Takaka Hill (21 March)

[MyGSXF]

**TAKAKA HILL**

Ride tomorrow (Sat 10th) :scooter:

Going over Takaka Hill.. to Collingwood :Punk:

Meet my place 10.30.. leave 11.

pm me for my addy, or txt/phn 027 2015 064 if ya wanna show up!!!!

be there or be square!!! :yes:

Jen :rockon:

[MyGSXF]

...bumpety bump...

any more Nelson takers out there tonight??? :scooter:

[Ghost_Bullet]

Brilliant idea for a ride, damn it lookin after the kids... I let the wife out, and she is going for a balloon ride in the morning, the least I could do given me jauntin to these rallies and all.
Oh and it would have been tight gettin to your house by 10.30 anyways...

Ta

Q

[Kornholio]

Only been over that road in a car dammit...ill get my bike down there one day, wicked road that...have fun :D

[NighthawkNZ]

Only been over that road in a car dammit...ill get my bike down there one day, wicked road that...have fun :D

my baby is off the road for a bit :( no go....

[MyGSXF]

Brilliant idea for a ride, damn it lookin after the kids... I let the wife out, and she is going for a balloon ride in the morning, the least I could do given me jauntin to these rallies and all.
Oh and it would have been tight gettin to your house by 10.30 anyways...


yeah.. the least you could do for ya poor missus.. you rally slut you!!! :dodge:

If ya turned left at the Kohatu.. & went down the Mot valley.. you'd shave some time off.. :shutup:

I'll have a cold one for ya Q.. while I'm sittin in the GOOOOORGEOUS garden bar out back of the Collingwood pub.. basking in the sunshine.. overlooking the inlet.. watching the wildlife.. with the sun glinting on the water.. enjoying the sounds of childfree peace... :shutup: :innocent:

[MyGSXF]

my baby is off the road for a bit :( no go....

:violin: that's what happens when ya ride like a nana.. :gob: ya seize ya motor!!! :chase:


wicked road that...have fun :D

I intend to!!!!! :wari:

[Ghost_Bullet]

yeah.. the least you could do for ya poor missus.. you rally slut you!!! :dodge:

If ya turned left at the Kohatu.. & went down the Mot valley.. you'd shave some time off.. :shutup:

I'll have a cold one for ya Q.. while I'm sittin in the GOOOOORGEOUS garden bar out back of the Collingwood pub.. basking in the sunshine.. overlooking the inlet.. watching the wildlife.. with the sun glinting on the water.. enjoying the sounds of childfree peace... :shutup: :innocent:

Oh yeah used to live in Ole Tapawera, back in the day. not a bad spot either.
Enjoy the cold one!!!!!!!!:Punk: , and the ride to get it!:scooter:

[MyGSXF]

Oh yeah used to live in Ole Tapawera, back in the day. not a bad spot either.

what years were you there Q???? My olds used to own the Korere store.. 1970 - 72/3 ish.. :yes: I have photos of me on the BIG flying foxes at Quinney's Bush when I was 3!!!!! :innocent:

[NighthawkNZ]

:violin: that's what happens when ya ride like a nana.. :gob: ya seize ya motor!!! :chase:


actually its the opposite... riding too hard and... no tyre left... hmmmm

[MyGSXF]

actually its the opposite... riding too hard and... no tyre left... hmmmm


:killingme

[MyGSXF]

Hi honey.. I'm home!! :Punk:

Maaan.. did I have one wicked day today!!!

Set off bout lunchtime.. destination.. over the famous Takaka Hill!! :love: on me own today.. all the other local buggas are doin the Dusty Butt ride today.. but hey.. that's cool.. I just cranked the music up another notch or two & sang at the top of me lungs!! :innocent:

Anyway.. beeeeeautiful day abound, the bike was humming & the traffic was relatively minimal! Wicked run up & over the hill.. with a plethoria of boot scraping a happening!! :banana: Stopped in Takaka for a wander, then onto Collingwood for a cold one in the garden bar at the pub. If ya haven't been there.. ya just gotta put it on ya top 10 list of rides!!! it's absolutely devine!!! overlooking the lagoon & it's ssoooooo peaceful!!! & the road between Takaka & Collingwood is superb!!!

