Raglan mission!!! September 15th to 17th

[ben]

‘Escape’ is a young adult youth camp that will be held in raglan for 18yrs to late 20s.

Food and accommodation for the weekend is only $60.

I am planning on going to this camp and am keen to ride down from Auckland, and it would be mean if I had someone to ride with. (all gear can be loaded into the cages)

There is lots of ‘free time’ when pretty much everyone will head to the beach for a surf etc; I plan to use this time to explore the roads in the area.

I’m technically a ‘leaner,’ (may have restricted by sept) but I’ve been ridding for a year now and like a med to fast pace ride.

So anyone keen?

[ben]

‘Escape’ is a young adult youth camp that will be held in raglan for 18yrs to late 20s.

Food and accommodation for the weekend is only $60.

I am planning on going to this camp and am keen to ride down from Auckland, and it would be mean if I had someone to ride with. (all gear can be loaded into the cages)

There is lots of ‘free time’ when pretty much everyone will head to the beach for a surf etc; I plan to use this time to explore the roads in the area.

I’m technically a ‘leaner,’ (may have restricted by sept) but I’ve been ridding for a year now and like a med to fast pace ride.

Route to be decided…

So anyone keen?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&ea=attend&e=931

[91gsxr1100]

could be into that, this isnt one of those christian camps is it

[adiddy]

this sounds all good!!!!! id be happy to go just gotta makesure my money sides all good!!! got any more info on the camp ben?:scooter:

[Zapf]

what sort of youth camp and who is the organiser?

thanks.

[ben]

Camp Raglan

Camp stuff… bomb fire, archery/rifle range, flying fox, confidence course, BMX bike trails, beach, table tennis, basket ball, volley ball(indoor and outdoor), surfing, orienteering, eeling, Burma trails, and other electives to be announced. (I recommend my ‘unofficial’ elective which entails going for a CANE in the country side!!!)

Yes this is a Christian camp, put on by a west Auckland church
'Encounter Christian centre'

I’ve been to two already and they are really lacks, basically a relaxing weekend with a few meetings. (no happy clapper choirs I promise)

Food, accommodation, good times, all for $60!!!

[Motu]

Around the mountain = awesome ride.

[Zapf]

Camp Raglan

Camp stuff… bomb fire, archery/rifle range, flying fox, confidence course, BMX bike trails, beach, table tennis, basket ball, volley ball(indoor and outdoor), surfing, orienteering, eeling, Burma trails, and other electives to be announced. (I recommend my ‘unofficial’ elective which entails going for a CANE in the country side!!!)

Yes this is a Christian camp, put on by a west Auckland church
'Encounter Christian centre'

I’ve been to two already and they are really lacks, basically a relaxing weekend with a few meetings. (no happy clapper choirs I promise)

Food, accommodation, good times, all for $60!!!

But I want the Choirs.... I want the prayer.... and I want to worship God.!

Has 'Encounter Christian centre' got a website? What denomations are they?

[ben]

http://www.encounter.org.nz/

[adiddy]

sweet as , lets get 3 or 4 of us going to this aye guys??

[ben]

Register interest or PM me

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&ea=attend&e=931

[R6_kid]

might show up depending on money at the time. Will most likely be a last minute decision though.

[ben]

Sweet as.
I’ll check when the registrations are due and get back to you.
Probably see you on Saturday weather permitting.

[R6_kid]

Hey bro, im gonna try an make this. i'll bring my camera so we can show all the hotties how small your bike looks after i pass you and leave you behind :second: (jks)

Just figured out that i've already met you so atleast you're not some random. Would be cool to go down SH22 and then out to Raglan. I could also bring a spare helmet+gloves if you think there will be any girls wanting to go out for a ride (im not really a big fan of pillioning guys for obvious reasons).

Might have my clutch sorted by then too so could be some good wheelies on order :Punk:

[ben]

Sweet bro, I was going to take my spare lid too. But if you are giving rides then somehow I think your best will get all the attention.

At the moment I is me, you, and addidy. What is your mate Tristan up to that weekend?

[R6_kid]

will ask him, he may be flying/working but he could be keen for the ride there.

[R6_kid]

lol btw, he wants to ride your bike, so if you agree to that he might just come - you'd get to give his ZXR a thrash.

[ben]

I’ve told the organizers that it will be myself +3.
At the moment its R6 kid and addidy +1 (I can register for more up until Sunday night (10th).

[ZeroIndex]

OOOOHH.. as far as I can tell (money wise), I should be able to make it.... hopefully.. looks like a good camp type-thingy.. should be fun :)

[ben]

Yeah I’m keen to swap bikes for a while, but if I don’t like his I’m swapping back

[ZeroIndex]

Ben: still waiting for that PM reply..

