2008 Capital 1000K Cruise

[Nasty]

Alarm is about to be set .. riders all arrived - SweetP, Paul and Dan Mapp ... Grub and I have emptied the bed to go to Wanganui (might as well actually use the tralier) ... and breakfast all ready to be cooked!! ...

you might say things are all go!

[chanceyy]

just about all set here .. have not told the partner in crime what time the alarm is set for yet

[ynot slow]

Enjoy the ride guys/gals and god speed.Watch the roadworks on the bridge out of Hawera,down to one lane.

[Hitcher]

We're not going through Hawera. But thanks for the good wishes!

[Nasty]

This house is up, showered and dressed . .about to have breakfast and be on our way ... see you guys at Rimutex!

[chanceyy]

Same here Kari .. although we did wake up to a brief shower of rain

just had breaky & about ready to roll

[Owl]

Have a goody people! Ride safe!

[madmal64]

You lucky lot have been going for 5 1/2 hours now while Ive been stuck at work.
Im not happy! Hope you are all safe and keeping it shiny side up. Look forward to the after ride posts & pics

[Monamie]

Left Longburn at 5am and got back at 8.40pm.

1000km observations:

1000km is a really really really long way
Rottiguy nearly got a Turkey for Christmas!!
HEATED HANDGRIPS
Chanceyy tamed the gravel-yeah baby you rock girl!
Paekak Hill sucks in the drizzle with the black squigglies on it
Paekak Hill tried to tame 86......but alas it failed.
Whangamomoa has a really cool pub.
Fields Track has been renamed `The Goat Track'.
Leathers maybe safer but they are not warmer
The way the Buell shakes at low rev's ...I think it shook an inch off my behind!! Go Buell!!
There is a town in NZ called Douglas....
The Forgotten Highway is way cool...even with all the gravel.
Right hand corners really aren't all that bad now.
You meet the most awesome people when you go riding.
A guy on an SV turned up in many towns...but he wasn't doing the ride...he even bought his buddy on a patched up yellow bike too...how nice

To the daughter who ran the Spa bath and put in bubbles for her mum who had trouble moving when she got in the door.......Mother Christmas took note...

Oh...and my Buell the Lemon...I will have it with a lick of salt and Tequilla any day

A big thanks to the organisers and my thoughts are with those who could not complete it for whatever reason...it is a great personal milestone.

RIP Grub...Kari our thoughts are with you and your families.....speechless....

[rottiguy]

Next ride I'm wrapping my arse in bubble wrap, and as for turkeys on the road if i didn't already have one in the freezer I might have swerved left instead of right and it would have been gobble gobble.

Thanks to the organizers and yay for the sun to dry us out.

Best wishes Nasty

[chanceyy]

Well written there girl .. awesome to be riding with you, but next yr lets get out & do a few ks to harden the arse before hand

found out about Grub when we got to the working mans club & still can not believe it. RIP Grub


Was going to do a ride report but still feeling quite shattered ... & I think Mo pretty well covered it all below

(dunno that I have "tamed" the gravel ... but fark me I was not gonna bite the dust again .. BB & I need to have words about her preference to misbehave in gravel methinks )

so we left 7.15am & arrived in welly 10.15pm & yeah heated handgrips do keep the cold at bay

Left Longburn at 5am and got back at 8.40pm.

1000km observations:

1000km is a really really really long way
Rottiguy nearly got a Turkey for Christmas!!
HEATED HANDGRIPS
Chanceyy tamed the gravel-yeah baby you rock girl!
Paekak Hill sucks in the drizzle with the black squigglies on it
Paekak Hill tried to tame 86......but alas it failed.
Whangamomoa has a really cool pub.
Fields Track has been renamed `The Goat Track'.
Leathers maybe safer but they are not warmer
The way the Buell shakes at low rev's ...I think it shook an inch off my behind!! Go Buell!!
There is a town in NZ called Douglas....
The Forgotten Highway is way cool...even with all the gravel.
Right hand corners really aren't all that bad now.
You meet the most awesome people when you go riding.
A guy on an SV turned up in many towns...but he wasn't doing the ride...he even bought his buddy on a patched up yellow bike too...how nice

To the daughter who ran the Spa bath and put in bubbles for her mum who had trouble moving when she got in the door.......Mother Christmas took note...

