Kiwibiker Rideout #lostcount

**Cajun** · 16th October 2003, 07:45

Might head up that way and catch up with some of ya guys, meet ya in Whitianga and go thru the kopu some nice rights for my big 1100.

And then head home back to tauranga

**Jackrat** · 16th October 2003, 09:32

Sounds like a good one,Should be able to take in the moon light road between Papakura an clevedon.Short stretch but

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Where would you meet around Papakura,cause thats where I will
hook up.Looks like we could end up with a fast group an a not so fast group.I make anybody look fast an it bothers me,Not at all.

**Coldkiwi** · 16th October 2003, 11:34

Originally posted by duckman
Would that be a ZX9R per chance Richard ???

nope.. couldn't justify stretching the budget that much on a 2nd hand bike.

I'll let ya know when I get it (couple of weeks I think)

(its not here yet.. sodding ships are too damn slow!)

**Kwaka-Kid** · 16th October 2003, 15:41

k guys.. now its just times... somthing like 9AM LEAVE from Autobahn cafe (just off the motorway, not the one on drury exit) ... so ill b there around 8:30am... sound good? can somebody please give us a route like wkid but on a map or somthing? online map pasted? then its just a matter of highlighting the stop points and just a vauge approx time of when we will b there. sweeeeeet! over and out.

**Firefight** · 16th October 2003, 19:00

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
k guys.. now its just times... somthing like 9AM LEAVE from Autobahn cafe

Hey Logan if your going to do Clevdon-Kawakawa-Kaiau -miranada,etc it may pay to come off B4 papakura, and avoid Autobahn this will save back tracking, know the route well, but need a computer whizz type to put the map up,, which is likely to be every other person on this site excluding me:

maybe wkid can do it for us as he heads to his second thousand post goal

cheers firefight

**Big Dog** · 16th October 2003, 20:18

Do you know how early I will have to get up to get my reports done on time and go down to Paps before 8.30?

It's one hell of a good ride will make it if I can.

**wkid_one** · 16th October 2003, 20:26

Here's the map as promised Logan:

Meet at Clevedon

Stop at Kaiaua, and at Kopu (gas etc)

Stop of Coromandel (Lunch)

Stop back at Kopu on way back out of Coro P

Either come back through Hunua (first turn after Maungatawhiri) or go striaght through to Bombay and back down motorway

**Big Dog** · 16th October 2003, 20:40

Originally posted by wkid_one
Here's the map as promised Logan:

Meet at Clevedon

Care to elaborate about where in Clevedon? Please note never been there before so street and landmark/business or street number will be neccessary.

Ta very much oh gracious organisers?

**aff-man** · 16th October 2003, 20:51

This is looking cool but does anyone know approximatley how long it is i gotta budget gas money, man being a student sux big time

**Big Dog** · 16th October 2003, 21:05

Originally posted by aff-man
This is looking cool but does anyone know approximatley how long it is i gotta budget gas money, man being a student sux big time

From west Auckland via Mangatawhiri instead of Clevedon it is 454kms. On the 1100 it cost me under 30 litres. Budget $40 for gas to be on the safe side

**wkid_one** · 16th October 2003, 21:08

The Shell in Clevedon is the best bet - big forecourt.

It is then about 45km to Kaiaua, and about 50km on to Kopu. From there is a 50km to Coromandel and the only about 20km back out to Kpu round the other side, then 100km back to Auckland from there - from memory that is.....been a while since I rode it ( I in Welly now)

Nice roads but.

**SPman** · 16th October 2003, 21:54

Either come back through Hunua (first turn after Maungatawhiri) or go striaght through to Bombay and back down motorway

Or go through Mangatawhiri and up the ridge road to Bombay then motorway

**Kwaka-Kid** · 17th October 2003, 04:39

hey shot! thanks heaps for that wkid.. now we can all see where we are going.. great! alright guys.. say 9am meet @ Cleavdon shell, its on the main drag (yay i know something) and leave hopefully before 9:30am. first stop.. erm, is it kawakawa bay or somthing? the stops can be sorted out more on the day, but id really like for them to be every 80-100km or so.