250cc ANZAC THREE DAY TOUR to the EAST CAPE - 25/04/08

[Badger8]

I might tape some plastic to my knees and have a go :laugh:
I just need to find a good place for my feet!

Just go up on the balls of your feet on the pegs, and lean WAY off. I've gotten pretty close a couple of times, but my knees are buggered from old injuries, so couldnt quite reach the ground. Wasnt actually tryin, just noticed how close i got to the ground at one stage and went :shit:
Better tape some coasters to my knees eh? :shifty:

[TOTO]

I might tape some plastic to my knees and have a go :laugh:
I just need to find a good place for my feet!

Knee sliders at PsychoTreads are calling your name :) they have the stick on type too :)

[Choco]

Just go up on the balls of your feet on the pegs, and lean WAY off. I've gotten pretty close a couple of times, but my knees are buggered from old injuries, so couldnt quite reach the ground. Wasnt actually tryin, just noticed how close i got to the ground at one stage and went :shit:
Better tape some coasters to my knees eh? :shifty:

Me thinks it's time for a new Avatar... :shifty

[Choco]

Knee sliders at PsychoTreads are calling your name :) they have the stick on type too :)

I havent got leather pants though so nothing for them to stick onto :shit:
Wooden coaster + tape = budget sliders!

[Badger8]

Me thinks it's time for a new Avatar... :shifty:

OOOOooooohhh..... i can just see it now...
Cork coasters held onto knees by fluro green masking tape, with road rash on em...
"Knee down on a GN? No worries..." :2thumbsup

[TOTO]

Just go up on the balls of your feet on the pegs, and lean WAY off. I've gotten pretty close a couple of times, but my knees are buggered from old injuries, so couldnt quite reach the ground. Wasnt actually tryin, just noticed how close i got to the ground at one stage and went :shit:
Better tape some coasters to my knees eh? :shifty:

actually I had sucess with toes on the pags and leaning right off on the twisties going to the lookout. I'd say toes on pegs is easier than balls on the pegs.

I will be keen to film your attempt choco :corn:

[Choco]

OOOOooooohhh..... i can just see it now...
Cork coasters held onto knees by fluro green masking tape, with road rash on em...
"Knee down on a GN? No worries..." :2thumbsup

Oh I have to try now lol!

[Badger8]

actually I had sucess with toes on the pags and leaning right off on the twisties going to the lookout. I'd say toes on pegs is easier than balls on the pegs.

I will be keen to film your attempt choco :corn:

eh? balls is the bit right behind your toes isnt it? am i having brain freeze?
toes / balls, about an inch difference at most :whocares:

[Badger8]

Oh I have to try now lol!

:yes: *camera at the ready*

[TOTO]

eh? balls is the bit right behind your toes isnt it? am i having brain freeze?
toes / balls, about an inch difference at most :whocares:

every inch counts when your "Knees" are not long enough :D

[TOTO]

I want one of these ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckTCBUJNM0A&NR=1

[Badger8]

every inch counts when your "Knees" are not long enough :D

Touche` Cecil...

OOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!! i just got an even better idea!
MASSIVE knee sliders, like a piece of tube off my knee. When every inch counts, use 4 inch knee sliders. Will get my knee down on my commute every day :laugh:

[TOTO]

thats a good idea :yes:

[TOTO]

Would you guys be keen on a south island tour on a GN250 ? I'm gonna do it on my bigger bike, but don't see a reason why I cant get me a GN250 adnd roam free around everywhere. they are not expensive too :)

[Badger8]

Ooh, passed my 6R this morning too :first:
Anyone see that BUCKETING rain at a bit after 7 this morning? yeah, i was doing it in THAT :laugh:
Surface flooding everywhere on the way to the AA, SQUEAKY brakes, and dodgy cagers in the wet :shit:
Luckily it was a cruisy as test, i have more challenging rides on the way to work most mornings :D

[Badger8]

Would you guys be keen on a south island tour on a GN250 ? I'm gonna do it on my bigger bike, but don't see a reason why I cant get me a GN250 adnd roam free around everywhere. they are not expensive too :)

:eek5:
The south island is a long way mate... We'd be talking 2-3 weeks at least if you wanna do it anywhere near properly. I have faith in the ginny, but damn... i dunno if I would be up to it :shit:
And the hyobag aint that much bigger mate :p

[TOTO]

:eek5:
The south island is a long way mate... We'd be talking 2-3 weeks at least if you wanna do it anywhere near properly. I have faith in the ginny, but damn... i dunno if I would be up to it :shit:
And the hyobag aint that much bigger mate :p

