Ruapehu Motorcycle Club

**p.dath** · 26th August 2009, 19:46

Does anyone know if the RMCC has a web site? I'm trying to get some more info about the club to add to the Wiki.

Or feel free to add some info about the club yourself if you know something about it in general or about its history.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/wiki/Ruapehu_Motorcycle_Club

**crazyhorse** · 26th August 2009, 19:50

What a strange thing to ask. You are from Auckland, and have nothing to do with the Ruapehu club......

**James Deuce** · 26th August 2009, 19:51

Crazyhorse need heap big help with umm comprehension.

**FJRider** · 26th August 2009, 20:03

Google the "Cold Kiwi" ... I'm sure if one does exist, info how to find it will be there ...

**p.dath** · 26th August 2009, 20:10

Originally Posted by crazyhorse

What a strange thing to ask. You are from Auckland, and have nothing to do with the Ruapehu club......

Yes, which is why I know nothing about the club, and hence the request for some info about it ...

I tried Googling and came up with nothing.

**Virago** · 26th August 2009, 22:35

Originally Posted by crazyhorse

What a strange thing to ask. You are from Auckland, and have nothing to do with the Ruapehu club......

You may note that this thread is in the Kiwi Biker Wiki forum.

Some members are putting a great deal of voluntary work into assembling the Wiki.

Get over yourself.

**ArcherWC** · 27th August 2009, 08:56

Hey Phillip, RMCC is also Rodney Motorcycle Club

**p.dath** · 27th August 2009, 13:59

Originally Posted by ArcherWC

Hey Phillip, RMCC is also Rodney Motorcycle Club

Oh boy, I can see the acronyms are going to get confusing.

**popelli** · 27th August 2009, 17:21

want some more info on this club

the ruapehu motorcycle club organise the cold kiwi and have done so since about 1974

they claim that it is nz's permier motorcycle event, but I have my doubts

they have made an awful lot of money out of it and for a long time refused to provide any form of entertainment or a marquee because "they could not afford to"

after a few locals got fed up with all the money being made by the ruapehu motorcylce club they got together and put on the midwinter rage in the mid ninety's complete witha a marquee, bands and strippers

strange that after competition appeared the cold kiwi could now afford entertainment even though they were losing 100's of gate sales to another event

ever tried to join the ruapehu motorcycle club? rumour has it that it is a closed shop because they do not want to dilute the earnings per member

the first rally I ever went to was 25 years ago to the cold kiwi, possibly one of the worst rallies I have ever been too, the sound system was a 8w speaker, food that was available was truely dire.

My enduring memory was that they ran out of badges and refused to get any more made up to post out to late arrivals until they had sold enough to make an economic order quantity for another run of badges even though they had happily taken the money off these people at the gate

**P38** · 27th August 2009, 17:33

Originally Posted by p.dath

Does anyone know if the RMCC has a web site? I'm trying to get some more info about the club to add to the Wiki.

Or feel free to add some info about the club yourself if you know something about it in general or about its history.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/wiki/Ruapehu_Motorcycle_Club

Contact Graeme Edlington, long time RMCC member and organiser of the Cold Kiwi.

I'll pm his email to you

**P38** · 27th August 2009, 17:35

Originally Posted by popelli

want some more info on this club

the ruapehu motorcycle club organise the cold kiwi and have done so since about 1974

they claim that it is nz's permier motorcycle event, but I have my doubts

they have made an awful lot of money out of it and for a long time refused to provide any form of entertainment or a marquee because "they could not afford to"

after a few locals got fed up with all the money being made by the ruapehu motorcylce club they got together and put on the midwinter rage in the mid ninety's complete witha a marquee, bands and strippers

strange that after competition appeared the cold kiwi could now afford entertainment even though they were losing 100's of gate sales to another event

ever tried to join the ruapehu motorcycle club? rumour has it that it is a closed shop because they do not want to dilute the earnings per member

the first rally I ever went to was 25 years ago to the cold kiwi, possibly one of the worst rallies I have ever been too, the sound system was a 8w speaker, food that was available was truely dire.

My enduring memory was that they ran out of badges and refused to get any more made up to post out to late arrivals until they had sold enough to make an economic order quantity for another run of badges even though they had happily taken the money off these people at the gate

Sorry to hear this has been your experience.

However thats nothing like the Cold Kiwi I know and love.

I can only say good things about it and have enjoyed every one I ve been to.

**Bonez** · 27th August 2009, 18:41

Originally Posted by P38

Sorry to hear this has been your experience.

However thats nothing like the Cold Kiwi I know and love.

I can only say good things about it and have enjoyed every one I ve been to.

Marquee, hot drinks, warm food, christians changing tyres, good site, flushing loos, entertainment, bands, southerners saying they're turn up again this year and very very large area to fool around in. Did I mention the marquee?

http://www.coldkiwi.co.nz/

**P38** · 27th August 2009, 21:56

Originally Posted by Bonez

Marquee, hot drinks, warm food, christians changing tyres, good site, flushing loos, entertainment, bands, southerners saying they're turn up again this year and very very large area to fool around in. Did I mention the marquee?

http://www.coldkiwi.co.nz/

Did you mention good mates havin a beer around the fire and swapping some bullshit stories.