21st May - Bethells beach

[Sutage]

K im not gonna come, just had a quick ride down scenic drive to the arataki(sp?) lodge thing and shit man some of those corners are deadly, add oncomnig cars to the mix and shit no way

ppl who are going be careful, if the corner says 45 it means 45 its not one of those lets double it cuz youll die

and that first 25km corner, 25km!!!!!!! shit man its lethal haha

im gonna slow work my way down it by myself

everyone going be careful, cars coming outta driveways, leaves gravel you name it, be careful!!!! have fun

[justsomeguy]

K im not gonna come, just had a quick ride down scenic drive to the arataki(sp?) lodge thing and shit man some of those corners are deadly, add oncomnig cars to the mix and shit no way

ppl who are going be careful, if the corner says 45 it means 45 its not one of those lets double it cuz youll die

and that first 25km corner, 25km!!!!!!! shit man its lethal haha

im gonna slow work my way down it by myself

everyone going be careful, cars coming outta driveways, leaves gravel you name it, be careful!!!! have fun

Heheheheh, love that piece of road..........

[bugjuice]

K im not gonna come, just had a quick ride down scenic drive to the arataki(sp?) lodge thing and shit man some of those corners are deadly, add oncomnig cars to the mix and shit no way

ppl who are going be careful, if the corner says 45 it means 45 its not one of those lets double it cuz youll die

and that first 25km corner, 25km!!!!!!! shit man its lethal haha

im gonna slow work my way down it by myself

everyone going be careful, cars coming outta driveways, leaves gravel you name it, be careful!!!! have fun

dats why you get knee sliders..
it's not a road to be taken lightly, that's for sure. But I love it all the same. I use it when I have brakes and tyres to scrub in. Works a treat.

Really tempted to go on that other ride I mentioned, by Feint tho. Sorry guys. Just fancy heading out that way, and those roads (better and wider condition than scenic drive, but more commercial (traffic) than scenic). Tis a good road tho, been on heaps of rides both solo and with kb that way, so it does work.. just watch for the shady bits, might be wet/slippy.
The other ride is longer, and a better chance of me knee getting down, and more speed bits

[johnsf1980]

K im not gonna come, just had a quick ride down scenic drive to the arataki(sp?) lodge thing and shit man some of those corners are deadly, add oncomnig cars to the mix and shit no way

ppl who are going be careful, if the corner says 45 it means 45 its not one of those lets double it cuz youll die

and that first 25km corner, 25km!!!!!!! shit man its lethal haha

im gonna slow work my way down it by myself

everyone going be careful, cars coming outta driveways, leaves gravel you name it, be careful!!!! have fun

Sounds like a good piece of road for my cruiser & me

[Sutage]

Watch out for morons in those subaru things too

they go kinda fast and overtake you

[Ixion]

It used to be ALL gravel to Bethells,I used to know people there back in the hippy days - we used to go in and out up the river.

Can you still ride on the dunes? That was a hoot,we used to ride on the beach too,no one went to Bethells back then,only the seaweeds and they were scared of bikes....First time I rode on the Bethells dunes we were going real fast,jumping off dunes,then stopped for a rest....got off the bike and looked down the next dune - like,about 100ft to the river! Shit,I was just about to launch off that one !

I *DID* . Over the dunes and whee, airbourne, land on far side, sideways with a nice rooster tail. Over the next one - **OH SHIT** . Threw the bike sideways ,me the other way, slid about half way down (and fark, that dune was STEEP) scrabbling with every available appendage to try to slow down. No way I was going to climb back up, let alone get the bike up. Bellowed for me mates, bring the ropes. Then the indignity of being hauled back up the dune on the end of a rope. No actual damage in the end though.

I've seen bikes on them, but there's so many killjoys around there now, ready to call the ARC guys. (Though if you want to a bike should be able to outrun their 4WDs easily enough )

Used to be all gravel to Piha too, ruined it when they sealed the road.

Incidentally Mr Motu, you seem to have had a singularly misspent , nay even irresponsible youff. What have you to say for yourself, carrying on thus, while responsible and law abiding young fellows like me were setting such a good example.

[justsomeguy]

Watch out for morons in those subaru things too

they go kinda fast and overtake you

There will be no cages overtaking me......

[Motu]

I *DID* . Over the dunes and whee, airbourne, land on far side, sideways with a nice rooster tail. Over the next one - **OH SHIT** . Threw the bike sideways ,me the other way, slid about half way down (and fark, that dune was STEEP) scrabbling with every available appendage to try to slow down. No way I was going to climb back up, let alone get the bike up. Bellowed for me mates, bring the ropes. Then the indignity of being hauled back up the dune on the end of a rope. No actual damage in the end though.

I knew someone had to have done it,it was a near miss for me.Thing is,it looked like the dunes just went on forever...and like,they just stopped!

My yoof? Yeah it was spent alright...but I could of been a lot worse - you can't choose your family on this side,blind luck....but I was quick to realise which friends would take me to jail with them,and which ones would still be keeping an eye on me 30 yrs later....

[justsomeguy]

By the way the Good John has decided to kindly postpone the ride to Sunday leaving Repco at 13:30.

[bugjuice]

nice one, so we can do both now..

[johnsf1980]

nice one, so we can do both now..

Yeah.. hopefully the weather clears up and stays fine on both days!

[Madmax]

i will be in

[johnsf1980]

So far the weather forecast for Sunday is:

Max: 18°C Min: 13°C
Rain, some heavy thundery falls. Strong northeasterly.

Keep fingers crossed that it all clears up by midday!!!

[Zapf]

De-tails pl-ease

R32 GTS25, going too hot into a corner that is 90" right, but like a round about you have to take the long way around the outside 3/4 way of a circle. 2am in the morning... group of skylines.... he panic braked... went across the road, across the other lane, fell into the bush.... luckly the trees where holding the car from falling into the gorgue.... someone when home and got a 4WD to tow it out...

[XTC]

Lucky it was only a nissan.... Imagine if he'd been in some thing fast