Cold Kiwi coming up again....

[jellywrestler]

Been to two, one in 1985, just the whiff of brandy brings back memories....., last one was in late 90's where I let my mate pilot my BMW sidecar and crashed it near the Rarimu Spiral and had the most awful pillioning experience ever back to Auckland on a Monster.
I have some vague recollection of Army food and toilets that were a plank with holes in them seating many....?
Is Glamping offered? I can manage roughing it with an ensuite

in the old days part of the conditions of the land was everyone had to be provided a meal, i started in 1983 but don't recall the army doing the catering. providing food for up to 4500 people has always been a challenge, Colin from onsite mobile catering has done the food for decades now, you'd struggle to get anything better anywhere from a mobile unit.
yip the shitters were 1/2 dozen holes in a plank, it was an army base, at the end of the day everybody does that task the same way so it's just life, nowadays there's flush toilets with lights in them and runnign water to wash your hands.

[jellywrestler]

15th, the one where the Rz250 & GS1000 had a head on just out of Waiouru & people were killed and maimed.

one of them was from up your way, the guy rode into the rally, pitched his tent then fucked off to the waiouru pisser, and had a head on on the way back to the rally, 1989 from memory

[Jeff Sichoe]

Yup I'll be there on sat night

The best bit last year was the hill climb

i reckon there should be a decent prize to encourage more participants

[Hawk]

15th, the one where the Rz250 & GS1000 had a head on just out of Waiouru & people were killed and maimed.

I was a club member for the 15Th I do remember that incident but not the rain.

[jellywrestler]

I was a club member for the 15Th I do remember that incident but not the rain.

it didn't rain that year

[Hawk]

it didn't rain that year

And here I was thinking it was due to age that I forgot the rain lol

[sidecar bob]

it didn't rain that year

It was fuckin cold, but I guess the clue is in the name.
I will own any discomfort I suffered from being under prepared.

[lozz900]

Going to give this one a miss I reckon. Haven't built a toy for it, and have far too much on to get one done.

That's a shame... Did the fun police influence your decision. The guys camped next to us last year had roadbikes with knobs, they were skilled and were decently entertaining for everyone...They were shut down .

[pritch]

I went once, I was cured for life.

Me too. It was 1989. I wouldn't know what year it was, but I kept the 25th Anniversary Stone's Green Ginger Wine bottle.

[sidecar bob]

Me too. It was 1989. I wouldn't know what year it was, but I kept the 25th Anniversary Stone's Green Ginger Wine bottle.

I think mine was '89 too.
Took my '86 GSXR1100g. It was Robbie Dean's ex race bike & had "Robbie Dean Motorcycles "down both sides.
I remember the Stones bottle too.

[jellywrestler]

That's a shame... Did the fun police influence your decision. The guys camped next to us last year had roadbikes with knobs, they were skilled and were decently entertaining for everyone...They were shut down .

i can tell you for a fact nobody was' shut down' it was simply requested to respect others after dark who wanted to sleep and didn't want to be run over, a lot of the bikes that did shit at night didn't even have lights even....

[jellywrestler]

I think mine was '89 too.
Took my '86 GSXR1100g. It was Robbie Dean's ex race bike & had "Robbie Dean Motorcycles "down both sides.
I remember the Stones bottle too.

was the first year of the stones, 15th anniversary

[Drew]

That's a shame... Did the fun police influence your decision. The guys camped next to us last year had roadbikes with knobs, they were skilled and were decently entertaining for everyone...They were shut down .

Nah, not at all. I just haven't built something this year due to a lack of time.

[jellywrestler]

Nah, not at all. I just haven't built something this year due to a lack of time.

why not take the mrs and spend the weekend courting there?

[pritch]

was the first year of the stones, 15th anniversary

You are right, 15th not 25th. I don't have a large collection of empties. There is the Stone's, a Dom Perignon from the day I climbed Mt Taranaki, and there is a beer bottle because it was in the Guiness Book of records as world's strongest or similar.

There's a coupla dozen wine bottles but they've still got corks in.