Ride Interest Check - Sunday 4th or 11th

[placidfemme]

Hey

I'm looking at planning a nice slow ride up to Wenderholm Regional Park, just past Waiwera Thermal Resort, on the Hibiscus Coast Highway 1.

A route and meeting points havn't been decided as of yet. The point of this ride is to take a cruisy ride up there to brake Sam in with her first group ride.

Seeing as it is going to be a slow ride, we can either take our own lunch and have a picnic type thing while up there, and because it's a slow ride this would be the perfect oppertunity to bring along a pillion and just cruise.

As mentioned the proposed date is either Sunday the 4th or Sunday the 11th, because I have to work on Saturdays until 2pm.

Any suggestions on other easy routes or destinations, we're looking to keep the ride under 200km if possible.

[Gremlin]

Wellsford and back?? SH16?? Either old north road, or just do the normal 16 route, very easy route...

I might be interested...

[Grizz]

If the weather is ok also might be a starter.

[Dodgyiti]

Yep,
Could be keen. I would be 2up so slow 100/120kmh is fine.
Post the Sunday its on for and will see if its possible to make it.

[SlashWylde]

Sunday 11th gets my vote as Sun 4th is Fathers Day Drags @ Meremere

[placidfemme]

Wellsford and back?? SH16?? Either old north road, or just do the normal 16 route, very easy route...

I might be interested...

:) That sounds like a better idea (a slightly longer ride). I've never been on a ride up that way, so I'll see if I can dig up a previous ride and hopefully find a map. At the moment Sunday the 11th is looking more certain. Of course Weather depending...


If the weather is ok also might be a starter.

yup weather depending :) I'm not keen on riding in the wet or heavy winds either, if the weather reports are correct (which they nearly never are) we should know about 3 days in advance what the weather is looking like :) Give us plenty of time to cancel


Yep,
Could be keen. I would be 2up so slow 100/120kmh is fine.
Post the Sunday its on for and will see if its possible to make it.

Yup 100/120kph is great, Sam will be riding a 150 so she won't be hooning around, also might have a friend on a cruiser coming, if the crowd is big enough there will obviously be some people hooning off ahead, but there will be a slower pack just taking it easy :)

[placidfemme]

Sunday 11th gets my vote as Sun 4th is Fathers Day Drags @ Meremere

Sweet, it's leaning more towards the 11th for us too, Sam's brother is having his 21st on the weekend of the 4th... and as you mentioned... Fathers Day too...

*has never been to the Drags @ Meremere*

[aff-man]

hmmmmmm we'll see......

Please post a route as soon as ya know. Cheers.

[placidfemme]

hmmmmmm we'll see......

Please post a route as soon as ya know. Cheers.

Will do :) Then you can show off your new wheels :ride:

[crashe]

Keen if the weather is good.

[Stroker Girl]

Sounds like a good idea. Got a friend who wants to take a new pillion for a ride so he will probably be keen too.

[GR81]

Count me in... i'm keen either day.

it'll give me a good chance to stretch the legs on the new bike :ride:

[InDeSkyz]

I'm interested, but hesitant.
I seem to be riding less than 100khm. It's more rather around 80-90khm.
(That will probably change the more I get used to my bike I assume).

[crashe]

I'm interested, but hesitant.
I seem to be riding less than 100khm. It's more rather around 80-90khm.
(That will probably change the more I get used to my bike I assume).


The more you ride, then the better confident you will become to ride that little bit faster.

I am just across the way from you... if you want to go out and ride to build up more confidence... then PM me... I am free most days.
I know a nice route to ride for learners... plus even going up and down the motorway (non peak times of course) will help as well.

[Two Smoker]

Ill see if i can make it on the GSX-R600... we will see later....

[Gremlin]

:) That sounds like a better idea (a slightly longer ride). I've never been on a ride up that way, so I'll see if I can dig up a previous ride and hopefully find a map. At the moment Sunday the 11th is looking more certain. Of course Weather depending...
The 250 ride that gareth_d organised was a good ride, I spent two more rides (and a crash) trying to follow the route and couldn't quite get the whole lot together, so I won't be the guide...

Started at Westgate, out to Muriwai, back to Kumeu or something, then I suspect the old North Rd, joined SH16 between Helensville and Wellsford. From there, some went back the same way, some of us went back down SH1.


yup weather depending :) I'm not keen on riding in the wet or heavy winds either, if the weather reports are correct (which they nearly never are) we should know about 3 days in advance what the weather is looking like :) Give us plenty of time to cancel
weekend riders... humpf :oi-grr: When the bike starts moving in the corners its time to learn some handling... :devil2:

[placidfemme]

The 250 ride that gareth_d organised was a good ride, I spent two more rides (and a crash) trying to follow the route and couldn't quite get the whole lot together, so I won't be the guide...

Started at Westgate, out to Muriwai, back to Kumeu or something, then I suspect the old North Rd, joined SH16 between Helensville and Wellsford. From there, some went back the same way, some of us went back down SH1.


weekend riders... humpf :oi-grr: When the bike starts moving in the corners its time to learn some handling... :devil2:

*isn't a weekend rider... rides my bike everyday*

Anyway... seeing as this is going to be a slow cruisy ride, bad weather would make is more crap for any learners and pillions coming along.

I'm still planning the route, and I will post a map and stuff later on today or early tomorrow. But it is deffinatly for the 11th.

[placidfemme]

Sounds like a good idea. Got a friend who wants to take a new pillion for a ride so he will probably be keen too.

Sweet, the more the merrier. And as mentioned, the pace is slow/medium so it would be an enjoyable ride for pillions :)


Count me in... i'm keen either day.

it'll give me a good chance to stretch the legs on the new bike

It's Sunday the 11th :) Gotta love breaking in new bikes huh? :)


I'm interested, but hesitant.
I seem to be riding less than 100khm. It's more rather around 80-90khm.
(That will probably change the more I get used to my bike I assume).

Your still more than welcome to come along, as mentioned it will be a slowish ride, as Crashe mentioned you can organise to have a few warm up rides with her, I've ridden with her before, she's a good rider, and very patient, send her a PM and organise a smallish practise run, infact, if you do that let me know and I might plod along too if I'm not working :)


Ill see if i can make it on the GSX-R600... we will see later....

We look forward to riding with ya if you can make it.

~~

Now as soon as I have the route organised, I will be starting a new thread with definate details :)

[aff-man]

Any reason why it's 2 and a bit weeks away??

[placidfemme]

Yeah this weekend, I have work on Saturday, and plans for Saturday night (maybe hangover material) and then I have to visit my gran this weekend :) Because she thinks I'm cool :)

Then next weekend Sam is going to Whangarei for her brothers 21st so she won't be back until Monday... so the weekend after (the 11th) is the soonest possible date/time we can both make it...

Also this gives people plenty of notice and it gives me time to sort out a route (I've never been up SH16 to Wellsford so I dunno where we're going... still sorting that out)

:)

[Damon]

If the weather is good on the 11th i'm in, the 4th is no good because i'll be comming back from the Kiwi

[hondaboy]

I'm a starter if it is on the 11th ... thru Coatesville/ riverhead turn right and back roads to helensville and then KKK and whereever from there are pretty quiet and can be taken at what ever pace you want ..

[placidfemme]

Ok everyone, an offical ride event thread has been created for this interest check.

Please confirm here if you are interested in coming and so forth:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=326296#post326296