Places to ride off-road

**james rm125** · 26th November 2010, 07:14

Is the Onehunga Moto X track still up an running??

**omata** · 28th November 2010, 07:47

Originally Posted by pj.elliott

I just had a crack at Thunder Valley Bike Park out near Glen Murray/Huntly. What an awesome place to have a blast. My boy was riding the kids loop over and over and the more advanced can have a play on a couple of enduro loops or the MX track. Great fun.

not bad eh? I went with a group of us (about 10) and had an awesome time, cool step up on the MX track, owner was a bit grumpy and doesn't do group deals.. but track was all good!

**D3ALN** · 29th November 2010, 20:38

Anyone got any pics of riding from rangatiki plains on napier taupo rd

**mackaz** · 1st December 2010, 20:34

Originally Posted by keith55

The circuit is open again.
Shorter and harder.
I closed it before because there were so few riders. I had been under the impression that Whangarei riders were staved of places to ride............ but wrong again. The weird thing though (I thought) was that of all the riders that done the circuit, only one ever came back a second time. Never had any complaints about the ride, perhaps a little tough was as bad as it got. This time the circuit is totally independent of the rest of the farm. No setting up the circuit and having no-one turn up.
This time I'll try, any time is OK with me. Feel like a ride?, we are open.
For more info goto..... http://www.braefern.co.nz/trailbike.html

Whatever happened to this???? Website says closed for good? Anyway I want somewhere to ride, Been to the farm, its cool, but got bagged on hard because of my old farm quad I was thrashing, and imagine much the same will happrn with the DR....

**D3ALN** · 14th December 2010, 16:17

Rode Hewitts track in Dannevirke. ok for a space to ride for free. spent more time riding up the river then on the track though lol. track was rutted and needed grooming ut overgrowen. an ok double which I didnt try and a couple of table tops

**DirtMad** · 19th February 2011, 18:34

Originally Posted by Captain APog

Hi All,

Finnally, has anyone ridden the tracks behind the train tracks in Glen Eden/Henderson along West Coast road? Looks like some good stuff up the Henderson end, accessed from the end of Rangeview Road by the subdivision that never happened? Is it any good?

Cheers

Hey guys, I know this post above was ages ago, but I`m out west and would be keen to ride here. Got anymore details about it? Anyone been out there or know if its still possible to use the area?

**Jay GTI** · 23rd February 2011, 14:36

No idea if it's ok to ride, but I live in Glen Eden and have heard a couple of MX bikes being given some welly somewhere nearby, can only assume it's coming from there. Would love to know if it's actually legal to ride there, or if it's just a couple of hairy bogans just making a nuisance of themselves...

**DirtMad** · 23rd February 2011, 17:01

Originally Posted by Jay GTI

No idea if it's ok to ride, but I live in Glen Eden and have heard a couple of MX bikes being given some welly somewhere nearby, can only assume it's coming from there. Would love to know if it's actually legal to ride there, or if it's just a couple of hairy bogans just making a nuisance of themselves...

You are suggesting that you live in Glen Eden and are NOT a hairy bogan !?

**Jay GTI** · 23rd February 2011, 17:07

Originally Posted by DirtMad

You are suggesting that you live in Glen Eden and are NOT a hairy bogan !?

well I'm not that hairy...

**2fitty** · 26th February 2011, 17:50

I heard somewhere that theres a place you can ride out clevedon way, anyone have any info on this?

**KevinD** · 12th March 2011, 09:53

Hi, Just getting back into Dirt Riding after many years (25+). I need somewhere to teach my wife the basics and freshen up my own riding skills. To get started I've brought a cheap Chinese 250 Dirt Bike

for myself and a 125 Pit Bike for my wife (ducks disease). So far she's had a one good ride on Foxton beach, but sand is a bit tough on a learner.

Has Akatarawa Forest any open area's for a learner, or would I be better going to Long Gully. There appears to be plenty of wasted open area's near the river in the Hutt

but you are not permitted to ride there.

**Blagger** · 12th March 2011, 19:32

Long Gully is better for a learner because it has a large open area but it's a bitch when it's windy and it costs money.
Akatarawa from the Karapoti side has a small carpark then a flat run through to "Siberia" which is a fairly open area - she'd need some basic skills and there's one stream Xing on the way there that would be difficult to get a pitbike through ( for one person - you can be a good chap and help her up the other side). The Maungatuktuku side has less open area to start with but there is some flat bush track to the left of Perham's Rd but you've gotta get her through an easy stream Xing at the very start.

If she can ride on the beach then I'd put her on the Karapoti side - lotsa puddles to get wet in but a nice run thru the bush - just look out for quads coming the other way

And get her a real bike soon as..

**Blagger** · 8th April 2011, 18:45

This link

http://s518.photobucket.com/albums/u342/60MPa/

is a scan of a photocopy of a laminated map (hence the creasemarks down the middle) showing all the trails that I know of in the Akatarawa Forest North of Wellington.

If anyone else has got a better copy please put it up

I've looked on the Greater Wgtn Regional Council's webpage and can't find a copy online but hey, some of the wrong kind is better than none of the right kind....

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