Brass Monkey - Auckland & Others KB Ride

[paturoa]

This thread is for the Brass Monkey
- a coordinated ride from AK to the Brass Monkey
- a place for others as well to communicate
- at the bottom is a common info section that may be useful.

Please feel free to PM me to add or remove you or stuff from this first post.

CURRENT AK INTINERARY

- KB AK group meet AK Auto Bahn Thursday 1 June at 06:00
- If you want to join up with us on way south see bottom of this post for detial and PM Paturoa.
- Thursday evening 6:15 ferry to Picton (arrives 9:15), meet on ferry for a few beers and yarns.
- Overnight Picton - we are booked for Picton Lodge - see page 3
- Meet Picton not too early Friday morning (time tbd)
- East coast route south of Picton - Wave to Scumdog & C.B in F100 on way past (post 154 & 158)
- Overnight at CHCH - Dangerous
- CH Friday nite "socialisation" meet up with KBers doing BM or otherwise. Dangerous to coord quiet session.
- Depart CHCH - meet up with CH crew at the Rolleston BP for 7am depart (SH1 ~20km south of Chch).
- Brief stop at Rakia to hook up with Smokin & crew
- Sat to Site arrive and have a good look at Jantar's RE5.
- Sat nite - FMAO (freeze my arse off)
- Sunday - north to somewhere close-ish to Picton - Kaikoura is front runner at this stage
- Monday 10am picton ferry to WN
- Wn to AK on Monday arrive late Monday (route tbd)

Confirmed for coord ride from AK
Paturoa - zook 1000 (ak)
TIE - honda 1000 (ak)
Shayne - (non KBer but 7xBM) spankers Katie M 640 not run in yet (soon will be!!)

Confirmed for joining group on the way
Flyingdutchman - CeebeeRarr 250 (ch join at Rolleston BP)

Wicked offers of accomodation from KB'ers
diddle - chch (post 3 page 1)
dangerous - chch (for coffee (or a dump!))
TWR - mid canty - incl workshop access (post 32 page 3)
Hairy Stu - chch incl workshop (post 223 page 15)

GOING ANYWAY INFO

KBers
Jantar - RE5
K14 - Jantars GS1200
Lemans - KTM640
Serowdownunder - DR650
Green Meanie - KLX 400
CoolcrazyQ +1 - Guzi Griso (see post 105)
JT. - Fizza two fiddy
Festus +14 from Wanganui
idb +2 @ Leviathan on Fri nite (see post 142)
intense + 2 freshmeat
Smokin - CBR?
Far Queue - DR 6fiddy
Transalper - guess
Doc - guzzi +3 AK tues, crossing wed am, Rangiora wed, Lindas and possibly onto Invercargill too.
Geoffc - VTR thou

Possibles
Dangerous
liftback (post 35)
hairy stu (post 223)

info
Bunch from Ashvagas from the clock tower roughly at 9.30am on the saturday morning, open invite. (To be confirmed - see post 94 pg 7 from T.W.R)
Request for socialising in Kurow and Oamaru or there abouts for Friday nite (see post 118)

STUFF FOR EVERYONE

http://www.brassmonkeyrally.org.nz/

- Possible KB camping spot on the flat piece of ground 200 m south of the main area. (close enough to the main fire to enjoy the entertainment, but far enough away that you don't have too many drunken bums tripping over tent ropes etc) Jantar will try to keep anough area free around that part for KB tents.
- Motohaus in AK, will give a 10% discount on anything, if you say that you read this here. Up to the Thursday b4.
- booze bus checkpoints are rumoured for Sunday morning. Same as the last couple of years.
- wave to Scumdog on Friday he's heading north to Blenheim in a 1955 Ford F100 pick-up coloured goldy-brown and with a big bonnet-scoop.

