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Hi, the bay is Oteranga Bay (cable bay). It's strictly private, has been for 20 years, managed by Meridian. The Wellington MC club gets on there about every second year for a fund raiser. The only other ways you could get on there is if you know someone who lives on the station or has a service contract with Meridian

Sorry, minor mistake, I was thinking of another vid. That exact spot on the vid is on another fund raiser ride with the same club, but through south karori rd, through to the bach village. It's above bach beach, between windy bay (north) and tongue point (south). You can get around the beaches legally there, but the farm tracks above are only open on the official club rides. There is another ride (kinnoull station) on the 22nd I believe Contact facebook.com/kapitimotorcycleclub

South makara rd, not karori. Also the Kapiti and Well MC are the same org

@@stevedevine6463 Hey man, Oh ok algood, do you have any other spots that are similar to cable bay that isnt to busy. Thanks man! appreciate the replies.

Sorry, should have got back to you earlier. You can only drive south from pekapeka to oliver grove waikanae about 3-4 ks south. Basically all of the waikanae beach south from there is completely off for vehicle access other than boat launching. Yes. There is a bird sanctuary on the waikanae/paraparaumu spit. Also zero beach driving on paraparaumu beaches other than boat launching. Theres plenty of eyes/cams on the beach and regular doc and police floating around

Unfortunately the high track between corner creek and mukamuka washed away about a year ago, then again recently so only walking after the surfers point now

@@stevedevine6463 thanks mate

It is private property, but you are allowed to use it as a recreational corridor to get to the stonewall doc camp about 4 ks north. You are allowed to do all the usual activities in the area - such as fishing and diving, also take 4wds and dirt bikes. But just not camp until you are at stonewall. It only is closed if there is a slip, which does happen some years.

@@stevedevine6463 Thanks so much Steve.

They are fairly common part with the large suspension suppliers worldwide (except in the US). These are dobinson c109 from memory. About $300 to buy

Landover spring are also a common replacement

Hi, basically the gravel beaches at the earlier is ocean beach/muka muka, also otaki. The flat beach is waitarere. The bush tracks and orange hut is akatarawa with various bikes and club trips. The big trip was a club trip near foxton. Mx was open day near martinbourgh. Final ride with drz was a club trip over the souther coast. All trips either welly/wairarapa/ beaches near foxton

I haven't been for a few months, but yes. The only reason it is ever closed is if there is a slip and they are waiting for a bulldozer to clear it, or DOC's camp covid policy when in higher levels. A quick call to doc is best if it's the focus of the trip. Make sure you have a bash plate or a relatively high truck

Camping is at the Stonewall doc area, after the 3rd gate - not before - even if others are. It's private rec only day access to the 3rd gate

Hi HAH. Yes, there is legal vehicle access from Western Lake Rd to the Orongaronga Station gate. I was over there about 2 months ago. However the green and grey slips can stop large truck access for up to a year at a time. This last rain won't have been helpful, however a call to doc can sort that out. There is debatable truck access (according to locals) through the lower big muk river bed to the doc hunting area which starts a k up. The farm manager generally gives access I have heard, but locals feel they have anytime access. Having a proper hunting permit is really important. The newest sign on the track at the muk gate focuses on having the proper hunting permit rather than truck access

@@stevedevine6463 thanks mate.

Hi Rowan, yes I do, however with the rims being 7" it's not too bad, as long as the van isn't parked on an angle facing the door. Eventually I will get an extension , or make one. I also took off the inner panel to save it

Sorry, I didn' t see the answer. I had a buddy who had an engineering shop a who made them. I will try and add the tech drawing

@@stevedevine6463 Did you manage to find the Tech Drawing? I'd be very grateful if you could! getting these shipped to New Zealand is a hell of a thing to try to do..

@@russellbowden583 They are all over ebay mate.

Well doc are responsible for the gate at the end of the farm so that should be right. I guess it's possible the farmer might shut the main road gate from time to time for various reason but they would have to inform doc of that

@@stevedevine6463 Cool, thanks for the reply.

@@stevedevine6463 Did you see any deer/sign through there?

Hi Damon, no problems with the stock shocks even though this was several years ago now. Still handles well

How long does the whole process take to fit everything?

Thanks for the constructive feedback. Great to know how to do it properly if I have to do it again tbh. Generally I just video myself having a crack at a various mods and deal with the problems when they arise. Thats how I roll.lol

@@stevedevine6463 thats great.. what was your experience with the spacer installed and camber?

Probably need to lift it more to get the camber right, the spacers are designed to straighthen up negative camber when lifted. On toyotas the spacers give more lift just by installing couse the torsion bars are attatched to the upper arms. Mitsu is on the lower so spacers give zero lift them self

@@LygnirEvolution Hmmm last time i looked like just now the torsion bars on my L400 were attached to the upper control arms ?

Hi, sorry for the delay. They lifted them about 60 - 75mm unloaded, and have worked very well for years, happily keeping up with normal traffic through a local mountain pass. However, several years on I am now hauling a dirt bike on a carrier. Even though the carrier and bike are only about 130kg, there is a bit of sag. So the springs have worked very well for 4wd lift and handling, but might not be the best for serious weight carrying

I believe they have in the last month or two. Though it seems like a major engineering undertaking filling in the chasm

get a push bike or run.

We are meant to behaving a delica club campon the 28th

If no one believes me I have photos

@@nzwotb2525. I believe you have as my mate saw a camry there once. I also saw a pic of an impeza there. But I can imagine a slight mistake and you could put a hole in your sump or tank. And going down those clay pan would be tricky. But I would would be keen to a pic anyway diver9888@gmail.com

Went up there I a mates lada sedan years ago....went up the other day and it's completely mounted....most trucks wouldn't get to the mid po track

Thats correct - open to the public

Any where is great as long as you think about the following: The main points to watch out for on any of those beaches is checking that the tide isn't going to be too high. Std high is about 1.8mtrs which leaves dozens of metres to park up, but if it is up to , say, 2.3 with a bit of swell you will be camping in the middle of of the main driving line. You can drive onto a dune track of course and park up in the dunes. Wind is a bit issue as well. One of the reasons I like Foxton is that you can drive into the lagoon area to camp up overnight which takes you out of the direct line of the prevailing northerlies. You cant do that with beaches further south.

Thanks Keith. We had been driving for about 6 hours by then and were keen to find somewhere nice to camp as the sun was going down and it was getting cold. My research showed that that the track just got progressively worse so decided to leave it there. There were several hunters staying up there so it was easier just to leave it for another day