No I ment my bigger bike after I get my full - a 600cc or a 650cc. Was not refering to the hyo. I was thinking buying a gn after my 600 and doing a tour of the south on that too :)

P.S. With tents and everything :D

[Badger8]

No I ment my bigger bike after I get my full - a 600cc or a 650cc. Was not refering to the hyo. I was thinking buying a gn after my 600 and doing a tour of the south on that too :)

P.S. With tents and everything :D

aaah, i see. OK, so it's a pipe dream for now, not in the typical think-up-a-crazy-road-trip-then-do-it-two-weeks-later style we all love so much :D

[TOTO]

na I like properly planned unplanned trips :spudguita

[TOTO]

I would have done 1800km then and I also used a liter of 2stroke oil.

I'm keen on West coast with tents for the next one:cold: It's only 333km (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Great+South+Rd&daddr=new+plymouth&sll=-41.244772,172.617188&sspn=32.660422,82.265625&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=8) to New Plymouth.

more likely something like this:



http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4226835337213915784,-37.368660,174.981600%3B12510746176554689083,-38.125710,174.875050&saddr=auckland&daddr=Hwy+22+%40-37.368660,+174.981600+to:Harbour+Rd+%40-38.125710,+174.875050+to:-39.014916,174.836426+to:New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+Ne w+Zealand&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=8&via=1,2,3&sll=-38.784063,175.248413&sspn=3.121526,5.108643&ie=UTF8&z=8

[Badger8]

more likely something like this:



http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4226835337213915784,-37.368660,174.981600%3B12510746176554689083,-38.125710,174.875050&saddr=auckland&daddr=Hwy+22+%40-37.368660,+174.981600+to:Harbour+Rd+%40-38.125710,+174.875050+to:-39.014916,174.836426+to:New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+Ne w+Zealand&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=8&via=1,2,3&sll=-38.784063,175.248413&sspn=3.121526,5.108643&ie=UTF8&z=8

This part here (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4226835337213915784,-37.368660,174.981600%3B12510746176554689083,-38.125710,174.875050&saddr=auckland&daddr=Hwy+22+%40-37.368660,+174.981600+to:Harbour+Rd+%40-38.125710,+174.875050+to:-39.014916,174.836426+to:New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+Ne w+Zealand&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=8&via=1,2,3&sll=-38.784063,175.248413&sspn=3.121526,5.108643&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.190704,175.012207&spn=0.451167,0.475845&z=11) is pretty dodgy roads. Well, at least it was when i drove it in nasty weather in the dodgy work station wagon :laugh:
That is some seriously hilly windy roads, bloody hours from anywhere.
They may well be great fun on a bike, but it was not a fun experience in the car. i ended up completely missing turnoffs, and ended up in waitomo when i was headed to auckland from taharoa :o
Takes forever to get through those hills too, just a thought.

[TOTO]

This part here (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4226835337213915784,-37.368660,174.981600%3B12510746176554689083,-38.125710,174.875050&saddr=auckland&daddr=Hwy+22+%40-37.368660,+174.981600+to:Harbour+Rd+%40-38.125710,+174.875050+to:-39.014916,174.836426+to:New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+Ne w+Zealand&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=8&via=1,2,3&sll=-38.784063,175.248413&sspn=3.121526,5.108643&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.190704,175.012207&spn=0.451167,0.475845&z=11) is pretty dodgy roads. Well, at least it was when i drove it in nasty weather in the dodgy work station wagon :laugh:
That is some seriously hilly windy roads, bloody hours from anywhere.
They may well be great fun on a bike, but it was not a fun experience in the car. i ended up completely missing turnoffs, and ended up in waitomo when i was headed to auckland from taharoa :o
Takes forever to get through those hills too, just a thought.


This is exactly the road that that dude who showed me on his map was written with big letters : HEAVEN.

I guess I'll have to run down there one saturday and check it out for myself :clap:

he had done it on zx6r and is stoked with it.

[TOTO]

hey here it is :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nS_zA8WAG4

[pocketcracker]

Mince ! will have to chuck that over on my bebo page !

WIsh i ad let it pop clicked a few more gears but as i was i was coveringy's with rubber and diden wana risk the cord whiping around !

So al good ! cheers toto ......

hyos turn next !

[TOTO]

hyos turn next !

