Northern Gravel Adventure Riding Club

[raftn]

+1 jaffa's are always flush with cash...not like us poor southern boys besides, If I don't run the risk of getting lost, yelled or shot at for riding where I shouldn't, doing as litte preperation as possible and dragging other simliarly non equiped and gullable adventure entusiasts along with me with little (no) support, then it ain't much of an adv ride

What a load of tripe....not all jaffa are flush with cash, and those who are have worked there arses off to get there, your genralisation lacks thought.

Many private lands require payment,simple fact, every attempt is made to kept costs down.

Sue and Jim have done amazing work with this club...when you can do better pop back, other wise just shut up.

[raftn]

Hmmmm,
This adv riding gig is certainly changing.
Don't get me wrong, I understand alot of work goes into organising rides. (done a few myself).
But getting paid had never crossed my mind. (XR/DR/ stinky riders are usually broke the day after pay day anyhow)

Who the fuck is getting paid?, get you facts right before making such stupid and uninformed comments.

[raftn]

Trouble is it's already happened. Lots of areas are already off limits. What Sue and the club are doing is working with the land owners to get access where it would otherwise be impossible. Unfortunately this doesn't come free of charge.

.....Exactly!

[suzieq]

A big thnks to all those that have entered my F U N competition.

The guessing of exactly what was "In The Box" certainly got a good amount of correct entries.

Amidst the ponderings were a few very good guesses to which I think a "Valiant Effort" prize will also be awarded.

Not many have guessed the extensive amount of work that has gone into the "Project Rebuild" on this new bike.
More will be revealed on the closing date of my competition.

This has been a lot of fun to which it was intended to be.

Roll on closing date. I think a few happy smiles will be "Out and About" when collecting their prizes.

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http://www.northerngraveladventureri...n-the-box.html

S Q and so loving it..............

[tri boy]

Who the fuck is getting paid?, get you facts right before making such stupid and uninformed comments.

Settle petal.
If I misunderstood the overall gist of the gig, sorry.
No need to act the tough guy.
(your from nth, you can't)

Since when did facts matter on KB anyhow?
I will leave your thread alone. Seems to me to be a bit touchy for my rough ol arse any how.
Peace

[Woodman]

Chill Raftn, this is a happy place.

[Night Falcon]

.... your genralisation lacks thought.

generalisations are intended to lack thought, thats the point of them

[Gremlin]

I'll just take my one star lunch box, and sit over in the nigel no mates table.

Is it a nice lunch? I'll have some of that

I joined up to the club simply because as stated, a lot of areas are now access unless you have permits, pay for access etc. It's sad, but possibly the effect of stupid OSH people etc. You wouldn't gain access as a random individual, but with some work in a club, then yes, it's possible.

Lucky you to have all the open areas...

[Oscar]

WE now have people making and marking our rides for us, which is excellent and some of these rides are over PRIVATE lands to which we are charged a "Group Fee" also. Many, many property owners ask Does Your Club Have A Permit???? Liability is a huge concern to property/station/forestry owners, and this question needed to be answered. The Flushing Out Of Cash????? How to FLUSH OUT CASH????

This New Club has been an excellent exercise, and to find from this result that we have so many who like this idea and to have joined our club accordingly is wonderful. We now have the funds to purchase our CLUB permit. This provides us with Fire Insurance and also Public Liability cover. Each member that has chosen to join us now owns a small portion of this club's permit and cover. Owning a permit has come about not from talking about the idea of having an actual ADV club, aka idle chat, but from the actual hard time and effort month after month Planning/Organising etc etc etc etc etc etc etc the list goes on - since we first started this club beginning of this year, and has now resulted in that we are now up and running and SAVING funds from each and every ride has given us the funds for this our goal, to own our club permit.

This Club now also has a brand new sponsor behind us also. I feel so very very proud of everything that I have achieved. To have many behind me that also like this concept and now also a sponsor who also likes the hard work and time and effort that has been put into this is payback to me and more than everything that I could ever have hoped for.

It is awsome tht people are now taking interest in providing these rides for us and we are more than happy to pay a small fee for time taken to provide us with a ride. We fully appreciate the time and effort it takes for someone to spend many hours on our behalf to make these rides for us. Thanks very much for your feedback.

Our forestry access also unfortunately does NOT get given to us for FREE either, and as a new club we look to follow in accordance to forestry guidelines and to have permitted access also, sad but true. Permits for legal access to areas is not FREE and does not come cheap either.


If you wish at any time to provide our new club with a mapped and marked out ride please do not hesitate to contact us. We appreciate the valuable time taken to provide these wonderful rides month after month for our members who have chosen to join us. We now also have a permit behind us and rides can now be made legally into forestry areas on the back of our club permit. We look forwards to having more like minded people on board to assist with the future of our club ADV planning of our rides. We wish to have an actual ADV riding club for everyone to enjoy and for more to come on board and to assist. We will also look to follow in the correct guidelines also.

We also notice there is a huge intake at each and every one of the more expensive five star high quality ADV rides that are currently being provided by BUSINESS ADV riding companies both here in the North Island and also the South Island. Business is booming for them and every one of their rides are FULLL. There seems to be a HUGE interest in also attending these quality five star ADV rides also. This also applies to the five star quality training sessions that are also being hosted around the country, the intakes are also full. Many that attend these five star quality ADV rides and tours/training sessions are Kiwi Bikers also???? I personally know of quite a few???

Thanks once again. Please contact if you wish to assist with the future of this new club.

S Q

PM me if you need any help with Liability Insurance, Health & Safety Regs or Adv Sports Regulations.

[george formby]

Would the Club Permit & insurance assist with gaining entry to DOC administered working (logging) forests?

[Oscar]

Would the Club Permit & insurance assist with gaining entry to DOC administered working (logging) forests?

It certainly would.

[suzieq]

Each and every land block and also forestry block the deviations on permit details vary, funds are available to purchase our club permit, if there is interest in putting together a ride on the back of our CLUB permit plse contact me and we would more than welcome this idea to have this as something great for allll of us to enjoy. Many have liked this idea and contributed accordingly. Lets use what we have and find more places we can now access to be able to ride and enjoy.

S Q

[george formby]

Oop's, forgot to mention the forest which runs behind 90 mile beach & the Landcorp station which goes out to Maria Van Demen in my PM Sue.

[Gr82briding]

It certainly would.

Unlikely within a National Park but if it is a "permitted activity" contained in the "Conservation Management Srategy" for the particular Conservancy where you want to ride (and motorcycling has to be stated specifically as a permitted activity) then a Concession may be obtained (for a small processing fee) from DOC. Check out the DOC website and search "permits and concessions"

It's Gr82briding

[suzieq]

The weather was excellent and we enjoyed a TRUE adventure in very many ways at The Station. I have just come back into Akd and am plsed with the comments from those who attended our Adventure Ride.

We met with our hosts and enjoyed mng tea and a chat before we set out to enjoy the many challenges and obstacles tht are present here in these lands. Jim and I have been given the unique opportunity to take guided adventure tours over the Station by arrangement with our hosts who enjoyed the total concept of our SMALL GROUP feel and how our group also conducted themselves over our day. Our hosts are very conscious of sustainability and environmental issues on these lands here. This property is NOT a motorised continual ride area and will not be used as such. As Jim and I are often down here at Taupo it fits that we will be able to take any rides that may crop up by arrangement with our hosts and we will have permission to take people thru. Excellent. I am looking to host two rides per year here. Missed our first ride, then join in for our second intake as this will be the last for this year.

The Station provided us with varying terrain and obstacles which we enjoyed and for some of us did definately provide a challenge. We were also able to offer several Challenge Sections for those who wished for it also. Towards the later part of our journey our hosts followed us thru the property and provided us with nice cool drinks aka privately bottled natural water - very nice touch. We enjoyed this when we stopped off for a brief spell to take in SAFARI campsite. N I C E doesn't quite come close!!! WOW - taking in the natural waters right on the very doorstep of this camp site set amongst the bush. AWSOME. Rushing water and rapids right on your entrance, magic.

Photo link will be posted here shortly to show you the many varying terrain sections we were fortunate to journey thru. Looking for an adventure over Poronui Station??? Jim will shortly visit Poronui AFTER hunting season which is now in full swing and will tackle the next part of the property which is currently being used for The Big Game Business here at Poronui. This will take you even higher up into the hills that are on this property and the views will be simply stunning. I am currently awaiting the limit to which I will be able to take on our next visit here on the 16th September. Nobby tyres will be needed for our next visit. Our next section of this ride will be thru more Pine Forestry on the Station also. Our next visit will be a fuller day visit as we have more terrain to journey thru. We may even look to repeat the lower sections of the property again also with a few more forestry roads added onto also. Many who joined us on this very first visit will be attending our next ride here again also. The ride after our Station visit was funnnn also. Journeying thru well over 100kms of forestry roads was just the nicest ending touch to the day before refuelling back at Murupara Service Station. The owners here certainly do remember us well now as we are tending to frequent their business premises on a regular basis these days. The afternoon ride was DUST DUST And Much More DUST, my facial pics true testament to the many corner men that roooostered past me on many occasions. Amongst the rooostering and the dust, I can say the afternoon was excellent. Hitting Murupara it was 6pm by now and nearing on attemptin to get d a r k. Decision, back thru the forestry????? or back into TAUPO via SHway, no real decision here except for those heading off home and NOT heading back into TAUPO and back to RANGITAIKI pub aka pack of filthy buggers we all were and in to tackle those Big Bugger Burgers that Duncan is fast becoming famous for. They did NOT disappoint. You won't know until you try them. Many many very TALLLLLL tales were told and I imagine a bundle of lies, can't quite remember mine but they were goodies - when you can't remember well they must be???? Meanwhile back into Taupo township sometime round 12pm I think (plus or minus) and to load up just one of the THREE XT250cc bikes that attended our ride. Meeting another local lady from Taupo itself just a most fantastic bonus and to find she also comes to our new group with a XT250 (FAMOUS once AGAIN)

ps ROGEY your undergarments did make it out of the dryer and LG I have your personal belongings also - now what else was there to bring back in bigsmoke AKD????

Not only did many spot deer running thru the tracks here but the streams are indeed fullll of fish. Amazing experience. Our hosts provided us with a most excellent day and we could not have been more looked after. LUNCH - excellent. Ride - EXCELLENT. Pics - EXCELLENT.

A very big thanks to our group that attended and respectfully rode thru these lands and enjoyed the privilege to which we have been given.

Sunday also did NOT disappoint and those who had the time to take in MORE on the Sunday before heading off for home they were NOT disappointed. An explore was had over local areas surrounding National Park and Turangi areas. Excellent.

Next intake September 16th 10 are confirmed at this date


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Pics coming soon also - I mean MANY more pics still to be uploaded - a very very big thanks to our cameraperson - You Know Who You ARE !!!
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