MD
2nd March 2022, 21:13
Wow my 2018 ride report is still on the front page of this dusty forgotten topic. So four years later and time for another long weekend report. Just because no else can be bothered.
Thursday 24/02/22 13.26 pm approximately departure from Kapiti. Good warm day. Good start that. Packed only light clothes. Turned out to be a safe decision.
Picked up three friends waiting for us in Bulls, then through to Wanganui pub to collect the last Lad who rode down from Taupo. Now eight of us. A good number for a group ride. Sun setting as we rode around the Surf Highway to New Plymouth was excellent. Usually we can find accommodation easily and 'negotiate' a discount but at 9pm in Naki we were pushing it, so just made for the Autolodge which was sweet.
Next day we aimed for Whitianga. Lots of bikes on the roads, groups going this way and groups going that way. One of our lads needed an urgent bald tyre replaced so that gave me a couple of hours to visit my Sister in Hamilton, which was a bonus.
Costs of motels seems to be a bit rich in Coromandel thanks to all those Aucklanders filling the place. Still the Whitianga Hotel was humming with kaoroke and one of us we later learned does a bit of pub singing on the side. He immediately signs up to sing. We all laugh and mock the pending embarrassment he was in for. First song and whole room was in awe and for the next 2 nights he could have had his pick of the cougars dribbling over his Engelbert Humperdink silky tones. We are all expecting to come down with Omnicron since we partied close to a bunch of Aucklanders. This cute English chick said all her friends in Auckland have it but she did do a negative RAT test before driving down.
We started to feel the pinch at the pump with one of GS1200 Boxers taking $70 !!! By the way you haven't seen a wheelie until you see someone do a 1km long standup wheelie on a BMW GS1200 Boxer adventure thingy that is 8 feet tall and half a ton.
I rode 900km to distance myself from those selfish wanker protesters at Parliament only to have the bastards have a rally in Whitianga. Driving around the Cafe scene circuit waving our flag yelling they are fighting for our freedom. Freedom from idiots would have been nice. Upside was there seemed to be no Police on the roads all weekend.
Sunday was a long day in the saddle from Whitianga to Kapiti. The hills out of Whitianga were empty of traffic so that was a blast. Well, as much a blast as you can have on a cruiser. From Te Aroha the rolling backroads were fun through to Tirau. Tokoroa we turned right and made the wise call to go down the west side of Lake Taupo.
The Indian was popular at every stop. No bull, twice sitting at a cafe and a stranger comes up asking if he can take pictures of the Indian. Although we had a Yamaha MT01 in the group which was a crowd favorite as well. Apparently only 9 in NZ.
The Indian did blow a fork seal last day but eight bikes covering 2,000 odd kms and that's all that went wrong then that's OK.
Here's us parked up at some country Cheese cafe with damn nice pies.
Come on someone else write a report about actually using or riding or doing something motorcycle related.
Thursday 24/02/22 13.26 pm approximately departure from Kapiti. Good warm day. Good start that. Packed only light clothes. Turned out to be a safe decision.
Picked up three friends waiting for us in Bulls, then through to Wanganui pub to collect the last Lad who rode down from Taupo. Now eight of us. A good number for a group ride. Sun setting as we rode around the Surf Highway to New Plymouth was excellent. Usually we can find accommodation easily and 'negotiate' a discount but at 9pm in Naki we were pushing it, so just made for the Autolodge which was sweet.
Next day we aimed for Whitianga. Lots of bikes on the roads, groups going this way and groups going that way. One of our lads needed an urgent bald tyre replaced so that gave me a couple of hours to visit my Sister in Hamilton, which was a bonus.
Costs of motels seems to be a bit rich in Coromandel thanks to all those Aucklanders filling the place. Still the Whitianga Hotel was humming with kaoroke and one of us we later learned does a bit of pub singing on the side. He immediately signs up to sing. We all laugh and mock the pending embarrassment he was in for. First song and whole room was in awe and for the next 2 nights he could have had his pick of the cougars dribbling over his Engelbert Humperdink silky tones. We are all expecting to come down with Omnicron since we partied close to a bunch of Aucklanders. This cute English chick said all her friends in Auckland have it but she did do a negative RAT test before driving down.
We started to feel the pinch at the pump with one of GS1200 Boxers taking $70 !!! By the way you haven't seen a wheelie until you see someone do a 1km long standup wheelie on a BMW GS1200 Boxer adventure thingy that is 8 feet tall and half a ton.
I rode 900km to distance myself from those selfish wanker protesters at Parliament only to have the bastards have a rally in Whitianga. Driving around the Cafe scene circuit waving our flag yelling they are fighting for our freedom. Freedom from idiots would have been nice. Upside was there seemed to be no Police on the roads all weekend.
Sunday was a long day in the saddle from Whitianga to Kapiti. The hills out of Whitianga were empty of traffic so that was a blast. Well, as much a blast as you can have on a cruiser. From Te Aroha the rolling backroads were fun through to Tirau. Tokoroa we turned right and made the wise call to go down the west side of Lake Taupo.
The Indian was popular at every stop. No bull, twice sitting at a cafe and a stranger comes up asking if he can take pictures of the Indian. Although we had a Yamaha MT01 in the group which was a crowd favorite as well. Apparently only 9 in NZ.
The Indian did blow a fork seal last day but eight bikes covering 2,000 odd kms and that's all that went wrong then that's OK.
Here's us parked up at some country Cheese cafe with damn nice pies.
Come on someone else write a report about actually using or riding or doing something motorcycle related.