Attention all small capacity motorcycle riders.
With the new laws coming in for the licensing system, the mighty 250cc bike community will be no longer (or in its present form). In honour of the mighty beast that is the 250cc and in the interests of "Hardening the Fuck Up KB" I propose an event is in order.
Date -Thinking Weekend of the 2,3,4th May or 16,17,18th May (enough time to save some petrol money, get a service done and weather is hopefully still good)
Format is as follows -
All bikes must be 250cc or smaller.
Riders will need to be paired up with another Kiwibiker, and they will do the loop together. Idea of riding with a partner is that you have someone looking out for you and it will be easier to ride along with someone of similar skill/pace level and hopefully nothing to prove. Groups tend to have issues that on a journey this long could be a problem. Also when you turn up at the checkpoint it will be easier on the hosts if there is only two of you. By all means organise some friends into pairs and see if they and their bikes are up to the challenge. If there are 3 or you and you can't find another rider then that should be sweet.
Course is a North Island loop that has Four Check points on it. These will be based in the Far North, Bay of plenty, Wellington and Waikato. Kataia to Wellington is 1000km so loop will be something closer to 2500 km depending on the course. Would be awesome to go out to Newplymouth and Napier but a more direct course up and down the middle would probably be more realistic - but doing both sides of the central plateau (Oto-Taumarunui-Raetihi-Wanganui one way and Taihape Turangi-Tokoroa the other. Perhaps even Masterton - Feilding to change the run in/out of Wellington and a similar thing up the far north. Would be up to the riders which way they go for most of the course as long as they check in at the KB host along the way.
Riders will Post on Kiwibiker that they have left their starting point and then must Log in and post at the Four check points along the way. One of the Check points could also be a starting point for those living inland.
Start time will be Friday afternoon aiming to be finished and back to your starting point by Sunday Afternoon. So yes a bit of night riding will be required (would want to time it so that the new roads and areas are done in the day for interest sake and a bit of safety).
Will want to do ride before weather packs in so sometime in May would be good.
No cost to enter (just a shit load for gas - est $200-250) - Just post on here your possible interest in taking part, list your riding partner (other biker - don't recommend a pillion), your suggested starting point and preferred weekend in May.
Will need a safe house/caravan in the four corners of the Island for riders to log in their progress and possibly take a nap or have a coffee. PM me if you live in one of the Four Corners (thinking stops somewhere near Kaitaia, Otorohanga, Wellington, Tokoroa). If you would be keen to have bikes coming in over the weekend. My place in Otorohanga would be one (will have to lock your bikes up though).
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Originally Posted by musicman
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