Suggested pit stops for good coffee
Amberly: Nor' Wester cafe
Chch: Tera Viva (near the airport) (closed??)
Ashburton: Lunch
Timaru: Le Monde (on the bay hill.... (wink wink)
For gods sake dont drink ANY coffee in Tekapo, it'll kill you
Twizel: Shawtys (if you goin that way) (one vote for one against)

Ferries
http://www.interislander.co.nz/
http://www.strait.co.nz/

- AK - WN = 660ks (SH1)
- Picton - CH = 340 ks
- CHCH - Ranfurly = 400ks

ROUTE DETAIL
- Meet Auto Bahn 6am Thursday
- Left at bottom of Bombays via Matamata
- Tirau onto SH1
- Turn right at Tokoroa thru Whakamaru
- Depending on weather which side of Ruapehu thru to Waiouru
- Left at Vinegar hill (just north of Hunterville)
- Left just b4 Fielding to Woodville
- Down Wairarapa thru to WN (hook up with Maximusdemeritus for this part)
- Friday 6:15 pm ferry to Picton
- Picton Lodge on Thurs nite $23 http://www.pictonlodge.co.nz/
- Picton for bfast and depart mid morning
- SH1 via Kaikoura
- CHCH Friday nite at KB location - Dangerous is a good chap!!!!
- Leave CHCH early and meet with FlyingDuchMan at Rolleston BP Station south of CHCH 7am depart
- Brief hook up at Rakia with Smokin
- Down the coast right at Palmerston
- Sat FMAO (freeze my arse off)
- Leave site on Sunday early-ish to overnight somewhere close to Picton
- 10am Ferry Monday morning leaving Picton
- WN to AK on Monday arrive home late Monday night, route tbd.
- Tuesday ssdd

[T.I.E]

if my house sells in time, i'm keen to head on down with you.

[paturoa]

have you been b4?

[diddle]

if you guys need a place to stay on the way down or back we live 50ks south of ch-ch plenty of room for bodies , bikes & booze not goin ourselves so we'll be here

[paturoa]

How long from your place to the site?

[Jantar]

Picton to Oturehua is a 9 to 10 hour ride, and in winter its best done over 2 days.

Most people at the Brass mix and make friends very easily so there is no reccommendation for "best company". If you feel a bit overwhelmed at your first Brass, look for the Chatto Creek MC tent and ask for Malcolm. I'll be somewhere handy and see that you meet a few other KBers down this way.

I'm not aware of a KB group ride, but there will be quite a few KBers onsite to make you welcome.

Wear good thermals for night time, but also bring light weight clothes for the daylight hours. The temperature can be over 20C during the day, yet still freeze or snow overnight.

I'll be there with the RE5 and trying to take the award for "Best Post Classic"

[paturoa]

I haven't seen a RE5 for years, a runner?

[Jantar]

A runner? Of course its a runner. And it'll be ridden there and back.

[T.I.E]

not sure how many ferry riders there are but what is the best time or ferry to take across early morning or evening? due to people but mainly weather wise. being the straight and how nasty it can get was just hoping there might be a remote chance that some sailing times are better than others.

[oldrider]

[QUOTE=Jantar]Picton to Oturehua is a 9 to 10 hour ride. QUOTE]
That's a bit ambitious isn't it Jantar, even on a good day? John.

[diddle]

we are 1/2 way about 4.5 -5 hrs to rally depending on which way you go east coast or down the guts ( twizel , omarama etc ) either way a good ride

[Jantar]

[QUOTE=oldrider]

Picton to Oturehua is a 9 to 10 hour ride. QUOTE]
That's a bit ambitious isn't it Jantar, even on a good day? John.

No, I have done Alex to Picton in just over 8 hours, so another 1 - 2 hours for someone who doesn't know the road should be about right. But being winter time I would strongly suggest that 2 days be allowed for that part of the ride.

[T.I.E]

sounds like leave ak on a thursday. head to wellington either late ferry or early next day.
friday picton to somewhere inbetween. and turn up on saturday morning.
sunday leave.

so which ferry is better early or late?

[Jantar]

When I used to live at Whakamaru (central Waikato) I would leave home on the thursday and catch the evening ferry. On leaving the ferry I would head south to Blenheim for the night. The next day (Friday) I would travel to either Oamaru or Outram (near Dunedin), then head to the rally site on saturday morning.

Remember, the roads may be icy (althought not likely), so plan on travelling a bit slower that you normally would.

[Highlander]

I'd agree with Jantars 8-9 hrs from Picton.
We have done Cromwell - Picton (and vice versa) a number of times in the car with the Kids looking at 10 hrs including stops.

Would be keen on doing a Brass monkey run, but it won't be this year.