Manawatu Rant n Rave

[ynot slow]

mr and mrs yod are staying in taupo tomorrow night, will be taking a reasonably standard route up there: vinegar hill, then main road all the way (might nip through Spooners Hill Rd at Taihape tho)

on Sunday the plan is to head across to Mangakino, then head towards Te Kuiti on Highway 30 but cut through the Kopaki Rd to Highway 4 and then head south to Taumarunui and carry on all the way down through the paraparas to Wanganui and then home (414km all up)

should be leaving here tomorrow around lunchtime but don't have a specific timetable; no real hurry to get to Taupo and it isn't a long ride.
planning on leaving Taupo around 11-12ish on Sunday (need a bit of a sleep in and a big brekkie)
any keen souls who wanna join us for either trip are welcome

Enjoy the trip,used to go the same way from 8 mile junction to Kopaki onto SH30 to Tokoroa,nice off country route.

[NZsarge]

mr and mrs yod are staying in taupo tomorrow night, will be taking a reasonably standard route up there: vinegar hill, then main road all the way (might nip through Spooners Hill Rd at Taihape tho)

on Sunday the plan is to head across to Mangakino, then head towards Te Kuiti on Highway 30 but cut through the Kopaki Rd to Highway 4 and then head south to Taumarunui and carry on all the way down through the paraparas to Wanganui and then home (414km all up)

should be leaving here tomorrow around lunchtime but don't have a specific timetable; no real hurry to get to Taupo and it isn't a long ride.
planning on leaving Taupo around 11-12ish on Sunday (need a bit of a sleep in and a big brekkie)
any keen souls who wanna join us for either trip are welcome

Have a good ride you two, rubber side down and all..

[86GSXR]

mr and mrs yod are staying in taupo tomorrow night, will be taking a reasonably standard route up there: vinegar hill, then main road all the way (might nip through Spooners Hill Rd at Taihape tho)

on Sunday the plan is to head across to Mangakino, then head towards Te Kuiti on Highway 30 but cut through the Kopaki Rd to Highway 4 and then head south to Taumarunui and carry on all the way down through the paraparas to Wanganui and then home (414km all up)

should be leaving here tomorrow around lunchtime but don't have a specific timetable; no real hurry to get to Taupo and it isn't a long ride.
planning on leaving Taupo around 11-12ish on Sunday (need a bit of a sleep in and a big brekkie)
any keen souls who wanna join us for either trip are welcome

I'm off to Wellie today for the unveiling and catch up with me Mum. Have a fab ride, bloody good day for it

[ynot slow]

I'm off to Wellie today for the unveiling and catch up with me Mum. Have a fab ride, bloody good day for it

You got the catch up with mum bit right,mine having surgery in 11 days for suspected cancer,not life threatening yet,but could grow to be given time.And she is young 66,she went through similar with me so knows what to expect.

[ynot slow]

Going to be beautiful day here,no wind or cloud,perfect for the naki toy run,and I'm not working.

[NZsarge]

You got the catch up with mum bit right,mine having surgery in 11 days for suspected cancer,not life threatening yet,but could grow to be given time.And she is young 66,she went through similar with me so knows what to expect.

Going to be beautiful day here,no wind or cloud,perfect for the naki toy run,and I'm not working.

Shit, lucky the C ai'nt life threatening! best of luck to ya Mum.
Don't know anyone who does'nt know someone who's had C.


Enjoy the toy run.

[GSVR]

mr and mrs yod are staying in taupo tomorrow night, will be taking a reasonably standard route up there: vinegar hill, then main road all the way (might nip through Spooners Hill Rd at Taihape tho)

on Sunday the plan is to head across to Mangakino, then head towards Te Kuiti on Highway 30 but cut through the Kopaki Rd to Highway 4 and then head south to Taumarunui and carry on all the way down through the paraparas to Wanganui and then home (414km all up)

should be leaving here tomorrow around lunchtime but don't have a specific timetable; no real hurry to get to Taupo and it isn't a long ride.
planning on leaving Taupo around 11-12ish on Sunday (need a bit of a sleep in and a big brekkie)
any keen souls who wanna join us for either trip are welcome

Sent you a PM concerning your itinerary. Looks like a great day to be on the road.

[ynot slow]

Shit, lucky the C ai'nt life threatening! best of luck to ya Mum.
Don't know anyone who does'nt know someone who's had C.


Enjoy the toy run.

Toy run was good,weather brilliant,about 300 bikes,went from Hawera to NP and back,pulled out at Hawera as piss up to go to tonight.First time on it,worked last year,awesome feeling as the bikes left,and waving to the kids.

Few nice ranges of bikes,good to sit on 100-110km,but get the odd person passing and slowing down,closing the group up,couple of gn riders annoyed me,forgetting to watch mirrors,then veering left and guys in left having to brake,causing several to brake and chain reaction,was ok most of the time,quickies went passed,usually caught them though, due to traffic or similar.

Neat to see the bikes lined up waiting to go,heaps of them to see.Very impressive to start,great feeling to be part of a worthy cause.

[HornetBoy]

Anyone heard any details on the wanganui toy run ? just saw an advert in the paper about it saying that its at wanganui racecourse on the 9th of December at 12pm.... ? also anyone planning on attending it ?

[HornetBoy]

Toy run was good,weather brilliant,about 300 bikes,went from Hawera to NP and back,pulled out at Hawera as piss up to go to tonight.First time on it,worked last year,awesome feeling as the bikes left,and waving to the kids.

Few nice ranges of bikes,good to sit on 100-110km,but get the odd person passing and slowing down,closing the group up,couple of gn riders annoyed me,forgetting to watch mirrors,then veering left and guys in left having to brake,causing several to brake and chain reaction,was ok most of the time,quickies went passed,usually caught them though, due to traffic or similar.

Neat to see the bikes lined up waiting to go,heaps of them to see.Very impressive to start,great feeling to be part of a worthy cause.

Got any pictures from the toy run ?

[banditrider]

Anyone heard any details on the wanganui toy run ? just saw an advert in the paper about it saying that its at wanganui racecourse on the 9th of December at 12pm.... ? also anyone planning on attending it ?

I'm keen - day after the Coast to Coast - dammit, another weekend of riding...

[HornetBoy]

I'm keen - day after the Coast to Coast - dammit, another weekend of riding...

O thats right Coast to Coast is on same weekend hmmm i might do both ,just wondering whether the wanganui toy run will be any good,and if they'll have a decent ride thought out not just a gathering

ahh and found a cool highway (that id never heard about before lol) called the surf highway ... alot more fun than the usual drag from hawera to new Plymouth aye did the wanganui to new plymouth today via the surf highway there and back which was something new for me ,and the old man took his new hornet lol bloody fast,almost made me have second thought ...almost

[banditrider]

O thats right Coast to Coast is on same weekend hmmm i might do both ,just wondering whether the wanganui toy run will be any good,and if they'll have a decent ride thought out not just a gathering

It's usually a ride around the back roads to Marton and back to Wanganui. I usually bail at Marton and head home.

[ynot slow]

O thats right Coast to Coast is on same weekend hmmm i might do both ,just wondering whether the wanganui toy run will be any good,and if they'll have a decent ride thought out not just a gathering

ahh and found a cool highway (that id never heard about before lol) called the surf highway ... alot more fun than the usual drag from hawera to new Plymouth aye did the wanganui to new plymouth today via the surf highway there and back which was something new for me ,and the old man took his new hornet lol bloody fast,almost made me have second thought ...almost

Damn pissed us off we missed you,but we got to start about 10-15 mins till they took off.

The Surf Highway(don't we put cool names for our highways?)is great,from Opunake to NP is good,longish straights then a few twisties,that is part of the itinery I was suggesting if the Manawatu guys stayed in Hawera for the weekend.Will try and get a few to do a run around the coast and up the mountain,great views and coffee so I've been told.

Went and got petrol about 30-40 mins before leaving and did a loop of the town,had I done that 15 mins later would have seen your bikes and called over.You have been too long with Al getting the coffee bit.

Working next weekend so since I had last 2 weeks off the weather has been brilliant,hope I don't jinx it by working.

[chanceyy]

well friday nites wee pootle started the weekend in fine form

saturday 86 & I rode to lower hutt for uncle B's seat unveiling, then over to one of his favourite haunts in martinborough (although 86 deviated at top of taka's to have lunch with his mum) while i headed back home via masterton the track ..

sat nite off to my work do .. home about 1.30 am

sunday back up at 6 get organised & meet Monaime & Noel Jones for a nice cruise to wellywood stopped at pram & met Paul n vicki, spider & graham off to mana where wow bikes, bikes & more bikes, the toy ride was excellently run & no drama's or silly riding as far as i could see, end destination queens wharf ..

on the way home could not resist taking Michelle over the paekakariki hill for the first time .. & stopped at the lookout .. ahhh great view like yesterday

good steady ride home & a nana nap was order for the remainder of the afternoon .. catching up after last nite's party

ahh well weather looks like its gonna be great for the next week so a few rides may be in order methinks ..

coast 2 coast next weekend :yes;