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    What's SH4 like to ride?

    Heading down to Ruapehu from Wellsford to pick up my skis from a club up the mountain. Thought Id turn off at 8 mile junction down s h/way 4 to National Park. Wondering what the road is like. Getting sick of the main highway . Anyone been down there recently?

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    Quote Originally Posted by motelbob View Post
    Heading down to Ruapehu from Wellsford to pick up my skis from a club up the mountain. Thought Id turn off at 8 mile junction down s h/way 4 to National Park. Wondering what the road is like. Getting sick of the main highway . Anyone been down there recently?
    8-mile to taumarunui is fookin magnificent....definitely do it

    if you carry on from there it gets a bit boring (straight-ish) until south of raetihi

    edit: nice bike btw
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    SH4, end to end, is one of the best stretches of motorcycling road in New Zealand -- both in terms of the road and the scenery it passes through. Food and beverages at the Out Of The Fog Cafe at Owhango are highly recommended!
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    Quote Originally Posted by motelbob View Post
    Heading down to Ruapehu from Wellsford to pick up my skis from a club up the mountain. Thought Id turn off at 8 mile junction down s h/way 4 to National Park. Wondering what the road is like. Getting sick of the main highway . Anyone been down there recently?

    It's GREAT. Even enjoyable on a GN250. Or in a car. Beautiful scenery, lots of corners.

    Sometimes a lot of roadworks, but where in NZ don't you find roadworks?
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    A bit off topic but would it be worth it to sneak into SH47 to go to SH48 to see the famous building? (There is a famous house isn't there?)


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    Don't stop at National Park. Keep going down through Raetihi to Wanganui then do a left turn onto SH 3 and head over to Marton. Then back up through Taihape, Waiouru and on to Ohakune.

    Best roads in the country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by henry View Post
    Don't stop at National Park. Keep going down through Raetihi to Wanganui then do a left turn onto SH 3 and head over to Marton. Then back up through Taihape, Waiouru and on to Ohakune.

    Best roads in the country.
    Even better, take the Fordell road from Wanganui to Hunterville and avoid SH3 entirely!
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    Can you please supply photo's of the skis attached to your bike!

    The attachment method has me perplexed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Can you please supply photo's of the skis attached to your bike!

    The attachment method has me perplexed.
    Kind of obvious I thought
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    Even better, take the Fordell road from Wanganui to Hunterville and avoid SH3 entirely!
    Too easy for a first timer to get lost that way

    All this talk of SH 3/4 is making me think I should go up there for the weekend and check out the old hunting ground.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stirts View Post
    Kind of obvious I thought
    "motorcycling has a new sport" - hmmm, that one had staying power.

    "as the wheels are lower than the skis, they still provide traction"
    I wonder how long they experimented with it the other way round before giving up on that one.

    How is he goign to attach the skis?
    Personally I think he should turn this into a guessing thread, with a juicy bling-of-many-colours to the person who predicts closest.

    I think he'll have a packrack, with the skis on the rear seat facing upwards and strapped against the packrack. Why - because it'll be the perfect flagpole for the KB flag he'll be flying.
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    Im going to strap them across my back and cruise through to the nearest post office and courier them back to wellsford. Practiced with the wifes skis. Cant see a problem.(gulp)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stirts View Post
    Kind of obvious I thought
    So, there is plenty of snow on the roads at the moment to do that?
    Quote Originally Posted by motelbob View Post
    Im going to strap them across my back and cruise through to the nearest post office and courier them back to wellsford. Practiced with the wifes skis. Cant see a problem.(gulp)
    Ahhh! The cheating method!
    Here I was, expecting you to ride back north with aforementioned skis attached to your bike.
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    Awesome piece of road - 8 mile junction to Taumarunui then add on Taumarunui to Turangi. .. Thats the mutts nutz . (sweepers up and sweepers down on a great road surface plus scenery)

    BTW - great cafe on right coming into Te Kuiti from the North

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    Thanks for all the advice. Sounds like a go to me. Cant wait.

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