That tire has to last me the winter bud, can destroy it yet. Maybe in summer :woohoo:

[Choco]

I'm a movie star now! :woohoo:
Sweet movie Toto

[Choco]

Ooh, passed my 6R this morning too :first:
Anyone see that BUCKETING rain at a bit after 7 this morning? yeah, i was doing it in THAT :laugh:
Surface flooding everywhere on the way to the AA, SQUEAKY brakes, and dodgy cagers in the wet :shit:
Luckily it was a cruisy as test, i have more challenging rides on the way to work most mornings :D

AWESOME. :first:
1.5 years to go!
313 days for me if I do a Defensive Riding Course (I have a calender counting down the days :laugh:)

[glice]

hey choco just go to the warehouse and get some cheap knee pads and twist them to the side and then you have some cheap knee pads.

I'm keen for west coast, but can you give me as much notice as possible, so I can try get time off work.

and I'm keen for tents and south island! and tents for the west coast, thatl make the trip much cheaper.

[glice]

313 days for me if I do a Defensive Riding Course (I have a calender counting down the days )

how much is defensive riding and what do you do?
I'm about the same time away, I cant wait.

[TOTO]

hey choco just go to the warehouse and get some cheap knee pads and twist them to the side and then you have some cheap knee pads.

I'm keen for west coast, but can you give me as much notice as possible, so I can try get time off work.

and I'm keen for tents and south island! and tents for the west coast, thatl make the trip much cheaper.

Queens birthday I'm thinking

Will ask for the time off work today and if I get it, which I should, we are on :)

[Choco]

hey choco just go to the warehouse and get some cheap knee pads and twist them to the side and then you have some cheap knee pads.

:niceone: I have a pair floating around (from my younger days :laugh:) Good idea!



and I'm keen for tents and south island! and tents for the west coast, thatl make the trip much cheaper.


Keen for tentage! Then we can be real hardcore bikers :scooter:

[Choco]

how much is defensive riding and what do you do?
I'm about the same time away, I cant wait.

You have to have had your 6R for 6 months and then you can do it.
Talk to your local friends at the AA to find out more. Costs about $150 it think and its 4 days of two hour theory and one day of practical (two hours?)
I have been told by some that there isnt actually a 'riding' one: that you learn the riding theory but do the practical bit in a cage (:nono:)

If you know more than me please correct me :bleh:

EDIT: search truly is my friend :laugh: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=30266

[glice]

I have a pair floating around (from my younger days ) Good idea!

sweet now lets get a camera and get out there.


Keen for tentage! Then we can be real hardcore bikers

hardcore and cheap, that will save $25 a day, the only problem is carrying them, which wont be too hard.


Queens birthday I'm thinking

Will ask for the time off work today and if I get it, which I should, we are on

cool, I'll ask for the time next time I'm in:2thumbsup

[TOTO]

*ToTo starting work on the route*

[Choco]

sweet now lets get a camera and get out there.

hardcore and cheap, that will save $25 a day, the only problem is carrying them, which wont be too hard.

I've got a cold at the moment :( coughing + riding = bad combo.

Plus I cant get my exhaust back on ATM :laugh: Stripped most of the bike to give it a good clean after the tour and the exhaust has shortened by 3MM so it wont bolt back on :pinch:. Gunna get a file and enlarge the hole (tons of metal on each side to enlarge) and then get that sucker back on.

[TOTO]

here ia what i'm thinking for west cape:

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4226835337213915784,-37.368660,174.981600%3B12510746176554689083,-38.125710,174.875050&saddr=auckland&daddr=Hwy+22+%40-37.368660,+174.981600+to:Harbour+Rd+%40-38.125710,+174.875050+to:-39.014916,174.836426+to:New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+Ne w+Zealand&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=8&via=1,2,3&sll=-38.784063,175.248413&sspn=3.121526,5.108643&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.526682,174.990234&spn=3.132757,5.108643&z=8

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1511551224295200440,-39.356680,173.807420%3B3062210082205808795,-39.800232,174.719320%3B679492296036990460,-39.002450,175.376740&saddr=New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand&daddr=Surf+Hwy+%40-39.356680,+173.807420+to:SH+3+%40-39.800232,+174.719320+to:SH+4+%40-39.002450,+175.376740+to:-38.876067,175.531311+to:turangi&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=9&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-39.421342,175.223694&sspn=1.546747,2.554321&ie=UTF8&ll=-39.785323,175.253906&spn=3.077147,5.108643&z=8

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=10185018519783484560,-38.514631,175.307326%3B14834537359405914170,-37.549465,174.950326%3B16009141608880046236,-37.061575,175.298379%3B12058589043177820158,-37.263670,174.934870%3B6159338588790098300,-37.236560,174.919300%3B8335834174135604884,-37.154358,174.891238&saddr=turangi&daddr=Service+Rd+%40-38.514631,+175.307326+to:Hwy+22+%40-37.549465,+174.950326+to:-37.251101,174.924316+to:Buckland+Rd+%40-37.263670,+174.934870+to:Buckland+Rd+%40-37.236560,+174.919300+to:Paerata+Rd+%40-37.154358,+174.891238+to:Auckland&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5,6&sll=-37.151561,175.348663&sspn=0.797944,1.277161&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.130236,175.369263&spn=3.149931,5.108643&z=8

[musicman]

Good thing about being over 25 is I only have to wait 6 months until I can sit my full, which means I can sit it in October. :p
But I got my 6L in Jan 2003 so if I wasn't so slack I would have gotten my 6F ages ago...

Anyway, just gave my bike a wash this morning, discovered that my tailbag rubbed the back of my bike and munted the paint! :crybaby: And the button thing on my choke is gone... how could it have just disappeared?! :pinch:

[glice]

I've got a cold at the moment coughing + riding = bad combo.

Plus I cant get my exhaust back on ATM Stripped most of the bike to give it a good clean after the tour and the exhaust has shortened by 3MM so it wont bolt back on . Gunna get a file and enlarge the hole (tons of metal on each side to enlarge) and then get that sucker back on

haha, yea riding with a cold isnt always much fun. a bigger exhaust might make that mighty gn go even faster :devil2:


here ia what i'm thinking for west cape:

that looks like a sweet route. lots a twisties.


gave my bike a wash

never, my bike still has cape reingas crud on it!

[Choco]

haha, yea riding with a cold isnt always much fun. a bigger exhaust might make that mighty gn go even faster :devil2:

Could just cut the exhaust off all together... :devil2: :whistle:



never, my bike still has cape reingas crud on it!

Making a collection there are ya?

[glice]

Could just cut the exhaust off all together...

yea boy :clap:


Making a collection there are ya?

yup, but it keeps raining latley and washing some off.

[Badger8]

This is exactly the road that that dude who showed me on his map was written with big letters : HEAVEN.

I guess I'll have to run down there one saturday and check it out for myself :clap:

he had done it on zx6r and is stoked with it.

Yeah, it was a horrible experience at the time, but on bikes in favourable weather, she could be grand :sunny:

[Badger8]

AWESOME. :first:
1.5 years to go!
313 days for me if I do a Defensive Riding Course (I have a calender counting down the days :laugh:)

:laugh: i turn 25 in under a year, so i can just go get it on my birthday :bleh:

i've got a couple of spare pairs of kneepads with plastic covers kicking around at work, would work great for sliders :yes: just sing out if ya want me to nab em for ya :devil2:

[Choco]

:laugh: i turn 25 in under a year, so i can just go get it on my birthday :bleh:

i've got a couple of spare pairs of kneepads with plastic covers kicking around at work, would work great for sliders :yes: just sing out if ya want me to nab em for ya :devil2:

I found my kiddie knee protectors so its all good!
Just need to get over my cold and find a roundabout

[Badger8]

hey here it is :)
*insert burnout vid*


Erm, why did people have blue hands?
i'm sure i'm missing something here...

[Choco]

Erm, why did people have blue hands?
i'm sure i'm missing something here...

It was very cold riding back :cold:
And then there were the zombies that bit me.:blink:

[musicman]

It was very cold riding back :cold:
And then there were the zombies that bit me.:blink:

:lol:

What material was your gloves? My right hand turned blue cos I had black and blue leather gloves (no idea why the left had was unaffected though).

[Choco]

:lol:

What material was your gloves? My right hand turned blue cos I had black and blue leather gloves (no idea why the left had was unaffected though).

ah! so it hasnt spread to your left hand yet!:shit:

I have black leather gloves so it was probably the dye coming out of them

[musicman]

ah! so it hasnt spread to your left hand yet!:shit:

I have black leather gloves so it was probably the dye coming out of them

Dyed leather and rain doesn't mix I guess... I had my blue and black leather jacket on in the rain once with a white t-shirt underneath, when I got home the t-shirt had blue patches on it! And did you see the guy on the NSR? Mark, was it? In Tauranga he took off his jacket and there were coloured patches on his t-shirt from his Quasimoto leather jacket.

