September 25-27th - Auckland - Owhango/42nd/Fishers

[.chris]

Myself and Devil are booked in at the camp grounds for saturday night now.

Sounds like numbers are swelling.
Hope the weather is good or I am going to need some better tires.

[marks]

Cool, when are you going up? At this stage me & Joe are going far too early Sat morning so the room is only sat night.

You and Joe should join the real men who will take Friday off and do some exploring on the way up

none of this namby pamby 'leave Welly at 5am on Saturday' stuff

If anyone is interested in joining me I'm going to leave Paraparaumu at 8.30ish on the Friday morning and take a convoluted route to Taumaranui for Ftiday night.

Might have a look at Kaweka Rd and Ridge Rd South on the way up .. or maybe this...

[Eddieb]

That road is in the 4x4 book. It's been on the 'when I'm next going past' list for a while.

Also there's a canal up that way that has a loop, follow the canal access road down and loop round a track back to the main road.

[junkmanjoe]

mark im planing on haveing a job very soon..so days off will be a thing of the past, i have a interview next week...

[Devil]

Hope the weather is good or I am going to need some better tires.

Yeah if it's shit i'll be sodding off up the road to Tokaanu for the hotpools!

[bart]

I might tag along with you Mark. I'll see what happens a bit closer to the time. Got a few days off work oweing, but doesn't always work out.

[Oscar]

Turned up Friday night, stayed in the 10 Man Hut (cold as charity - prolly got to -5 over night), completed the track yesterday AM. River crossings were tricky, but if yer careful you'll be OK (never underestimated water pressure pushing on a big bike).

I rode up the rock face on the 950, standing up, feet on the pegs - maybe the best bit of trials riding I've ever done (and STretch filmed it!).

[Devil]

Ooo I might be spending the saturday at Manfeild instead!

[Devil]

I rode up the rock face on the 950, standing up, feet on the pegs

Only on the pegs? Back in MY day it was feet on the seat or nuffin!

[bart]

I'm out I'm out I'm out I'm out I'm out I'm out I'm out









bugger

[junkmanjoe]

.......pussy,pussy,pussy,pussy.................... .............

[Bass]

I'm in.
Pair of D606's going on this weekend. Would have gone more aggressive but I refuse to go ghey and join the trailer trash to get there.
Friday and Saturday nights booked at Taumarunui. Looked at Owhango for Friday but figured both nights at T'nui means I can leave non essentials there Saturday and know that I have some dry clothing. The way I ride (fall off), I'll need it.

Right, where's the Friday assembly area for Orkers and what time?

[Crisis management]

Right, where's the Friday assembly area for Orkers and what time?

How much time you got?

I'm still a bit iffy about actually making the ride so any arrangemant at this stage will be a bit "flexible".....just looking for your intent.
I was thinking of gravel the whole way down, dependant on time.

[Bass]

I am planning to head down to join MarkS' organised ride of the 42nd/Fishers tracks[/URL].

Anyone keen to join me?

How much time you got?

I'm still a bit iffy about actually making the ride so any arrangemant at this stage will be a bit "flexible".....just looking for your intent.
I was thinking of gravel the whole way down, dependant on time.

I had planned to tag onto whatever c.h.r.i.s. put together.
I have taken Friday as leave and so have all day available and a full day on the gravel appeals.
However, as I recall, c.h.r.i.s. was planning a fairly leisurely pace with plenty of sightseeing stops and so using a fair bit of seal in the early stages.
Personally, I am happy to up the ante and go all gravel.
I will have a brand new pair of 606's to settle in after all.

[.chris]

I had planned to tag onto whatever c.h.r.i.s. put together.
I have taken Friday as leave and so have all day available and a full day on the gravel appeals.
However, as I recall, c.h.r.i.s. was planning a fairly leisurely pace with plenty of sightseeing stops and so using a fair bit of seal in the early stages.
Personally, I am happy to up the ante and go all gravel.
I will have a brand new pair of 606's to settle in after all.

I had been planning a bit of a casual trip down, not really an organised ride of any sort.
If you guys want to organise it (being I am a new rider, and do not know the area that well, I may not be the best guide/organiser) and plan a route I would probably be keen to tag along with that.
By the looks of it I may be starting from outside Hamilton on the friday, making it only a 300-400km trip down to Owhango, thinking something like this.

I am sure Devil and johannvr will be happy to join onto whatever route ends up happening.