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Re-cycled

28th July 2010, 20:44

Ant

28th July 2010, 20:53

Cheers for that, one to look forward to for sure :yes:

junkmanjoe

28th July 2010, 20:56

wonder if its big bike friendly....

possibly not...

JMJ

MXNUT

28th July 2010, 20:57

Here's a hot date for your diaries. The legendary Pukemanu Adventure ride is back. :yes:

Planning is underway for this event to take place on 26th March 2011.

Enquiries to pukemanuadvride@xtra.co.nz

For the dummies out there ( me ) where is pukemanu ???

junkmanjoe

28th July 2010, 20:59

its a pub in martinbrough south wairarapa, its on the square, this ride used be held quite often back in the day..

be a good one for your new bike mark..

country is quite bumpy down that ways...

JMJ

pete376403

28th July 2010, 21:00

Martinborough. "Pukemanu" was a TV series made yonks ago about a mill town. Most of the action centred around the pub. They used the pub in Martinborough for the set.

MXNUT

28th July 2010, 21:03

be a good one for your new bike mark..

JMJ

Nah --- new bike is MX only.

Still got the DRZ for the roady stuff.

Padmei

28th July 2010, 21:04

For the dummies around here (me) where is Martinborough?

Eddieb

28th July 2010, 21:05

For the dummies around here (me) where is Martinborough?

Just over the hill from Wellington, about an hour away.

Re-cycled

28th July 2010, 21:09

wonder if its big bike friendly....

No worries Junkmanjoe, the Pukemanu crew have always specialised in laying out a "one size fits all" course and providing a team of helpers at any difficult bits. I have generally managed to stagger round whatever was on offer on their previous events although I have to admit to some anxious moments when I was serving my off-road apprenticeship on a rather top heavy XLV 750

pete376403

28th July 2010, 21:10

Padmei - before you ask - thats in the North Island.

dino3310

28th July 2010, 21:28

mmmm b/days in march.
hey my map sez its just south of taumaranui not far from 43 and the whanganui river?

dino3310

28th July 2010, 21:33

:doh: just typed pukemanu tavern and walla, shite thats even further away:blink:

pete376403

28th July 2010, 21:36

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Aslan

28th July 2010, 21:55

Here's a hot date for your diaries. The legendary Pukemanu Adventure ride is back. :yes:

Planning is underway for this event to take place on 26th March 2011.

Enquiries to pukemanuadvride@xtra.co.nz

Sounds good Re-cycled - I'll certainly be keen to do this event - hope alls good for you Cheers S :)

junkmanjoe

28th July 2010, 22:04

wonder if its big bike friendly....

No worries Junkmanjoe, the Pukemanu crew have always specialised in laying out a "one size fits all" course and providing a team of helpers at any difficult bits.

yea mate, i live in the area and know what the country is like down that ways....it have to be very dry to be my big bike friendly.....not at the moment, its VERY wet...

JMJ

Crisis management

29th July 2010, 08:25

How about some more info, it's a long ride for a one day bash in a farmers paddock. So, is it one day, the whole weekend, will there be scantily clad nubile track marshalls, is there free beer and will I be famous for ending up stuck somewhere as usual?

I would be keen if I can string a decent ride together, maybe stuff in the national park on the way and east coast Wairarapa the other....sounds like more than a weekend now!

clint640

29th July 2010, 08:30

Cool! Noted in the diary!

Over a beer after several adv rides I've heard many a tale of the lengendary Pukemanu ride related by crusty old riders, who wistfully wondered if it would ever happen again...:laugh: I look forward to giving it a go.

Cheers
Clint

Jimmy

29th July 2010, 10:55

Yep - nice country going over farmland and gravel to ride round a decent section of the Wairarapa coast line. Did it last time very comfortably two-up on the old TTR600. Only complaint was the seat - there's some rather long gravel sections. Good for the lounge suites though.

Re-cycled

29th July 2010, 11:05

How about some more info, it's a long ride for a one day bash in a farmers paddock. !

Well CM, planning is just getting underway so this has to be read with that understanding. But usual format would be a full days riding around parts of the unique and rugged Wairarapa Coast, the generally interesting coastal hills, and diverse bits of farm track, cunningly linked together via as many gravel roads as can be found in the chosen locality (and sealed bits where this can't be avoided).

Lunch laid on at a local school or hall, dinner and social Saturday evening. Breakfasts maybe ?? - watch this space. Camp site provided for Friday and Saturday nights or motels and such are to be had for those who don't want to camp. One well known adventurer first met his wife at a previous Pukemanu but you would be best advised to bring your own pit accessorys.

Previous Pukemanu's have traversed different segments of the coast from Orongorongo Station
(Wainuiomata Coast) in the South to Castle Point in the North, and a pylon track across the Rimutakas. Ship wrecks and high mountain places have been visited. The organisers have to date specialised in providing a single route which all entrants should be able to cover, with assistance on hand at any tricky bits.

