Welcome to the companion app for the TT2000 for 2015.
This app has all the checkpoints, with the ability to add recce notes for those of you who wish to scout out the locations before the trip. Each location has the photo requirements, the points value and the GPS location that is essential for the planning of your trip. Using this app you can create a list of your checkpoints, add your notes and view the location using the maps on your phone. Additionally this years app allows for you to send the completed sheet to the organisers at the end of the rally.
About the TT2000
Simply put, the TT2000 is an annual challenge thrown out to any motorcyclist who is interested in long-distance riding and would like to join others in a road ride covering 2,000 kms in a weekend. It is not exactly an Iron Butt Rally nor is it the Long Way Down Under. However you could use the word endurance when comparing it to a normal weekends outing. Each year the route changes. In 2009 the route took in the South Islands Four Passes - Lewis, Arthurs, Haast and Lindis. In 2010 the route was in the northern half of the South Island. In 2011 the route took in the best of the bottom half. In 2012 the basic route took in Mt Cook and was predominantly in the top half. In 2013, riders stayed mostly on the eastern seaboard and plotted their own route around 70 checkpoints from Central Otago to Tasman. In 2014 North Islanders were saved the long commute to the start by the organisers introducing dual starts in both islands with half the checkpoints north of the Strait.
The ride would be described as a fairly challenging road trip spanning two days in some of the countrys best scenery and more than likely on roads you have never been on before.
2015 is the 7th TT2000 event and, under our policy of keeping the rally fresh by introducing small changes each year, the twists in this one are firstly offering you a choice of two circuits to ride - the NORTHERN circuit starting in Wanganui or the SOUTHERN circuit starting in Dunedin - and making riding window from midday Friday to midday Sunday. You can ride either circuit with a common finish in Christchurch. We have tempting gravel road shortcuts for the knobbly-tyred brigade and a total of 50 checkpoints in each circuit splattered over the south of the north and south of the south.
The TT2000 is brought to you by a band of dedicated motorcyclists, only one of whom is prepared to front it, thats Mike Hyde who is unashamedly after publicity for his three books on long-distance riding "Twisting Throttle Australia", "Twisting Throttle America" and "Twisting Throttle New Zealand". Currently under preparation is "Twisting Throttle Europe".