee track as well. Suggestions are welcome!


Our tracks are maintained on a very regular basis.


I am hoping to have some photos to put up in the next week.


I hope this info helps some of you. And like I say, please feel free to tell us what you are wanting from a place like this as far as tracks etc go, as we are wanting to make this place well worth that $40 of yours no matter the kind of riding you do.

Thank you for your help and support!!

Aria


PS. yes, this is where we are living now Pussy :) great place!!

PPS. Thanks Motoracer :) hope you are well!!

[FlangMasterJ]

Sounds great!

[Bradz]

sounds like a drive could be worth it to check it out..

[secondfield]

I reckon, especially being able to stop the night and get two full days riding in. looking forward to checking it out when I get back to NZ...

[BM-GS]

Peewee track stuff:

Close to the car park (Little people have very short attention spans. And small bladders.)
Nothing too steep, but some inclines are good. Small bikes not good at hills! Imagine 10-year-old LT50 power.
If it can be laid out so parents can see the whole track from near the entrance, or from one point that's brilliant. The buggers always crash around the back of something...
Lots of track between any of the more challenging bits, let them recover.
Lengths of 200m to 1km are fine, subject to the above.
Cheap rates for 50cc! If someone appears with 2 of these in a trailer, chances are they're not going to get in much riding themselves - maybe one lap of a 5km loop, but not much more than that. It's Babysitting on 2/4 Wheels more than Taking The Family For A Ride.
Sandpit have a 50cc-only track whch works well, though this has a short & long loop which occasionally results in unwanted interface of 2 littlies where the short rejoins the long.

Best of luck with the venture, I hope to get that way to sample it one day!

[L Rider]

Peewee track stuff:

Close to the car park (Little people have very short attention spans. And small bladders.)
Nothing too steep, but some inclines are good. Small bikes not good at hills! Imagine 10-year-old LT50 power.
If it can be laid out so parents can see the whole track from near the entrance, or from one point that's brilliant. The buggers always crash around the back of something...
Lots of track between any of the more challenging bits, let them recover.
Lengths of 200m to 1km are fine, subject to the above.
Cheap rates for 50cc! If someone appears with 2 of these in a trailer, chances are they're not going to get in much riding themselves - maybe one lap of a 5km loop, but not much more than that. It's Babysitting on 2/4 Wheels more than Taking The Family For A Ride.
Sandpit have a 50cc-only track whch works well, though this has a short & long loop which occasionally results in unwanted interface of 2 littlies where the short rejoins the long.

Best of luck with the venture, I hope to get that way to sample it one day!

Good feedback re the peewee track. almost need one for the real littlies & then another bit bigger with few more 'challenges'. Like sandpit having the pee-wee track & the learners track.

Cost for a family is one thing i'd look into. $40 per bike when you have 2 adults & 2 little ones is very costly. As said above, the adults don't get that much ride time in with little ones.
maybe do a family pass (2 adults & 2 kids (under ages 10???)

Looks an awesome place though. goodluck with your venture

[Atomic]

Hey ya all!!



As far as the MotoX side of it, there are different natural jumps all over the section, but we have not actually built a specific MotoX track yet...
watch this space though.
All ideas/suggestions/feedback etc for this is most welcome.



Cool, natural terrrain stuff is sweet but often needs fine tuning to get lips right and smoothing out landings, be cool if you setup an area for free riding!

As far as the mx track goes...
Half and half, MX section and a SX section would me wicked!
Big berms!
Variety of tables, doubles, step ups and maybe even a tripple would be good. You might as well throw the works at it if you have the land area and resources to do it, rythm section, whoops, saw dust section...
Make it safe with good sized landings if ya can.

Cant wait to check the place out! Keep up the good work.

[t595]

Cool, natural terrrain stuff is sweet but often needs fine tuning to get lips right and smoothing out landings, be cool if you setup an area for free riding!

As far as the mx track goes...
Half and half, MX section and a SX section would me wicked!
Big berms!
Variety of tables, doubles, step ups and maybe even a tripple would be good. You might as well throw the works at it if you have the land area and resources to do it, rythm section, whoops, saw dust section...
Make it safe with good sized landings if ya can.

Cant wait to check the place out! Keep up the good work.

and maybe build a hospital onsite to go with that too?:doctor:

[telliman]

and maybe build a hospital onsite to go with that too?:doctor:

hahahahha, gold , while we puting orders in can i get a kenworth team truck with my own mechanic?

[Atomic]

hahahahha, gold , while we puting orders in can i get a kenworth team truck with my own mechanic?

And pit girls

[barty5]

And pit girls

A bit like these???

[barty5]

and maybe build a hospital onsite to go with that too?:doctor:

is that for when you try this?

[motorbyclist]

Trail Ride: There are two formats; One is a single loop atleast 50 km long which everyone does at once. This can be spread over more than one day, and backup vehicles are required to carry broken bikes and fuel/food

The other format is essentially a short-term bike park - go whenever and wherever you like, usually a kiddies track, a novice track, and several grades of expert tracks. The last one I did was a novice track with expert tracks as three separate 10km loops off the 5 km novice track.

"Problems" of these rides are that the track can be hard to follow/find for the first hour until the bikes form it properly, and after that it can get quite rutted in places. Of course I consider these good things :D

http://www.silver-bullet.co.nz/events.php is a good place to keep up with things


Cool, natural terrrain stuff is sweet but often needs fine tuning to get lips right and smoothing out landings, be cool if you setup an area for free riding!

bah! just learn how to land properly ya wimp! :bleh:

[Atomic]

A bit like these???

Ya hit the nail on the head Aaron!


is that for when you try this?

Thats landable, If Loza can do it, anyone can.

[secondfield]

A 50k loop is just a warm up.

[Rossi Gal]

OK folks!!!
Only a few more days to go!!!
Look forward to seeing some of you there!!!! ;)

[Rossi Gal]

Ok all!!!!

Our 4WD Open Day is this coming up on Sunday 13th Dec!!

Gates open from 8.30am. Day goes from 10am-4pm.

Phone 07 372 8888
email ride@tihoi.com

for info.

Tihoi Adventure Farms
460 Hingarae Road,
Tihoi, Taupo

[RJM]

Has anyone hit this track yet? I'm in the Taupo area for a week and am up for trying some new spots.

Better yet are there any photos of this place?

[RJM]

Reply from my enquiry with a couple of pics. Looks like nice rolling hills!

Thank you for your enquiry about riding at Tihoi Adventure Farms.

We are holding a Trail Ride here on the 28th Feb. But if you would like to come and ride here before then, you are welcome to book a time/day for yourself or a group to come out for the day.
We have 25kms of tracks to ride on at this stage. Off of the main track there are "Short cut home" tracks, extreme loop tracks (not recommended for quads), hill climbs, natural jumps etc.
The price $30 per adult rider, $20 for children under 15 years.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries or would like to make a booking.

Kind regards,

Aria
Tihoi Adventure Farms
07 372 8888
ride@tihoi.com

[motorbyclist]

The price $30 per adult rider, $20 for children under 15 years.

haha that sounds a bit more appropriate! methinks they didn't get much interest at the 40 per bike rate.

(and on reflection, that higher rate might be a tip off that they aren't bikers themselves - the place caters to horses and 4WD also so hopefully they got someone who knows what's what to do the tracks

[oldguy]

Got to give them credit for giving it a go, hope it takes off for them, they may have taken on board what was said, and ajusted pricing accordingly.
Maybe we should try and support them, have a KB Dirt Division get together

[L Rider]

The adult price is def alot better - still think the childs price is too steep for the very young ones, or does it not cater for them all?

[Rossi Gal]

Reply from my enquiry with a couple of pics. Looks like nice rolling hills!

Thank you for your enquiry about riding at Tihoi Adventure Farms.

We are holding a Trail Ride here on the 28th Feb. But if you would like to come and ride here before then, you are welcome to book a time/day for yourself or a group to come out for the day.
We have 25kms of tracks to ride on at this stage. Off of the main track there are "Short cut home" tracks, extreme loop tracks (not recommended for quads), hill climbs, natural jumps etc.
The price $30 per adult rider, $20 for children under 15 years.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries or would like to make a booking.

Kind regards,

Aria
Tihoi Adventure Farms
07 372 8888
ride@tihoi.com

Thanks for putting this up.


haha that sounds a bit more appropriate! methinks they didn't get much interest at the 40 per bike rate.
(and on reflection, that higher rate might be a tip off that they aren't bikers themselves - the place caters to horses and 4WD also so hopefully they got someone who knows what's what to do the tracks

We have had a great amount of interest and feedback thank you.
I personally race road bikes and thought these prices weren't too bad. But again, after more homework we have altered these. A few of the blokes that are involved in this have raced motorcross and been involved in a number of trail rides, they are the ones in charge of the tracks. They are also in the process of designing a motorcross track here at Tihoi Adventure Farms to cater for a wider range of riders.
Any positive feedback in regards to tracks are more than welcome.


Got to give them credit for giving it a go, hope it takes off for them, they may have taken on board what was said, and ajusted pricing accordingly.
Maybe we should try and support them, have a KB Dirt Division get together

Hi, thank you for your support. We would more than welcome a KB dirt division get together here, we are in the process of sorting camping facilities so it could be a good idea for a weekend :)


The adult price is def alot better - still think the childs price is too steep for the very young ones, or does it not cater for them all?

Young ones are catered for very well. We had an awesome peewee track made up for our last Trail Ride, in fact so good the bigger guys asked to have a play, and we intend to have one available full time as of our next trail ride. As far as price goes for the wee ones, it will depend on age, and what track they intend to ride on the day. Our goal is to create an awesome environment for all here, and I know it will only get better with time, feedback and support.

Anyone who has feedback or ideas please feel free to contact me at ride@tihoi.com

Cheers,

Aria