Northern Gravel Adventure Riding Club

**suzieq** · 14th October 2011, 11:27

Originally Posted by Shewolf

Market Rd yeah - there's a bit of room on the shoulder there, we'll be coming through at 7.30am I reckon, shouldn't be too much traffic to zip in with us - otherwise yep, see you at Howick

Looks like there will be a big group of us riding from out West now Should be a grreat weekend

**Crisis management** · 14th October 2011, 13:18

Originally Posted by suzieq

Looks like there will be a big group of us riding from out West now Should be a grreat weekend

Great!
Just a gentle reminder, we need 1 1/2 hours from Howick to Kopu so leaving Howick at 8.00am would be really good.... hint, hint.

**.chris** · 14th October 2011, 14:50

I plan to meet you guys in Waihi at about 10:30am on sunday.

Looking forward to it.

**cave weta** · 14th October 2011, 14:58

Originally Posted by .chris

I plan to meet you guys in Waihi at about 10:30am on sunday.

Looking forward to it.

Do you know where?
Over The Top Adventures on the main road in from Whangamata.
sign outside on Right Hand Side before the 50km signs.

**.chris** · 14th October 2011, 15:05

Originally Posted by cave weta

Do you know where?
Over The Top Adventures on the main road in from Whangamata.
sign outside on Right Hand Side before the 50km signs.

Yeah I kinda knew (my google-foo is strong). And figured a few dozen adv bikes rolling into town will be easy enough to spot.

**Cary** · 14th October 2011, 16:48

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Prospect

Will meet you there at 8, only going part way.

**Shewolf** · 14th October 2011, 17:51

Yep well be at Howick by 8am picking up strays along the way - well...buffoons anyway

**Steelie** · 14th October 2011, 20:22

Im a late commit to a Saturday ride only.

Might get to Clevedon, if not it will be Maranda or Kopu.

**Team Buffoon** · 14th October 2011, 20:59

Only my mates call me Buffoon and I have not even met you yet! See you at Howick no knowing who you will pick up lounging next to the motorway! Nee Naa Good morning Sir do you know this is a no stopping zone, may I see your licence...etc etc

**Crisis management** · 16th October 2011, 08:38

Well, that was fun, lots of people, well organised and an interesting route, how can you complain about that? Good to catch up with a lot of KBers all trying very hard to behave themselves and not leave a bad impression (mostly succeeding).

Special award goes to Fritz? for finding the only 1.5 metre deep hole in the entire Coromandel Ranges to stuff his AT into, with incredible precision he managed to get it so all that was visible was the rear wheel. It was great to see the help he received in extracting it and then straightening and making it work again (forks were a wee bit sad looking...)

Special mentions go to Gary (GLG) for the worlds weirdest tool kit, Al (Don't know) for expertise in zip ties and actually having a towing strap we could use, Eddie (EddieB) for having a usefull tool kit, Paul for not losing too many parts, Rhonda (shewolf) for putting up with our jokes and hopefully getting some pics and Garth for removing a large part of a fence single handedly.

I departed with the injured AT towards Auckland at this point so have no idea how the rest of the day went but I'm sure it was great... it's really weird riding behind a bike that has the front wheel pointing in a very different direction to the rear, great determination by Fritz riding it back!

So, highly recomended entertainment!

**Waihou Thumper** · 16th October 2011, 11:42

Bloody hell, that must have been some huge hole! I caught up to the bike on my way home, he turned off at Kopu and headed to AKL....It looked like it was travelling okay.
Here is a little snippet of the beginning of the day....Eddie had a few teething issues with the DR650. It was fixed in a few minutes and what a spectacular day....
This was near Kaihere, just short of Ngatea, we headed on a bit of a scenic route to the rendezvous....

**Waihou Thumper** · 16th October 2011, 15:20

Still, furthermore, a little of what we did....

**Waihou Thumper** · 16th October 2011, 16:30

A car and a motorbike have collided in the Waikato.

The accident happened at about three o'clock this afternoon on State Highway 27 at the Paeroa-Tahuna Road intersection.

The motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Oh shit......Too close to home to think that someone might be hurt from the ride this weekend? Any news anyone?