SMC Tour of NZ - Interested?

**Slyer** · 10th September 2010, 23:45

You bet your sweet ass it is babycakes.

**Suntoucher** · 21st September 2010, 21:29

Oh, just remembered the AUT lodge can fit up to 20 people, available for booking all year round(I'm an AUT student) and costs about $130 a night.

http://www.ausm.org.nz/ausm-lodge/

Fully equipped and at the bottom of Ruapehu

**Slyer** · 21st September 2010, 22:11

Awesome suggestion thanks for that.

**motorbyclist** · 22nd September 2010, 14:52

that really is awesome! (ausm, geddit?)

totally keen for a ruapehu summiting effort! postpone trip to midwinter!

**Slyer** · 22nd September 2010, 16:17

We can have another trip in 6 months.

**motorbyclist** · 28th September 2010, 00:50

bump for date and route for northland loop (and repeat advice that it is done on days one & two to weed out the weaker bikes and wake up the lesser riders)

**Slyer** · 28th September 2010, 07:43

A bump because you want someone else to organise it?

**Gremlin** · 28th September 2010, 10:55

82 posts talking about the potential, the possibilities.

82 posts without a single hard piece of information. Route, time, accomodation.

GiJoe and I have combined have covered thousands of km (more than what you guys will presumably travel in your trip, each) since the thread started.

About par for you guys yeah?

**Slyer** · 28th September 2010, 11:52

Well fucking good for you.

This thread is me asking for advice. I've never organised a trip this big.
If you check the first post I've got many details of the first part of the trip nailed down, I've never been up the east coast before so have no idea where to go up that way.

**Gremlin** · 28th September 2010, 12:52

Originally Posted by Slyer

Well fucking good for you.

Ok, bear mind, like democracy, if you have a large group and you try to please everyone, it will never get off the ground. Decide on a distance per day, choose some key places to go see, and factor them into the distance calculations. Set the schedule, people are in or out.

I wouldn't even want to organise too many people. I ride with like minded people, GiJoe and toto, for example. Sunday afternoon, toto and i leave Auckland, and do 1000km up to cape reinga and back. We both like that, but someone else would consider it nuts.

**Slyer** · 28th September 2010, 13:39

Thank you, Mr highly experienced godly extreme riding guy who does 1000km without a second thought.

So, back to my original question and reason for this entire thread.
Do you have any suggestions for places to go to on the trip?

**EJK** · 28th September 2010, 13:49

Originally Posted by Gremlin

About par for you guys yeah?

Ooooh burn.

**Gremlin** · 28th September 2010, 14:36

Originally Posted by Slyer

Thank you, Mr highly experienced godly extreme riding guy who does 1000km without a second thought.

So, back to my original question and reason for this entire thread.
Do you have any suggestions for places to go to on the trip?

Sure, which part of the country? I normally literally go for the roads, see the sites next to the road without stopping, or do you want to stop and look at stuff as well