Lower and mid North Island ride ideas...

[gav24]

Got a bit of a riding and DOC site / free camping feeling in my bones:blink:

Very rough plan is for an early morning start on a Friday and ride up the beach as far as possible from Waikanae to Te horo, then Otaki to ?, and Foxton beach to Himitangi and possibly on to Tangimoana and link up with SH1 at Ohakea.

Anyone know which parts of the beach you can link up, I'm a bit sketchy on this.

Next plan is then up to Whanganui for the Pipiriki road to nowhere route and up towards National Park/Ohakune ending up ridiculously close to the 42nd Traverse, so we better do that as well:woohoo:

Next bit is the link road through Pureora Forest park, and some detours when I get a better map, for a play in the woods!

Final part could be the forgotten Highway Whangamomona to New Plymouth and then back south to home on the Kapiti Coast.

Phew!

thinking could be done over 3 days...
Day 1 Kapiti to Ohakune / National park area
Day 2 42nd and Pureora, and some way down Forgotten Hgwy (any camping down there?)
Day 3 Complete the forgotten Highway then Home

Thoughts, suggestions, especially any that keep me off the tarseal and even off the gravel would be good...:scooter::scooter:
Dont ask me which weekend yet? hopefully end of this month / beginning of next...

[That looks like fun]

Camp ground at Whanga down Whanga rd about 100mtrs past pub. Staggerable distance :drinkup:

[dino3310]

thinking could be done over 3 days...
Day 1 Kapiti to Ohakune / National park area
Day 2 42nd and Pureora, and some way down Forgotten Hgwy (any camping down there?)
Day 3 Complete the forgotten Highway then Home

...

friggen aye:yes::woohoo::scooter:

[junkmanjoe]

you suk gav..................

if you do the 42nd...you better do fishers track as well....

old whanga is a great ride...more fun in the wet....

JMJ

[bart]

I might have finished being grounded by then. :woohoo:

:corn::corn::corn::corn:

[marks]

ride up the beach as far as possible from Waikanae to Te horo, then Otaki to ?, and Foxton beach to Himitangi

can you say "$700 beach riding fine"?

you can do it on a quad but not on a regoed motorbike - long live the local council

[junkmanjoe]

can you say "$700 beach riding fine"?

you can do it on a quad but not on a regoed motorbike - long live the local council

if ytou tied two bike togeather that would have 4 wheels,,,that be a quad..:shutup:

[marks]

I might have finished being grounded by then. :woohoo:

:corn::corn::corn::corn:


you are grounded for the next 20 years

you just dont know it yet

it was nice knowing you

(I dont really mean the last bit)

[bart]

you are grounded for the next 20 years

you just dont know it yet

it was nice knowing you

(I dont really mean the last bit)

Haha. If not grounded, it's certainly going to keep me poor, which has a similar effect. :blink:

Action stations (or is that panic stations) by the way. :baby:

[gav24]

Thanks guys,
Yeah $700 fine.... Hence early morning start on a week day - one way, no up and down hooning, Plus I have drivers licences from UK (in welsh:yes:) and a french one as well (only valid for hedge cutting though:facepalm:). Usually enough if I plead ignorance with a Kiwi cop and keep the nz one at the back of the wallet:innocent:

Where does fishers track start and finish? Heard of it but no clue about where it is.
old whanga campsite? is that as in whangamomona?
How much of the forgotten highway has been sealed now? Should I head out to the west coast and down to New Plymouth instead - any good tracks avoiding the seal that way?

Reckon you could make it Bart!?!?
I gotta try to get a few (el cheapo) trips in before No. 2 arrives in March:bye::crybaby: - hence NI instead of SI.
Unless there is a way to work your passage on the ferry!

[That looks like fun]

Bugger all metal left through Forgotten Hi-Way now :crybaby: Try Kururau Rd out of Tamaranui (or Opotiki Rd then Kururau) Roto Rd to Ohura, over the Waitaanga's, Kiwi Rd, Check with Phil about the back road (that I know nothing about :innocent:) or head toward Waitara then up Otoraoa Rd. Then out towards Pohokura Saddle. You can then decide if you go to Whanga for bedtimes storys :drinkup: or Mangaoapa Rd along towards Makuri Rd then back to Stratford for the night.
Me I would go back to Whanga as that opens up the possibilty of the Whanga Rd and Tututawa loop.:woohoo:
To find the Whanga Camp Ground turn right or left (depends if your coming from North or South) at the traffic lights in Whanga :scooter: Or just go in the direction the big arrow points on the sign that says "Whanga Camp Ground" :innocent:

[bart]

Reckon you could make it Bart!?!?


Very poor at the moment, and need a new tyre. :violin:

I've been saving my browny points though, and if we're doing it cheap, I may well be in. :scooter:

[gav24]

Very poor at the moment, and need a new tyre. :violin:

I've been saving my browny points though, and if we're doing it cheap, I may well be in. :scooter:

Yeah - snap on both points!
I have a tyre in the garage that I swapped over for someone that will be good for you - Trail wing copy - dont last long though remember the RRRR! I'll ask the guy tomorrow how much he wants for it...

