42nd Traverse, Forgotten World Hiway ride

[stormtrooper]

Left on friday and the weather wasnt the best buy far pissing down, but that didnt stop us.
Gloves had set up a ride with two of his mates from blemhem plus three of us from the coast five in total set off from Waikanae via Shannon, fielding and up through hunnerville to Ohakune and then onto the National Park and the 42nd Traverse to reach Taumarunui motor camp by nightfall.

Light rain by the time we reached shannon and had a good run through up to hunterville.
Pissing down in hunterville but cleared up on the way up to Ohakune and onto the 42nd

The 42nd was cool fun but wait a minute what about the river crossing, last time i was in there it was easy not more than a puddle but not this time round it was a rageing river flooding out and man it looked deep:shit:

Pics to come

[stormtrooper]

Pics starting from Shannon and ending north of Hunterville on the backroads

[misterO]

A great ride! I hope you got a photo by the sign that says: "last gas for 150 km".

[young1]

What waterfall is that, where is it?

[Crisis management]

The 42nd was cool fun but wait a minute what about the river crossing, last time i was in there it was easy not more than a puddle but not this time round it was a rageing river flooding out and man it looked deep:shit:


You need to remember the stream is fed off the mountain and that's a huge catchement area, care is needed when it rains in there.... it's just up the road from the stream that caught out and killed the school students a few years ago.

Great area to explore tho, lots of beautiful country and interesting terrain, where's the pics of people upside down in the water?

[Eddieb]

What waterfall is that, where is it?

Thats on Turakina Valley Road.

[bluninja]

I wonder if it was you that I saw on one of the saddles about 7pm on saturday. You 3 were heading to Whangamomona, I was heading to Stratford.

[stormtrooper]

I wonder if it was you that I saw on one of the saddles about 7pm on saturday. You 3 were heading to Whangamomona, I was heading to Stratford.

Could well have been us, we were around at that time.

[bluninja]

I was in the bright jacket on the Orange V-Strom...I know there's loads of them around :)

[stormtrooper]

More pics north of hunterville heading towards Ohakune and the 42nd

[buggsubique]

Mate, you gotta get into Kiwi Rd sometime and check out the tunnels... turn left of the forgotten hiway....feral country in there...

[Night Falcon]

More pics north of hunterville heading towards Ohakune and the 42nd

...I'm quite familier with that greasy clay part of the 42nd in that last photo :facepalm:

[GPS MAN]

Looks like you guys had a good, although WET ride...catch-up next time:scooter:

[gav24]

Hi Shane, First run out for the newly re-built, re-worked, re-piped, re-braked, re-everything KLR!:headbang:
How did it all hang together on the long trip?
Looking and sounding sweet I bet!:cool:

[stormtrooper]

Mate, you gotta get into Kiwi Rd sometime and check out the tunnels... turn left of the forgotten hiway....feral country in there...

I think we got down that way ended up at Whangamomona and tryed to get to Aotuhia along Whangamomona Road, but it was a big battle the track was wet, bogy and bloody slippery, there were afew offs on this one.

[stormtrooper]

...I'm quite familier with that greasy clay part of the 42nd in that last photo :facepalm:


Looks like you guys had a good, although WET ride...catch-up next time:scooter:


Hi Shane, First run out for the newly re-built, re-worked, re-piped, re-braked, re-everything KLR!:headbang:
How did it all hang together on the long trip?
Looking and sounding sweet I bet!:cool:

Hey Night Falcon some of us had some moments in there.
Catch up with you soon GPS MAN, that KTM of yours would have been perfect through the 42nd in these conditions, hey by the way you ride the KLR would have been sweet as well.
Gav mate the front shock rework we did with the new progressive springs worked a bloody treat, a must for the KLR ADV riders out there, the bike ran sweet.

[stormtrooper]

More pics of the 42nd, first pic of the KLR this is at the bottom of a steep down hill not far from the river crossing, just court the action in the last seconds as it all turned abit ........

[Crisis management]

Great pics, looks like you had fun!

[stormtrooper]

More pics near the end of the 42nd, Taumarunui motor camp, on the way to Whangamomona

[DR650gary]

More pics near the end of the 42nd, Taumarunui motor camp, on the way to Whangamomona

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=249929&d=1320215036

Ok, who took their girlfriend on a Boys weekend?

[marks]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=249929&d=1320215036

Ok, who took their girlfriend on a Boys weekend?

thats not a girlfriend - thats the rider of the DR650

[DR650gary]

thats not a girlfriend - thats the rider of the DR650

Now that's just mean.

Can't have been a DR rider, it wasn't on the bike. Anyway a piggy like that would need a piggy bike wouldn't he? :killingme

Kawasaki may be able to help there :lol:

[marks]

Now that's just mean.

Actually I shouldn't have been so hasty in my comments.

The fact that the pig is a DR 650 rider (the fencing wire through his nose is the dead giveaway) makes it highly likely that he is also someones girlfriend (or 'bitch' if you prefer the term other motorcyclists use for DR riders)

[DR650gary]

Actually I shouldn't have been so hasty in my comments.

The fact that the pig is a DR 650 rider (the fencing wire through his nose is the dead giveaway) makes it highly likely that he is also someones girlfriend (or 'bitch' if you prefer the term other motorcyclists use for DR riders)

I don't know much about that, don't have the DR now and never went away with a KLR owners when I did so not too sure what their expectations were from us.

I am fairly certain that the nose wire is actually a Kiwi modification of the "Doohickey" fix so if it was a DR rider, then like most DR riders, he was being a decent bloke and carrying a spare part for the KLR behind him which starts life overloaded :banana:

Cheers from the sunny Horowhenua

[dino3310]

That wolfman luggage looks the biz mate, i would have to say your KLR is the coolest one on KB the rest are just ugly:lol:

[stormtrooper]

That wolfman luggage looks the biz mate, i would have to say your KLR is the coolest one on KB the rest are just ugly:lol:

Cheers for the comment Dino, Hey these Wolfman saddle bags are one of the best things i have brought for the bike, combined with the Wolfman racks they work a treat, super easy to fitup to the bike and will hold heaps of gear and best of all totally water proof

[stormtrooper]

more pics lost world hiway and Whangamomona

[marks]

i would have to say your KLR is the coolest one on KB

yup

what he said

Great pictures Shane - they almost make it look like fun
still I'm glad I stayed at home nice and dry.....:baby:

[Eddieb]

Dino, Hey these Wolfman saddle bags are one of the best things i have brought for the bike, combined with the Wolfman racks they work a treat, super easy to fitup to the bike and will hold heaps of gear and best of all totally water proof

+1 on that, I really like mine also.

[stormtrooper]

+1 on that, I really like mine also.

Hey Eddie b, black or yellow ones on yours? heard the bad news about the welly ride hope your foot ant to bad, carnt see it stopping you getting out there again soon.

STORMTROOPER

[stormtrooper]

Heading down Wanganui river road, big slip so no cars past this point :niceone: