Whanganui Boxing Day?

[awa355]

Anyone else from the Waikato silly enough to leave about 2am Boxing day and ride their scooter to Wanganui and back again that evening?, maybe leaving the racing about 3pm and coming back through the lost highway?

Nah, thought not.

[Murray]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ghlight=boxing

May see you on the way - will stop for a smoke if we pass you. What time do you expect to arrive there??

[awa355]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ghlight=boxing

May see you on the way - will stop for a smoke if we pass you. What time do you expect to arrive there??

IF you catch me When I rode to Wanga in Feb, it took us 6 hours, but that was with a long stopover in Taumarunui. I'm quite keen to meander back via the Lost Highway.

[Murray]

IF you catch me When I rode to Wanga in Feb, it took us 6 hours, but that was with a long stopover in Taumarunui. I'm quite keen to meander back via the Lost Highway.

Don't do over 104KMS

[awa355]

Don't do over 104KMS

If I got a ticket for 104kph, I'd frame it.

[Murray]

IF you catch me When I rode to Wanga in Feb, it took us 6 hours, but that was with a long stopover in Taumarunui. I'm quite keen to meander back via the Lost Highway.

Then why are you leaving at 2.00 a.m. you will be there 8 o'clock in the morning????

[awa355]

Then why are you leaving at 2.00 a.m. you will be there 8 o'clock in the morning????

I have a rellies place to crash for brekky. I may even leave a bit later and do the F hw on the way down.

[shafty]

We'll be there in the cage, at the beginning of a road trip enroute to a wedding...... ~~ doing a couple of display laps Awa?

[awa355]

. ~~ doing a couple of display laps Awa?

Nah, the straights aren't long enough

[awa355]

Found this clip about racing scooters on ice. Skip the first 2.20 mins.

[awa355]

Boxing day run. Have changed my plans for going through to Wanganui, as my attempts to get Friday off work have failed. ( I had planned to do an overnight camp on Thursday night ).

I still intend to do the back roads through to Taumarunui, the forgotten highway to Whangamomona for lunch. I'll come back the same way then branch off up Mangaparo rd through to Ohura. From there, the back roads to Aria, Piopio, then side roads up the western side of SH3.

If anyone on a small bike wants a decent day ride on Boxing day, drop me a PM.

[skippa1]

Weather looks poo for tomorrow. Do they still run if it's wet?

[awa355]

Weather looks poo for tomorrow. Do they still run if it's wet?

Not sure about ' they ' but if tomorrow is like today here, light occasional showers, and breezy, then I'm still doing my ride. Rain doesn't bother me, I just dont like starting out in solid steady rain. The scooter tyres are fantastic in the wet.

If the weather in the morning is really crap, I will hold off untill next weekend when I get 4 days off.

[skippa1]

Not sure about ' they ' but if tomorrow is like today here, light occasional showers, and breezy, then I'm still doing my ride. Rain doesn't bother me, I just dont like starting out in solid steady rain. The scooter tyres are fantastic in the wet.

If the weather in the morning is really crap, I will hold off untill next weekend when I get 4 days off.

I was more wondering if they still race if it's raining...?

[awa355]

I think the Cemetery circut would be to bigger an event to put off, unless it was torential rain.