Divot
9th May 2008, 12:29
Part One.
The wife and I had been talking about going down to Wellington to see a display at the museum. So it was decided that we go down on the new Ultra.
We left Auckland at 6 o'clock in the morning to miss the traffic on the motorway, those who live in Auckland will know that Friday traffic forsome reason is by far worse than any other day during the week.
The run down the motorway went well with little traffic and we made the top of the Bombays with out any trouble. Over the top and drop down into the Waikato, and we wern't the olny thing going down. The tempature seamed to drop twenty degres, into the fog and the road disapeared. The speed came downas I tried to follow the fog line along the side of the road. We traveled do State Highway One untill we reached Rangiriri, across the Waikato River and of down thru the back of Huntly and on to Ngaruawahia. Buy the time we arrived at Ngaruawahia the misses suggested a coffee to warm up as the fog was still around and it was cold. So we stopped at the BP station for a warm drink and toilet stop. The misses had her fag break as well. Once we had finished we carried on down towards Whatawhata and Pirorgia. The fog had cleared by now and the tempature was getting better. I don't know if it is the cold ,old age or the coffee, by the time we got to Pirorgia the blader was full again, so a stop there for another pit stop and fag for the misses. We followed State Highway 31 to Otorohanga.At Otorohunga we joined State Highway 2 and headed to Te Kuiti for something to eat and a leg streach. The next stop was Taumarunui for fuel and another pit stop. 298km and 16.8 litres. Leaving Taumarunui we headed for National Park and at Tohunga Junction we stayed on State Highway 4 into the Parapara's. 53 km of winding and twisty roads ending in Wanganui. Time fo a fag break so we stopped at the Raukara Falls. We carried on thru Wanganui to Bulls and Sanson. Stopping at Sanson for lunch. We carried on down to Wellington only to ride into drizzly weather just south of Levin. This carried on untill we got over the hill at Pukerua Bay where the weather cleared up for the run into Wellington CBD. Booked into the Hotel and freshened up and changed and then off for a walk around the CBD and find some dinner. 10 Hours from when we left home and 666km's with 36.5 litres of fuel. We filled up on the Sunday before heading back home with 19.7 litres after 368km's. The trip computer was saying that we had 55km's remaining. That would have given a tank distance of 423km's. (Yet to find that out)
Part Two to follow......
Divot
The wife and I had been talking about going down to Wellington to see a display at the museum. So it was decided that we go down on the new Ultra.
We left Auckland at 6 o'clock in the morning to miss the traffic on the motorway, those who live in Auckland will know that Friday traffic forsome reason is by far worse than any other day during the week.
The run down the motorway went well with little traffic and we made the top of the Bombays with out any trouble. Over the top and drop down into the Waikato, and we wern't the olny thing going down. The tempature seamed to drop twenty degres, into the fog and the road disapeared. The speed came downas I tried to follow the fog line along the side of the road. We traveled do State Highway One untill we reached Rangiriri, across the Waikato River and of down thru the back of Huntly and on to Ngaruawahia. Buy the time we arrived at Ngaruawahia the misses suggested a coffee to warm up as the fog was still around and it was cold. So we stopped at the BP station for a warm drink and toilet stop. The misses had her fag break as well. Once we had finished we carried on down towards Whatawhata and Pirorgia. The fog had cleared by now and the tempature was getting better. I don't know if it is the cold ,old age or the coffee, by the time we got to Pirorgia the blader was full again, so a stop there for another pit stop and fag for the misses. We followed State Highway 31 to Otorohanga.At Otorohunga we joined State Highway 2 and headed to Te Kuiti for something to eat and a leg streach. The next stop was Taumarunui for fuel and another pit stop. 298km and 16.8 litres. Leaving Taumarunui we headed for National Park and at Tohunga Junction we stayed on State Highway 4 into the Parapara's. 53 km of winding and twisty roads ending in Wanganui. Time fo a fag break so we stopped at the Raukara Falls. We carried on thru Wanganui to Bulls and Sanson. Stopping at Sanson for lunch. We carried on down to Wellington only to ride into drizzly weather just south of Levin. This carried on untill we got over the hill at Pukerua Bay where the weather cleared up for the run into Wellington CBD. Booked into the Hotel and freshened up and changed and then off for a walk around the CBD and find some dinner. 10 Hours from when we left home and 666km's with 36.5 litres of fuel. We filled up on the Sunday before heading back home with 19.7 litres after 368km's. The trip computer was saying that we had 55km's remaining. That would have given a tank distance of 423km's. (Yet to find that out)
Part Two to follow......
Divot