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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyk5614 View Post
    Thinking.
    That's a huge distance to travel just to visit a girl 8 doors away.
    I have evolved as a KB member.Now nothing I say should be taken seriously.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mossy1200 View Post
    That's a huge distance to travel just to visit a girl 8 doors away.
    She's nuts - don't want her finding out I live 8 doors away...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyk5614 View Post
    I'm on a thou.......
    You will probably get wasted by someone on a trailie or a Deauville then. Agility is the key up here. Countless corners posted at 45/55kmh and lots at minus 35 kmh

    Matauri loop is worth a short detour and if time allows the twin bridges road from Kaikohe will give your lustful steed some corners to accelerate through.
    Same with the south end of your west coast route, some delicious open sweepers.


    You can't go wrong really, only SH1 is a bit sleepy & patrolled. Be tough to get busted for speeding anywhere else unless your blind. Most of the feds are parked on passing lanes causing traffic jams.

    Biggest thing up here is dodgy road surface & terrified tourists. Gotta have your wits about you. Oh, at this time of year shaded corners have the dreaded green spooge between the tire tracks. Slippier than a George Forman grill.

    Deep joy. Have a ball.

    Oh, the Managamukas are mandatory. Prolly one of the most mind bending set of corners this side of the Alps.

    Deep, deep joy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    so why are you asking about cops?

    ...are you a bitch?
    Oncoming ones aren't an issue with a thou.

    Ones ahead of me aren't an issue unless you go completely blind and overtake them.



    The ones hiding behind a tree with a laser gun.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyk5614 View Post
    Oncoming ones aren't an issue with a thou.

    Ones ahead of me aren't an issue unless you go completely blind and overtake them.



    The ones hiding behind a tree with a laser gun.....
    They know where their mates are ... you don't know where their mates are.


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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    They know where their mates are ... you don't know where their mates are.


    How good a guesser are you ...??
    Their mates need a plate.

    Get a couple of KMs up road.
    Park up for 10mins up a side road.
    Chuck a hi-vis on.
    Carry on riding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyk5614 View Post
    Their mates need a plate.

    Get a couple of KMs up road.
    Park up for 10mins up a side road.
    Chuck a hi-vis on.
    Carry on riding.
    We have a couple of orange feds up here who would probably qualify for Bathurst. Your side roads will be gravel.

    Deep joy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyk5614 View Post
    Their mates need a plate.

    Get a couple of KMs up road.
    Park up for 10mins up a side road.
    Chuck a hi-vis on.
    Carry on riding.
    They need a description ... if you fit ...

    At worst ... 15 minutes of your life is theirs ... and if you're legal ... they might let you carry on.

    Remember .. owning a distinctive motorcycle can be your downfall.


    Probably lets YOU out ... you've got a suzuki ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by FJRider View Post
    They need a description ... if you fit ...

    At worst ... 15 minutes of your life is theirs ... and if you're legal ... they might let you carry on.

    Remember .. owning a distinctive motorcycle can be your downfall.


    Probably lets YOU out ... you've got a suzuki ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
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    the Managamukas are mandatory. Prolly one of the most mind bending set of corners this side of the Alps.

    Deep, deep joy.
    AMEN to that When Pillion & I where up there a year or 2 ago we stayed @ a B+B in Rawene across from the ferry terminal & had a ball doing the following loop, Rawene/Okaihau/Mangamuku's/Kohukohu back on the ferry into Rawene, looking at heading back up that way in Jan/Feb 2015 with a bit of luck
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    Fuel isn't a huge problem up that way. The stretch from Awanui to the Cape is quite a nice ride actually, and yes I'll admit to having an early start ex Kaitaia, run to the Cape and back, refuel at the PNS at the south end of the Awanui straight and repeat the trip to the Cape.

    Thoroughly recommend the Mangamukas, almost as good as the Rimutakas near Welly in my view.

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    Quote Originally Posted by caspernz View Post
    Thoroughly recommend the Mangamukas, almost as good as the Rimutakas near Welly in my view.
    Are we just talking SH1 north of Mangamuka?

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    I'm struggling to remember the exact places, not being a Northland local, but somewhere near Helena bay we stopped at a beaut hillside cafe, sold lots of artworks, looked down on a bay. Brilliant biker stop.

    Then later we stopped for what we were told was the best Fish n Chips shop in NZ. Nice building and you dine over the water but the food was blah, average and ridiculously expensive. Somewhere near Coopers beach area.

    The run south from Cape R was a blast. One of the fastest riding sections. Amazing how fast nudging our 100kpm limit can feel on a bike. We were trying to race nightfall back to Ngunuru (no bloody chance!). So it must have been these Mangamukas that we rode in pitch darkness. Bikes have such useless lights on twisty roads. The big green Ninja has decent lights but nothing works on twisties. And get rid of those pesty possums. We took one out for you.

    We had Honda Predator with us, bloody small tank but he managed fine for gas.
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    Should I buy one of those puncture repair things (proddy things, glue, special string, CO2) or will I be fine (within the bounds of probability )?

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    On your own or group

    Are you looking to go by yourself or a group. If group then when are you going

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