Southern Cross 2011

[AprilliaGAZ]

Any Wellington bikers participating???:woohoo:

[ttnz]

hI Gaz

when is it mate i would be keen

[Anita]

Have you got more details on this? Like what and when??

[Gremlin]

Have you got more details on this? Like what and when??
6 March, evening - Rusty Nuts club night in Bluff I think
7 March, 12pm-1pm - Bluff Checkpoint (start)
9 March, 12pm-1pm - West Cape Checkpoint
10 March, 12pm-1pm - East Cape Checkpoint
11 March, 12pm-1pm - Cape Reinga Checkpoint

Be at checkpoint between times to check in, then ride to the next checkpoint. Pretty straight forward?

http://rustynuts.org.nz/default.aspx?PageID=40

[Okey Dokey]

I wonder if someone in the NI with local knowledge could help me out with some information:

Is there fuel avaialble at Eight Mile Junction, where SH 3 and SH 4 meet?

How about at Te Araroa on the East Cape?

Thanks very much :)

[KoroJ]

I wonder if someone in the NI with local knowledge could help me out with some information:

Is there fuel avaialble at Eight Mile Junction, where SH 3 and SH 4 meet?

How about at Te Araroa on the East Cape?

Thanks very much :)

There's nothing at 8mile except a sign post. Oddly enough though, it's only 8 miles from Te Kuiti, where there is gas. BP on the way in from the south and a shell on the way out to the North. Coming from Taranaki, I think the fuel before is G.A.S. at PioPio and after will be Otorahonga.

There is fuel at Te Araroa although they're not reliable out of hours, it won't be a problem on the SX as you're there between 11am & 1pm. There's a few G.A.S. stops on the southern side which won't be much good to you and I don't recall any between te Araroa & Opotiki.

[Okey Dokey]

That's great. Thank you, KoroJ!

[Jantar]

There is also fuel at Mangakino.

[banditrider]

Leaving Palmy 07:15 on Friday - can't wait! :scooter:

[Gremlin]

so jealous... bastards... have fun the lot of you

[Highlander]

so jealous... bastards... have fun the lot of you

Me too. Wish I was there this year.

[Jantar]

so jealous... bastards... have fun the lot of you
I thought you were doing it. :gob:

[LBD]

I thought you were doing it. :gob:

His bike is bent and mine is still inside the Chch corden....so I have pulled out as well....buggar.

[Gremlin]

I thought you were doing it. :gob:
Ah, perhaps you haven't heard... as LBD has touched on it... the bike isn't uh... as it once was...

Got it back into Auckland on Wednesday night... I can't wait for a front brake again... linked brakes are better than rear only, but not by much.

I'll blog the whole story tomorrow...