[The Flux Capacita]

i'd be keen to just tag along for the ride on friday and head back in the arvo or evening, got work on sunday, $60 would be worth it though for food and accom in raglan for a weekend:D used to live there but we moved out because it was to exp to live there anymore

I mean WTF is up with that

anyhow what time you think you'l pass thru hamilton...depends if i get my bike going as well seeing as i binned it last saturday, just need a few things...would be kool to ride with another KR 150 though (yours will most likely be better than mine)

[adiddy]

hey dude, yeah i may be able to make it it all just depends aye

[ZeroIndex]

i'd be keen to just tag along for the ride on friday and head back in the arvo or evening, got work on sunday, $60 would be worth it though for food and accom in raglan for a weekend:D used to live there but we moved out because it was to exp to live there anymore

I mean WTF is up with that

anyhow what time you think you'l pass thru hamilton...depends if i get my bike going as well seeing as i binned it last saturday, just need a few things...would be kool to ride with another KR 150 though (yours will most likely be better than mine)

I'll be leaving hamilton after work on Friday, so yeah, I may ditch early depending on what time the rest of the KB's are coming through..

[ZeroIndex]

Hey Ben, sorry about this, but can you remove me from the registation for the camp.. Money is short, as I also had to get a new rear brake pads with my tires, chain and sprockets.. Will come along for a ride to Raglan on either Friday arvo, or Saturday arvo depending on weather conditions, but won't make the camp itself.. hope you guys have fun though.. thanks

[ben]

YO

I just got back from the intermediate age camp tonight, it was awesome! we blew a fuse once, lucky it was only during the band practice.

You guys from Hamilton should fully meet up on the day and ride out to meet us, im keen for some local knowleadge. Just PM me where and when.

I don’t mind if you just want to come for the ride. The more the merrier!

[ZeroIndex]

YO

I just got back from the intermediate age camp tonight, it was awesome! we blew a fuse once, lucky it was only during the band practice.

You guys from Hamilton should fully meet up on the day and ride out to meet us, im keen for some local knowleadge. Just PM me where and when.

I don’t mind if you just want to come for the ride. The more the merrier!

PM has been sent.. just give me a txt when you decide when and where the ride is gonna be :)

[The Flux Capacita]

PM has been sent.. just give me a txt when you decide when and where the ride is gonna be :)

yea same goes for me aye...if i really need to get my bike back road legal status i can with some uneven but working indicators at the front then all i have to do is twist all the otehr parts back together and glue the fairing to a whole piece again:done:

Zero just send me a text when your ready to leave and i'll be on me bike:scooter: ...wont' be able to go till like 11ish beacuse of class:angry:

[Maha]

Pity anyone who will be sleeping near/by/with Gareth.....:zzzz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4SfqgwLpLI

[ZeroIndex]

Pity anyone who will be sleeping near/by/with Gareth.....:zzzz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4SfqgwLpLI

you don't have to tell me twice (one of the reasons i'm only going for the ride)

that was so funny

[ZeroIndex]

yea same goes for me aye...if i really need to get my bike back road legal status i can with some uneven but working indicators at the front then all i have to do is twist all the otehr parts back together and glue the fairing to a whole piece again:done:

Zero just send me a text when your ready to leave and i'll be on me bike:scooter: ...wont' be able to go till like 11ish beacuse of class:angry:

I won't be leaving before 11 anyway, due to work..

[The Flux Capacita]

sweet as...i'll make my bike legal again and safe enough to ride and shoot down just because i haven't been riding for ages and seem to never have the time to go in groups with my job.

let me know when your leaving or ready to leave, if i'm ready before you i'll ride ova to dinsdale and hang round my mums till your on the road

text and let me know anyways:)

[ZeroIndex]

sweet as...i'll make my bike legal again and safe enough to ride and shoot down just because i haven't been riding for ages and seem to never have the time to go in groups with my job.

let me know when your leaving or ready to leave, if i'm ready before you i'll ride ova to dinsdale and hang round my mums till your on the road

text and let me know anyways:)

sounds good.. Yeah, I need to do that ride just to scrub my new tires in a bit :)

[ben]

Ok. Sounds like I’m the only one from Auckland, due to: NO $$$, Getting whipped by girlfriends, bikes not working…. etc

So ill meet you Hamilton guys in Huntly for lunch. At least I get some local knowledge.

[The Flux Capacita]

yea sucks when bikes aren't working...i can get mine going even if it does look cheap and nasty...what time you gona pass thru huntly? i've got uni till 11 and probably won't be road ready till about 11:30ish if i skip lunch

what time does the camp start for you? coz i and probably zero probably won't be able to leave till about lunch time if you wana wait around

[ZeroIndex]

Ok. Sounds like I’m the only one from Auckland, due to: NO $$$, Getting whipped by girlfriends, bikes not working…. etc

So ill meet you Hamilton guys in Huntly for lunch. At least I get some local knowledge.

yay.. the infamous 39.. yeah, if you count lunch as being 1pm, we should be able to make it.. (perhaps at the Ngaruawahia BP station?)

[R6_kid]

*might* be riding SH22 on saturday with my mate, but havent decided on that or coro loop yet. Ben you gonna head down Sh22 or do you live out huntly ways? We'd be leaving from Puke end sometime around 10ish i guess.

[ben]

Yeah id like to go down SH22 but if i go by myself ill probabily get lost LOL, so ill meet you at puke at 10:30? (na i dont live in huntly)

1pm Ngaruawahia BP station sounds good. The camp starts late like 7-7:30sh.

