Manawatu Rant n Rave

[86GSXR]

Nice run by the looks of things! Good on Garry for making it - did he have any gear? Mangakino by the looks of it! (do I get a chocolate fish?)

[yod]

I vote number 6 was Lake Waipapa. Yes. Very good roads up there. Mangakino is a bit boring once you get off the bottom end of western access but up through the damn is pretty cool. Back through 8 mile was it?

correct - geez you buggers are quick, trying to upload more....patience is a virtue, not a sin!!

sheesh.....

[cowboyz]

correct - geez you buggers are quick, trying to upload more....patience is a virtue, not a sin!!

sheesh.....

thats where Mrs Cowboyz and I came down from Hamilton the other week. You following me a couple of weeks late are you? Usually you are not THAT far behind. Did you do SH30 or up to Kihikihi and back down?

[HornetBoy]

Left my camera on low-res so the first few pics are a bit small but ahwell

great weekend

thanks for escorting us up to Taupo Garry - hope the rest of your weekend was a good one. (ours was! )

Pics:
1 - Pie and coffe in Taihape
2 - Taupo in the evening
3 - The RF foudn it's long lost twin this morning
4 - Lake Whakamaru SH30
5 - guess who....
6 - awesome road, awesome landscape (if you're nice I'll tell you where)

nice pictures,looks like it was fun, what was the occasion for the ride?

[cowboyz]

nice pictures,looks like it was fun, what was the occasion for the ride?

Oh the young are so niave. What is this word "occasion" you speak of?

[yod]

anyway, where was i.....

1 - guess this.....
2 - needed a rest after the paraparas
3 - ...hmmm....tempting.....

didnt do 8 mile, for something different we turned off Waipapa Rd and did back roads to Otorohanga then SH3 south to Te Kuiti. Then SH30 to Kopaki and cut through to SH4 (now you know where 1 is) then SH4 all the way to Wangavegas.
Paraparas are a bloody mess, good ride, but what a mess....


edit: FFS - upload issues.....

[HornetBoy]

Oh the young are so niave. What is this word "occasion" you speak of?

Well ....

[yod]

here are the other 3 photos....KB is having issues I think

Lake Waipapa
Kopaki Rd (short but damn fine)
No prizes for this one

[yod]

thats where Mrs Cowboyz and I came down from Hamilton the other week. You following me a couple of weeks late are you? Usually you are not THAT far behind. Did you do SH30 or up to Kihikihi and back down?

todays track


edit: FYI....about 820km all up, both days

[HornetBoy]

todays track


edit: FYI....about 820km all up, both days

"adds to list of routes to ride" will have to give that a go sometime

[cowboyz]

cant pick the one lane bridge. looks like every other one lane bridge in the north island. assume it would be somewhere north of sh4. hate paraparas. Been a while since that road was in good condition.

[ynot slow]

No1 is Nth Island NZ,if in the Naki would say the Stratford-Opunake Rd and Wiremu Rd up under the mountain.

Maybe just before(after)turnoff from Kopaki at SH4 end.

[cowboyz]

unless it is fields track??????

[HornetBoy]

hate paraparas. Been a while since that road was in good condition.

yep sure is,although i see alot of bikers riding it still,dont know what all the rave about it is ,all i get from it is punctures and close calls with farmers and their 4WD

[yod]

cant pick the one lane bridge. looks like every other one lane bridge in the north island. assume it would be somewhere north of sh4. hate paraparas. Been a while since that road was in good condition.

Found some good back roads between Mangakino and Otorohanga, had some fun with a nice chap on a CBR600 who tacked onto our tail for the paraparas, but it wasnt particularly quick (except in patches), lots of washouts, new seal, grit, shit, etc

bloody nice to spend the whole weekend on the bike - mrs yod already crashed out an hour ago tho