COLD KIWI 2005

**MOTOXXX** · 25th August 2005, 15:55

yea try not to camp in the exposed area. get there early and get in the pine tree area. its a lot warmer and you wont have to chizzle your nuts off ya leg in the morning.

**et al** · 25th August 2005, 20:42

Will be Tenth year for my eldest son (stu_dog) and I have actually decided to join him this time. One of my other KB sons (Gunner) is also keen to go so looks like it is finally going to happen for me this year - unless someone can talk me out of it (any good excuses/reasons why I should NOT go will be very welcome)! Will be travelling up from Wgtn/Tawa on Friday - if anyone else around here wants to meet up/tag along with us please get in touch.

**avgas** · 25th August 2005, 21:14

Originally Posted by MOTOXXX

yea try not to camp in the exposed area. get there early and get in the pine tree area. its a lot warmer and you wont have to chizzle your nuts off ya leg in the morning.

Nah at the end of the night i couldnt feel anything thanks to Stones
"Stones atleast you wont have to chizzle ya nuts off in the morning" or something like that

LB · 26th August 2005, 04:49

Originally Posted by et al

any good excuses/reasons why I should NOT go will be very welcome!

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How long have you got to listen to my reasons??!!!

Seriously though, give it a go. The worst scenario is when it's wet. I understand that they're not as cold as they were in the old days - maybe partly to do with the new site?

Believe it or not, I've done seven (7) in the past when I was young and silly! All at the old site except for one time when they used a site by the airstrip. Anyone remember that?

One time it started snowing on the Friday night just as we were arriving. They closed the road later than night, and it just kept snowing. Absolute magic to wake up to tents/bikes covered in snow.
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**JohnBoy** · 26th August 2005, 12:18

Originally Posted by avgas

"Stones atleast you wont have to chizzle ya nuts off in the morning" or something like that

i thought that stuff tasted similar to antifreeze!

**Sparky Bills** · 26th August 2005, 23:30

Got all my tickets etc today!
Its all good!

**Storm_** · 28th August 2005, 19:19

Apart from camping near the trees, anyone else got any good advice for the Cold Kiwi!!

**Sparky Bills** · 28th August 2005, 21:48

SOX!!!
Plenty of sox!
and thermals and a beanie and cash for food on Friday night and Saturday during the day. )no eftpos on site)

**hondacmx450** · 29th August 2005, 14:25

there is a small group of bikes leaving hamilton on friday at lunch time to go down if any one wants to ride with us it would be cool we dont mind we r going down to have fun in the cold and r planing to ride down at about 90 to 100 kph pm me back if you want to ride down with us

**sels1** · 29th August 2005, 16:53

Originally Posted by phantom

Pinched another day from my rapidly dwindling leave balance so will head up to the Cold Kiwi Friday afternoon ( after 3 hours on a ride on mower doing my Saturday jobs to keep "she who lets me ride" happy

). Anyone else heading up from the southern end of the island in the early afternoon on Friday?

Havnt set a departure time yet but could be passing by around that time

**avgas** · 29th August 2005, 19:47

Originally Posted by JohnBoy

i thought that stuff tasted similar to antifreeze!

Yeh well i cant really complain......my last binge was on a 1.5L bottle of smirnoff blue label...... i swear that stuff strips paint.............mabey next time ill buy QuickStrip from M10 and save myself the trip to the airport dutyfree.

**Slipstream** · 30th August 2005, 09:34

Wahoo! Wahoo! :spudflip:

**phantom** · 30th August 2005, 11:12

yeeha only 3 days to go, got leave, the Met Service says the weather forecast is fine and sunny all weekend, got a new battery and a new seat for the GB so it'll start in the morning and I won't get a wet bum every time I sit on it :spudflip: Roll on the weekend