Is anyone interested in getting some Rusty Nuts?

[Waihou Thumper]

:gob: To see if we can do a 1000 mile challenge in 24 hours the ADV way? Coffee, Pies and Petrol on the back if needed, keep going, choose a nice route that would include back roads in the dead of night, rabbits, possums and share milkers getting to work...:facepalm: Unplanned, except for gas....Use the GPS to track and ride till the bum really hurts and we gotta stand on the pegs to get into the driveway...:)
Lemme know your thoughts....We only need 24 hours...we have all of the new year to recover from it...

[nooles]

I'd be keen:yes:

[Waihou Thumper]

I'd be keen:yes:

Cool....Lets see how many we get over the next week. If there is enough interest, say, 6-10, it will be worth it even for bragging rights....:)

[Hitcher]

Don't make your route too hard. Remember that you have to average 67kmh to complete in 24 hours. You'll also need to run it past 24-hour gas stations (for obvious reasons) which need to be spaced at intervals that most bikes can reach on a tank. Good luck with your route selection!

[pete376403]

Real adventure bikes have big fuel tanks, which could make the planning a little easier.

24 hours on the KLR....I think oil would be the issue, not fuel.

[Waihou Thumper]

Real adventure bikes have big fuel tanks, which could make the planning a little easier.

24 hours on the KLR....I think oil would be the issue, not fuel.

I agree....thing is, if we do it, the biggest challenge might be where to arrange a rendezvous? That might mean some of us actually do a lot more....I have an idea of the route...:yes:
Might be good to begin central NI, that gives us a good figure eight....crossing SHWY1 for the odd 24 hour fuel stop when required...

[JATZ]

:corn: :wait:

[dino3310]

Have fun.


my arse aint fat enough yet to spend that long on the XRs saddle :lol:

[junkmanjoe]

Answer: 1611 km = 1001.028 mi.

i have easly done 842km in one day at open road and back country road speeds avrageing 70-110km , depending on your route, gravel etc, which will make going slower, it would be doable.

like to see your planed route, start place and time, take in to count traveling to and from start and finish lines......:corn:

JMJ

[buggsubique]

before I realised there was a lack of interest and we went with the Army ride instead. Was working off around 1200km incorporating the Wairarapa. May want to bin the link rd through to Pureora and do Mangakino instead. Key bit like has been said will be to keep the route ffffast.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/128624-1000km-Northern-Adv-Ride

[GPS MAN]

Keep me posted as to final route and date decision....:scooter:

I could get interested.....:yes:

Of course, the KLR will require some extra engine oil:angry2:

[Waihou Thumper]

will do....
I am thinking of starting from wherever is closest for all. Thing is, we have to travel and if we can do a sort of figure eight, it will mean criss crossing the SHWY for gas etc. If I end up doing this on my own, I can leave from Te Aroha and just ride....
Metal roads are not a priority, thing is doing the 100 miles not 1000kms....So, 1600kms. It will be the little country roads though, the ones I know and some metal roads, Link Rd especially, maybe Leslie Rd too and some other long straight metal roads in the Waikato, lower North Island etc....

[warewolf]

Rusty Nuts (http://rustynuts.org.nz/default.aspx?PageID=400) review.

[bart]

Rusty Nuts (http://rustynuts.org.nz/default.aspx?PageID=400) review.

A good read. I think my arse would self destruct well before the 1000 mile point. :shit:

[Taz]

I've done 2 GC's both in less than 20 hours and didn't have to go all that fast to achieve that. Keep stops brief and you only have to average 80-85kmh overall.

[BMWST?]

I've done 2 GC's both in less than 20 hours and didn't have to go all that fast to achieve that. Keep stops brief and you only have to average 80-85kmh overall.

80 to 85 would be impossible on some back country roads ,let alone if they are gravel

[Gremlin]

If the entire thing was gravel, I would have real doubts as to the odds of doing 1600km+ in under 24hrs. 67kph includes stops...

Back roads that are sealed, its fine. 2010 GC my avg moving speed was 99.9kph.

[javahead]

Topo and I averaged just under 67 km/h for last years's DB1K. We had two 20-ish minute stops to eat but otherwise nothing but fuel stops. Completing a 1600 km route in 24 hours would be quite an achievement if it involved a lot of unsealed and/or tight roads.

[warewolf]

It would be worth digging up the original Dusty Butt discussion/planning threads.

[cooneyr]

Topo and I averaged just under 67 km/h for last years's DB1K. We had two 20-ish minute stops to eat but otherwise nothing but fuel stops. Completing a 1600 km route in 24 hours would be quite an achievement if it involved a lot of unsealed and/or tight roads.

16hrs is 67% of 24 hours. 1000km is 63% of 1600km. I don't reckon you wouldn't make it even at last years pace and that would require you to keep it up for 24 hours which I reckon would be getting pretty dodgy. The current DB routes don't really lend themselves to 1000 milers. Short of doing a loop around a lap of good fast gravel (boring!) I'm not sure we have the terrain in NZ for a 1000 mile DB.

Cheers R

[topo]

16hrs is 67% of 24 hours. 1000km is 63% of 1600km. I don't reckon you wouldn't make it even at last years pace and that would require you to keep it up for 24 hours which I reckon would be getting pretty dodgy. The current DB routes don't really lend themselves to 1000 milers. Short of doing a loop around a lap of good fast gravel (boring!) I'm not sure we have the terrain in NZ for a 1000 mile DB.

Cheers R

I aggree with this, the pace Javahead and i did the DB last year while not at race pace was pretty quick given it's all on PUBLIC roads. I was pretty knackred at the end of the 16hrs let alone keeping the pace up for another 8hrs, i have no doubt the 1000miler could be done but as Cooneyr say it would require a very different route.

i reccon a ride more like the dusk-dawn ride the ausie lads do would be far more enjoyable given NZ's roads/terrain.

Just my 2c.

[cooneyr]

I aggree with this, the pace Javahead and i did the DB last year while not at race pace was pretty quick given it's all on PUBLIC roads. I was pretty knackred at the end of the 16hrs let alone keeping the pace up for another 8hrs, i have no doubt the 1000miler could be done but as Cooneyr say it would require a very different route.

i reccon a ride more like the dusk-dawn ride the ausie lads do would be far more enjoyable given NZ's roads/terrain.

Just my 2c.

Hmmm Dawn to Dusk. That's another interesting idea. Basically who can get furtherest from home in the daylight hours with 50% or more off sealed roads.

[marks]

now if we could make it a Dusk to Dawn...
that would be a wild ride

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[Hitcher]

I want to be a white python.

[GPS MAN]

Well, did 1610 K's this past weekend in 18 hours...on my KLR...

Not as hard as I thought it would be.....

Bike didn't use a drop of oil......:whocares:

Looking at putting together a longer ride now:rockon:

[Waihou Thumper]

Nice one, yep, it ain't hard if you can stay away from coffee shops and doughnuts etc....Just ride, fill, repeat...:)

[marks]

if you can stay away from coffee shops and doughnuts etc

kinda removes the reasons for for riding......

[GPS MAN]

Sometimes I would have to agree:bye: