Blenheim to the Brass on a c50

[Gixxer peter]

As it is the 30th Brass Monkey we thought we would do it differently,
Blenheim to the Brass on 50cc scooters, about five of us are going to tackle it including my wife.
I am riding a c50 stepthrough that i paid $25 for.
Will be riding with no back up vehicle and carrying all the gear required for the journey and traveling the roads less traveled, through the center of the McKenzie country gravel roads and then the Danseys Pass.
Was too easy on the Busa , mind you i would rather have an off on one of these beasts than the Busa.

[Genie]

Good luck with that.:scooter:

[Gixxer peter]

hard to ride with my fingers crossed, but hey what could possible go wrong??

[bmwilly]

How long are you expecting the journey to take?And Good Luck!!

[dangerous]

As it is the 30th Brass Monkey we thought we would do it differently."brass or bust"
Awesome... an adventure thats what I like to here. Mind you its been done many a time ex Chch so Blenhiem may be a new distance record.
Do take cear tho a mate was killed on a 50 headed to the brass in the 80's as gay as they are a day glow vest wouldnt be silly.
As you dont have a back up cage closer to the time get my number just n case, you will be fine on a Honda but what are the others riding ;)

[Genie]

How long are you expecting the journey to take?And Good Luck!!

take them a couple of days I should imagine....wonder how those 50's would go up some of them big hills???? Can't wait to hear the story when they return home....oh yeah, will you ride them back home again or catch a plane???

[Gixxer peter]

How long are you expecting the journey to take?And Good Luck!!

We are taking plenty of time
Blen- Kaikoura Tuesday
Kaikoura- Rolleston Wednesday taking all the inland roads, we will be on SH1 for only a couple og KM
Rolleston - Tekapo Thursday via the Rakiaia Gorge and Burkes passs
Tekapo - Otematata Friday via the Hakatamea Valley
Otematata- Brass site Saturday via the Dansey Pass
Brass site to Twizel Sunday through Ophir (coldest town)
Twizel to Rolleston Monday
Roleston- Kaikoura Tuesday
Kaikoura to Blen Wednesday
And Thnx we may need a bit of luck

[Gixxer peter]

"brass or bust"
Awesome... an adventure thats what I like to here. Mind you its been done many a time ex Chch so Blenhiem may be a new distance record.
Do take cear tho a mate was killed on a 50 headed to the brass in the 80's as gay as they are a day glow vest wouldnt be silly.
As you dont have a back up cage closer to the time get my number just n case, you will be fine on a Honda but what are the others riding ;)

Thanks , and yes a "gay" vest is needed plus a chopper guard flag.
My wife is on a PGO comet 50 (it has been before from Wellington by my Brother inlaw)
My Father on a suzuki SJ50QT he is 70
A fella from work same suzuki i think
And a mate who is trailering his to Kaikoura from Rolleston so he doesnt miss too much of the ride , he is still looking for his one and hes not a little fella
Should be a fun trip

[Gixxer peter]

take them a couple of days I should imagine....wonder how those 50's would go up some of them big hills???? Can't wait to hear the story when they return home....oh yeah, will you ride them back home again or catch a plane???
We be riding there and back and the 50s will be great on the hills , we will just have to pull over every now and again to let the cyclists go past.

[Genie]

I saw your itinerary....very well planned. You are going to have some fun, don't forget the camera!

[Flip]

Well if I pass you on the way down. I will be on my old side valve combo (with Mrs Flip) I will stop for a cuppa. Thats if you don,t pass me that is, some of those mopeds are quick.

[doc]

Scooter will be great way to do it. One trip to the Brass we got off the ferry following a girl on a vespa heading to the rally and we thought "Oh really". We were sitting at the Oteahura pub and she went wizzing past while we were having our last beer before checking into the site.

I also went down to the 2006 Burt from Auckland with a guy on a scooter, mind you he was wearing Dianese one peice leathers, so he was cool to the max. :sick:

[LoC]

Good luck and enjoy your trip Pete. Will call you in transit as we leave on the Thurs afternoon from Christchurch and stay at a wee place before Hampden called the Olive Grove. We have a backup vehicle heaven forbid! should you need to lighten your load if wind resistance and aerodynamics play a major role in your fuel consumption and cruise speed. Oh and please take lots of photos as no ones believes me when I tell em a man with the ultimate road machine whose starter motor puts out more HP than the bike he is gunna take to the Brass. Txt me if you need anythin taken Pete!
B Safe... rubber side down in all that!..oh and u turnin cops!

[ajturbo]

there were a couple of guys from blenhim that did that trip in the 80's they made it there and back........

so it has been done before, so it can be done again...

( they were Suzuki step-through's)
i will have a photo somewhere....

[davereid]

Scooters are a complete curse... Even though I have plenty of choices of what to ride and drive, I still regularly commute to work on a battered old TGB moped. Enjoy your trip, [jealous]

[Gixxer peter]

Thanks for the offer , i hope we dont need to take you up on it.Pity you coudnt "find" a scooter to come with us hahaha
As i keep saying what could possible go wrong???

[Gixxer peter]

#$%@#$#%#$ seized the c50 on a test run today @#$$#%#%#$ so pissed off , was so looking forward to riding it to the brass, two others have specifically bought scooters to join me on this trip.
@#$%#!@##$$

[FJRider]

better it did that now... rather than on the way to the rally ..

[Gixxer peter]

yep that is the only consolation i can think off.

[pete376403]

You've got a week - you could rebuild one of those things overnight

[SS90]

You've got a week - you could rebuild one of those things overnight

Yea, that's true...... Come on Gixxer Peter, what's up with the defeatist attitude? Sure, if a SeeeFiddy seizes, it most likely is the crank, but, hey, whip it apart, they made 60 million of the damned things (and they still make more), finding parts, even in NZ is a doddle!

[dangerous]

You've got a week - you could rebuild one of those things overnight

thats what I was thinking.. and C50's dont seize, try putting gas in it... sort it, over bour while ya at it.

[Gixxer peter]

Yep got a week to go ,but will take a week to get there.
I have seconded another scooter for the ride,
Tomorrow we go!!!!

[UberRhys]

#$%@#$#%#$ seized the c50 on a test run today @#$$#%#%#$ so pissed off , was so looking forward to riding it to the brass, two others have specifically bought scooters to join me on this trip.
@#$%#!@##$$

did you forget the pre-mix?

got any pics of the sieze on the piston/cylinder?

[dangerous]

did you forget the pre-mix?

got any pics of the sieze on the piston/cylinder? ya dont usually pre mix four strokes...

so how did the trip go GP?

[Gixxer peter]

Got home this arvo.
4 scooters to the brass and back, the roads closing behind us (and in front)
Will put a full report in tomorrow if i wake up at all.
nearly 2000kms and 41 hours riding time at an average speed of 43 Kph (9 days on the "bike")
We managed all our goals apart from the Danseys
But we were the gaggle of scooters that crossed the Hakateramia pass (another road closed)
must sleep now!!!!
note ---- the non scooter rider wanna be

[Gixxer peter]

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