What's SH4 like to ride?

[motelbob]

Heading down to Ruapehu from Wellsford to pick up my skis from a club up the mountain. Thought Id turn off at 8 mile junction down s h/way 4 to National Park. Wondering what the road is like. Getting sick of the main highway . Anyone been down there recently?

[yod]

Heading down to Ruapehu from Wellsford to pick up my skis from a club up the mountain. Thought Id turn off at 8 mile junction down s h/way 4 to National Park. Wondering what the road is like. Getting sick of the main highway . Anyone been down there recently?

8-mile to taumarunui is fookin magnificent....definitely do it

if you carry on from there it gets a bit boring (straight-ish) until south of raetihi

edit: nice bike btw :niceone:

[Hitcher]

SH4, end to end, is one of the best stretches of motorcycling road in New Zealand -- both in terms of the road and the scenery it passes through. Food and beverages at the Out Of The Fog Cafe at Owhango are highly recommended!

[Lucy]

Heading down to Ruapehu from Wellsford to pick up my skis from a club up the mountain. Thought Id turn off at 8 mile junction down s h/way 4 to National Park. Wondering what the road is like. Getting sick of the main highway . Anyone been down there recently?


It's GREAT. Even enjoyable on a GN250. Or in a car. Beautiful scenery, lots of corners.

Sometimes a lot of roadworks, but where in NZ don't you find roadworks?

[EJK]

A bit off topic but would it be worth it to sneak into SH47 to go to SH48 to see the famous building? (There is a famous house isn't there?)

[henry]

Don't stop at National Park. Keep going down through Raetihi to Wanganui then do a left turn onto SH 3 and head over to Marton. Then back up through Taihape, Waiouru and on to Ohakune.

Best roads in the country.

[Hitcher]

Don't stop at National Park. Keep going down through Raetihi to Wanganui then do a left turn onto SH 3 and head over to Marton. Then back up through Taihape, Waiouru and on to Ohakune.

Best roads in the country.

Even better, take the Fordell road from Wanganui to Hunterville and avoid SH3 entirely!

[Swoop]

Can you please supply photo's of the skis attached to your bike!

The attachment method has me perplexed.

[Stirts]

Can you please supply photo's of the skis attached to your bike!

The attachment method has me perplexed.

Kind of obvious I thought :stupid:

[henry]

Even better, take the Fordell road from Wanganui to Hunterville and avoid SH3 entirely!

Too easy for a first timer to get lost that way :)

All this talk of SH 3/4 is making me think I should go up there for the weekend and check out the old hunting ground.

[90s]

Kind of obvious I thought :stupid:

"motorcycling has a new sport" - hmmm, that one had staying power.

"as the wheels are lower than the skis, they still provide traction"
I wonder how long they experimented with it the other way round before giving up on that one.

How is he goign to attach the skis?
Personally I think he should turn this into a guessing thread, with a juicy bling-of-many-colours to the person who predicts closest.

I think he'll have a packrack, with the skis on the rear seat facing upwards and strapped against the packrack. Why - because it'll be the perfect flagpole for the KB flag he'll be flying.

[motelbob]

Im going to strap them across my back and cruise through to the nearest post office and courier them back to wellsford. Practiced with the wifes skis. Cant see a problem.(gulp)

[Swoop]

Kind of obvious I thought :stupid:
So, there is plenty of snow on the roads at the moment to do that?:oi-grr:

Im going to strap them across my back and cruise through to the nearest post office and courier them back to wellsford. Practiced with the wifes skis. Cant see a problem.(gulp)
Ahhh! The cheating method!
Here I was, expecting you to ride back north with aforementioned skis attached to your bike.

[Duc]

Awesome piece of road - 8 mile junction to Taumarunui then add on Taumarunui to Turangi. .. Thats the mutts nutz . (sweepers up and sweepers down on a great road surface plus scenery)

BTW - great cafe on right coming into Te Kuiti from the North

[motelbob]

Thanks for all the advice. Sounds like a go to me. Cant wait.

[Pussy]

Great piece of road... every now and then the feds give it some attention

[Stirts]

So, there is plenty of snow on the roads at the moment to do that?:oi-grr:

Well it's always cold in them there parts ain't it? :cold:


I think he'll have a packrack, with the skis on the rear seat facing upwards and strapped against the packrack. Why - because it'll be the perfect flagpole for the KB flag he'll be flying.

Fark that....if you going to do it, you have to do it in style!!! :cool: