Square Trust Rescue Helicopter fundraising ride

**chanceyy** · 9th June 2008, 14:27

Originally Posted by ratusratus

I helped run a ride a couple of years ago to collect blood for the blood bank
and money for the helicopter................
Keep the ride simple!!!!!!
not to long....more petrol in the tank means less in the kitty and you also have more time to get money off the punters
Money on this ride is your object not the ride...............
and its the middle of winter.dont want the helicopter picking up people

cheers

Good advice too

I will know more once I have ridden the route next sat (in the waikato til fri)

**sarahtvet** · 9th June 2008, 15:40

Originally Posted by cowboyz

well cross fingers next week we wont need to spend time on recovery service.

have to play it by ear but might have to just read the footnotes as I have things to do in the daylight

Should only take a max of 3 hours if you limit fag breaks and you could always go for my

little shortcut if you can't keep up again Lance

Any news on Mowgli?

**cowboyz** · 9th June 2008, 16:36

Originally Posted by GSVR

Thoughts on route.

Taking Railway Rd. Ends in a problematic Stop/Railcrossing/Roundabout x road.
Suggest going straight out Tremaine Ave and turning left onto Stoney Creek Rd. Less turns and easier to control.
good plan. might actually do this.

Don't like the the gorge and wonder why the saddle road wasn'nt used (if the weathers ok all the bikes could regroup in the windmill carpark.
the saddle wasnt used because too many people dont like the road. The surface is very unpredictable and I will almost guarentee a crash of some description if we go that way. The gorge is the best route over to balance.

The right turn onto Ballance Bridge is hard to control.
it is a bit of an intersection.
I considered going out to woodville and then out to pihatua but that is really boring.

Second half of the route (after Pahiatua) seems all good. People need to be aware theres damp slippery patches of road even if it hasn't rained for a while.

lets hope for the best.

Originally Posted by sarahtvet

Should only take a max of 3 hours if you limit fag breaks and you could always go for my

little shortcut if you can't keep up again Lance

Any news on Mowgli?

NO SHORTCUTS!!! Cheating hondas!

**Elysium** · 9th June 2008, 16:41

It would definatly be better to avoid Saddle Road, it's a pain even in a car as to many people tend to stop theirs cars in the middle of the road to watch the wind mills.
And as some of you guys know by the way I rode on Sun, you need to make the track simple for us newbies

**chanceyy** · 9th June 2008, 16:47

Originally Posted by Elysium

It would definatly be better to avoid Saddle Road, it's a pain even in a car as to many people tend to stop theirs cars in the middle of the road to watch the wind mills.
And as some of you guys know by the way I rode on Sun, you need to make the track simple for us newbies

we are not doing the saddle end of story .. I hate that damn piece of road can never get a good flow on it & can change conditions quickly

regardless of experience everyone will be catered for .. some already know my thoughts on where in the group the newbie/novice riders will be and the special precautions that will be available to them .. that will be one of the major discussion points at the meeting on saturday so have a good think about it over the next few days

**yod** · 9th June 2008, 17:04

given the size of the 'pack', I imagine it will develop into a relatively slow ride anyway

**chanceyy** · 12th June 2008, 21:15

Meeting at phil turnbull's so I can ride the route again 10.30am leaving

back to carmens for meeting regarding marshals etc on the day 1.00ish

will be riding regardless of weather as I am not free sunday

If you want to attend the meeting at carmen's & are not able to make the ride plz pm me or Oscarnz for the address

one of the pilots will be attending & need to discuss final destination as council will not allow chopper to land at the square .. this will be discussed sat but alternative railway land heaps of parking for the bikes & we can do a circuit of the square .. chopper will fly overhead as we do the final push into the city ..

**unrealone** · 13th June 2008, 14:49

I'll be making my way up from Wellington with a few bikers.

**Strang0r** · 13th June 2008, 15:17

Originally Posted by sarahtvet

Any news on Mowgli?

Mowgli is doing fine... sore but fine... They put a rod in his leg and have said it'll be around 22 weeks of recovery so he won't be able to ride on the 28th but maybe he'll still be involved in some way.

**yod** · 13th June 2008, 15:27

Originally Posted by Strang0r

Mowgli is doing fine... sore but fine... They put a rod in his leg and have said it'll be around 22 weeks of recovery so he won't be able to ride on the 28th but maybe he'll still be involved in some way.

cheers Dave

so do you know what is busted? tibea/fibula/ankle/all of the above??

**Strang0r** · 13th June 2008, 15:32

I believe it was both the tibea and fibula... top of one and bottom of the other...

**yod** · 13th June 2008, 15:37

jeebus

**86GSXR** · 13th June 2008, 15:54

Originally Posted by Strang0r

Mowgli is doing fine... sore but fine... They put a rod in his leg and have said it'll be around 22 weeks of recovery so he won't be able to ride on the 28th but maybe he'll still be involved in some way.

Glad to hear he's OK Dave.

**cowboyz** · 13th June 2008, 16:15

Originally Posted by Strang0r

Mowgli is doing fine... sore but fine... They put a rod in his leg and have said it'll be around 22 weeks of recovery so he won't be able to ride on the 28th but maybe he'll still be involved in some way.

well that is good news. 22 weeks is a while.