Cold Kiwi 2004 # 2 [Archive] - Kiwi Biker forums

2nd September 2004, 06:46

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.I hope all you guys and guyesses going to/from the Kiwi have a safe journey.

I hope the weather is kind to you. I also hope the Forces of Evil (in the cars with blue/red flashing lights......) are kind to you also.

Take care, and let us all know how it goes.

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duckman

2nd September 2004, 09:41

Cheers Lynda,

Hope this weather sorts itself out by tomorrow.... :sunny:

DEATH_INC.

3rd September 2004, 07:07

maybe

3rd September 2004, 08:52

Cant make it bike is off the road and in being repaired. :disapint:

badlieutenant

3rd September 2004, 10:39

just came back along motorway heading north, hard to keep my eyes on the road. So many bikes heading south. Hope the guy on a old school suzi pulled over a papkura off ramp got his going ok, was gona stop and help but there was no where to park :(

clint640

5th September 2004, 14:14

Just back to Rotovegas, had a good weekend. Went down on Fri via Taumaranui which was a good run. Camped next to the hard case scooter team from Akl (throw another magnesium VW part on the fire!) to Wanganui for breakfast on Sat morning & back up via Pipiriki. Many lies told, much ginger wine consumed, then straight lined it home today on a 'deserted' desert road.

Cheers
Clint

Hitcher

5th September 2004, 18:26

There were squillions of Cold Kiwis heading south today as we were heading north. Mostly friendly souls, waving-wise. One guy on a Goldwing looked like he was moving house! A prize for best outfit went to a guy on Beemer we saw in Levin -- a fetching ski suit in mauve with pink inserts...

Holy Roller

5th September 2004, 20:41

This Cold Kiwi was much better than last year. The only complaints heard were the about the last 10 mins of the journey. I arrived a 1pm and the goat track was pretty rough then but I did not have the wait to check in like most. My young fella had a great time and wanted me to pre pay for next year. The snow shower on saturday morning made his day, he could tell his older bro that it snowed for him. Caught up with some guys from the brass monkey which was a bonus. Rain on Sunday morn soon passed, The Desert Rd was clear and a great dry trip home, the forces of evil were hard at work doing their thing with cages on the side of the road. The pix below say heaps more. Enjoy.
Hope to see you again next year as I missed everyone this year. Where do you all put your KB stickers?

Holy Roller

5th September 2004, 20:57

I'll up load the rest to the gallery.

Holy Roller

5th September 2004, 21:00

At least the ride out was considerably better than the expedition in

jrandom

5th September 2004, 21:10

Ah. Forgot about the Cold Kiwi.

I suspect that'd be what the general concentration of crusty types on cruisers was about, heading back up 16 yesterday afternoon, then.

I think I'd like to attend in a Ford Explorer with a 996 or summat on a trailer. :devil2:

SPman

5th September 2004, 22:16

Went down with better half. Stayed Friday night at Turangi and enjoyed a clear, fine Desert Rd on sat morning, before descending into the cloud and mist of Waiouru. The track in was the worst Ive seen it - a real mission.Usual events - hillclimb, burnouts, wheelstand comps, slow race, crusty old buggers and much hooning and yahooing.A fine display of trials riding put on by the NZ champ and his young offsider. The demise of old campaigner, Ratattack, which blew its engine in the burnout comp and was summarily executed by axe, set fire too, burnt out and dragged around the site by quad, before being turfed on the bonfire was fun! Usual evening events - lots of talking,no sleep, freeze near to death, gas bootle on the fire for a resounding early morning bang, and the traditional dickhead who rides through all the tents at 4.30 in the morning on his open piped Harley! Prick! I'd just got to sleep!
Saw Draco and Cold Kiwi but it was probably pure chance to meet others when it was hard enough meeting people you'd arranged to meet!
I think they'd graded the track coz it was a bit better going out, in the drizzle - Waiouru for breakfast with CK then home.I'm knackered!
Same again next year?
Maybe.

