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On Sunday I had the possibility to tag alongside for only a wee bit (500 or so km) of one more IBA experience that Chris and Stella had been trying. Not proud of having accomplished a SS1600 (that integrated this years NI800 route) on Good Friday, they’d determined to do the NI1600 (having ridden the particular NI1600 Tremendous Twisty on the day), however with a few twists…
First, they determined to start out and end from their house North of Auckland (the NI1600 began and completed in Ohakune) and to additionally embody all the necessities for an IBA Eggsanity Gold experience. Right here I am going to simply steal the experience necessities from Chris’s FB put up:
We needed to discover and {photograph} 5 Easter themed objects: A enterprise signal with ‘Egg’ within the title, a Bacon and Egg pie, eat an Egg meal, have a chocolate egg and take a photograph of someplace price investing our Nest Egg with, every of which must be at the very least 241km aside from one another.
Anyway, spoiler alert, this meant that they needed to experience a complete distance of 1938km with the required 1610 for the IBA experience executed within 24 hours. They nailed the total whack in 23 hours, 58 minutes!
To fulfill them I stored a watch on their Spotwalla after which rode out to one of many NI1600 checkpoints up the Pohangina Valley. I acquired my timing fairly proper too as I reckon it was lower than ten minutes till I heard a Concours and R1 coming my method.
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| Triumph porn |
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| Stella on her Yamaha YZF R1-LD |
I might promised to be TEC so I simply settled in behind the 2 maniacs as we rode again to Ashhurst after which pottered over the Saddle to Woodville after which on in direction of Pahiatua. There’s video coming however not one of the poor learner rider struggling there method over the Saddle holding up visitors and ultimately been buzzed by three bikes carrying IBA platebacks.
We gave Pahiatua a miss by turning early to make our technique to the following CP at Alfredton earlier than popping into Masterton for gas. Chris & Stella additionally picked up the chocolate egg requirement for the Eggsanity experience and I may have joined in on this however failed the remainder of the necessities…
From Masterton it was again out East once more to choose up a pair extra NI1600 checkpoints and for Chris to vandalise an indication…
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| Chris & Stella each have IBA numbers lower than 1,000 as they accomplished the Iron Butt Rally within the US final 12 months. I’ve to place up with being #73,269 |
Cruising out of Martinborough we rejoined SH2 at Featherston for the run over the Rimutakas. The hill street was usually busy with only some alternatives to go. Then it was onto one other fascinating part – crossing Wellington Metropolis at round 5 o’clockish to get their subsequent NI1600 CP. This was an image of the Wellington signal. I accomplished failed at getting this CP, preferring to get one other image of the horny Triumph and the opposite two. I did handle to steal Chris’s image off Fb although…
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| In addition to, this image has a pleasant chook mural on it… |
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| I am probably not that big…thanks Chris! |
Now it was time to show round and retrace our steps a bit earlier than carrying on North on SH1. In all probability should not point out the IBA veteran’s wee navigational mistake…
The experience as much as the following cease in Levin was totally on the flash new freeway so was straightforward ok’s and I acquired to utilise the Tiger’s cruise management:
As soon as we acquired to the depressing 80km/h part issues acquired a bit boring however Chris and I might need induced a little bit of leisure to the automotive following when he handed me over a bierstick – it was scrumptious!
The subsequent cease was in Levin the place two bikes wanted gas and the crew took on a fast little bit of sustenance (I acquired one other bierstick and a few rations from Stella’s tankbag!). Then it was across the nook for the fellows to choose up one other of the Eggsanity necessities – a financial institution for Nest eggs. I did not trouble with a photograph as I used to be now properly conscious that I had solely met one of many different experience necessities (mmmm, chocolate). Unsure why I bothered with my Spotwalla:
Extra SH1 and sluggish visitors acquired us into Sanson the place I finally stated goodbye and went house for some sleep versus persevering with on driving till after 3am like some others…
Anyway, as all the time it was nice to meet up with the fellows and be a part of them in only a slice of their mad enjoyable, possibly I ought to take a look at one other 1600 at some stage…
Oh, and this one did not survive all of the Eggsanity…
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