Another distance riding season is fast approaching. There’s still time to get registered and conditioned in readiness for some outstanding riding events. Check out our upcoming rides below.
NZ Distance Riders’ events are run BY distance riders FOR distance riders. Unless we’re raising funds for a good cause – like the 1KC rides and muscular dystrophy – we only want to cover any operating costs involved. This means the registration fees for our events are realistic for participants..
NZ Distance Riders’ events are run BY distance riders FOR distance riders. Unless we’re raising funds for a good cause – like the 1KC rides and muscular dystrophy – we only want to cover any operating costs involved. This means the registration fees for our events are realistic for participants..
North Island 1,600
This is Distance Riders’ third 1,600 ride. Keen? Then get ready to ride with New Zealand’s finest distance riders on the weekend of 8-9 October 2016.
We’ve got a cracking route in store, featuring some locations and roads never before ridden on events of this type. All will be revealed at 7:00pm on Friday 7 October 2016 in readiness for the start at 1:00pm on the Saturday following.
More details and registration forms can be found here. Remember that the close-off date for registrations AND payments is Wednesday 14 September 2016. This is so there’s enough time to get T-shirts printed, badges made, food organised, and so on.
Registrations are currently in the mid 20s. If you’re keen to ride with others, please let us know who so that the Event Marshalls can start you together.
We’ve got a cracking route in store, featuring some locations and roads never before ridden on events of this type. All will be revealed at 7:00pm on Friday 7 October 2016 in readiness for the start at 1:00pm on the Saturday following.
More details and registration forms can be found here. Remember that the close-off date for registrations AND payments is Wednesday 14 September 2016. This is so there’s enough time to get T-shirts printed, badges made, food organised, and so on.
Registrations are currently in the mid 20s. If you’re keen to ride with others, please let us know who so that the Event Marshalls can start you together.
North Island 800
This is our first-ever event of this type. It has been organised in response to positive feedback from members at the end of 2015 from an online survey we organised.
This is an 800km-in-12-hours event that, like the 1,600, starts and finishes at Turangi. And it is being held on the same weekend as the 1,600 – 8-9 October 2016. This is a great opportunity for riders in the 800 to meet up with those in the 1,600 and to get a taste of what time-based distance riding is all about.
Registrations so far are approaching 20 riders. Remember that very little evening riding is involved. Indeed riders on restricted licences should be checked in back at Turangi before the NZTA’s curfew kicks in.
More details and registration forms can be found here. The close-off date for registrations AND payments is Wednesday 14 September 2016.
This is an 800km-in-12-hours event that, like the 1,600, starts and finishes at Turangi. And it is being held on the same weekend as the 1,600 – 8-9 October 2016. This is a great opportunity for riders in the 800 to meet up with those in the 1,600 and to get a taste of what time-based distance riding is all about.
Registrations so far are approaching 20 riders. Remember that very little evening riding is involved. Indeed riders on restricted licences should be checked in back at Turangi before the NZTA’s curfew kicks in.
More details and registration forms can be found here. The close-off date for registrations AND payments is Wednesday 14 September 2016.
1,600 & 800 accommodation
If you need accommodation in the cabins at the Turangi Kiwi Holiday Park, please contact them directly and let them know that you’re part of the Distance Riders’ events that weekend. Their website has online booking.http://www.turangiholidaypark.co.nz/ or phone them on 07 386 8754.
Those who have registered and not yet paid, please make payment ASAP. We’re a not-for-profit organisation and cash flow is important to us.
Those who have registered and not yet paid, please make payment ASAP. We’re a not-for-profit organisation and cash flow is important to us.
Support crew volunteers
If you’re keen to help out with this October’s Turangi rides, please let us know. We need people with a talent for online administration, motorcycle scrutineering, catering and general support tasks. As the 1,600 runs through the night, then so too does the support team. A roster arrangement is a key part of how the Turangi team operates.
We’ll also need volunteers for our manned checkpoints for the 1,600. While we can’t give away details of the route, if you’re interested in helping, please let us know. We’ll make contact with you if you’re handy to one of our three manned outposts. As this event runs through the Saturday night, so too will a couple of the checkpoints. We usually aim to have at least three people supervising each checkpoint.
Interested? Please email us at [email protected].
We’ll also need volunteers for our manned checkpoints for the 1,600. While we can’t give away details of the route, if you’re interested in helping, please let us know. We’ll make contact with you if you’re handy to one of our three manned outposts. As this event runs through the Saturday night, so too will a couple of the checkpoints. We usually aim to have at least three people supervising each checkpoint.
Interested? Please email us at [email protected].
Hamilton & Wellington 1KC rides
Put Saturday 5 November 2016 in your ride calendars right away!
This November will see two 1,000km Cruise rides – the 1KCs – in line with the tradition started last year. One will start and finish in Wellington, the second will start and finish in Hamilton. The routes for each will be different with briefing, instructions and checkpoint information sent to registered riders one week prior to the event.
Pillion riders are allowed on the 1KC. There is no formal scrutineering of machines. Riders are expected to ensure that their bikes are legally roadworthy.
These are social rides, with plenty of opportunities for riders to stop and yack with each other. After-ride hospitality will be available at a pre-arranged venue. There will be commemorative badges and certificates awarded. Proceeds raised will be donated to Muscular Dystrophy New Zealand.
1KC rides start and finish on the same day. Riders usually start from 6:30am until 7:00am. Most are generally home by 8:00pm, with stragglers returning at up to 10:00pm.
More details and event registration forms for the Hamilton and Wellington 1KC rides can be found here.
This November will see two 1,000km Cruise rides – the 1KCs – in line with the tradition started last year. One will start and finish in Wellington, the second will start and finish in Hamilton. The routes for each will be different with briefing, instructions and checkpoint information sent to registered riders one week prior to the event.
Pillion riders are allowed on the 1KC. There is no formal scrutineering of machines. Riders are expected to ensure that their bikes are legally roadworthy.
These are social rides, with plenty of opportunities for riders to stop and yack with each other. After-ride hospitality will be available at a pre-arranged venue. There will be commemorative badges and certificates awarded. Proceeds raised will be donated to Muscular Dystrophy New Zealand.
1KC rides start and finish on the same day. Riders usually start from 6:30am until 7:00am. Most are generally home by 8:00pm, with stragglers returning at up to 10:00pm.
More details and event registration forms for the Hamilton and Wellington 1KC rides can be found here.
But wait, there's more...
This year is the 10th anniversary of a Wellington 1,000km ride. To commemorate this, we’re offering a “Super Thou” ride to suitably experienced riders starting and finishing at Wellington. This will be a time-limited 1,000km ride, to be completed in about 14 hours from starting. The organisers still have to finalise the route and the associated completion time for this event. It will have a different route to the other Wellington 1KC ride.
“Suitable experience” includes completion of events like the North Island 1,600, Grand Challenge, Chatto Creek, or a TT2000. Pillions won’t be permitted for the Super Thou. There’s still time to gain the necessary entry criteria by registering in and completing this year’s North Island 1,600! The Super Thou will also have its own completion memorabilia.
Please complete a 1KC entry form AND email [email protected] if you are interested in confirming your eligibility to participate in the Super Thou.
“Suitable experience” includes completion of events like the North Island 1,600, Grand Challenge, Chatto Creek, or a TT2000. Pillions won’t be permitted for the Super Thou. There’s still time to gain the necessary entry criteria by registering in and completing this year’s North Island 1,600! The Super Thou will also have its own completion memorabilia.
Please complete a 1KC entry form AND email [email protected] if you are interested in confirming your eligibility to participate in the Super Thou.
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