Cannonball Run now open to bikes!

**RocknRolla** · 17th December 2011, 10:26

Originally Posted by Grantman_

Hey Methane, Prof R and I are carefully piecing together what could quite likely be the most hard out extreme awesome team ever, so I'll send you a pm.

Guys, do you have one more place in ur team? I'm very keen on doing it.

**Grantman_** · 17th December 2011, 10:37

Originally Posted by RocknRolla

Guys, do you have one more place in ur team? I'm very keen on doing it.

Sure. You can be the 4th member of our extreme team.

**Mystic13** · 18th December 2011, 17:20

The Living Social website now have tickets on special for the run.$65 for cars. 10 hours remaining.Cheers

**Rehab** · 6th January 2012, 11:11

So apart from the 4 guys in the team that's gonna win, rain or not, and walk away with thousands of $$$ worth of free sponsors products - how many bikes are signed up from KB? And in total, if the OP is still checking this thread??

**hellokitty** · 7th January 2012, 06:41

Originally Posted by Methane_Birds

So apart from the 4 guys in the team that's gonna win, rain or not, and walk away with thousands of $$$ worth of free sponsors products - how many bikes are signed up from KB? And in total, if the OP is still checking this thread??

I know of 4 KB people - Madduck, Foghorn, CatThe Brat and Hayden (are you even on KB?)

**Rehab** · 7th January 2012, 20:34

Originally Posted by hellokitty

I know of 4 KB people - Madduck, Foghorn, CatThe Brat and Hayden (are you even on KB?)

Pretty sure I met them. That's if they were the sensible ones who piled into one car rather than ride four bikes in the pissing rain.

In case anyone is interested, there were 11 bikes entered, 7 riders turned up, of which 4 were in a car so a total of 3 bikes (all of which were CBRs) and somewhere close to 250 cars and 600 people from memory. Sadly bikes weren't allowed on the track at HD as they decided it was too dangerous (as had 2 out of 3 riders).

Fun day though, even in the nasty weather. Really impressed with how well it was organised and how extremely well behaved everyone was (referring only to the driving on public roads part). I'll be back next year for sure and hope to see a lot more bikes.

**avgas** · 7th January 2012, 21:10

Originally Posted by Methane_Birds

Fun day though, even in the nasty weather. Really impressed with how well it was organised and how extremely well behaved everyone was (referring only to the driving on public roads part). I'll be back next year for sure and hope to see a lot more bikes.

Hmmmmmmmm
So this cannonball run is nothing like the US one then?

**Grantman_** · 7th January 2012, 21:19

For such rubbish weather it was pretty darn fun. Being saturated wasn't that great, but funny when recalling it. I reckon it would be epic next year in good weather.

Yeah the others had wisely decided the track was too dodgy in the wet. I had to get told so by the organiser which is prob just as well. Had been looking forward to it too long, and prob would have gone out on it if it was two feet underwater.

**Grantman_** · 7th January 2012, 21:30

Originally Posted by avgas

Hmmmmmmmm
So this cannonball run is nothing like the US one then?

Probably to some degree, but if there was driving craziness going down we didn't see much of it really.

**MadDuck** · 8th January 2012, 07:33

Originally Posted by Methane_Birds

Pretty sure I met them. That's if they were the sensible ones who piled into one car rather than ride four bikes in the pissing rain.

Yeah that was us. At first I felt bad about not taking the bike but as the day got worse and worse I was happy to have made that decision.

It was a load of fun even in the car. I have to say we didnt witness any overtly "stupid" driving but lets say there was some over zealous stopping when items were spotted (at speed). In the wet on the bike would have been a challenge. I would probably do it again but not too sure about on the bike as following the instructions was difficult enough in the car.

**danchop** · 8th January 2012, 08:02

Originally Posted by MadDuck

Yeah that was us. At first I felt bad about not taking the bike but as the day got worse and worse I was happy to have made that decision.

It was a load of fun even in the car. I have to say we didnt witness any overtly "stupid" driving but lets say there was some over zealous stopping when items were spotted (at speed). In the wet on the bike would have been a challenge. I would probably do it again but not too sure about on the bike as following the instructions was difficult enough in the car.

yeah probably even on a nice day i would still do it in a car,also dont take heavy drinkers,my 3 passengers all started drinking when we left home at 6.30am and about an hour in to the start none of them could really even read the instructions to me anymore!
felt sorry for the two in the ariel atom,they were drenched and shivering when we stopped at kaiaua for a pee stop,i think they would have gladly swapped thier eye magnet for our shitbox 86 mirage by then

**Rehab** · 8th January 2012, 08:07

Originally Posted by danchop

felt sorry for the two in the ariel atom,they were drenched and shivering when we stopped at kaiaua for a pee stop,i think they would have gladly swapped thier eye magnet for our shitbox 86 mirage by then

Who on earth would be stupid enough to take a vehicle like an Atom that would leave you totally exposed to the weather on a day like yesterday??! Idiots!! Oh.... wait....

**NukeFtw** · 8th January 2012, 22:13

Hey guys,

Thanks to all those guys that entered! there was also a big harley show up on the day but i didn't see him at hampton downs so we are guessing he called it a day! so the 3 street bikers were very impressive following the cars all the way through to hampton downs aswell!

Yes one thing we push very hard is safe driving on the roads and keep the play time in a play area like a racetrack! we are very big on this and we let the police know the route so they can keep an eye on things for us aswell , most competitors know the score and we have had an awesome track record of behavior and plan on keeping it that way!

We would love to see more bikes next year so tell ya friends and spread the word , there are a couple facebook groups like auckland motorsport and Drive by Productions to keep an eye on for future events

We also hold track days for cars and we'l look to accommodate bikes for future track days too

Huge thanks to those who made it through, needless to say the 3 bikes that made it all the way won the bike division and we'l be in touch soon re your prizes!