The CAMP ride is all go (26/27 November)

**That looks like fun** · 19th November 2011, 17:49

At considerable expense and with great effort I have personally carried out some beautification work to parts of the ride route

I mowed the lawns through Whanga and out to Tamaranui

All expense was incurred by the boss

and I put in bugger all effort

Tractor was working pretty damn hard though

Time for a nudge on this ride folks, this will be a low stress good fun ride (with no mud ok

)
Beginner rider and big bike friendly but with enough awesome scenery and adventure for everyone but the most hardcore (can that word be used outside the Naki?)
I have even found the location of the Whanga jail as an added treat for the naughty people.

So get your names on the calender and see ya Saturday

**young1** · 19th November 2011, 21:46

Well done Colin, however you could have swung past my place and done the lawns here too!

Rosie, Clint, DucatiJim, & Shewolf, I will pm you with instructions how to find our place, for Friday night, possibly tomorrow or Monday.

I presume everyone else is sorted for Friday accommodation?

By the way I know of another couple on a 990 who will be doing the ride (they are not registered on KB).

**ducatijim** · 21st November 2011, 09:30

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I presume everyone else is sorted for Friday accommodation?

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Just a wee change for me here Mike; I will withdraw from your generous offer for Friday nite, Mrs n me will install our motorhome @ Seaview Friday thru sunday.
So, thanks anyway, and see you all at Maccrs Sat am!

**young1** · 21st November 2011, 19:17

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Originally Posted by young1

I presume everyone else is sorted for Friday accommodation?

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Just a wee change for me here Mike; I will withdraw from your generous offer for Friday nite, Mrs n me will install our motorhome @ Seaview Friday thru sunday.
So, thanks anyway, and see you all at Maccrs Sat am!

All good, Clint / Rosie / She Wolf will send instructions tomorrow from work

**young1** · 22nd November 2011, 09:33

Looks like the weather (at the moment at least) for the weekend is going to behave.

It does help that Jim Hickey is a Naki lad!

**Rosie** · 22nd November 2011, 09:41

Originally Posted by young1

Looks like the weather (at the moment at least) for the weekend is going to behave.

It does help that Jim Hickey is a Naki lad!

Maybe we'll get to see the mountain

We'll be using the awesome power of free software on my new GPS to find your place on Friday. So who knows when we'll turn up

**Eddieb** · 22nd November 2011, 11:11

Originally Posted by Rosie

Maybe we'll get to see the mountain

We'll be using the awesome power of free software on my new GPS to find your place on Friday. So who knows when we'll turn up

If it's the NZ Open GPS Project free software it's very good, better than the Garmin stuff.

**GPS MAN** · 22nd November 2011, 11:11

Hey guys and gals..Well, after a little/big spill on my KTM - I am in recovery mode at the moment..Hyper extended my knee..so hobbling around....

Down but, not Out!

Catch up with all at the next ride

**young1** · 22nd November 2011, 12:01

Originally Posted by Rosie

Maybe we'll get to see the mountain

We'll be using the awesome power of free software on my new GPS to find your place on Friday. So who knows when we'll turn up

Good luck, my GPS doesn't take into account the new road bypassing Bell Block which can cause confusion, but it isn't that difficult.

If coming from New Plymouth the short cut is to turn at the golf course (where it says no through road) still in the 80km/hr area, and turn right as soon as you can and follow that road to our place and Bell Block. (For some silly reason they never put an off ramp type road there only a road to the golf course, we drive that way home but have to do a 2 point turn to get around the traffic island .....)

See you Friday

**Rosie** · 22nd November 2011, 12:19

Originally Posted by Eddieb

If it's the NZ Open GPS Project free software it's very good, better than the Garmin stuff.

It is the open GPS project software, and it is very good (it even has mountain bike tracks

). It just takes me a while to build up a rapport with new electronic gadgets.
It took me an hour and a half to get the software onto my GPS in the first place

**Night Falcon** · 22nd November 2011, 17:20

Originally Posted by GPS MAN

Hey guys and gals..Well, after a little/big spill on my KTM - I am in recovery mode at the moment..Hyper extended my knee..so hobbling around....

Down but, not Out!

Catch up with all at the next ride

thats too bad, knees hurt! more importantly...what KTM are you talkin bout willis? have you sold the mighty KLR?

**bart** · 22nd November 2011, 19:30

Originally Posted by GPS MAN

Hey guys and gals..Well, after a little/big spill on my KTM - I am in recovery mode at the moment..Hyper extended my knee..so hobbling around....

Down but, not Out!

Catch up with all at the next ride

That's no good dude. Is your back alright? If so, you can come and help me move house.

Originally Posted by Night Falcon

thats too bad, knees hurt! more importantly...what KTM are you talkin bout willis? have you sold the mighty KLR?

It's one of those silly little 530 things

**Crisis management** · 23rd November 2011, 06:02

Originally Posted by GPS MAN

Hey guys and gals..Well, after a little/big spill on my KTM - I am in recovery mode at the moment..Hyper extended my knee..so hobbling around....

Down but, not Out!

Catch up with all at the next ride

Get it checked, my knee hyper extension included tearing the posterior cruciate ligament off which doesn't heal up real quick..... ACC is your friend.

The rest of you have a good weekend, I am not jealous at all.

**Rosie** · 23rd November 2011, 07:21

Originally Posted by young1

Good luck, my GPS doesn't take into account the new road bypassing Bell Block which can cause confusion, but it isn't that difficult.

If coming from New Plymouth the short cut is to turn at the golf course (where it says no through road) still in the 80km/hr area, and turn right as soon as you can and follow that road to our place and Bell Block. (For some silly reason they never put an off ramp type road there only a road to the golf course, we drive that way home but have to do a 2 point turn to get around the traffic island .....)

See you Friday

I had a quick play with the GPS last night, and it didn't have your road in its database

So I started looking on its map, but then the battery went flat

I'll just print out a google map and put it in my pocket