Learner Ride to Cape Reinga (20 November)

[Mongolian]

Any word on dates for this ride yet?
need to sort out leave from work when necessary.

[Mom]

Any word on dates for this ride yet?
need to sort out leave from work when necessary.

Me too come to think of it. I will prod Maha in a moment

[Maha]

Any word on dates for this ride yet?
need to sort out leave from work when necessary.

I have November 15th/16th and 17th in my Diary.
I will firm up the dates in a few weeks but cant see then changing for any reason.

[Mongolian]

Sweet sounds good Maha, looks like I wont even have to take leave, just come straight after work on friday morning XD

[Maha]

The San Marino is booked for November 15th/16th, just spoke to the owner Debbie (yet to find a new manager) and she is all to happy to have us there and FEED us for $180 per head like last year.

I will start a new thread after the Prison ride and then let the booking commence..
Two nights accom/two B-B-Q tea's and Two cooked breakfasts for that $180 per head..

[Grant`]

I will probably aim to head up for this now I am no longer in whangarei. I have beem meaning to do the mangamukas for a while and I will find a way to throw them in there. :-)

[Juniper]

The San Marino is booked for November 15th/16th, just spoke to the owner Debbie (yet to find a new manager) and she is all to happy to have us there and FEED us for $180 per head like last year.

I will start a new thread after the Prison ride and then let the booking commence..
Two nights accom/two B-B-Q tea's and Two cooked breakfasts for that $180 per head..

MMmmmmm sounds good.....does it have bacon?

[Maha]

MMmmmmm sounds good.....does it have bacon?

Breakfast is Bacon/Sausages/hash browns/baked beans and toast.

[Juniper]

Breakfast is Bacon/Sausages/hash browns/baked beans and toast.

I'm in!!!!!!

[arcane12]

Sounds like a great ride. Wish I could handle 300+kms in a day on my motorbike. Pain is just weakness leaving the body, right? I did do 260 or so one afternoon once. Couldn't sit down for an hour afterwards though. Maybe I should have taken the gel seat! (let's head back through the Kaimai's, yeah thats a good idea...)

[bosslady]

I'm keen for this depending on my finances closer to the time I guess!

[surveyorsteve]

Sounds like a great ride. Wish I could handle 300+kms in a day on my motorbike. Pain is just weakness leaving the body, right? I did do 260 or so one afternoon once. Couldn't sit down for an hour afterwards though. Maybe I should have taken the gel seat! (let's head back through the Kaimai's, yeah thats a good idea...)

I love long rides! Drained my 350km tank twice in a day several times. Longest was Auckland to Kaikoura - summer, sunny days, long evenings, could ride on forever. V sore arse though have to stand up going thru towns

[haydes55]

Sounds like a great ride. Wish I could handle 300+kms in a day on my motorbike. Pain is just weakness leaving the body, right? I did do 260 or so one afternoon once. Couldn't sit down for an hour afterwards though. Maybe I should have taken the gel seat! (let's head back through the Kaimai's, yeah thats a good idea...)

Get a sportsbike. It's better at cruising than a cruiser. Haha

[surveyorsteve]

And a bit of power helps too. After a trip to Dunedin and back, took me a few days to slow my mind down from traveling at Warp 9 - kids were hanging on to the handles and saying to me in the car "Slow down Dad" whoops

[Maha]

Sounds like a great ride. Wish I could handle 300+kms in a day on my motorbike. Pain is just weakness leaving the body, right? I did do 260 or so one afternoon once. Couldn't sit down for an hour afterwards though. Maybe I should have taken the gel seat! (let's head back through the Kaimai's, yeah thats a good idea...)

300 kms between the hours of 9:30am-4:30pm..we take all day, you were on the Naki ride, 80ks stop 80ks stop 80ks stop and lunch is about an hour stop..I say it all time, these rides are designed around the 'getting there when we can' policy. Why rush, the San Marino aint going anywhere.

I must add also (if I haven't already) there will be stretch on the 90 Mile Beach for those who want to do that.