Back on the road & headed out to Puponga, & the cafe overlooking Farewell Spit! Sat for a while enjoying the peace & looking through the big binoculars, watching the multitude of black swans that cover the bay.. thousands of them!!

A few bikes on the road.. all going the other direction!!

4pm by now & time to start heading back towards home. Have made mental note to self by now to add more bloody songs to mp3 :shutup: !!! Quick ride straight back to Takaka to top up the fueltank, then back up & over the hill. Timed myself from the site of the old Rat Trap pub, to the Riwaka pub.. 24 minutes. Several years ago, a mate on his xs850 did the run in 18 minutes.. 22 minutes with me on the back, & he KNEW that hill like the back of his hand.. so I figure my 24 minutes is pretty respectable!! :yes:

Home about 6.30.. with a sore butt!! haha. 390ish ks.. (according to count up on map) another mental note to self.. MUST get speedo drive replaced!! :Oops:

So there ya have it.. Jen's day out. & hey.. guess what.. :rolleyes: gunna do another one tomorrow... :lol: YEAH BABY!!!!

Jen :rockon:

here's some piccys for ya to drool over...

1) top of Takaka Hill.. looking over Abel Tasman National Park
2) Lookout looking down takaka side of hill
3) one of the gorgeous stretches of road on the hill
4) Mural in Takaka township

[MyGSXF]

more piccys:


1) Welcome to Collingwood
2) Collingwood lagoon
3) View from Collingwood pub garden bar!!
4) Looking at Farewell Spit from observation deck

[MyGSXF]

Last ones...

1) More of Farewell Spit.. as you can see, it is quite covered in big sand dunes!! & check out how many black swans there are.. photo doesn't do it justice really...

2) Your's truely.. with Nelson Bay in the background

3) Close up of the swans.. another one.. yeah yeah I know.. :shutup:

4) ferk all left of that tyre that hasn't touched the road!!!!! :Punk:

bedebedebede.. dat's all folks...


:rockon:

[Ghost_Bullet]

Awesome, jelous, though I did enjoy the day with the kids doing stuff... but sure would have loved that ride as well.....

[Bren_chch]

Oneday i'll do the Takaka Hill! :scooter: :yes:

[Buddha#81]

Nice pic's makes me homesick I use to live 100 meters from the old Rat Trap up the Cobb Rd a wee bit. :scooter: Been over that hill 1000's of times only recently on a bike.

[Kickaha]

I use to live 100 meters from the old Rat Trap

the pub with the crappiest service and grumpiest bar staff in NZ that I've been to so far

[NordieBoy]

the pub with the crappiest service and grumpiest bar staff in NZ that I've been to so far

How old are you?
It burned down what, 50 years ago.

[MyGSXF]

the pub with the crappiest service and grumpiest bar staff in NZ that I've been to so far

sounds like they rubbed off on you.. :dodge:


Nice pic's makes me homesick I use to live 100 meters from the old Rat Trap up the Cobb Rd a wee bit. :scooter:

Cheers.. caught my first Trout in the Cobb Dam :Punk: tis gorgeous up in there :yes:

[doc]

Pretty good chicken strips Girl, you got some scottish blood in ya somewhere.

[Kickaha]

How old are you?
It burned down what, 50 years ago.

no where near 50 years ago, mid nineties maybe?

[NordieBoy]

no where near 50 years ago, mid nineties maybe?

Mid to late 90's.
But you're still old.



I used to live in Pohara.
I still see the "Rat Trap" letters on the roof of the pub as I go around Eureka Bend and start heading down even though the pub isn't there anymore.

[UrbanMyth]

Maaan! i would have loved to have gone.Awesome ride, bet it was fun.

Nice pictures.

[terbang]

Four Auckland lads did the Takaka hill in Feb, when on the Sth Island safari.. Whizzed over and had a swim at some beach and whizzed back to recover over a pint in Motueka. Awesome ride for anyone down that way. Stopped on the way over to take in some views at a viewing point on the western side on a tight bend and the funniest thing happened. We watched a couple of bikes spiral their way up the hill and when they got to us one friendly rider, mid-bend on a triumph cruisery type bike, gave us a big friendly over the head wave at the instant his front end gave up and dived. Poor guy nearly crapped himself as he came so close to an off. A good recovery I might add. You Nelson types sure have a nice backyard.

