Lake Waikaremoana loop - Good Friday

[Tony W]

Arrived at Waik' store for gas and pies.

A couple of dudes in a 4WD came over to chat.
Turns out one of them was a chap on KB called Bigfish, from Cambrige !
...was to be a day for bumping into KBers...

1. The store.

2,3. Obligatory waterfall shots

Got away before noon and headed 'North' to the Minginui turnoff.
Took a planned diversion to a fire lookout about 5km off the beaten track.

[Tony W]

1. After that followed a neat trip through the forest where upon exit we caught up with 5 bikes who had come through just minutes before us !

Some were KBers too. Notably GLG, whom we rode with on my 1st KB outing, the MMMMM.

2. After a great catch-up we headed along SH5 and stopped for a well earned rest in the late afternoon sun in the beautiful Esk Valley.

3,4. Final stop by the sea just out of napier for a fuel top-up.

All in all, a great day out.

Cheers, Tony.

[XF650]

Great ride report.
How were those tyres in the gravel?

[Denniso]

Can't speak for the others but I think I had too much tread , need more rubber less groove but the extra groves on the back made it easer to back into corners .

[bigfish]

It was great to meet you guys. We left about 15 min after you and meet a heap of clowns on the road .Hope you managed to avoid them all. We saw a crew of mainly Yamahas(real bikes)at Minginui turnoff.You cant of missed them by much. Has XRJohnny designed a trailer for the copious amount of gas he needs?.Hope to meet up again one day.Cheers...Keith. P.S.Johnny can probably use all the DRs leftovers.

[Steve L]

Some were KBers too. Notably GLG, whom we rode with on my 1st KB outing, the MMMMM.



Cheers, Tony.

Tony I was with GLG and the other guys from Tauranga, was great to meet up with you all. Great pics of your day out we have to learn how to post pics
so we show our day out.

Hopefully catch up on the trails again
Cheers Steve