Piha via Scenic Drive - Sunday 8th Jan

[juzzer]

Sorry I missed the ride, there was a road accident of some kind at the end of old north which meant I had to double back to Waimauku and take SH16 to Westgate from there. You guys must have already left by the time I finally made it there. I ended up doing a bit of exploring around the senic drive area, including Huia, Piha and Bethels beach. Some really good roads around those ways. Saw quite a few bikes but mostly cruisers and turkeys on mini choppers.

Hope you guys enjoyed your ride.

Shit that's at least 2 accidents in 2 days then on old north road.....
Came flying around the bend onto the one way bridge on old north rd to find a brand spanking new beemer wedged into a cage half way accross the bridge...rider was a tiny asian bird, bike and cage bent to shit but the rider was aok...seems the cage didnt give way... Bastard....

[Devil]

Yeah it was. I thought that number plate seemed familiar. Anything exciting down that road you turned down before Kuemu?

Ahhh, if you hadn't have posted I wouldnt have clicked. I thought it was a TLs following me (your model sv and the TL's look very similar when they're in your mirror!).

That road comes sorta into the back of Kumeu then back out again onto the road 500m down from the accident. I was heading back to coatesville. Bloody huge detour if you ask me!

[justsomeguy]

Nice ride guys and a nice slow to medium at times pace..... I guess we could have done better if there was less traffic.

Oh and a big to all the idiots on this thread with no sense of humour... leave Gareth alone...... young/old..... PC bullshit......

Hey Chickenfunkstar - dunno if you recognised Erik and me late last afternoon as we passed you in the opposite direction :spudwave:

See you'll next time.

[Keystone19]

Shit that's at least 2 accidents in 2 days then on old north road.....
Came flying around the bend onto the one way bridge on old north rd to find a brand spanking new beemer wedged into a cage half way accross the bridge...rider was a tiny asian bird, bike and cage bent to shit but the rider was aok...seems the cage didnt give way... Bastard....

Yeah, we got turned around at that one. Thought it might have been a bike for some reason. Those one way bridges through there are dodgy. Have had a couple of incidents where cages have not given way and I've had to slam on the picks. Guess they have trouble judging how close we are to the bridge before we get there. If you're riding Old North and Peak Rds, be careful on those bridges, someones going to die on one sooner rather than later.