Click-clack lunch box rolling route sheet navigation should save you from getting lost, provided you use yours and don't follow other idiots who are already lost. Sweep crews are standard on these events but of course they cannot pick up those who stray off the designated course so it is a good plan to buddy-up with one or more other riders for the day.

Format was pioneered by John Nicholson with his Kiwi Rider 500 events back in the late 70's and 80's, then other good folk around the country were encouraged to pick up the challenge and a wide range of out of the way places have been visited by troups of off road / back road enthusiasts, all grinning widely and generally fizzing from the excitement of it all. It was a visit to see out of town mates at a Pukemanu after-match do that convinced me to get into the game, a bit over 20 years ago.

One thing I have learned is that a good sharp pair of knobbly tyres is more use than a half dozen helpers when it comes to wet grass and clay tracks. A shower of rain can transform a pleasant doddle into something of a nightmare if you don't have the appropriate equipment - and even the best organisers can't altogether control the weather on the day.

cynna

29th July 2010, 11:38

sweet - have marked the date down, we be good to head up north again after the CCA ride this year

Crisis management

29th July 2010, 11:46

Well CM, planning is just getting underway so this has to be read with that understanding.

Fully understood and your reply has given me more than enough info for now, it's on the calendar up here!

Thanks
Iain

merv

29th July 2010, 13:33

Nice one Re-cycled, I only ever missed the 1991 edition of the Pukemanu (being the first one and I wasn't looking out for it too well back then) so I'm sure I will be there. Then of course there were all the various other Wairarapa Adventure rides such as Takahe, Next etc until the resurrection of Pukemanu and I enjoyed them all. Pukemanu was definitely the more big-bike friendly of them all as some of those others, particularly when it was wet, were more like farm trail rides.

Here's my pics from the 2004 event FYI:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/2336-Pukemanu-Adventure-Ride?

yafeetup

29th July 2010, 18:39

yea ha cool country side, hopefully they have some A grade stuff as well

pete376403

29th July 2010, 21:55

I never finished the last Puke due to bike seizing (IT400, ran out of gas, too late getting onto reserve). Spent the rest of the day in the back of the sweep ute.
I have unfinished business...

Re-cycled

30th July 2010, 12:08

Format was pioneered by John Nicholson with his Kiwi Rider 500 events back in the late 70's and 80's.

Merv's immaculate statistics have prodded my failing memory and I am embarrassed to find I misstated things by about 10 years in the above quoted passage. It had to be wrong, it was not until around 1986 that I became "Re-cycled", having quit the bike scene in 1966 to do the family thing. It would have been 1992 when I acquired the XLV 750, now part of Motu's stable. I recall doing the road routes in the 2nd and 3rd KR500's and I can state with certainty that no 3 was held in October 1991 and based at Rerewhakaaitu. No 2 was centerd at the Country and Western Centre at Taupo and would have been around 1989 or 1990. So that places John's (and Pete's) pioneering work in the late 80's. They were superb events whatever and provided a great model for all those grand organiser folk who have followed on since. The off-road enthusiasts of New Zealand owe a massive thankyou to these people.

So, apologies for providing dud information. My only excuse is that when one looks back over almost 7 decades things tend to roll together and come out somewhat jumbled. And we won't talk about Alzheimers, please.

merv

30th July 2010, 12:49

I never did the KR500's so don't remember their dates, but I know Pukemanu started after the format got going with the KR events and it was because I'd read about the 1991 Pukemanu in the KiwiRider magazine after it happened (too late to enter) that I looked out for it in the following years. I'd done enduros in the 80's but once the family came on I didn't stop riding, but did stop competing mainly because it was the travelling dragging around a young family or leaving them behind that was the problem.

Then along came adventure rides - just great for a bit of casual fun - and I only bother doing the ones close to home for my fix.

As for statistics I keep track of what I've done through my photos which are all complete with date, either in albums for the old ones or digitally for the new stuff.

Give it a go if you haven't been on one before.

mazz1972

3rd December 2010, 11:42

Here it is

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It's not currently on their website (http://www.pukemanuadventureride.co.nz/) but a bit more info is

cynna

3rd December 2010, 13:27

sweet - got my leave already sorted for this ride

mazz1972

3rd December 2010, 13:42

And here is the poster

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:woohoo:

Waihou Thumper

3rd December 2010, 15:58

That is quite expensive? In fact...VERY...:facepalm:

mazz1972

6th December 2010, 09:59

That is quite expensive? In fact...VERY...:facepalm:

I thought it was damm good value for a FULL day's riding (planning to leave at 7.30am), four meals and camping.

You have over three months to save up some pennies (entries close 4th March).

Shame to miss it as it's not held very often.

Aslan

6th December 2010, 20:41

I thought it was damm good value for a FULL day's riding (planning to leave at 7.30am), four meals and camping.

You have over three months to save up some pennies (entries close 4th March).

Shame to miss it as it's not held very often.

