Which gas stations are open 24/7 between CHCH and Picton?

**Gareth123** · 3rd March 2009, 19:01

Off on a trip this weekend. Leaving Friday night. Anyone know what stations are open during the wee small hours of the morning? Is the one in Kaikoura still 24/7?

**awayatc** · 3rd March 2009, 19:05

Kaikoura be your only hope....Amberly will most likely be open to.
Only a touch over 300kms.....
Carry a liter or 2?
(camping stores sell nice 1 lt plastic fuel bottles)

**Gareth123** · 3rd March 2009, 19:07

I was planning to have a jerry can strapped to the bike. Hoping I wouldn't need it though.

**tigertim20** · 3rd March 2009, 21:08

The BP in Kaikoura, its 311 km chch-Blenheim, Blenheim has several 24hr stations, the one on Grove Road, just before the Humpy Bridge, right before you head out of Blenheim is the last, and the most direct in that neck of the woods. Take the can anyway. Have a nice ride!

**Silage** · 3rd March 2009, 21:23

One Amberley station is open 24/7 so while it is not far out of Chch can top up there. I am not sure anything in Kaikoura is open 24hrs - could be wrong. A couple of years back there was nothing - so my son found out at the top of Weld pass (10km short of Blenheim). There is truck stop in Ward but don't know what sort of gold they take.

**3umph** · 3rd March 2009, 21:24

Amberley is 24hr... not sure if any in Kaikoura are... may pay to give the BPup there a ring to see what times they are open...

blenhiem has many 24hr stations

**gammaguy** · 3rd March 2009, 21:26

speaking as someone who recently slept on the forecourt of the allegedly 24hr gas stn in kaikoura.......

there is a dead area between amberley and blenheim.

good luck

**BMWST?** · 3rd March 2009, 21:28

its why i try to get a bike with a 300 plus range....picton-chch non stop

**gammaguy** · 3rd March 2009, 22:01

i do this trip on a bike about 15 times a year.

i can post a list here of bikes that will make it.

and those that did not

**3umph** · 3rd March 2009, 22:05

Originally Posted by gammaguy

i do this trip on a bike about 15 times a year.

i can post a list here of bikes that will make it.

and those that did not

haha... take a jerry can... to be shaw to be shaw

**scumdog** · 3rd March 2009, 22:10

Originally Posted by Gareth123

I was planning to have a jerry can strapped to the bike. Hoping I wouldn't need it though.

2-litre Coke bottle will do the trick (or maybe two?)

Throw it away afterwards.

(I left one full of petrol for over a year without deterioration)

**Gareth123** · 3rd March 2009, 22:13

not sure what the range is on my tank. Maybe if I took it really slow, 70 on the straights, coasting downhills, get off and push it uphills...I might just make it. Supposed to be on a ferry by 5:40am so I really don't want to run outta gas.

**gammaguy** · 3rd March 2009, 22:26

Originally Posted by Gareth123

not sure what the range is on my tank. Maybe if I took it really slow, 70 on the straights, coasting downhills, get off and push it uphills...I might just make it. Supposed to be on a ferry by 5:40am so I really don't want to run outta gas.

dude it will end in tears,make sure you carry gas

a 4l oil container will do the trick,then toss it away when you have used it.

fill up to the absolute brim in amberley,and you will make it to blenheim.

and make sure that wee honda is tuned up proper like.

have a good trip

**Gareth123** · 3rd March 2009, 22:43

Its tuned as well as my father and I can get it without stripping it down and rebuilding it.

I've already got a nice big jerry can, its about half the size of my tank. About 5L I think. That should do the trick. Just have to figure out how to attach it to the bike. I don't have a pack rack. Any ideas on this guys?

**gammaguy** · 3rd March 2009, 22:50

Originally Posted by Gareth123

Its tuned as well as my father and I can get it without stripping it down and rebuilding it.

I've already got a nice big jerry can, its about half the size of my tank. About 5L I think. That should do the trick. Just have to figure out how to attach it to the bike. I don't have a pack rack. Any ideas on this guys?

kinda depends on what else you are carrying and how long you are away for

a disposable container makes sense for those reasons,why carry a jerry can around for the rest of your trip?