Tussock Adventure - Waiouru, 2-4 January 2013

[Aslan]

FYI folks - I have no commercial association with these folks but am registered to do this event in January. it is immediately ahead of the BMW register annual rally and assumes a number of GS riders will take advantage of it

Web address for more info here www.offlimits.co.nz

[Night Falcon]

sounds like a cool ride. If its half as good as the WAR ride last year it will be awsome!

[Aslan]

sounds like a cool ride. If its half as good as the WAR ride last year it will be awsome!
You're right Night Falcon - I did Buggs WAR Adv ride in 2011 ;)

[ducatijim]

Well I'm booked.:yes:

[Oscar]

4skins & I are booked.

[Shewolf]

Yep I'm planning to do this one :yes:

[ducatijim]

4skins & I are booked.

Both on the dnepr? Takeing turns at pointing? Piss in the boot for lunchtime?

Sweet.

[Phreaky Phil]

This is sounding quite interesting. Not sure if I'll be allowed time off yet ! Home on Friday and start work Monday. Wonder how long I need to wait before I ask:facepalm:

[offrd]

Well I'm booked.:yes:

Take earplugs! :lol:

[R650R]

Looks interesting. Note "use of tank wash facility", is that a ride on ride through operation lol

[Night Falcon]

its quite a good set up....concrete bay with higggggh pressure hose, just have to be careful around any loose or dangly bits :gob:

[ducatijim]

Take earplugs! :lol:

Oi......I always take earplugs incase some:brick inconsiderate bugger in my room snores! :brick:

[ducatijim]

its quite a good set up....concrete bay with higggggh pressure hose, just have to be careful around any loose or dangly bits :gob:

Its ok alright....not quite up to my dairyshed washdown hose but waay ahead of the garden variety.

[Shewolf]

some vid to come when I get time, off fishing!

This was a great ride, split into 3 groups it was challenging for all. The gung-ho's I joined for approximately 10 minutes. Ahem. :sweatdrop

Not changing the rear stock tyre on the DR was a mistake, but hey - for the rest of the ride - what I lacked in tread depth I made up for with momentum. That mostly worked, except for a couple of hills and some deep sand where traction and momentum were not my friends. One always needs practice on picking up the bike on interesting angles no?

First though, I went via Napier and Waipuk - met up with Ross who showed me some cool back roads and Robyn (thanks for lunch - that was awesome!).

Keen to get back to the HB and ride here some more. Then over the Gentle Annie to Waiouru.

PS - My brother is in Waipuk and has offered his yard/place for biker accomm anytime

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[Shewolf]

Day 1 - afternoon was a 'gentle' ride that saw us up (steep) hills, down (steep) dales and it was a bit of a dust bowl at times, but we were pushed through these challenging areas while the weather was good. The 4WD club were also in the area, later we visited their camp after the weather and a mini cyclone hit. Turned their outhouses upside down and inside out. Oh dear.

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[Shewolf]

Day 2 - after a nice gravel ride out to where the Kaimanawa horses are corralled we stopped by this river crossing to watch another group have some fun.

Who do you recognise in these photos?

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[Shewolf]

more awesome riding and scenery we stopped to fix a couple of flats. Not a bad view from everywhere!

Good to see lots of women getting stuck in with their bikes too. I found a catapult loitering in the lunch stop and with a mod from my wolfman I was armed and dangerous. But no danger to the bottle I was trying to hit :nya:

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[Shewolf]

The lunch stop was a historic place, I heard a tale about a local that met his demise in this hut...

Then onto more cool tracks and roads to the dam

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[Shewolf]

we did a cool off-road too but just some vid of that to come.

Day 3

As we were heading off we were lucky to be able to have a quick look through the Singaporean Army's compound. They have shipped their gear and people over for some heavy duty exercises. Then it was off to the desert via an airstrip.

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[Shewolf]

the ride across the desert was cool. Very cool. There's a swift ford crossing straight up and one BMW who shall remain nameless gave the bike a jolly good clean here.

Awesome to ride to the fort and beyond to the Gates of Morder.

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[Shewolf]

did I say this place was cool? It was darn cool riding here. Great job Linda riding to the fort!

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[Shewolf]

it took us longer than expected to get to the fort - Off Limits did a fab job of pushing us to, and beyond our limits, everyone got help they needed to get their bikes through.

Here are the girls all looking awesome and after we rode to the area they filmed the Gates of Mordor it was a good ride back through sand. Er, on the DR it was good that is!

You did a great job Off Limits - I loved it to bits. Thanks!

Also very cool to meet up with some adv mates, and meet some new ones!

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[Waipukbiker]

Jeez, Those pics bring back memories of the 3 years I spent there with the green machine. I recognize most of those locations.
That "Fort" is one of a few mockups that the special forces use to practice in before going to where the real thing is and doing their job.
Just out of interest, The Team of US Navy Seals that took out Bin Laden did their practising in Waiouru at a mockup of the compound where he was hiding.

[reddie]

This was a great ride - hard work for me, but a great ride none the less. When you needed help, it was there. I'm relatively new to adventure riding, and the support and encouragement was second to none! Can't wait until the next one.

[bart]

Great pictures guys...um....girls. Good stuff. That's certainly an awesome area. Parts of it are like being on a different planet.

[ADVGD]

Great pics :niceone:

[cynna]

dam never heard about this ride

[ducatijim]

Even more damn Rhonda.....wot WAS that you photo'ed on my face!!!!!!?

Bloody Gr8 ride , big, big ups to Offlimits. :yes:

[Aslan]

an excellent ride - superb organisation - sufficient challenge for this old fart of modest ability to be satisfying - God willing I plan on doing it again next year!

PS - take my hat off to those on the large oil head GS's even the F800's were a handful for some in the conditions

[NordieBoy]

Excellent work my fotograferic friends :yes:

[DR Girl]

Fab pics Rhondda & reddie. Welcome to Adv Riding also reddie . . . you did great :yes:
So nice to see a big lady turn out :2thumbsup

Was great you & Ross could call in for lunch & a chin wag. Had to grin at your 10 min Gung-ho trial. Bernard was so right re having to be a 'Romaniac' to be in the top group & almost LOL a 'Romaniac' to be in the next one :killingme
Awesome riding.

[Oscar]

Here's the link for the pics taken at the ride and on the way home by Johnny & me...http://oscar.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Tussock-Adventure-2013/27458047_zPXQmf#!i=2309758257&k=VLLhWBF

Great ride. I had a hoot riding the warpig in the sand.

[Shewolf]

finally found some time to sort vids - a bit from Wed arvo :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9opdNIxJ41Q

Thursday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYA2eRIv-fw

[Oscar]

Johnny's ride report: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=855919

[Shewolf]

last bit of vid...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2juf82vE6A

[DR Girl]

Great vids & some awesome riding Rhondda. :yes::yes::yes:

[nic]

Great vids & some awesome riding Rhondda. :yes::yes::yes:

:yes: Great stuff....:clap:

It WAS an awesome few days riding......heaps of fun :2thumbsup

[ADVGD]

Nice vids Shewolf, looked like a great ride. You norfies sure like your relaxed riding, there were riders lying down all over the show for wee rests :p

[Clubman]

Great story and pictures Shewolf - It was a ride my mate Fin and Myself really enjoyed From blasting with the Gunho group on Day 1 then stepping back on Day 2 to enjoy great fast Gravel roads But my only trouble on this day was having a rock put a hole in my engine casing . Lucky for me that i was following the lead rider and was first corner man when i noticed the drip drip . I was carrying a tube of kneadit that ive had it my bag for a few years & with some great help I was back on the road in less than 20 minutes with limited oil loss . Day 3 i was offered the use of a Quid bike so i could save th XT for the ride back to Wgtn . This day was full of helping others who were struggling with the testing conditions - I had alot of great laughs this day + the bonus of riding another riders BMW 700GS fast across the Desert :niceone:

A Big thanks to all who organized the Event as its a Trip most would happly do over again .