DB1K - Dusty Butt 1000 2013

[_Shrek_]

Shrek rode a lowered DR650 over the Awakino last year.

That bike deserves an award

Yes the bike never quite recovered from being wrecked I mean Shreked

I am sure it is lower now than before!!

well mrs S said it's still to tall

any way moving on nothing to do with this years DB1k

[ADVGD]

Just arrived back…

Great kick-off with the prerun, cheers Matt

Best DB1K so far, superb meal on the Friday night, weather was great, riding conditions were fantastic, made really good times through all the challenges and finished both days under 12 hours with plenty of coffee, grub and yarn breaks. Other than 1 puncture and a couple of minor things there were no major mechanical or rider issues in our crew, had a really smooth run all in all.

Over the two days I had a great time meeting lots of new NI and SI riders and catching up with those I haven’t seen in a while.

Other than 5 ½ hours of riding in the rain from Karamea to Chch to kick off, I have since had pretty much sunshine, warm and still days for basically 2 weeks of outstanding riding and fishing. Have got over 1,800 photos, various GoPro footage and GPX files to work through which will go up soon.

Cheers again Ryan, I can think of no other way of getting about 4 kilograms of dust in your face, up your nose and in your mouth and still be having a blast. See you all again on the DB1K 2014…

[Underground]

I had to make some repairs to mountie's subframe ready for his trip back up north......tidy bit of engineering we think.
DB plus Matt's ride etc is tough on a bike with luggage.

[pete-blen]

I had to make some repairs to mountie's subframe ready for his trip back up north......tidy bit of engineering we think.
DB plus Matt's ride etc is tough on a bike with luggage.

see yer gone hi-tec replaceing the 8 gauge wire & bailing twine with cable ties....

[Underground]

see yer gone hi-tec replaceing the 8 gauge wire & bailing twine with cable ties....

nah, its just that it was only a KTM....not really worth using the good stuff on.

[Trials Rider]

I had to make some repairs to mountie's subframe ready for his trip back up north......tidy bit of engineering we think.
DB plus Matt's ride etc is tough on a bike with luggage.

Better make sure KTM don't see that, they might allocate a part number and put out a service bulletin

Have you given it a warranty?

[BMWST?]

apart from the challenge sections is the route all public...ie could i run the course at some time in the future outside the realm of the DB1K weekend?

[Transalper]

There is both challenge and main route on private permission required land, I know most of which is which but to be sure on this one you'll be needing more form the man, but most the public easy access stuff is on Adv Routes and Adventure Guide sites.
Serpintine Challenge is public access, Awakino is not, some of the stuff after Waimatie/before Kurow is also private but there are normal gravel roads than can be used to go around those bits to keep it semi interesting. Omarama Saddle when I first did it we needed to seek permission, now days seems like we don't. Black Forest is a toll road with locked gates and permission required.

[BMWST?]

There is both challenge and main route on private permission required land, I know most of which is which but to be sure on this one you'll be needing more form the man, but most the public easy access stuff is on Adv Routes and Adventure Guide sites.
Serpintine Challenge is public access, Awakino is not, some of the stuff after Waimatie/before Kurow is also private but there are normal gravel roads than can be used to go around those bits to keep it semi interesting. Omarama Saddle when I first did it we needed to seek permission, now days seems like we don't. Black Forest is a toll road with locked gates and permission required.

Cheers T/A might get in touch with Ryan

[Transalper]

Interestingly enough you can do half the Awakino Challenge by not doing the Awakino bit, at the Nasby end of Dansys Pass you can go in on the Mt Buster Track and where that ends is at the half way mark of the Awakino Challenge where it technically turns on to the Johnstone Creek track.
I actually think the Johnstones Creek bit is cooler than the Awakino Skifield end anyway. It's wetter too.

[Mountie]

Better make sure KTM don't see that, they might allocate a part number and put out a service bulletin

Have you given it a warranty?

Just heard from KTM because the bike made it out of the sounds and back to the mount with the engineering and sub frame no worse off they now want to make all their sub frames out of timber. Uderground to be the chief design engineer. Wouldnt be surprised if you dont see this sort of engineering on the moto gp bikes this year.

[FJRider]

Omarama Saddle when I first did it we needed to seek permission, now days seems like we don't. Black Forest is a toll road with locked gates and permission required.

A majority of that area is now under DOC control (not private leasehold) ... with park/reserve status. With vehicle access to this area from near the Danseys pass summit (Nasby side) as well (Might be worth investigating that too).

As I understand from those that have anything to do with that area (DOC staff I mean) ... access is "under review". A watch this space type status.

[pouakai]

I haven't used 'Garmin adventures' before but I wanted to paste my photos against a map and it seemed to fit the bill. It's quite neat on the computer you can get a 'fly through' on you track stopping to look at the photos you took as you go. Once published online you don't get the cool fly through any longer which is a shame but it may come as Garmin develop the web interface more. Other problem for this ride is that 'Adventures' is conceived of as a way share a whole adventure package (WPs, tracks, photos, notes, etc) but in the case of this ride the track/route files need to be protected which may well render Adventures inappropriate for sharing the experience but not the route files. Anyone used it enough to know if downloads can be disabled ?

Cheers all,
P

[ADVGD]

Most of the photos I took are from after the Dusty, I spent too much time enjoying the DB1K to take photos this year, but there is some good GoPro footage to come

Full ride report here

A few photos below from Matts ride and the DB1K:

















Full ride report here

[OlisQ]

Hi Guys,

we have finally returned to good old cold and wet Germany; the bike is probably still lingering in its crate somewhere in CHCH waiting for the sail home.

Thanks for letting me take part in this awesome ride!

I put some pics from the ride on our travel blog http://betriebsfarbe.wordpress.com/db1k-pictures/

Still have to check the vids, let's see if there's some good stuff on. Gonna let you know.

Oli