Ride to Taupo 17 Dec

[SpankMe]

Meet at Papakura Autobahn at 13:30 for a 14:00 departure.

Suggested route.

Ngaruawhaia, Pirongia, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi and across to Whakamaru, down SH32 (West Taupo route) and cut across to Taupo via the Poihipi Rd.

Register your attendance here. (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=658&day=2005-12-17)

[Zapf]

Anyone riding to KB Trackday and staying the night at Taupo?

If so I want to hear from YAS! thinking of doing the senic route down on Sat if anyone want to join in.

[MacD]

Yep, planning on heading down Saturday afternoon most likely. SpankMe is also riding down, I think he was looking to leave about 2pm (there are a couple of posts in Frosty's trackday thread).

I had thought about heading down through Ngaruawhaia, Pirongia, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi and across to Whakamaru (same route as Quasi used for the National Park meet). From Whakamaru you can either go across to Atiamuri (SH1) or down SH32 (West Taupo route) and cut across to Taupo via the Poihipi Rd.

What way were you thinking of going?

EDIT: added a couple of maps of possible route

[Zapf]

Yep, planning on heading down Saturday afternoon most likely. SpankMe is also riding down, I think he was looking to leave about 2pm (there are a couple of posts in Frosty's trackday thread).

I had thought about heading down through Ngaruawhaia, Pirongia, Te Awamutu, Kihikihi and across to Whakamaru (same route as Quasi used for the National Park meet). From Whakamaru you can either go across to Atiamuri (SH1) or down SH32 (West Taupo route) and cut across to Taupo via the Pohipi Rd.

What way were you thinking of going?

pretty much exactly the same way :)

[trumpy]

Just a suggestion...if you want to continue your fun a little longer...instead of turning down Poihipi Rd, carry on the Western Access rd for another 13km and turn down Whangamata rd (2nd left past Poihipi). Don't be fooled by the first 5km after that it becomes a mix of fast sweepers and tighter fun stuff. Went through there a couple of hours ago and the surface is in good condition, no roadworks, no loose shingle, no shiny black bits and not a single car.
Whagamata rd goes past Kinloch and joins onto the southern end of Poihipi rd...you miss out the long straight boring bits on Poihipi.
Anyway.......just a suggestion.

[Zapf]

Just a suggestion... boring bits on Poihipi.
Anyway.......just a suggestion.

sounds good... thanks for the tip...

[SpankMe]

Who else (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=658&day=2005-12-17) is riding down to Taupo on Saturday?

[Zapf]

anyone know of a friendly cage heading that way I can lobb a bag or 2 into?

[Gazzar]

Yes i am rideing down on the 17th and would like to join you.
i hope i do not hold you up to much as i ride about medium pace
the roads listed above sound good to me.:2thumbsup
gary

[Mental Trousers]

I'm happy to meet up with you guys out at Pirongia or Whatawhata (prefer this one) as I'll be heading down on Saturday and staying at the motel Saturday night.

[MadDuck]

Im planning to ride down Saturday but will I be too slow for your group SpankMe???

Will register and play by ear

[Drunken Monkey]

That sell-out Spankme is going down in Death's truck.
AFAIK there's still about half a dozen of us going, most likely down the route as described by MacD.
Can we have some confirmations so we can get a meet up place sorted? Might move it forwards to 12:00 meet for 12:30 depart.

Edit => Ignore me, I probably have it wrong.

[Zapf]

yea am happy to leave earlier... :)

[SpankMe]

That sell-out Spankme is going down in Death's truck.

Say what! :angry: I don't think I've been more offended since someone at work started a rumor that I was selling my bike to buy a cage. :blank:


yea am happy to leave earlier...

Whats ya hurry to get down there? I'd rather have lunch first, then start heading down.

[MacD]

Can we have some confirmations so we can get a meet up place sorted? Might move it forwards to 12:00 meet for 12:30 depart.

Edit => Ignore me, I probably have it wrong.

I won't be able to get there until around 1:45pm so a 2.00pm departure suits me.

MadDuck: I won't be risking my licence on the way down as I am travelling on from Taupo, so I'm sure you'll be fine.

[dss3]

I'll be heading down on sat. not sure whether on the bike or not yet though, if so I'll tag alone for sure.

Daryl

[Zapf]

Whats ya hurry to get down there? I'd rather have lunch first, then start heading down.

don't want to get there too late... knowing that I'll take a few rest stops on the way as well right. How about early lunch? Any guess at how long to ride down there.... ermm (4 hours? with 1 or 2 short stops)?

[Mental Trousers]

Leaving at 2 should get to Taupo just in time for Pizza and beer. Sounds good to me.

[Drunken Monkey]

Say what! :angry: I don't think I've been more offended since someone at work started a rumor that I was selling my bike to buy a cage. :blank:

I do beleive it was reading this:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=432473&postcount=34

That led me astray. It wasn't until I 'opened my big proverbial' that I realised you were probably sending another bike down to race one.

2pm is fine.

[Drunken Monkey]

I'll be heading down on sat. not sure whether on the bike or not yet though, if so I'll tag alone for sure.

Daryl

I've still got your mobile number, unless it's changed since last time. Where do you want to meet up?

[Test Pilot]

Ill be joining you guys for the ride down, but when you guys turn down 32 ill contniue on 30 to Rotorua for the night. 2PM leave time sounds good to me but what ever the massive decide ill be there

[SpankMe]

Anyone taking a cage down Saturday or before that can take the KB flag down?

[bugjuice]

I am.. I can bring it with me if you want, and I should have some room for anything else. Can't promise heaps of room, but can take some stuff

[unhingedlizard]

I might be going if not too bloodly tired but will be going from te Kuiti not pirongia. nice back roads to taupo from here.

[Velox]

Any of you guys heading back up to Auckland via any interesting way on Mon, or is everyone going back on Sun? Me and Vasaline Warrior are probably coming up to Auckland on Mon (just till Tues morn).

[Zapf]

Any of you guys heading back up to Auckland via any interesting way on Mon, or is everyone going back on Sun? Me and Vasaline Warrior are probably coming up to Auckland on Mon (just till Tues morn).

if ya going to Auckland on monday I might join yas and go via intersting roads...

[Test Pilot]

im going back to AK on monday morning as well, only im leaving from rotavegas so if you guys are meeting anywhere id be keen

[dss3]

I've still got your mobile number, unless it's changed since last time. Where do you want to meet up?

Yeah I still have the same number, but I have gone soft and are going to take bike down on the back of the Ute. Body is still a bit too sore to handle that much riding in one day.

[Velox]

Zapf - sounds good mate! Catch up with you on Sun.

micgoo - do you want to pm me your cell no and we'll let you know what time we're thinking of heading off. I can't see it being a very early morning departure though. Do you have to be there by a certain time?

[Zapf]

Zapf - sounds good mate! Catch up with you on Sun.

micgoo - do you want to pm me your cell no and we'll let you know what time we're thinking of heading off. I can't see it being a very early morning departure though. Do you have to be there by a certain time?

cool.... generally the more interesting roads are to the west of hamilton... and hence that makes Rotavagus much futher east of where we want to be.... Micgoo... have you any interesting route suggestions to entice us? :yes:

[Test Pilot]

im new to those roads, well iv driven them here and there. Im ridding down on sat with the others and the route we are taking looks interesting, so ill pay attention and possibly that could be a good route to take. Ill leave rotorua on highway 30 and meet at the turn off from 32 (from taupo)

[Test Pilot]

we can discuss it properly in the flesh on sunday (probably easier)

[swanman]

I'm in for ride down Sat. OVernite in Taupo beers etc, watch racing then back up on Sunday afternoon. Felix r u and spank going together?

I have just booked a single room at central backpackers in centre of Taupo. $30, seems like a good deal. No distance from the pubs and still only 5 mins from the track.

[Mental Trousers]

Where and when should I meet up with you guys?? Whatawhata or Pirongia is good.

[Zapf]

I'm in for ride down Sat. OVernite in Taupo beers etc, watch racing then back up on Sunday afternoon. Felix r u and spank going together?

I have just booked a single room at central backpackers in centre of Taupo. $30, seems like a good deal. No distance from the pubs and still only 5 mins from the track.

yep.... will be departing with Spank at 1400 from AB... no point riding down myself.. might have a nice "camera" to catch all your monos! :banana:

[Test Pilot]

Hey anyone got any idea what the weather will be like on sat and sun ???, will be shit if it rains

[SpankMe]

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[Test Pilot]

looks like we might just get lucky

[swanman]

DSS you still want that owners manual for 2004 R1?

[RiderInBlack]

Should have "Roxanne" ready in time to make Pap Auto Barn by 1:30pm from Whangarei easy. C U All at the Pap Auto Barn:Punk:

[MacD]

I'll be at the Autobahn at around 1:45pm.


Where and when should I meet up with you guys?? Whatawhata or Pirongia is good.

Somebody remind me to txt MTrousers when we leave, we're meeting him at Whatawhata!

[erik]

Me and ranzer (my brother) are heading down on saturday.
I'm not sure if we'll join your group or make our own way down, my bro hasn't got a lot of open road experience and so is wary of being on the road for too long.
But I don't think I could stand it sticking to SH1 the whole way...!
Will see what happens.

[swanman]

Weather forecast has turned a bit shaky. Pissing down here (ALbany). Forecast for Sunday in Taupo is good though. Could be a wet ride down.

[SpankMe]

I just went down to AMPS to buy some DriRider wet wether gear to go over my leathers.

If it stays shitty, I might just go straight down SH1 as doing the twisties when it's this wet is no fun. Also the extra wet wether gear in this heat is even less fun so getting to Taupo sooner might be better.

[MacD]

Bit wet here too!

Yeah, SH1 may be the best bet. There's always 1B via Gordonton (turn off at Taupiri, joins in again at Cambridge), mostly flat and straight but avoids Hamilton.

[NinjaBoy]

I vote that we get there using the fastest direct route possible. No fun travelling in the Rain.

[Mental Trousers]

Hamilton is wet - constant but light. Unfortunately not light enough to do without wets, but not heavy enough to wash all the shit off the road.

txt me with where and when to meet you guys please.

[TONO]

Very wet in Rotovegas this morning with squalls going through every hour, about 20 deg tho'.
Does look to be clearing a bit right now with the sun trying to come out.
I would T/O SH1 at Taupiri and go down 1B through Gordonton as suggested, good road, miss a lot of traffic & Hamilton.
Ride safely you guys and might see you in Taupo on the morrow.

Cheers
TC

[erik]

me and ranzer are aiming to leave around 2-3pm from west auckland. won't make the 2 o'clock leave at the AB, so see you guys down there. SH1 for us as well.

[SPman]

Well - they were off - in the pissing down rain from the autobahn. I had previously canned it - not yet up to a track day, unfortunately......

[swanman]

Ride down was a bit crap really. I got seperated from the group twice. WHich led to them wasting time trying to find me and vice versa in the pissing rain. Fuck was it wet, one of the wettest trips I have ever done. Still we all got there in the end.

Thanks rider in black for making the effort to find me.

[Mental Trousers]

Sorry for making everyone wait for me. I read this thread before leaving and people were saying SH1 would be the best bet in the crap rain so I went out to Cambridge and had some KFC. But of course they all stuck to the original plan and MacD had put the wrong number in his fun so couldn't inform me. But nevermind. I was hungover anyway and droning down sh1 cold and wet soon sorted that out.

[Drunken Monkey]

At least the ride back was good. Big ups to Rider in Black for running sweeper with the Radar detector, both down and back.

[RiderInBlack]

At least the ride back was good. Big ups to Rider in Black for running sweeper with the Radar detector, both down and back.All Good DM:chase: Thanks for the company on the way back (you too MTrousers). It made to trip up a little less boring:zzzz: Had just finished "Killing A Clown" @ the Puke Autobarn, when those slow coaches on the Busa and Blackbird arrived. They were a good 1/2hour behind. Good on them for helping Quasi pack, but I was not going to hang around Taupo any longer. As it was I didn't get home until 10:45ish (made few longer stops on home), but glad ot be in my own bed.

[NinjaBoy]

All Good DM:chase: Thanks for the company on the way back (you too MTrousers). It made to trip up a little less boring:zzzz: Had just finished "Killing A Clown" @ the Puke Autobarn, when those slow coaches on the Busa and Blackbird arrived. They were a good 1/2hour behind. Good on them for helping Quasi pack, but I was not going to hang around Taupo any longer. As it was I didn't get home until 10:45ish (made few longer stops on home), but glad ot be in my own bed.

Somehow I thought you had already left, DM said he was riding back with Chris and they wouldn't be "hangin 'round". So I thought I'd get a bit of a head start before you'd catch me.

The three of you past me at the Gull Station between Taupo/Tokoroa. Had to stop to retighten the mirror (flopping around) and pump up the tyres....

I eventually caught up just before Tirau turnoff. I was sure you would be close behind but obviously not. Anyway got to Puke at 7.10pm to re-fuel for the home straight...


Thanks for the company on the ride down ..

[Mental Trousers]

At least the ride back was good. Big ups to Rider in Black for running sweeper with the Radar detector, both down and back.

The ride back seemed to take no time at all. Was good to have some company.