[Buddha#81]

The owners wife burnt the place down after a scrap.....bitch. I have two things to remember it by. A jar of ashes and the CD sign (2 mtrs x 2 mtrs) off the fence.

A sad day I went up the weekend after it burned down with a mate who grew up in Takaka and drank a beer in the ashes and had a wizz in the urinal which was still there. It was a big part of the community. It was all that Upper Takaka had.

[Buddha#81]

Mid to late 90's.
But you're still old.



I used to live in Pohara.
I still see the "Rat Trap" letters on the roof of the pub as I go around Eureka Bend and start heading down even though the pub isn't there anymore.

You need to lay off the drugs.

[Warr]

The owners wife burnt the place down after a scrap.....bitch. I have two things to remember it by. A jar of ashes and the CD sign (2 mtrs x 2 mtrs) off the fence.

A sad day I went up the weekend after it burned down with a mate who grew up in Takaka and drank a beer in the ashes and had a wizz in the urinal which was still there. It was a big part of the community. It was all that Upper Takaka had.
Was over that way in Jan. Where was the Pub ??
Does anyone have any pic's they could put up ?

[Blairos]

Was over that way in Jan. Where was the Pub ??
Does anyone have any pic's they could put up ?

Let me see if I can dig some up from my old school days down that way... This could take a while, but if I find one, will post it asap

[Buddha#81]

Was over that way in Jan. Where was the Pub ??
Does anyone have any pic's they could put up ?

As you come of the Takaka hill the first house you come to on the left is on the Ratty site, It was moved from the hydro village to there a year after it was torched. The booze licience was transfered down the road to the community hall and renamed "the club" a good quiet place for a drink in the evening.

It was a two story place with veranders running around both stories and a huge "RAT TRAP" in white painted on its green roof you could read as you drove down the hill.

I remember many times being sent to the pub in my jammies to get the old man and ending up at the end of the bar with a bag of chips and a lemonade while the phone rang on unanswered..........many cold tea's because of that place.

[Warr]

I remember many times being sent to the pub in my jammies to get the old man and ending up at the end of the bar with a bag of chips and a lemonade while the phone rang on unanswered..........many cold tea's because of that place.
Haaa .. Wow that would have been so great. A cold dinner would have been a small price to pay for such an adventure!!

[Buddha#81]

Yeah good old days of my dogs better than yours, high country muster talk, how many hp the next tractor will need to tow the feedout wagon. Fights in the carpark when rival rugby teams meet up for a quick one before heading over the hill in the bus. It was just "one of those pubs" and some crazy cow burned it down out of spite.

[MyGSXF]

Pretty good chicken strips Girl, you got some scottish blood in ya somewhere.

lol.. nah.. just big balls... :gob: :shutup:



You Nelson types sure have a nice backyard.

yep.. sure do!! :Punk: any direction we go in we get a great ride. Theres, over the Whangamoas to Queen Charlotte Drive & round to Picton... or over the Hope Saddle to Murchison, then back through Nelson Lakes... or over the Takaka Hill.. sigh.. decisions decisions... :wait: :shake: wonderful boot scraping hills whichever way ya go!!! :banana:



The owners wife burnt the place down after a scrap.....bitch. I have two things to remember it by. A jar of ashes and the CD sign (2 mtrs x 2 mtrs) off the fence. I went up the weekend after it burned down with a mate who grew up in Takaka and drank a beer in the ashes and had a wizz in the urinal which was still there.

:shit: is that what happened to it... I never did hear!! Bugger aye!! :bye: it was a great institution for Upper Takaka for sure!!! Many a biker was heard to say.. "beer @ the Rat Trap?" to mates! Great you have some momentos SR!!! & some funny memories!!! :shutup: How come they never rebuilt it??? oh, because it was 'arson'.. they wouldn't have had insurance would they...??!!?? :scratch:

[xknuts]

It was a two story place with veranders running around both stories and a huge "RAT TRAP" in white painted on its green roof you could read as you drove down the hill.

