This weekend, departure time from Auckland will be approx 10am Saturday from Caltex Bombay so be there at 9:45 to gas up, we’ll head down to Thames Via the Miranda road and then drop our gear off in Thames and meet up with some local riders and grab some lunch, then leaving from the Kopu Pub at 1pm and heading anti-clockwise.

The pace will be medium/fast but will be open for anyone that’s keen and there will be stops in Tairua, Whitianga and Coromandel (the joy of owning a Vtwin) but there will be no room for idiot’s, I’m not that keen for this ride to make the news.

After the ride there will be drinks/BBQ in Thames (byo), there is some tent room on the lawn and there is a motel about a $5 taxi ride away.

On Sunday it’s off to the racing in Paeroa, I have a friend there that has offered to let us leave our gear at his place but it’s about a km from the track so you could walk or leave your tent and gear there and park the bikes down at the track, departure time will be approx 4pm.

Let me know if your keen so I can let the guys know of numbers.