Certainly it's on my list of intentions in 2011 - even contemplating tackling it on my 1150 altho will prolly wimp out and use the DR

Crisis management

9th December 2010, 09:15

I'm interested and will sort out the entry after Xmas, looks like a loop around the bulk off the north island for me so I might need more than the weekend off....

Kokopelli

12th January 2011, 17:24

I hope I can get the Friday off. The R80 hasn't had much use lately.

petegl58

15th February 2011, 11:25

I booked early with the intention of not missing out. I have one extra bed in a cabin for the Friday and Saturday night at Martinborough Village Camping ?? Let me know of any interest.

Crisis management

15th February 2011, 12:04

Change of plan on my part as it's the same weekend as the Tussock buster and three days of hooning around the hinterlands of Waiourou is my preference.

Enjoy the ride tho guys.

rogerh

15th February 2011, 13:40

OK. That makes it a tough choice.

Looks like I should head south that weekend one way or the other.

clint640

15th February 2011, 14:08

I'm still keen, must get an entry in... & finish reassembling my motorcycle...:sunny:

We're considering taking the Friday off & taking the scenic route down too if anyone else is up for that.

Cheers
Clint

nic

17th February 2011, 19:33

MXNUT

20th February 2011, 17:58

Change of plan on my part as it's the same weekend as the Tussock buster and three days of hooning around the hinterlands of Waiourou is my preference.

Enjoy the ride tho guys.

Wanted to do the Pukemanu ride but like you said Crisis, two days at Waiouru is hard to pass up.

Am tending towards the Tussock Buster at this stage.:facepalm:

mazz1972

21st February 2011, 08:53

Tussock Buster will be on next year (hopefully).

Hubby's Pukemanu entry went off in the post last week.

I'm just support crew but a day of rest & relaxation, cafe lunch, wineries etc, sounds damm good to me!

:yes:

nic

2nd March 2011, 13:59

and I hope to be a finisher too! :yes:

My first proper official-type organised adventure ride :woohoo:

now....where's the nearest hotel? :p

clint640

2nd March 2011, 14:50

and I hope to be a finisher too! :yes:

My first proper official-type organised adventure ride :woohoo:

now....where's the nearest hotel? :p

The pub is right next to the camping area :niceone:

...oh, that kind of hotel... :weird:

You can borrow my spare tent if you like, now the mighty XT has a nice rack you can move on from credit card camping y'know :msn-wink:

Cheers
Clint

That looks like fun

2nd March 2011, 18:53

I thought B and B meant "bed and breakfast" :msn-wink: Is that where the tent and weetbix go?
Hows the bike Clint? all sweet like a sweet thing?

junkmanjoe

2nd March 2011, 19:27

we have room for 3 here if any one looking for place to lay your head..

about 20 mins to martinbrough from my place.

JMJ

clint640

3rd March 2011, 07:35

Hows the bike Clint? all sweet like a sweet thing?

Maybe even sweeter than that :msn-wink: Sparked up last week, done about 300km now, fixed a couple of very minor issues & she is running smooth & strong.

We now have a loose plan for the trip down; camp Minginui or thereabouts Thurs night, then Friday out to SH5, Napier, then backroads down the coast to Martinborough.

Cheers
Clint

cynna

9th March 2011, 11:20

not sure if i will be able to make it now after the earthquake

got power back on last night so just seeing if i can cancel the ferry and accomodation. dont think i will be too popular if i leave the family behind for a couple of days.......

Crim

9th March 2011, 15:28

Eddieb

28th March 2011, 19:59

So where's the ride reports guys?

Crim

28th March 2011, 20:45

So where's the ride reports guys?

And the reports of the Tiger rides on offer?

merv

28th March 2011, 21:06

So where's the ride reports guys?

Mine's over in the Ride Reports forum where I reckon it should be - here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/136182-Pukemanu-Adventure-Ride-2011-Ride-Report

Phreaky Phil

28th March 2011, 21:36

Mine's over in the Ride Reports forum where I reckon it should be - here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/136182-Pukemanu-Adventure-Ride-2011-Ride-ReportIve added some of ours with yours

merv

28th March 2011, 21:51

Ive added some of ours with yours

Cool and sounds like you did well two-up.

clint640

30th March 2011, 13:59

We had a good time... well maybe not entirely in the morning when it was wet & slippy but after that it was great. Good work by the organisers though, I think if there aren't a few gambles taken with the weather on a ride like this they would always be a bit boring. The route sheets, catering & venue were all really good. :sunny:

Cheers
Clint

igormortis

30th March 2011, 18:44

So where's the ride reports guys?

Too busy trying to stay upright with the lady on the back to take any pics... :facepalm:

Big Dave

30th March 2011, 19:17

Merv's ride report on KR:

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.com/2011/03/mervs-pukemanu-adv-report.html

merv

30th March 2011, 19:45

Merv's ride report on KR:

http://kiwiridermagazine.blogspot.com/2011/03/mervs-pukemanu-adv-report.html

Thanks BD.