Ride to Auckland (11 Jan)

**Blue Velvet** · 11th January 2008, 14:41

OK. Well what is the fastest route to Auckland please?

You have 19 minutes to tell me.

**Blue Velvet** · 11th January 2008, 14:42

Originally Posted by cowpoos

So...hw2...then after norswood turn onto HW50?? [hw 50 to napier is faster than carrying on,on hw 2...then napier-taupo [hw54]...if you turn on to hw27 and tirau it also shaves a good amount of time off the trip to aucks...and I discovered in my trips from the wairarapa...that was the fastest route by a long shot! next quickest is through the gorge...and on to HW1 via feilding...and up through national park.

Happy riding chick!!

Urm, is that english?

**cowpoos** · 11th January 2008, 14:43

oh and as for full ujp advice on stated route...on my 750...full tank at carterton...full tank at otherside of napier [bayview] full tank tokaroa....then make it to aucks [on orange light just!! lol]

**jrandom** · 11th January 2008, 14:47

Originally Posted by cowpoos

So...hw2...then after norswood turn onto HW50??

You're confusing yourself a bit...

SH54 is the road from Palmy north through Feilding back onto SH1 south of Taihape.

The Napier-Taupo road is SH5.

And the Desert Road is still a quicker way north than the National Park route, which adds more than 50km, unless you're prepared to ride through National Park doing over the ton but would have stayed legal-ish on SH1. I've seen plenty of cops through National Park, though, so that doesn't make much sense to me.

**cowpoos** · 11th January 2008, 14:47

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

Urm, is that english?

no...apsaloutely not english!! english is my 3rd language...so not my best!!

First lauguage I learnt was baby talk/tantrums [partially a sign launguage...some would argue a level of dancing at times is also involved!!]

second lauguage...[I have a Major in this too]...Is Utter crap/bullshit...this is currently my most fluent...

Then english...which I gave up learning at the age of 7..

**cowpoos** · 11th January 2008, 14:49

Originally Posted by jrandom

You're confusing yourself a bit...

SH54 is the road from Palmy north through Feilding back onto SH1 south of Taihape.

The Napier-Taupo road is SH5.

And the Desert Road is still a quicker way north than the National Park route, which adds more than 50km, unless you're prepared to ride through National Park doing over the ton but would have stayed legal-ish on SH1. I've seen plenty of cops through National Park, though, so that doesn't make much sense to me.

yeah...going to napier and on to HW5 is quicker than going thourh the gorge...and national park is def quicker than going dessert road...it may not be km wise..but it is faster!!

**Blue Velvet** · 11th January 2008, 14:50

Brmmm brmmmmm

**jrandom** · 11th January 2008, 14:55

Originally Posted by cowpoos

national park is def quicker than going dessert road...it may not be km wise..but it is faster!!

Right.

You and me.

Flag falls at the Waiouru Subway sometime after dark. You go left, I go straight ahead.

Self-imposed gentleman's speed limit of a nice safe imperial ton.

Last one to Taupo has to wash kiwifruit's sheets.

**cowpoos** · 11th January 2008, 14:59

Originally Posted by jrandom

Right.

You and me.

Flag falls at the Waiouru Subway sometime after dark. You go left, I go straight ahead.

Self-imposed gentleman's speed limit of a nice safe imperial ton.

Last one to Taupo has to wash kiwifruit's sheets.

if the tour involves a compulsery stop in taupo...u will own me..if going straight to aucks I'ld kick your arse... my fastest route to aucks via taupo would be...haywoods..piekock hill...hw1...taupo...tirau turn to hw 27

**jrandom** · 11th January 2008, 15:02

Originally Posted by cowpoos

if the tour involves a compulsery stop in taupo...u will own me..if going straight to aucks I'ld kick your arse...

Yeah, I know, but I always stop in Taupo.

OK, fair enough, National Park is faster if you head north via the east route to Te Awa Moo Two etc.

**007XX** · 11th January 2008, 15:11

Originally Posted by jrandom

OK, fair enough, National Park is faster if you head north via the east route to Te Awa Moo Two etc.

And so very enjoyable too

I've been on it so many times, and yet, I am still not bored with it...

**jrandom** · 11th January 2008, 15:13

Originally Posted by 007XX

And so very enjoyable too...

Really, you reckon?

It's just another fast open highway as far as I'm concerned. Scenery's OK, but not worth all the additional miles of "I hope there's not a cop car over the next crest" riding.

**007XX** · 11th January 2008, 15:18

Originally Posted by jrandom

Really, you reckon?

It's just another fast open highway as far as I'm concerned. Scenery's OK, but not worth all the additional miles of "I hope there's not a cop car over the next crest" riding.

yep, I reckon...and the reason is that everytime I ride on that road, I'm on the way to something exciting like the Cold Kiwi

...and my brother in law's got a place in Ohakune, so I can always get a really hot shower on arrival, and it feels sooooooo good after the long ride.

I don't know, but it kind of represents freedom to me.

And re: cops. I never actually saw that many at all last year.