[Choco]

Dyed leather and rain doesn't mix I guess... I had my blue and black leather jacket on in the rain once with a white t-shirt underneath, when I got home the t-shirt had blue patches on it! And did you see the guy on the NSR? Mark, was it? In Tauranga he took off his jacket and there were coloured patches on his t-shirt from his Quasimoto leather jacket.

It will only probably happen a few times. thats the first all day in the rain ride i've done with them so thats probably why.

[Gregd17]

here ia what i'm thinking for west cape:

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4226835337213915784,-37.368660,174.981600%3B12510746176554689083,-38.125710,174.875050&saddr=auckland&daddr=Hwy+22+%40-37.368660,+174.981600+to:Harbour+Rd+%40-38.125710,+174.875050+to:-39.014916,174.836426+to:New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+Ne w+Zealand&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=8&via=1,2,3&sll=-38.784063,175.248413&sspn=3.121526,5.108643&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.526682,174.990234&spn=3.132757,5.108643&z=8

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1511551224295200440,-39.356680,173.807420%3B3062210082205808795,-39.800232,174.719320%3B679492296036990460,-39.002450,175.376740&saddr=New+Plymouth,+Taranaki,+New+Zealand&daddr=Surf+Hwy+%40-39.356680,+173.807420+to:SH+3+%40-39.800232,+174.719320+to:SH+4+%40-39.002450,+175.376740+to:-38.876067,175.531311+to:turangi&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=9&via=1,2,3,4&sll=-39.421342,175.223694&sspn=1.546747,2.554321&ie=UTF8&ll=-39.785323,175.253906&spn=3.077147,5.108643&z=8

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=10185018519783484560,-38.514631,175.307326%3B14834537359405914170,-37.549465,174.950326%3B16009141608880046236,-37.061575,175.298379%3B12058589043177820158,-37.263670,174.934870%3B6159338588790098300,-37.236560,174.919300%3B8335834174135604884,-37.154358,174.891238&saddr=turangi&daddr=Service+Rd+%40-38.514631,+175.307326+to:Hwy+22+%40-37.549465,+174.950326+to:-37.251101,174.924316+to:Buckland+Rd+%40-37.263670,+174.934870+to:Buckland+Rd+%40-37.236560,+174.919300+to:Paerata+Rd+%40-37.154358,+174.891238+to:Auckland&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4,5,6&sll=-37.151561,175.348663&sspn=0.797944,1.277161&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.130236,175.369263&spn=3.149931,5.108643&z=8

You have to stop in Whangamomona, Between Tamaruni and Stratford.:clap:
There is a pub there that surve great burgers and chips. All bike riders from everywhere go and meet there. I went there on Friday with 2 of my bike rideing mates.
There is 12km of unsealed roads there on the lost HW 43, but its more like hard smoth clay. So still quite fast. When we were there, there was anywhere from 20 to 50 other bikes. The people there were all nice, Not hard core bikey gangs or anything. A RX7 trike even turned up well we where there.:gob:

Hope you have a great time
Greg

[Badger8]

You have to stop in Whangamomona, Between Tamaruni and Stratford.:clap:
There is a pub there that surve great burgers and chips. All bike riders from everywhere go and meet there. I went there on Friday with 2 of my bike rideing mates.
There is 12km of unsealed roads there on the lost HW 43, but its more like hard smoth clay. So still quite fast. When we were there, there was anywhere from 20 to 50 other bikes. The people there were all nice, Not hard core bikey gangs or anything. A RX7 trike even turned up well we where there.:gob:

Hope you have a great time
Greg

Sounds like a good spot alright! :yes:

How would you rate the ride-ability of the lost hway? i've heard many bikers talk about it as an adventure within itself, and not something to be taken on lightly. Things may have changed since then tho.
Have you ridden the whole route there much?

[Gregd17]

Sounds like a good spot alright! :yes:

How would you rate the ride-ability of the lost hway? i've heard many bikers talk about it as an adventure within itself, and not something to be taken on lightly. Things may have changed since then tho.
Have you ridden the whole route there much?

