Minginui - Matawai - Motu Midwinter Madness Ride 30 July - 1 August 2010

[Eddieb]

How the FAARK did I miss this??

Well this will def be on my calendar for next year! Read through the thread and it sounds like a real blast.

Have fun guys!

Mate, you're just up the road, you could come down for a day trip even.

You know you want to.

[junkmanjoe]

oh bugger that,, that doesn't look like fun at all..................NOT

[clint640]

It's still looking like a healthy turnout with 33 confirmed plus a few others maybe tagging along for the day. The forecast for Friday & Saturday looks good, maybe a few showers on Sunday.

Anybody coming from the North/East who wants to join us on Friday for the scenic route over via Matahina, Murupara & Minginui (running some of the first part of the Sat ride in reverse) needs to be at my place 2pm Friday, we'll be heading off 2:15 at the latest, see map. Alternately be at the Galatea Rd turnoff on hwy 30 at Te Teko at 3pm. Be aware you will need 250km fuel range for this option as you have to get from Murupara - Rangitaiki, then all the way through to Waikaremoana.

The pub will be serving meals Fri night & breakfast from early Saturday morning.

We will be leaving the Rangitaiki Tavern at 8am Sat then heading to the western entrance to Pohokura Rd & along the back of the Kaingaroa Forest. We will run the cornerman system through here then regroup at the Minginui Rd turnoff on SH38. From there everyone can go at their own pace on through to the Waikaremoana Motor Camp where there is fuel & pies & we will regroup again.

From Waikaremoana everyone can make their own way down to Frasertown on SH38, those who need fuel or pies can go into Wairoa to top up. Then carry on up the Tiniroto Rd from Frasertown, about 36km up at Tiniroto is the Lake Falls Hotel. We will partake in some afternoon refreshments & regroup there. If you have any issues, decide to go somewhere else etc please leave a message at the pub, ph 06 863 7019, as we will be expecting you otherwise.

From Tiniroto we will again run the cornerman system & head through the backroads to Journeys End Station. See map.

The distances for Saturday are not huge, no one needs to go fast, but if you are running near the back of the pack please try & keep pie/photo/latte stops to a minimum so you get to the Station before dark.

The next day we will head out to Matawai on Te Wera Rd for fuel & pies, then off down the Motu Rd & out to Opotiki where we will regroup at the Hot Bread Shop cafe near the corner of hwy 35 & hwy 2. Some of the gang are peeling off to do East Cape at this point, some may head home, the rest of us will wiggle our way over to my place (see map) taking in a few more back roads.

Please print off these maps so you have a copy of the key ph numbers. There is bugger all cellphone coverage just about everywhere we are going.

Cheers
Clint

[Roj]

I am so keen I started last week, meet me at the Cambridge BP at 5:30 am saturday morning and we should be there on time to start

How the FAARK did I miss this??

Well this will def be on my calendar for next year! Read through the thread and it sounds like a real blast.

Have fun guys!

[nothingflash]

We will run the cornerman system...

Evening all - with fear of looking like a complete knob...can someone explain the cornerman system please?

[Aslan]

Evening all - with fear of looking like a complete knob...can someone explain the cornerman system please?

Hi there ‘Nothingflash’ – look forward to meeting you on Friday

The Cornerman system is intended to ensure no one gets lost or left behind and that all of the group on a ride are accounted for when direction changes occur and the direction that should be taken is not immediately obvious to following riders.

The person following immediately behind the lead rider – in this instance I would expect Clint to be leading, stops wherever there is a direction change – typically at intersections and waits until the last rider has passed before rejoining the group. The more spirited riders use this situation to make there way to the front of the pack again.

There is likely to be a designated ‘tail end Charlie’ so there should be no doubt concerning whether all riders are accounted for and have understood the necessary direction change when tail end Charlie appears.

Hope this helps – cheers Aslan

[That looks like fun]

I thought it meant someone fell off at every corner man

[nothingflash]

Hope this helps – cheers Aslan

Cheers Aslan - it does. Yep see you in Plimmerton on Friday morning. Cheers John.

[junkmanjoe]

some where near taupo...

[Shewolf]

Have fun guys!

and guy-esses

[MIXONE]

Have fun you lot.Just remeber guys "It aint a race" eh mxnut.

[Taz]

Have fun you lot.Just remeber guys "It aint a race" eh mxnut.

Yeah MXNUT. You be gettin a bad rep

[Howie]

Thanks for the Maps, and phone numbers Clint, they are handy to have.

[That looks like fun]

At the CCA this year a gentleman stood up during the briefing and made the statement that slower bikes should pullover and allow faster bikes to pass. So when the knob on the two stroke tried to push past me as I was "surviving" (and it is just that on the big scooters) a narrow steep climb with loose metal could he have waited until I could pull over ?
Ever seen the roost from a bimmer in full shit? he has Its about fun with a little bit of safety thrown in (not too much or it stops being fun )
Yes its a ride, not a race (unless your winning)

[Eddieb]

At the CCA this year a gentleman stood up during the briefing and made the statement that slower bikes should pullover and allow faster bikes to pass. So when the knob on the two stroke tried to push past me as I was "surviving" (and it is just that on the big scooters) a narrow steep climb with loose metal could he have waited until I could pull over ?
Ever seen the roost from a bimmer in full shit? he has Its about fun with a little bit of safety thrown in (not too much or it stops being fun )
Yes its a ride, not a race (unless your winning)

I suspect that was the same guy that tried to squeeze through the 6 inches between my GS PD and the bank several times on one of the knarlier bits towards the end of the day. I almost leant over and made him part of the bank.

He got the same treatment from me.