Fuel at East Cape?

[BoristheBiter]

Interesting Post.
Would anyone care to make any suggestions re accommodation to go with the fuel around East Cape?

Only good one was Te Kaha hotel

[MikeJ]

Tokomaru Bay has 4 brand new motel units built onto the local pub ...Te Puka Tavern...very good quality and right next to the water.

Large motel complex at Hicks bay...Hicks Bay Motel Lodge.

Te Puia Springs Hotel but its very basic and the fuel station there closed earlier this year.

Te Kaha Hotel has a large under ground garage that you could probably get use of if worried about security. It easily parked up our group of 80 bikes.

I stayed at all 4 places in April this year and would rate Te Puka Tavern as the pick for quality.

[duckonin]

328 km over winding slow roads? I know of a lot of bikes that do not have that range. My own bike would just do it on Caltex91 or Z91, but not on Mobil or BP and ceratinly not on any brand of 95.

Even your Katana 750 with a massive 20 l tank would have less than a litre left on that trip with very careful riding.

Would you think he may mean from Gissy to opotiki via the Waioweka gorge.

[Maha]

Would you think he may mean from Gissy to opotiki via the Waioweka gorge.

Is the Waioeka Gorge cleaned up yet?....free from those flightless birds?

[duckonin]

Is the Waioeka Gorge cleaned up yet?....free from those flightless birds?

Ha ha I accept my mistake.

[Jantar]

Would you think he may mean from Gissy to opotiki via the Waioweka gorge.

No, I wouldn't think that because that route isn't around East cape.

[FJRider]

No, I wouldn't think that because that route isn't around East cape.

Unless it's the quickest way HOME ...

[dickie]

cheers for all the help guys lookin forward to riding the cape !

[sootie]

cheers for all the help guys lookin forward to riding the cape !

Agree with that. Never taken a bike around there, and last trip was by car over 30 years ago.
I hope for a refresher quite soon!

[gunnyrob]

Krayy & I did the Cape over Auckland Anniversary weekend. Stayed at Te Araroa holiday park which set us up well for the next mornings ride south. It was ok but fairly expensive. Got up at sparrow fart & rode out to the lighthouse for the sunrise. Awesome ride, but LOTS of wandering stock, so don't ride at night if you can help it.

No gravel on the main rode, approx 10km of hard pack each way from Te Araroa to the Cape itself.

[caspernz]

328 km over winding slow roads? I know of a lot of bikes that do not have that range. My own bike would just do it on Caltex91 or Z91, but not on Mobil or BP and ceratinly not on any brand of 95.

Even your Katana 750 with a massive 20 l tank would have less than a litre left on that trip with very careful riding.

OK let me qualify my statement, just to remove the mystery. I ride one-up mostly, light luggage only, with a bike regularly serviced and all that, I have no problem running to around 200 miles/320 kms before reserve is needed on the jaunt around East Cape. On days when I fuel in the morning before lift-off, bike on centrestand at Pak'N'Save Gisborne fuel stop, trickle it to the brim and cruise at my relaxed pace and I don't even need reserve to get to the BP in Opotiki

[dogsnbikes]

cheers for all the help guys lookin forward to riding the cape !

Just got info in yesterday that East cape Te Araroa Four Square is open 8am-6pm Monday to Saturday and close at 1:30pm Sunday Fuel is/should be available at an automated eftpos pump...

Will comfirm when Im there in two weeks..

[Murray]

cheers for all the help guys lookin forward to riding the cape !

Where else you heading????

[dickie]

Where else you heading????

we goin up to coromandel then back down across to lost highway then over to new plymouth then south again , got a couple of days around taranaki so lookin for twisties ! lookin forward to it !

[dickie]

Just got info in yesterday that East cape Te Araroa Four Square is open 8am-6pm Monday to Saturday and close at 1:30pm Sunday Fuel is/should be available at an automated eftpos pump...

Will comfirm when Im there in two weeks..

cheers man will be great to know whats open and whats not im not the only one thats gona be lookin for fuel on this trip ! the price ya pay for havin an absolute stonker of a bike aye !