I just got my full, and the 2 guys with me both on there learners. It was a first for all of us all on 3 different bikes. Me CBR600RR.:niceone: Claton on a new Nightster 1200 Harley,:msn-wink: and Nat on his Ninja 250.:sleep: We went from Hamilton though there, and back to Hamilton. (The long way 750km) And that was the best part of the whole ride.:banana:

[TOTO]

I just got my full, and the 2 guys with me both on there learners. It was a first for all of us all on 3 different bikes. Me CBR600RR.:niceone: Claton on a new Nightster 1200 Harley,:msn-wink: and Nat on his Ninja 250.:sleep: We went from Hamilton though there, and back to Hamilton. (The long way 750km) And that was the best part of the whole ride.:banana:

Cool Advice brother. Will see what happens. can you point it out on google maps coz I'm more of a visual person. Come to the west cape with us :)


Btw I filled a for for queens birthday, so it should all be a go. will start research on accomodation or tent places and will keep ya posted. Will write up a thread in the next week or so :D

[TOTO]

Hey everyone , doing the reverse coro Loop this saturday:

meet 10am Bp Autobahn, leave 10:30am

here is a link to the thread: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=72780

[Badger8]

Hey everyone , doing the reverse coro Loop this saturday:

meet 10am Bp Autobahn, leave 10:30am

here is a link to the thread: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=72780


Uncle Sam needs YOU!
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To join the reverse Coro Loop this saturday!


:laugh:
C'mon guys, the more the merrier! :yes:

[Gregd17]

Cool Advice brother. Will see what happens. can you point it out on google maps coz I'm more of a visual person. Come to the west cape with us :)


Btw I filled a for for queens birthday, so it should all be a go. will start research on accomodation or tent places and will keep ya posted. Will write up a thread in the next week or so :D

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Taumarunui,+Manawatu-Wanganui,+New+Zealand&daddr=Whangamomona&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=-39.048425,174.954512&sspn=0.754036,1.279907&ie=UTF8&z=11

[TOTO]

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Taumarunui,+Manawatu-Wanganui,+New+Zealand&daddr=Whangamomona&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=-39.048425,174.954512&sspn=0.754036,1.279907&ie=UTF8&z=11

You are the man. Someone bling him on my behalf please.

[zxcvbnm]

I think this bit (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=3524628524389077527,-38.694200,174.619520&saddr=te+kuiti&daddr=new+plymouth&sll=-38.591114,174.649658&sspn=1.073382,2.570801&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.696229,174.622192&spn=1.071809,2.570801&t=h&z=9) should be included, if it's like it was back when I was a little girl in 1975 there are one way tunnels there.

[Badger8]

I think this bit (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=3524628524389077527,-38.694200,174.619520&saddr=te+kuiti&daddr=new+plymouth&sll=-38.591114,174.649658&sspn=1.073382,2.570801&ie=UTF8&ll=-38.696229,174.622192&spn=1.071809,2.570801&t=h&z=9) should be included, if it's like it was back when I was a little girl in 1975 there are one way tunnels there.

Yeah, but they're pretty av... Have driven that in the cage a few times for work. The roads themselves are good enough reason to do bits of that road tho :yes:

[pocketcracker]

Boys have a penis , Girls have a vagina !

[TOTO]

Boys have a penis , Girls have a vagina !

Arrrmmm ...yes :blink:

[Badger8]

Boys have a penis , Girls have a vagina !

Umm... thanks? :rolleyes:
You just discover this cracker? :bleh:

[glice]

oohh yea. Iv got queens birthday weekend off!!:cool:
is there a dedicated thread for this ride yet?

[Choco]

:angry2:
Speedo breaks and now my gloves die!
I'm tempted to go into Cycletreads and have a good ol' complain! Only had them 6 or 7 months and they fall apart after going through some rain (not light drizzle as usual).

[glice]

thats crap dude. gloves do wear out, but its worth a try going back an complainin. :spanking:

[Choco]

thats crap dude. gloves do wear out, but its worth a try going back an complainin. :spanking:

They have been falling apart for a while now (in between the fingers) but in a bin they probably would have held together as it was mainly the stitching: after riding back from whakatane the leather actually started to come apart! They would have done nothing in a crash and that is whats worrying me.

[glice]

in that case, I would take them back. your hands are the first thing that hit the ground, so gloves are pretty important.

[Choco]

your hands are the first thing that hit the ground, so gloves are pretty important.

My thoughts exactly

[Badger8]

Damn dude, those are real leather? that's a bit of a worry.
My textile gloves wore through in only 4 months of riding. That was a LOT of k's tho, and those grips on the ginny are quite rough on gloves.
I just splashed out on some Spidi H2Outs, full leather 100% waterproof, so hoping they will last a LOT better. (fark they better for what they set me back!)

