Hamilton - Raglan return

[vifferman]

How come it's still referred to as "the divvi" (the deviation)? :spudwhat:
Crikey, the realignment of the road was years and years ago...

Only ridden it twice (once each way) - on the XBR500RS Mutant. Might have to wander down there sometime soon.

[mattt]

The Awakino gorge is tops for scrubbing in a new tyre ive found.God corners and the best thing is ive never seen the filth patroling it.It kinda makes short work of rear tyres though.

What - the gorge, or your Mille?

[vifferman]

The Awakino gorge is tops for scrubbing in a new tyre ive found.God corners and the best thing is ive never seen the filth patroling it.It kinda makes short work of rear tyres though.

I love the gorge road, but although I've ridden through it maybe 8 times, I've only once had a decent road surface through it. It seems to be subject to constant roadwroks, crap on the road, etc., and when it's not, there's stock trucks in the way.

[jrandom]

Used to be that bikers were rough,tough geezers who`d hang out in crappy cafes when the pubs were shut drinking crap tea and eating bacon sarnies.

Mmmmm. Bacon sarnies.

You bastard, I've got a craving now.

[igor]

shit road, boring yawn,

go to cambridge home of the Stefi. go sth out to Parklands Road. and out thru to Wharepapa Sth and then head west towards the sth west. head thru them hills coming out sth end of Te Juiti main street

ya see about 4 cars in 100kms

if ya want me to show ya the way stefi i will

then go to Bosco cafe, the best cafe in the land nearly

then head home via more back road

oh shit I'm sorry I forgot u guys never ride anything other than something with a State Highway number on it.

silly me

as for the person who goes bak and froward over the divi, i only got one name for u. "fuckin boundary rider"

[modalx]

shit road, boring yawn,

go to cambridge home of the Stefi. go sth out to Parklands Road. and out thru to Wharepapa Sth and then head west towards the sth west. head thru them hills coming out sth end of Te Juiti main street

ya see about 4 cars in 100kms

if ya want me to show ya the way stefi i will

then go to Bosco cafe, the best cafe in the land nearly

then head home via more back road

oh shit I'm sorry I forgot u guys never ride anything other than something with a State Highway number on it.

silly me

Been there, done that. The point of the divvi is its 5 minutes from town.

[vifferman]

Mmmmm. Bacon sarnies.

You bastard, I've got a craving now.

Yeah, it's the appetite brought on by thinking about "slipperly manholes".

[igor]

Been there, done that. The point of the divvi is its 5 minutes from town.

boundary rider

[modalx]

boundary rider

No mate just keen - 20,000 ks last year. Believe me thats a long way on an SP.

[dss3]

haha "boundary rider" can't say i've heard that one before. Don't reckon I qualify though, 60,000k on the TL in four years! As for Wharepapa South, yeah I have done those roads and they are great, will have to get out that way more often. But for a local blast after work you really want something nice and close. Sure as hell beats 100k to get to the coromandel. One of the reasons for going on KB rides is to get out on these roads that you haven't done before...

_daryl

[inlinefour]

is this seriously the best shortish ride one can do on a sunny day to scrub in a new back tyre? awesome latte and carrot cake at 'tongue & groove' too

If your like me and live in New Plymouth then a ride from NP to Awakino George and back is a pretty good not so short ride