SPman

5th September 2004, 22:22

and some more - hopefully to complement H R 's

badlieutenant

5th September 2004, 23:06

I'll up load the rest to the gallery.
that burning bike has a early vfr engine, sob. what a waste :bye:

MOTOXXX

6th September 2004, 08:56

Me, Sparkybills and john boy went up on the friday.
Johnboy got there at about 2pm (i thought gates opend at 3pm, meh)
set up in the pine trees. I over herd a guy in the tent next to us say that it got down to minus 4 deg in the early hours of sat morn.

The light snow on sat morning was a nice touch.
Was my first time. I think id probly go again.
Id say the highlights of the trip would be when we were at the burnouts.
Guy rides up and he looked prety boozed, starts his burnout and his mate torpeedos a can of tui and makes him scull it then he crushes it on his head.
Also the bike on fire was a nice touch followd by towing it around behind a quad.
Also the guy on the R1 spiting flames was good.

Eddieb

6th September 2004, 09:35

I'll up load the rest to the gallery.

Hey HR

Looks like you were right by my tent, I was set up right beside that little cx500 powered 3 wheeler.

I saw JohnBoys ZXR750 for sale as well, although couldn't find him. That is one nice bike, someone buy it off him!.

I arrived saturday around 2:15. In the car unfortunately after last weeks gasket issues. My sister and her man come down from Hamilton so for us it's a chance to catch up with I always enjoy.

Saturday night was cold and noisy. I think I may have got 2 hours sleep. The crap music they cranked up after the bands finished didn't help. It sounded like the B52's whacked out.
That burning bike is (was) an early VFR 750. It threw a conrod through the front casing apparently. After that burning was the axe, then onto the main bonfire. By 2am there wasn't so much left. 1 side of the swingarm had melted, both rims had melted or burnt down to the wheel hubs.

Coldkiwi

6th September 2004, 12:58

hehe, good to see such an environmental concern at the cold kiwi with the burning tyres and bike! I was amazed at the number of blokes intent on getting a close up look at the burnouts and standing on the downwind side!

I never used to really mind harleys or their owners... until one of them did the bunch a MAJOR disservice by riding down the (slippery) hill 1ft from my tent at 3am, clearing out the guy ropes on the tent below me and somehow managing to slither through the gap of his bike (guy ropes went out to the bikes tyres!)

Had a flatty when I went to pack up on Sunday but Mike from cycletreads managed to scrounge up a suitable tyre (despite having packed everything away) that hadn't got sacrified on the bonfire so I could get home. Top bloke!

Definitely colder than last year and I generally got shower/sun/shower/sun on the way north but not too bad at all (900 kms on open roads and no speeding ticket has GOT to be good!)
Good band and fireworks display too. I REALLY need to get there earlier next year so I can see the hill climb.

Thx to SPman and Fran for the breakfast company in Waiouru. I'll have to make a trip down there when its warmer, dryer and I have a radar detector so I can fully enjoy the desert road!

Eddieb

6th September 2004, 14:43

Had a flatty when I went to pack up on Sunday but Mike from cycletreads managed to scrounge up a suitable tyre (despite having packed everything away) that hadn't got sacrified on the bonfire so I could get home. Top bloke!

I watched you ride up to Cycletreads. I was standing by the sound caravan waiting for the ute to come back and give me a lift up the hill to the car.

SpankMe

6th September 2004, 15:24

Busted

6th September 2004, 15:36

The road in on Friday suxed ... especialy with a bad miss on the GIXR. Smug guy on KLX 600 thought he was cool when he went past me :not: ... I nearly fell off from laughing when the guy on the Buell went past him :2thumbsup

Friday night was great but even better to wake up with snow on the ground :cold: . We lost count of how many battles of Stone's went down but at least I managed to bring a 30th bottle home.

Was all good and will have to be done again. Always good to catch up with rally mates every year.

Well :done: RMCC

JohnBoy

6th September 2004, 17:20

yeah the road on the way in was pretty tragic, the zed didnt like the mud. nearly put it in the fence a few times!
band on the first night was pretty good (or atleast after a few beers!:puke: ) and a bit par on the second, burn outs and hill cilmb were action.
had average sleep, the guys across the road had a generator and a bbq the size of a piano. they also decided to enlighten us all with thier singing all night long.
was an overall great event and i will be back next year.
i have a few good pics and will try to upload them soon!

Holy Roller

6th September 2004, 20:12

I've created a Cold Kiwi album in the 2004 events category so if you guys want to move/upload all your images there. Nice to have all the images in one place for when people wish to check out events from previous years.

I've posted a few of the better ones there for you to check out. Check out the axe man HR Jr. got that shot.

Jbee

8th September 2004, 18:32

Cant make it bike is off the road and in being repaired. :disapint: Hey Maybe ,dam shame ya couldnt make it ,did you manage to get ya bike fixed ? . I got a mate in Matamata got 1000 virago ,nice bikes .

DEATH_INC.

8th September 2004, 18:59

We headed down fri as per plan,a little late as usual and got there just on dark.One of the boys got busted for 115kph :mad: on the national park road,but otherwise it went pretty smoothly.Good band friday night,crap band sat.Everyone was a lot mellower this year and I upset a couple of guys :whocares: when I was being an idiot skidding around in the mud.Went in the hillclimb on my mates old trailie ,got up no worries(easy side),was gonna try the hard side but they finished real quick so I didn't get the chance.One of my mates rammed the trees,and the other had a real good arse off (on an old fzr250 wreck) when he let it run backwards down the hill. :killingme .The trials bikes demo was pretty good,one of the guys was bloody amazing.Another mate took the fzr in the burnouts,did about 3 min 40secs'till they stopped him for some reason......
Hit the hay fairly early sat night(a bit sore and broken),got up to rain sun morn,packed up and headed off,stopped in awakuni(?) for a while then headed home,stopped to help a guy and his daughter on a hardley that had crashed(draco's a medic)they were ok and had an ambulance coming so we carried on.good trip,no rain got home about 3 ish.
We'll be there again next year(I've been going about 10 years),look forward to it.

Coldkiwi

8th September 2004, 19:49

Good band friday night,crap band sat.

I actually thought the saturday night band wasn't too bad. the Friday night band must've been pretty damn good then!

Sparky Bills

8th September 2004, 20:08

Had a good weekend. Did not really get to speak to many KB's, that I know of. The Friday night band was good. Man it got cold!!! Nothing I could not handle, You dont go there to be warm do you? Next year I hope to bring up an old shitter, so I can really have some fun.

SPman

8th September 2004, 20:34

You dont go there to be warm do you? Next year I hope to bring up an old shitter, so I can really have some fun.
Me too - an old shitter (the van) carrying an older shitter (the mighty TS90), a large woolen Yurt and the biggest heater I can find!

doc

8th September 2004, 20:55

Hey it was me on the hardley that crashed north of Tamuranui, just about to give it the gas after coming around a corner in wetish conditions and the back wheel slid out from me and the bike went down real quick remember seeing a blue purplish colour on the seal slid for about 30 metres bike finishing in the water table on the left ,me and my daughter sliding across the other side. Thinking about it now 20 years ago I was an Ambulance Officer in Papakura pre motorway median barriers days and I remember the results of motorcycles crossing to the other side into traffic. Not pretty, and she still wants to go to the kiwi next year on her own bike, wife will need a bit of work to agree though. Her version of the accident was I spent more time with my bike than I did with her. The guy with the paramedic girfriend thanks for checking up on us. Got contacts in the industry and should have the bike back on the road for less than $250 and a biker friendly cage driver ( ex biker)even dropped the bike off at home in Glenbrook for me and wouldnt take any money.