SH36 Nice ride, what else do you have there?

[Ulsterkiwi]

Was up visiting family in the Waikato over the long weekend . Pootled over to Tauranga as a slight diversion. Took SH29 going there and SH36 to Rotorua on the way back south.
That was a very fun road :woohoo:

Will be up that way again in early spring, looking forward to riding that road again. How does it compare to SH33? Are there minor roads up there which are worth paying a visit to?

[Gremlin]

Oturoa Rd is better than sitting on SH5. Old Te Aroha Rd is also a nice road.

Other side of SH1, SH30 from SH1 to Te Kuiti and Old Taupo Rd are also good.

That's some stuff off the top of my head. East Cape is always enjoyable? :innocent:

[Ulsterkiwi]

cheers!

yup, this is all stemming from my intent to go see East Cape, silly to go all the way up there and not properly explore ;)

[Maha]

Just a little, but outstanding 350km loop of south Waikato/King Country.

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/dir/Te+Awamutu/Mangakino/Te+Kuiti/Taumarunui/-38.8709948,175.6851385/Whakamaru/@-38.4582867,174.9153045,9z/data=!4m33!4m32!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6ce73b69e079a9:0x500 ef6143a30af0!2m2!1d175.3127886!2d-38.0059013!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6c7946791a22b7:0x500ef614 3a2ddc0!2m2!1d175.7743577!2d-38.368473!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6cba0247660d1b:0x500ef6143 a30bb0!2m2!1d175.1634562!2d-38.3329835!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6b46ddb5a7240b:0x500ef614 3a309c0!2m2!1d175.260712!2d-38.8832463!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6c70f11a5ff31b:0x500e f6143a2f290!2m2!1d175.8063251!2d-38.4230494!3e0

[Ulsterkiwi]

cheers! :niceone:

[insomnia01]

grab a atlas & enjoy !! there are heaps of possibilty's :msn-wink: Waipapa Rd is a must if heading to Whakamaru or onwards to Taupo, SH30 from Te kuiti to Bennydale is enjoyable & for something abit diffirant, turn off at Waimeha head down to Ongarue (time it right & you can have a run with the train) & onto Taumaranui.....

[slofox]

Check out Motowhere. Lots of rides in that general area are recorded on that site.

[igor]

you guys really got to get out more or do you ride Harleys.There are 100's of kms out there that are not State Highways.

Go get some AA maps with all the roads marked on them by name and start riding up a few. You will amazed.

I had done one of my favorite loops a while back and was at Bosco at Te Kuiti. Spoke to a group of riders from Nth of the Bombays. They had rode all the way down to Wanganui to do the river road. done it and were heading home. Nearly pissed myself. Ya ride 500kms each way to do one road. Ya shittin me

Talk about tunnel vision. One road the would of enjoyed is 22kms north of Taumaranui, through Waimiha and come out at Bennydale. Nah better not leave the SH.

[russd7]

easiest way to find new roads is just turn off somewhere, if ya run out of road then turn round and go back, personally don't use maps and don't own gps, never get lost but do sometimes take the scenic route, sometimes in the wrong direction but never lost, occasionally we go on a ride and we be flying past an intersection and mates arm will go out and brakes will go on, turn around and take that road, just as well we are not afraid of gravel roads either cause we often end up on them as well :wings: