Best Kiwi back roads to ride?

[The Pastor]

you should get 100 easy, simerlar to the poker runs where they get 300+ easy

[hellokitty]

THIS guy will be keen.

Fanny.

Damm - guess that counts out the women who LOVE their machines

Otherwise i would have been most keen

Dammit - I am a woman who loves her machine that is over 250cc. Can't help with the roads that I have been through or suggest anybody because they always go on the backroads south of Auckland with us girlys!

We should do our own "ladies" one - we would have way more fun than the guys....

[Maha]

Suggested route....
Day one - Taupo-Napier-Gisborne- Waioeka/Opotiki.
Day two - Opotiki-Rotorua-Atiamuri-Mangakino-Benneydale-Taumaranui
Day three - Taumaranui-Stratford-Wanganui-Raetihi-National Park-Tokaanu/Turangi-Taupo

Still reckon 100 is too many.

And 3 days is only scratching the surface of what is available...

100 is too many, accommodation for that many in out of the way places is limited to say the least. Wont even go into the other risks involved.

[trailblazer]

i would be real keen for a ride like this. It would be good to do it over a few more days though. Maybe to eliminate the risk of 100 bikers racing off together you could release them in groups of 3 or 4 at a time. Accomadation would be a tricky part but we could just stay in cabins and tents in camp grounds. I am definatly keen on this though and am willing to help out with route planning and accomadation if required.

[fleebag4@]

I know i said a 100 bikers, but thats a rough number. Saying that, i'm not looking at everyone shooting off at once(For obvious reasons) though i was looking at doing it at intervals like in Rally sessions. So maybe 1 minute gaps As for accommodation, well, 100 seems to be a problem as i was thinking of people sharing rooms (Either with a friend or fellow biker) to cut costs along with being able to find rooms. Anyway, that seems to be a problem, so i might have to reconsider numbers.

Now, this is not a GROUP ride at all. It's riders enjoying the open road meeting up at places to chat and party. This is NO toy run and i'm not planning on roughing it (NO camping and so forth) There's no age limit though the key is for a braod mix of people to get together

Any help is welcomed.

[fleebag4@]

After investigation, i think 100 causes a few problems.

Only looking at 3 days as i don't want it to be to long along with only needing one day off work The key is to leave some roads open for next year also which will be down south ...

[trailblazer]

if it was to stop in whakatane i could get a good deal on a motel as i am friend with a motel owner and he is also a biker

[pritch]

That's a hell of a big group.

The Ducati Tourismo is usually restricted to about 70 I think. The group tour I was on for the last two weeks was 25 strong.

In neither case do they travel en masse. People find two or three other riders that travel at similar pace and ride in small groups. It was the same when I went on a trip organised by Northwest Motorcycles. No reason for this to be any different?

Finding sleeping quarters for 100 might be another matter...

[sil3nt]

Its called a tent. Strapping a tent to the back of a sportsbike doesn't make the bike handle like a sports tourer. Or does it. I don't actually know

[trailblazer]

i think on a ride like this you will get a good 50 riders taking part.

[Smifffy]

i think on a ride like this you will get a good 50 riders taking part.

So he needs another bad 50 to make up the total?

[insomnia01]

Kihikihi - Te Anga - Marokopa - Awakino - SH 3 to Okau rd Turnoff - Tahora - Whangamomona - Stratford

[Swoop]

That's a hell of a big group.

Organised on KB???



I'm guessing two fatalities.

[Banditbandit]

Suggested route....
Day one - Taupo-Napier-Gisborne- Waioeka/Opotiki.
Day two - Opotiki-Rotorua-Atiamuri-Mangakino-Benneydale-Taumaranui
Day three - Taumaranui-Stratford-Wanganui-Raetihi-National Park-Tokaanu/Turangi-Taupo

Still reckon 100 is too many.

And 3 days is only scratching the surface of what is available...

+ 1 Ridden those roads very recently ...

[MSTRS:Me]

I'm guessing two fatalities.

I didn't want to go there, but yes...

There's a big risk in a large group of mainly strangers to each other, riding back roads they are not necessarily familiar with. Mix that with long-ish riding days, 'partying' nights and a succession of possibly makeshift accommodation.

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that recipe.