Kiwibiker Rideout #lostcount

**Kwaka-Kid** · 14th October 2003, 20:32

WHAT: KB Meetup/Rideout!

WHERE: Clevedon Shell on main drag*

WHEN: Saturday 1st November 2003
Meet at Clevedon- 9:30am, depart around 9:50am

WHO: All KB'ers/KB'ers mates + Extras picked up along the way

Why: BECAUSE WE CAN!!!

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
Map of route to be taken

the shell is on the main drag thru clevedon and i will probably be @ autobahn cafe gassing up at around 8:30am-9:00am, if any riders dont know the way they could PM me and meet there to start with, im talking about the autobahn cafe before the drury exit on SH1

**wkid_one** · 14th October 2003, 20:47

Auckland - Clevedon - Kawakawa Bay - Kaiaua - Miranda - Kopu - Whitianga - Coromandel - Thames - Kopu - Miranda - Maungatawhiri - Hunua - Clevedon - Auckland

As many, eg CK, will attest that is a good days ride - looking at just over 400km I think - suggest stopping at Kaiaua, Kopu, Coromandel, again at Kopu and then home. Nice lunch in Coromandel - nice roads apart from main drag stint from Miranda to Kopu - but it isn't too long.

On a nice day you get a good view from the top of the hill back to Kaiaua

**Sheep Dags** · 14th October 2003, 22:03

hey i'm keen! keen to meet some of you guys! :P

don't know what kind of pace you set though :| - i might be a bit slow being a newbie and all

**Antallica** · 14th October 2003, 22:29

400km ride you say... hmm I dunno about that.

Probably, it's not like I am bound to work 24/7.

**aff-man** · 15th October 2003, 09:16

I'm in hmmmmm even if i am slow , could be fun streching the zxr's legs over the coromandel

**duckman** · 15th October 2003, 10:26

Ahhh Bugger!! I'm off down to Roto-Vegas that weekend.

Ah well perhaps next time??

**Coldkiwi** · 15th October 2003, 11:20

Sounds awesome. Although, my usual pillion passenger doesn't like rides that are too long. I.e One hour is enough. Any longer and she needs a good break before getting back on. (before I get flamed for not telling her to get hard you should know a) she's my g/f and b) i want to help develop her interest in bikes not put her off it!)

Still, she may be working that day...

and I may have a new machine to play with....

**duckman** · 15th October 2003, 11:46

Would that be a ZX9R per chance Richard ???

**SPman** · 15th October 2003, 14:12

Originally posted by Coldkiwi
and I may have a new machine to play with....

Another one!

Obviously they pay you young engineers waaay too much!

**Firefight** · 15th October 2003, 15:59

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
This post was put up to put together a ride... Saturday 1st November.. Would like an approx 400km ride,a nice turnout would be kool too*..possibly yet another Coramandel run

don't normally plan that far in advance, but when you talk about coramandel, Fuc# yeah I'am in , done it about 6-7 times great ride
I think Big Dog was keen to do it again.

Plus I finally got the new back tyre for the R6 today, so I;ll be looking to do a ride this Friday, see separate thread.

firefight

**Marmoot** · 15th October 2003, 16:25

Been to Kawakawa-Kaiaua road 'couple of weeks back, in the cage in the wee morning hours. Apparently, during the big downpours recently there was significant washouts and clay from the cliffsides around the waterfront road (near kaiaua). In one spot it even covered the whole roadwide. That makes me car look like a proper rally car, and McRae's look like kindergarten gokart.
Watchout for clay!

I do hope they have cleaned it out, though. It is a good road.

**Big Dog** · 15th October 2003, 17:18

Hell yeah I'm in, have to be after 10am though as I have month end reports to do on the first of each month.

That is one sexy set of twisties btween Whitianga and Coromandel...... Just a shame my skills don't do them justice still it being an 1100 there must be at least one rookie on a 150 I will be able to keep up with....

**Firefight** · 15th October 2003, 18:28

Hey Big Dog, don;t sell your self sort, we had a great day when you & I did that run, remeber it was a bit wet !, we still had a bloody good day, and your right about those twistys..

firefight

**Big Dog** · 15th October 2003, 22:05

Originally posted by Firefight
Hey Big Dog, don;t sell your self sort, we had a great day when you & I did that run, remeber it was a bit wet !, we still had a bloody good day, and your right about those twistys..

firefight

2 points:
1) I lack the confidence of youth ... or is it just that this is my only mode of transport?

2) Set the bar low then it's easy to beat other peoples expectations