Oh...and my Buell the Lemon...I will have it with a lick of salt and Tequilla any day

A big thanks to the organisers and my thoughts are with those who could not complete it for whatever reason...it is a great personal milestone.

RIP Grub...Kari our thoughts are with you and your families.....speechless....

[Pedrostt500]

Well written there girl .. awesome to be riding with you, but next yr lets get out & do a few ks to harden the arse before hand

found out about Grub when we got to the working mans club & still can not believe it. RIP Grub


Was going to do a ride report but still feeling quite shattered ... & I think Mo pretty well covered it all below

(dunno that I have "tamed" the gravel ... but fark me I was not gonna bite the dust again .. BB & I need to have words about her preference to misbehave in gravel methinks )

so we left 7.15am & arrived in welly 10.15pm & yeah heated handgrips do keep the cold at bay

And you told me you didn't do gravel, go Gurl.

[chanceyy]

And you told me you didn't do gravel, go Gurl.

Unfortunately could not avoid it .. if it was all hard packed stuff would have not been an issue .. but alas they just graded it ... must have known we were coming

[Hitcher]

I too didn't learn about Grub until I checked in at the Workingmen's Club.

Despite the day's tragedy, the organisers should get some praise for all of their efforts -- and for the ambiguous instructions in the Pohangina Valley...

I had a ball. The weather, apart from a patch of shattered scours between Featherston and Masterton, was just perfect for this sort of event.

I rode a couple of new roads for me -- Most of the Ashhurst to Mangaweka route was new. Normally when we come down through Peep-o-day, we've turned off at Ohingaiti and continue down through Kimbolton.

The other absolute peach of a road is the Halcombe to Mt Stewart road. I was just ahead of what looked like being bad sunstrike in about 15 minutes time.

Fields Track is a considerably easier ride when it's dry and one doesn't have to brake for goats...

And the Taranaki boy in me enjoyed the Fraser Road/Ohangai stretch. It's nice at times to find some fast stretches that Mr Plod will never enforce.

I could have stayed much longer at the Whanga pub. The locals are always very genial and happy to chat with passing bikers. They do, however, tend to chuck a bit of abuse at bikers who stop and take a photo of the Republic's Pride and Joy without even dismounting or turning their engine off.

Hands up everybody who remembered to do Highways 41 and 47...

[chanceyy]

I too didn't learn about Grub until I checked in at the Workingmen's Club.

Despite the day's tragedy, the organisers should get some praise for all of their efforts -- and for the ambiguous instructions in the Pohangina Valley...

I had a ball. The weather, apart from a patch of shattered scours between Featherston and Masterton, was just perfect for this sort of event.

I rode a couple of new roads for me -- Most of the Ashhurst to Mangaweka route was new. Normally when we come down through Peep-o-day, we've turned off at Ohingaiti and continue down through Kimbolton.

The other absolute peach of a road is the Halcombe to Mt Stewart road. I was just ahead of what looked like being bad sunstrike in about 15 minutes time.

Fields Track is a considerably easier ride when it's dry and one doesn't have to brake for goats...

And the Taranaki boy in me enjoyed the Fraser Road/Ohangai stretch. It's nice at times to find some fast stretches that Mr Plod will never enforce.

I could have stayed much longer at the Whanga pub. The locals are always very genial and happy to chat with passing bikers. They do, however, tend to chuck a bit of abuse at bikers who stop and take a photo of the Republic's Pride and Joy without even dismounting or turning their engine off.

Hands up everybody who remembered to do Highways 41 and 47...

well I guess i am one who can not put their hand up ... however I did complete over 1000 ks yesterday even missing out that bit ... catching up with John today apparently we did the correct loop around apiti .. local knowledge is a good thing there

thanks Koroj .. at least I know what to expect next yr