[EJK]

If you are planning to buy a new pair of gloves, NEVER buy NEO gloves. They'll smell bad after a wet ride. Trust me lol

I washed them 5 times now (2 in a row once) and its still the same.

How does it smells like? Well.... like an artificial crap*


*shit

[musicman]

If you are planning to buy a new pair of gloves, NEVER buy NEO gloves. They'll smell bad after a wet ride. Trust me lol

I washed them 5 times now (2 in a row once) and its still the same.

How does it smells like? Well.... like an artificial crap*


*shit

Are they leather? How would you wash leather gloves?

[Choco]

Damn dude, those are real leather? that's a bit of a worry.
Leather? pretty sure!
I was thinking about getting some winter gloves but it looks like I'm going to have to now. any recommendations for anything in the $60 area?

[TOTO]

oohh yea. Iv got queens birthday weekend off!!:cool:
is there a dedicated thread for this ride yet?

no thread yet. I'll write it up at some point soon. will let you know. Glad you got the time off tho, that willl be primo time. I even have a back up option for bad weather but will not reveal it as of yet. :)

[TOTO]

:angry2:
Speedo breaks and now my gloves die!
I'm tempted to go into Cycletreads and have a good ol' complain! Only had them 6 or 7 months and they fall apart after going through some rain (not light drizzle as usual).

Dude you need to go to lifestile imports.

Bought my gloves from there. Done 21 000km in them in all kinds of weather , including poring rain and steaaming heat. had my off with them and they kept my hands completely intact during the low slide.

the nickname of the guy on trade-me is MADMAX5 and he also has a website - www.lifestyle-imports.co.nz

[musicman]

Dude you need to go to lifestile imports.

Bought my gloves from there. Done 21 000km in them in all kinds of weather , including poring rain and steaaming heat. had my off with them and they kept my hands completely intact during the low slide.

the nickname of the guy on trade-me is MADMAX5 and he also has a website - www.lifestyle-imports.co.nz

Which gloves are yours? The Summer or Winter gloves?

That's the dude that we were going to go to on our "Raglan" ride eh? Except he wasn't open... Too bad cos his back protector (the one you have?) is the cheapest I've seen around, and I'm considering a back protector...

[EJK]

Are they leather? How would you wash leather gloves?

semi-leather. aka Artificial leather lol

[Choco]

Dude you need to go to lifestile imports.

Bought my gloves from there. Done 21 000km in them in all kinds of weather , including poring rain and steaaming heat. had my off with them and they kept my hands completely intact during the low slide.

the nickname of the guy on trade-me is MADMAX5 and he also has a website - www.lifestyle-imports.co.nz


Which gloves are yours? The Summer or Winter gloves?

That's the dude that we were going to go to on our "Raglan" ride eh? Except he wasn't open... Too bad cos his back protector (the one you have?) is the cheapest I've seen around, and I'm considering a back protector...

Anyone keen for a ride to the shop some time??

[pocketcracker]

yep lets go NOW ,, via whagamata ! MUAHAHAHAHAH ! have to go to police station ....

[Choco]

have to go to police station ....

Handing yourself in are ya?

[pocketcracker]

hmmmm seems that way !

nah yesterday we all went to the whangamata beach hop hot rod show ect ,

anyway bck at kopu i discovered my fone gone ,

well seems i left it on a rodrods roof and a nice policeman has it , rang my mum from my I.C.E contact and told her he has it and i can retreve it !

[Badger8]

Leather? pretty sure!
I was thinking about getting some winter gloves but it looks like I'm going to have to now. any recommendations for anything in the $60 area?

$60? get your gran to knit you something. That's all you'll get quality wise for about $60 unfortunately :(


yep lets go NOW ,, via whagamata ! MUAHAHAHAHAH ! have to go to police station ....

Erm, you do realise those chicks weren't REALLY coppers, right?
*Toto running down the street, hands together out in front* "Handcuff me! I've been a bad boy! take me away!" :rofl:

[pocketcracker]

of course i knew they wheren't real coppers *DOH!* you dident think i really lost my fone did ya ! i sliped it in 1 of there G strngs as i had my camera stuffed dwn her top , Oppsie !

i pleade innecent until found guilty ina court of law ,

and did you notice when we leaving i waited till we got dwn past most the crowed before popping the gixxer up to run dead smack into that bike cop turning out of the side street ! ,, im so sure he seen me but just gave us a wave as we turned of for coroglen !

