Featured Rideout Whanganui 10th Annual Dice Run

TRMCC Dice run in founding city Whanganui. Eventful trip down with Auckland and Northland chapter members.
Had to assist shepherding sheep off the river road around slips first for most Triumph riders.


Heading off

Breakfast stop to meetup

National Park where I put 11.67l gas in

Road blocked by 800+ sheep

Herding then across the bridge

Safely tucked up at the Hotel

Covered in bugs and roadworks

 

Look at those sheep - just like being in Wales!

 

Easy tiger.

 

Dice run was a blast. Recorded plenty of riding for when I get home.
One of the girls was pulled over in a 30km roadworks area for a warning, that would have saved some of the others following . Some snaps at lunch and soft drinks stop

Registration and briefing (80+bikes)

Lunch stop (beef or pork and onion rolls)

Great lineup of bikes

Weather was top notch

Assorted bears bikes of all sorts



Back at the club rooms

 

Thanks for the ride report and fun photos, @Dartplayer! Looks like you had a good turnout. Is that the typical ride size or are numbers down due to COVID? What's behind the meaning of the ride name, the "Dice Run"?

Your photo of the snowcapped mountain is beautiful! Thanks for taking the time to snap some pics and to post a thread about your adventures.

 

Thanks Sandi,
Numbers were high due to 10th anniversary and great weather (will rain all way home on Sunday), plus 10th National AGM in Whanganui in Feb 2021. Central location for both islands and founding TRMCC chapter.
With NO COVID-19, out of managed isolation, events are coming back to normal.

Dice run is similar to a poker run, with entrants Rolling die at each destination and winners getting prizes/money for highest score (hand).

Yes, National park is beautiful and very remote.

 

I've not liked this post.
I ran some shopping over to 'The Mammy' and any damp bit of road kicked the arse end of the car out. I'm hoping to run out to the coast on the bike tomorrow to the Fishmonger but thanks for showing us how the other half live

 

You’ll be happy @ChasChas, as it was torrential rain for 100miles and freezing on the way home

 

After a fun night of prizes and a hearty meal, they celebrated with a great cake


Next morning it started raining at 4am and was dark.

Wished everyone a safe ride and headed home. Only stopped for gas (12l tank) so was a big ride. Butt was complaining

With the sun coming out at Te Kuiti, We found an oasis, gas station with southern fried chicken and chips to warm us up.
With a beach hop classic car rally the same weekend, there was plenty to see on the road.

Big traffic jam on Auckland motorways, so time home was quicker on the bike

Hotel garage, some had already left.

Great location, service and layout.

Kiwiana sign at BP station

 

A bucket-list place to ride a bike. Lovely. When your out with such an assortment of tackle, conversation is never short. Looks like a good do.

 

great photos I would be surprised. if it didn't rain . I worked over there in 1969 on draglines for nz road makers on the power scheme lived at turangi it shore rains a lot, great roads over there to ride

 

great photos I would be surprised. if it didn't rain . I worked over there in 1969 on draglines for nz road makers on the power scheme lived at turangi it shore rains a lot, great roads over there to ride