Waikato ADV rides!

[Keithf]

go for a play up thompsons.

is that rideable on adventure bike these days?

[oneblackflag]

Sweet little ride up to Fletcher Bay + the 309 .... I'm buggered

[oneblackflag]

is that rideable on adventure bike these days?

Im sure my little Wr would do it... Your bike would be cheating..

[Eddieb]

is that rideable on adventure bike these days?

I had a 1981 R80G/S up there a couple of years ago. It was pretty rutted but ridable.

[Waihou Thumper]

I had a 1981 R80G/S up there a couple of years ago. It was pretty rutted but ridable.

and a DR 750s, aprilia Tuareg 600 and a KTM 950 Was rideable - Just....wouldn't go there on a weekend or public holiday though. Too many hoons (not Dino of course) think it is a one way track, likelihood of accidents is increased ten fold....

[Oscar]

is that rideable on adventure bike these days?

With a big tyre and excessive horsepower, anything is rideable.

[dino3310]

is that rideable on adventure bike these days?

western side - YES
eastern side - wait for a long dry spell

traffic aint that bad, most people are courteous, like any where ya get the odd hoon but most of the time its pretty good, its not a high speed track so ya get a lot of dads and their boys, hot afternoons on an adv bike will get ya sweating like a fat man but early morning its quite lovely up there.
i dragged horney1 up there on his 990 with a worn scorpian only had to push him twice
all in all its got a reputation worse than it is, normally brought on by nanas sitting at home dreaming of easy roads and lattes.... each to there own try it you will either be into it or not

[Kaituna]

Didn't have time to take a look yesterday and it would have been too wet anyway. It was pissing down most of the day at Thompson track. Nice and fine up the coromandel though. Should have come Dino!

[dino3310]

. Nice and fine up the coromandel though. Should have come Dino!

too crook mate, been out of action since that last ride

[Oscar]

western side - YES
eastern side - wait for a long dry spell

traffic aint that bad, most people are courteous, like any where ya get the odd hoon but most of the time its pretty good, its not a high speed track so ya get a lot of dads and their boys, hot afternoons on an adv bike will get ya sweating like a fat man but early morning its quite lovely up there.
i dragged horney1 up there on his 990 with a worn scorpian only had to push him twice
all in all its got a reputation worse than it is, normally brought on by nanas sitting at home dreaming of easy roads and lattes.... each to there own try it you will either be into it or not

The late Ricky Havoc and friends took a bog standard Toyota Starlet over that track.

[dino3310]

been up there in an old mates lada, use to see a few cars up there in the 80s-90s

i think the reputation is bigger that what the track really is

[Kaituna]

been up there in an old mates lada, use to see a few cars up there in the 80s-90s

i think the reputation is bigger that what the track really is

That's because all of the best holes are full of old cars....

[dino3310]

That's because all of the best holes are full of old cars....

could be right mate.

thats the main problem up there is them holes keep getting deeper, i notest last time i was up there, there were a couple of holes on our side getting deeper, you'd have to pick the right line in a cage or it would be out with the shovel and winch.


actually come to think of it, one ride up there last year there was a 4x4 on a side track that was half buried, i think they ended up getting a dozer up there to drag it out. Them side tracks are the ones that get ya

[dino3310]

anyone here work at Fonterra waitoa? or know somebody up the ladder

[MXNUT]

anyone here work at Fonterra waitoa? or know somebody up the ladder

Why ??????