I reckon with last weekends jobs - firewood, kids swimming, curtain shopping(FFS!:facepalm:) and this weekends taking the little un to swimming, a birthday party, strimming the bank and hiring a wood chipper - Phew:facepalm::violin:
- I should have enough points for a weekend pass!

However I've noticed these points definately have an expiry date (But you will NEVER know when that is) so you have to use up em quick before they go!:scooter:

Yeah - Cheap like CHEAP sounds good! again like the RRRR Tent, 5l fuel can, beer and a can of beans bungied to the back should be about it!
That was a cool photo!
No Cabins - even a Long drop will be a luxury! - yeah, really selling it now Bart!

[marks]

However I've noticed these points definately have an expiry date (But you will NEVER know when that is) so you have to use up em quick before they go!:scooter:

this is one of the core truths of the bewildering thing called 'living with a female'

there is some sort of inverse bell curve that maps the relationship between brownie points and elapsed time.

use it (quick) or loose it

[bart]

I have a tyre in the garage that I swapped over for someone that will be good for you - Trail wing copy - dont last long though remember the RRRR! I'll ask the guy tomorrow how much he wants for it...


Haha. That tyre was awesome. The problem was that the roundy round motion didn't transfer into forward momentum, which resulted in a massive loss of rubber in a very short time. I miss that tyre :bye:

I'll start some groveling in the next day or so. Mum and bubs ain't even home from the hospital yet. :love:

[gav24]

I'll start some groveling in the next day or so. Mum and bubs ain't even home from the hospital yet. :love:

I didnt realise the new nipper had even hatched yet! Congratulations Bart!

However that means that you dont need brownie points - you need super powers, or a crazy space - time continuem device to pull this ride off in the next few weeks, months, dare I say, years!
Maybe we should see what happens if we 'borrow' the DeLorien from Southwards museum and get to 55mph. Got to be worth a try! :facepalm: Maybe we could take our DR's back on a trailer and enter the 1978 Paris Dakar! We'd still get whupped, but we may be able to afford to do it if we took some $$$ with us from 2010!
Plus we could be back in 10 minutes! :blink:

Back to the Future and the RRRR was over my missus' birthday weekend and I got a pass out!

....Sometimes the planets just align....:innocent::scooter:

[junkmanjoe]

Maybe we should see what happens if we 'borrow' the DeLorien from Southwards museum and get to 55mph. ::scooter:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the Delorean time machine, operated by the flux capacitor, must be moving at 88MPH (with the FC on) in order to acheive time travel.

wont get very far at 55mph.....round the block maybe...

JMJ

[bart]

I didnt realise the new nipper had even hatched yet! Congratulations Bart!


Cheers man. Got my little boy, and now a baby girl so I'm a very happy man. :D

I'd give my left nut (won't need 'em now anyway) to go for a good ride. Feels like I've been grounded for months. So, what weekend are you looking at?

[bart]

I gotta try to get a few (el cheapo) trips in before No. 2 arrives in March:bye::crybaby:

Congrats man. I was just thinking though. You poor bugger. You're going to be grounded during the prime riding months. :blink:

[gav24]

Next weekend could be good...
maybe not the big 3 dayer but 2 days could be good...
Meet at Bulls, then head North...?
...Need......to.......go.......Riding!:scooter::sc ooter:

Huge apologies Joe, your completely right. 88mph of course (It would never work at 55 - :facepalm:)
Better start scoping the place for a night time "borrow", I wanna leave flaming tyre marks in the carpark - then return it 5 seconds after I took it!:blink:
Did the Flux Capacitor come as standard on all models?
Should I check if it has an 'FC' logo on the back somewhere?
Taking orders for Hover boards...

[gav24]

this is one of the core truths of the bewildering thing called 'living with a female'

there is some sort of inverse bell curve that maps the relationship between brownie points and elapsed time.

use it (quick) or loose it

This implies that as a bell curve, at some point they become redeemable again - if so let me know when that starts to kick in!:gob:

I had always assumed a Logrithmical graph was more like it. However if you have evidence of the former please let us men know - please - PLEASE :bye:

Ride next weekend - Possible Pipiriki - 42nd - etc etc
If Bart and I have enough points, maybe a 2 dayer?:violin:

[bart]

Sorry Gav, but I'm only good for day rides now :crybaby:. Too many work trips coming up, and it's a bit cruel to leave the missus and bubs at home alone too often. Man, I'm owed some browny points now. :bye:

[junkmanjoe]

hay bart mate...good news on your new girl mate.......

we are looking at a makiro rerun before xmas.. keep ya posted...

there is another paper road up that way as well im going to find out about it if we can get in there...

JMJ

[GPS MAN]

Hey Gav...I'll be around till 21st..then off to OZ for Christmas!

I need a good ride after this Busy Spring.....:yes:

[gav24]

Hi Wade,
Just as I think my life is settling down and i start a thread on a cool 2 - 3 day ride, it all goes to a shit-show and bikes are bottom of the list again:angry:
I will now be out the country from next week til Mid Jan, then only a few months til Baby number 2 arrives - so am currently hoping that my primo ride time wil be from mid jan to end of feb, fingers crossed - I need a bit of luck just to get the DR further than its normal daily commute at the moment:violin::violin: