Two days buckets only at Kaitoke! (8 & 9 Oct)

**Farmaken** · 28th September 2011, 18:43

Keen to head down for the two days, can anyone tell me if camping at the track is allowed??

**Henk** · 28th September 2011, 18:49

Not as far as I'm aware. One of the locals can probably give a definitive answer.
However there is a campground not too far away.

**Dutchee** · 28th September 2011, 19:09

Originally Posted by Skunk

Is there a Aucklander who can bring a ZXR side fairing down for me? It's in Waitakere.

not sure if Henk replied via PM or not, but yeah, flick us a contact # and we'll sort it.

**Dutchee** · 28th September 2011, 19:12

Originally Posted by Henk

Not as far as I'm aware. One of the locals can probably give a definitive answer.
However there is a campground not too far away.

Think it's the Harcourts campground. On Akatawara Road (however that mountain-goat road's called). The Aka's anyways.
If your GPS tells you to go that way, tell it to get f'ed and go over the Haywoods or any other way but that one.
Be good to meet up with a Vegas-ite

**Farmaken** · 28th September 2011, 19:58

Great, thanks for that. Looked at a map and thought Haywoods would be the go. See ya there.

**Dutchee** · 28th September 2011, 20:22

http://www.harcourtholidaypark.co.nz...ID=16789_.html is the one.

**F5 Dave** · 28th September 2011, 20:44

Originally Posted by Dutchee

The Aka's anyways.
If your GPS tells you to go that way, tell it to get f'ed and go over the Haywoods or any other way but that one.

Hahahaha, yup its a meal. I once decided when I had borrowed a Bedford jumbo to take my poor ill CBX550 to kapiti that maybe that would be a quicker way. That was hard work I tells ya. We thought of going back & planting a sign that said "HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH YET?" about 1/2 way through.

Road is closed through to other side at the moment anyway

**Henk** · 28th September 2011, 20:59

I drove the van over there on the way to Kaitoke last year. I swear I could see the next six corners on the GPS at times, every time I saw a sign the told me to keep it uper 50k/h I had to laugh because I struggled to get over 30. Bloody goat track it is, nice view from the top though.

**Dutchee** · 28th September 2011, 21:00

There are a couple of signs along the way.
Last year (before the Easter meet), Henk thought I was heading to Taranaki, but I decided I'd see if I could track down a friend in Carterton, so ended up coming to Kaitoke early, and as I was heading north to meet Henk, read the map as the Aka's being the quickest way.

When I met up with Henk around Ohakune, he got told all about this goat track. So we headed back down the country, and the damned GPS told us to go over the Aka's. Henk now knows exactly what the hell I meant, and having ridden it both directions, I don't get the fascination with it. It'd be fine as a one way road, but meeting up with campervans etc, it's not my cup of tea. But I did love the area where the 4WD's play, with an awesome view over wherever the hell it is. (yeah, I'm challenged with names and places and faces and everything really, but know that the motel I stopped at was too damned expensive to be bothered with).

**F5 Dave** · 29th September 2011, 10:08

Originally Posted by Dutchee

. . .I don't get the fascination with it. . .

I don't think anyone is fascinated by that road. There is a bunch of dirt riding that can be done in that general area, perhaps that is the confusion.

I did remember a decent ride on my RZ350 through there. perfect bike for it, peeble around the left hand corners grazing the bank & then when you see the road open drop the clutch & launch to the next safe spot, pull the clutch & peeble around again. My mate following on a GPZ1100 wasn't having such a great time on that barge. Not really a 4 stroke road anyway. You need something light small & medium powerful.

**Dutchee** · 29th September 2011, 19:49

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

I don't think anyone is fascinated by that road. There is a bunch of dirt riding that can be done in that general area, perhaps that is the confusion.

I did remember a decent ride on my RZ350 through there. perfect bike for it, peeble around the left hand corners grazing the bank & then when you see the road open drop the clutch & launch to the next safe spot, pull the clutch & peeble around again. My mate following on a GPZ1100 wasn't having such a great time on that barge. Not really a 4 stroke road anyway. You need something light small & medium powerful.

I got the impression from someone up here (that used to live down there) that it's one of the "must ride" roads. Maybe I should ask him straight out as to what blardy drugs he's on. Then again, I think he's an old friend of Skunks, so that probably explains a lot, and then add into the equation he's a work colleague of Henk's, and he's pretty screwed hahaha

**F5 Dave** · 29th September 2011, 21:27

Must be deluded, maybe he thought the rimas & got confused. Strangely I've made two trips deep into the Akataruas yesterday & today, but in the van. - Its ok I had the race bike in the back. They say that if you can find him, old man Daemon shapes & glues metal into artistic shapes & forms

. ok they don't say that now, but they may well in 20 or so years.

Worth the drive if you want a job done proper like.