Oh the memories! The sight of that roof from the Hill mean't only one thing- I'm stopping for a bevvie. Or 2 or 3 or 4. We were soooo responnnnsible then, eh?

[T.W.R]

4) ferk all left of that tyre that hasn't touched the road!!!!! :Punk:

bedebedebede.. dat's all folks...


:rockon:


Your going to have to update that picture :innocent: and add a couple more also :shutup:

And enlighten all to a certain lock-up on the run down the hill:shutup: :bleh:

[MyGSXF]

Your going to have to update that picture :innocent: and add a couple more also :shutup:

And enlighten all to a certain lock-up on the run down the hill:shutup: :bleh:

here's the same tyre.. bloody near ferked now!! :Punk: but I'm buggered if I know how you run your's OFF the edge of the tread.. leaving pit marks on the SIDE of the tyre wall!!! :gob:

was following my leather clad arse up the hill THAT inspiring... :drool: :innocent:

lock-up??? what lock-up?????? :shifty:

[T.W.R]

here's the same tyre.. bloody near ferked now!! but I'm buggered if I know how you run your's OFF the edge of the tread.. leaving pit marks on the SIDE of the tyre wall!!!

was following my leather clad arse up the hill THAT inspiring...

lock-up??? what lock-up??????


:bleh: The lock-up when you disappeared from sight trying to chase me down the hill :shutup: wondered where the fark ya got to until i saw your lights roll around a bend a few behind me, then what you told me later :gob:

:innocent: That tread is all paid for so you may as well use the whole lot :yes: nothing worse than only using half of what ya pay for :bleh:
I'm buggered if i know how I managed getting those marks on the sidewalls either :shutup:

I'll post up the piccys when I get to my own comp :innocent:

Great views up that hill aye :innocent: didn't know there were rock hoppers up there though:rolleyes:

[MyGSXF]

The lock-up when you disappeared from sight trying to chase me down the hill :shutup: wondered where the fark ya got to until i saw your lights roll around a bend a few behind me, then what you told me later :gob:

:shit: chase you down the hill... nah.. I was just admiring the scenery.... :innocent:


That tread is all paid for so you may as well use the whole lot :yes: nothing worse than only using half of what ya pay for

maybe I do have some Scottish blood in me after all.. coz I am sure making the most out of THAT $30 worth :shutup:


Great views up that hill aye :innocent: didn't know there were rock hoppers up there though:rolleyes:

Yep.. wicked views alright...:yes: but ya gotta watch out for them rock hoppers.. from what I hear, they have very sharp teeth... :blink:

[T.W.R]

I'll post up the piccys when I get to my own comp :innocent:



:innocent:






maybe I do have some Scottish blood in me after all.. coz I am sure making the most out of THAT $30 worth :shutup:



from what I hear, they have very sharp teeth... :blink:

For $30 those tyres are a steal :yes:

:shutup: a bit vocal too I believe :shifty:

Who's tinkered with the Date in the thread heading ???

[Lane]

As you come of the Takaka hill the first house you come to on the left is on the Ratty site, It was moved from the hydro village to there a year after it was torched. The booze licience was transfered down the road to the community hall and renamed "the club" a good quiet place for a drink in the evening.

It was a two story place with veranders running around both stories and a huge "RAT TRAP" in white painted on its green roof you could read as you drove down the hill.

I remember many times being sent to the pub in my jammies to get the old man and ending up at the end of the bar with a bag of chips and a lemonade while the phone rang on unanswered..........many cold tea's because of that place.
My dad grew up in Upper Takaka, before moving up to Wellington, so have spent a fair amount of time in Motueka/Takaka region. IOne of my Dad's best friend (Dave Harward) owns the house literally 50 m (if that) from the club (which is still referred to by some locals as the RatTrap incidentally). I myself have spent a few good nights at the pub there and had a great time. Such nice people around that area. I believe the roster for the bar rotates between locals (or at least it did last time I visited for a wedding down there). Love the area, and have only met awesome people down there.