Sunday 10th September - Where Did You Ride Today?

[boomer]

No riding for me, the coro run was cancelled and the bikes just been buffed & polished.. so i wasn't gonna go out in teh rain;

Went swimmin with the kids, bought an xbox360, went to the kids playground out east ( the expensive indoor jobby )

oh..and i've got no work until i can be bothered looking for a new job so i'll take advantage of the sunny week(s) ahead and go play with maself

[Ruralman]

Finished a trip I started yesterday - camped the night in Dunedin and came home this morning. report below
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=35364

[andrea]

nowhere really well just managed to take the bike out for a lil and then back, farken head and body still hurts from all that heavy lifting on the onsite work last night. hoping to go on the coromandel ride next week with my mentor

[Nutter34]

Just a short ride from Nelson, over the Whangamoas to Rai Valley and back. A very nice day out with no grit or dampness anywhere....

What's rain?

[Forest]

I had a R1200GS rented this weekend. Some work cropped up on Saturday, so I wasn't able to ride all day. I decided to make the most of Sunday.

Left Auckland around 9.30am on Sunday morning and went down to Mt Maunganui for breakfast on the waterfront. Weather was good so went down the coast towards Whakatane. Refueled in Te Puke. Pulled over by a cop on the straights near Matata doing 118km (good thing he wasn't around earlier). And he let me go without a ticket. WTF!?!? Cheers mate!

Fueled up at Kawerau and back-tracked up to Te Teko. Followed the old Galatea road towards Murapara. Jumped onto the gravel road and road through the Ureweras towards Waikaremoana. Rain was pissing down through the hills but the ride was excellent. The 1200GS ate up the 100km of wet clay and gravel. Hit Wairoa around 5:50pm and refueled. Decided to follow the coastal road down to Napier.

Unfortunately it was freezing and I was soaked. Stopped at Fred's most excellent pub and had a great night (tasty feed, good company, use of the clothes dryer, and a bed). Cheers Fred - you're a real champion!

Had to get the rental back to Auckland before 9am so got up at 2am (joy!) and rode down to Napier in the rain & fog. Stupid prick at the Bayview petrol station wouldn't take the petrol pumps off prepay so I continued on to Taupo. Road was bloody *freezing* but I got there in the end. Thank god for heated grips.

Got a good feed and refueled the bike just out of Taupo and pushed on to Tirau. Went north through Matamata and watched the Sun rise and I zoomed down the plains. Got to Pukekohe around 7am and into the traffic (crap!). Bike was back at the rental shop around 8:15 am.

Total distance was around 1,060km in a single 23 hour stretch (including 100km of gravel). I was totally buggered today at work. But I wouldn't have it any other way.

Just another weekend on two wheels.

[BigTex]

Sunday my brother-in-law took me up from tauranga to this big waterfall/park then all the way up through the hills with a nice view over the waikato (spelling?) region. First time on wet roads but it wasn't too bad.

Went way past Te Puke today to send a postcard home and then I went through welcome bay and back home. Good times.

[gijoe1313]

Nice one Forest, thats a fair whack of klicks to do in 23 hours! Interesting ride and thanks for sharing!

[rasty]

Trial run for the Grand Challenge so - Auckland - New Plymouth-Wanganui - Palm. Nth-Napier -Taupo-Turangi-Taumaranui - Auckland. And sleep for a while

[jumma]

Sunday, did a quick blast around Makara. Bar the Karori end the roads crap at the moment, still alot of debris on the road from the recent slips. This morning I had a late start so left home early and went round the entire south coast, through Scorching and Shelly bay's and into town via Oriental Bay. Great morning for it.