Before the carnage

[ADVGD]

As some of you may know I had taken off two months for a South Island adventure ride and fishing trip. The first half was solo and couldn't have played out any more perfect and was a seamless dream trip, not one day of rain, fantastic tracks ridden, stunning places visited, stacks of GPS logs for the website and simply fantastic fishing. The second half my father was joining me and we were kicking things off by doing the DB1K then carrying on for another 3 1/2 weeks riding, fishing and camping. Unfortunately we were plagued with issues from our departure date with the final piece of bad luck being my father (Jeff) having a spill on day one of the DB1K and we were forced to head back to Christchurch due to a pretty well beaten up shoulder and knee. We are rescheduling at this stage and will pick up where we left off when he has recovered, but for the time being here are some photos of the first month…

Click here for a full ride report (http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/143/south-island-adv-ride.php)

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Click here for a full ride report (http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/143/south-island-adv-ride.php)

[george formby]

Man, that is my dream holiday, knobblies & fly rods! Up until the off anyway, hope it's a quick heal.

[Gremlin]

Nice pics. :drool:

Can I also congratulate you on your website. Been really enjoying it, and fantastic info, as a mate and I will do Rainbow, Molesworth and Lees/Okuku after the TT2000 for the very first time. By the way, which way do you think going through Lees is the easier option? Or much of a muchness?

[Aslan]

Excellent skills Josh - I enjoyed reading the full report. Hope you're able to reinstate planned travel with your Dad soon - Cheers Aslan

[ADVGD]

Man, that is my dream holiday, knobblies & fly rods! Up until the off anyway, hope it's a quick heal.

Cheers mate, he's already making a fast recovery


Nice pics. :drool:

Can I also congratulate you on your website. Been really enjoying it, and fantastic info, as a mate and I will do Rainbow, Molesworth and Lees/Okuku after the TT2000 for the very first time. By the way, which way do you think going through Lees is the easier option? Or much of a muchness?

Thanks Gremlin, Lees valley is much of a muchness either way, I can't recommend adding in Mailing Pass and Edwards Pass enough when you are doing the Rainbow, both of these are great with Edwards being my favourite


Excellent skills Josh - I enjoyed reading the full report. Hope you're able to reinstate planned travel with your Dad soon - Cheers Aslan

Hi Aslan, great to briefly catch up over the weekend, so glad to hear you knocked off the DB1K in spite of a shoulder injury, nice job :niceone:

[Padmei]

Your bike is the BIZ Josh. I was hoping someone could keep you talking for a while at the briefing so I could slip some goodies off it.
damn that steering damper is tricky to steal:pinch:

[Gremlin]

Thanks Gremlin, Lees valley is much of a muchness either way, I can't recommend adding in Mailing Pass and Edwards Pass enough when you are doing the Rainbow, both of these are great with Edwards being my favourite
Completely agree. Found them on your website (via a link/report from here somewhere). Monday after TT2000 is Lees Valley then up to Hanmer, and based there for two nights, Tuesday doing Rainbow, Edwards Pass and Mailing Pass. Then Wednesday continue north via Molesworth...

[Red39]

Absolutely stunning pictures:niceone: You look a bit too friendly with the fish :laugh:

[k14]

Where did you get your indicators and tail light/small number plate mount from?

[JimO]

didnt you get sick of carrying that fish around with you?

[Brian B]

Sorry about your dad and your plans going astray. Hopefully they'll get back on track.

I read the full account of the first month, a great write up with awesome photos. I'll try to get to some of those places when we're down Sth in March April.

Your site is fantastic and mega amounts of work doing the articals not only in the trips but the write ups. Thanks a million for sharing with us.

[ADVGD]

Where did you get your indicators and tail light/small number plate mount from?

From here http://www.procycle.us/bikepages/drz400.html the plate mount is a little on the heavy side being mild steel but it is a nice looking unit and a good price at $US109 for the mount, a nice LED taillight, 4 indicators plus fork brackets for the front indicators


didnt you get sick of carrying that fish around with you?

Foiled, you got me! I am actually a lousy fisherman, I just take a rubber fish around with me and take photos of it in different locations... the shame


Sorry about your dad and your plans going astray. Hopefully they'll get back on track.

I read the full account of the first month, a great write up with awesome photos. I'll try to get to some of those places when we're down Sth in March April.

Your site is fantastic and mega amounts of work doing the articals not only in the trips but the write ups. Thanks a million for sharing with us.

Cheers mate, I have an arsenal of new South Island tracks to load up to the website which will be making their way up very soon

[dino3310]

nice one Josh, hope ya ol man heals quick.

[k14]

From here http://www.procycle.us/bikepages/drz400.html the plate mount is a little on the heavy side being mild steel but it is a nice looking unit and a good price at $US109 for the mount, a nice LED taillight, 4 indicators plus fork brackets for the front indicators
Oh what have I done! Too many nice things on that page!

FYI I got the seat concepts foam and cover and was really impressed by it. Pretty much the same weight as the standard seat (although I didn't weigh it) and my bum was never sore during the whole DB. The standard seat maximum I could handle was 2 hours but I am really happy with the seat concepts one.

[Alpha Solo]

Great pics and great fish too!

Where did you get the front light guard / fairing from?

Many thanks for posting the report up.... I must learn to fish :laugh:

[dino3310]

Nice hen in the 9th photo mate, when do the spawn down those ways

[ADVGD]

Great pics and great fish too!

Where did you get the front light guard / fairing from?

Many thanks for posting the report up.... I must learn to fish :laugh:

Cheers mate, front fairing is a custom job, some more pics can be found here: DRZ400 adventure build (http://www.adventureguide.co.nz/articles/12/142/drz400-adv-build.php) with a detailed article to follow of the screen and dash build start to finish


Nice hen in the 9th photo mate, when do the spawn down those ways

Should be similar to up your neck of the woods, throughout the winter months starting around May through till August with the rainbows staggered about a month before the browns.

That hen sure packed a punch, gotta love our NZ fishing!

[Crim]

That hen sure packed a punch, gotta love our NZ fishing!

hen ....:confused:.... hen you, say - I thought you was fishing?

I caught a seagull once when I was out fishing, does that count? :facepalm:

[dino3310]

That hen sure packed a punch, gotta love our NZ fishing!

bikes fishing and hunting hard to beat that mate not many places in the woorld you could combine all three:woohoo:

[raftn]

Awesome right up and pics mate, have sent the link to a few american friends.....it wont half piss them off!