[ZeroIndex]

Yeah id like to go down SH22 but if i go by myself ill probabily get lost LOL, so ill meet you at puke at 10:30? (na i dont live in huntly)

1pm Ngaruawahia BP station sounds good. The camp starts late like 7-7:30sh.

well, it doesn't exactly take 7 hours to get from Ngaruawhaia to Raglan, so you may want to leave Auckland a bit later? And looking at my mail delivery for the next few days, making 1pm is gonna not work at all: spent 9pm last night until 8am this morning sorting mail, let alone delivering it, so maybe look at 3:30pm/4pm at Ngaruwahia, that's about the best I can do, unless you want to go through to Raglan earlier than that, in which case I'll just meet you guys in Raglan later on in the day..

[Krayy]

Hey Ben,

I have a leave pass to go riding on the Sunday, so what are your plans for heading home and what time would the camp break up?

We could do some tiki-touring around the upper Waikato on the way home if you're keen.

[ben]

well, it doesn't exactly take 7 hours to get from Ngaruawhaia to Raglan, so you may want to leave Auckland a bit later? And looking at my mail delivery for the next few days, making 1pm is gonna not work at all: spent 9pm last night until 8am this morning sorting mail, let alone delivering it, so maybe look at 3:30pm/4pm at Ngaruwahia, that's about the best I can do, unless you want to go through to Raglan earlier than that, in which case I'll just meet you guys in Raglan later on in the day..

True I was planning on helping set up (lights band gear etc). 3:30pm/4pm at Ngaruwahia then. sweet that will get me plenty of time to pick my bike up every time i go down trying to keep up with Gareth. LOL.

[ben]

Hey Ben,

I have a leave pass to go riding on the Sunday, so what are your plans for heading home and what time would the camp break up?

We could do some tiki-touring around the upper Waikato on the way home if you're keen.

sweet just PM me your phone number and ill give you a call in the weekend

[The Flux Capacita]

True I was planning on helping set up (lights band gear etc). 3:30pm/4pm at Ngaruwahia then. sweet that will get me plenty of time to pick my bike up every time i go down trying to keep up with Gareth. LOL.

sweet as i'll be there...the more time i have to make my bike rideable the better send me a text when your leaving for nga zero and we can ride up:scooter:

and i have a class (which i was probably going to skip anyway) at 2-3 pm but i'll go to that in my gear and just leave straigt after...only takes like 20 mins to get to nga

[ZeroIndex]

True I was planning on helping set up (lights band gear etc). 3:30pm/4pm at Ngaruwahia then. sweet that will get me plenty of time to pick my bike up every time i go down trying to keep up with Gareth. LOL.


sweet as i'll be there...the more time i have to make my bike rideable the better send me a text when your leaving for nga zero and we can ride up:scooter:

and i have a class (which i was probably going to skip anyway) at 2-3 pm but i'll go to that in my gear and just leave straigt after...only takes like 20 mins to get to nga

sweet, this is coming together nicely.. well, I've been asleep since 8:15am, and it's now 1:08pm, and I'm feeling less sleepy, so I think I may pop into the office, and deliver some of my mail.. cya

[ZeroIndex]

OK, just for confirmation, Ngaruwahia BP Station at 3:30pm
Flux: Will text you around 2:30pm to let you know my exact timing (probably meet at 3:00pm at the Caltex cnr. Whatawhata Rd/Culverdon Rd, head to Whatawhata, up the 39 to the Ngaruwahia BP)

Ben: see you guys at 3:30pm..

[ZeroIndex]

8:10am Friday Update: Bunches of grey cloud with a tiny spec of blue to the west of me (which could be goodish news), the only problem with the masses of the grey cloud: the rain which accompanies it.. looking at the weather forecast says more of this throughout the weekend, although I shall continue to hope that it clears by lunch, and that it is sunny for the rest of the afternoon, and that the roads are dry....

Flux: Will text you what ends up happening
Ben: Don't have your phone number, so I will PM you my one.. Give me a text sometime today to confirm meeting times etc

Re Update - 8:15am: A lot more blue is suddenly coming out, and the rain is dying down :)

[ZeroIndex]

Yet another update 8:20am: I take back what I said about the rain.. the sun has come out, and it's gonna be a beautiful day :D

[TerminalAddict]

where you bro?
its persisting down here (ruakura)

can't make the ride today .. sorry

[The Flux Capacita]

ok then hopefully i'll be there at 3 or very shortly after because i'll have to get across town from hillcrest...class finnishes at 3 so i'll just zip back to my flat and drop off my books and be on the road...my bike is back together and in rideable condition but i won't be breaking speed records today till i get back into the swing of things

will do my best to get a new front tire on the bike and i noticed my helmet has a few new scratches which is worrying...i dont recall dropping it at any stage and it seems fine but just incase i mite be looking at a new helmet as well:( will scab around for some $$$ i guess after the weekend...all i need is a nicer bike with all the gear ive got haha worth more than the bike itself

c you at 3...ish