[Choco]

Popped into cycletreads today to tell them about my gloves and HURRAY! They are still under warranty :D
Downside is that to claim on the warranty they need to send them back to the importers so I'll be gloveless :pinch: might go to Lifestyle Imports and have a wee squiz at there leather winter gloves on the weekend (Anyone keen? I have no idea where the place is) and then give the gloves to cycletreads to send them off.

[TOTO]

Popped into cycletreads today to tell them about my gloves and HURRAY! They are still under warranty :D
Downside is that to claim on the warranty they need to send them back to the importers so I'll be gloveless :pinch: might go to Lifestyle Imports and have a wee squiz at there leather winter gloves on the weekend (Anyone keen? I have no idea where the place is) and then give the gloves to cycletreads to send them off.

I can come with you on thursday if you are free. I'm free whole day. And I know where the place is :niceone:

P.S. dont even need a map :p

[Choco]

I can come with you on thursday if you are free. I'm free whole day. And I know where the place is :niceone:

P.S. dont even need a map :p

Sweet i'm free most of the afternoon (school :angry:) anyone else keen?

[TOTO]

Sweet i'm free most of the afternoon (school :angry:) anyone else keen?

Shcool is good for you. keep studying. what time can we shoot off from the shore ?

[Choco]

Shcool is good for you. keep studying. what time can we shoot off from the shore ?

I can get to cycletreads by 4 without any problems, unless you want to meet somewhere else?

[TOTO]

Psychotreads at 4 is cool. We may even be back in time for the ATNR :D

Flick me a TXT on wednesday or thursday to remind me coz I remember only 3 seconds - like a gold fish.

[musicman]

Damn I wanna come too! But I've got work... until 6pm... :argh:

Oh well, you boys have fun.

[TOTO]

Damn I wanna come too! But I've got work... until 6pm... :argh:

Oh well, you boys have fun.

what are you looking to buy ?

[pocketcracker]

a brizilian chicka ! i may have to pootle dwn weather permitting ! make sure ya behaving and alll !

[musicman]

what are you looking to buy ?


a brizilian chicka ! i may have to pootle dwn weather permitting ! make sure ya behaving and alll !

Yeah a Brazilian chicka sounds good, where do you think I might be able to buy one of those? Or actually, any nationality is ok, as long as she's had a brazilian :devil2:

Nah, I'm thinking of getting a back protector, it's not urgent though, but mostly I just wanted to look around (and then start saving up to buy anything that I liked, haha).

[TOTO]

a brizilian chicka ! i may have to pootle dwn weather permitting ! make sure ya behaving and alll !

Are you going to whangamata on thursday ? I'd be keen to join in.

[glice]

I might be keen, where is it? depends how much of my assingments I can get done before then.


Shcool is good for you. keep studying.

very wise toto, listen to him. and dont listen to me because I am always complaining about it. I cant wait to finish and get a job that has nothing to do with my degree.

[pocketcracker]

will see what weather thursday brings but im sure a pootle dwn to pukekawa could b fun ,, just ring , txt rick previous make sure hes hme ! then um yea !

[zxcvbnm]

Forgotten Highway post. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1550547#post1550547
Looks good, maybe thats the road I saw back in 1975 and not the coast.

[Badger8]

Forgotten Highway post. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1550547#post1550547
Looks good, maybe thats the road I saw back in 1975 and not the coast.

only 10km unsealed? good surfaces? damn it's improved since back in the day then! :yes:

[Choco]

only 10km unsealed? good surfaces?

Bugger. no fun. :( :bleh:

[Badger8]

Bugger. no fun. :( :bleh:

I'm sure we can find some gravel sideroads ;)

[musicman]

A KBer rode the Forgotten Highway back in March, it sounds like fun!


So headed off up to Stratford with Dad and Brother, gassed up, and headed for the hills..... The Forgotten Highway is an absolute stunner of a road. 35k corner after 35k corner. Hardly any other traffic, and of course the famous 15k left hander, all which were well enjoyed!
Came safely out the other side, after a few stops to let the old man on his Suzuki GS catch up, was hard work, definitely up for a meal or 2 by the time we got to Taumarunui, but the Triumph was in fantastic form. I very highly recommend this road if you get the chance. Just make sure to keep left as many of the locals cut corners.


Strange road the FH to Whanga and further,more so when as you say keep left on corners,you come round a right hander heading from Stratford you meet two ladies on horseback,thank god for quiet farm hacks and slow corners.

Hate that 15km corner lol,you sort of think yeah right,take it at 30km,but nope.