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RedKLR650

2nd February 2009, 23:25

timg

3rd February 2009, 19:05

Anyone else taking an ADV bike on the tt2000 ? :niceone: I've registered with the KLR for the 2000+ km :oi-grr:road trip happening in the south island in 2 weeks time, 14/15th of February ( 1000kms/day + 200-300km bonus legs ):clap:

Both days start in Christchurch

Check out www.tt2000.org (http://www.tt2000.org) for more details :scooter:

Cheers, Stu

Was thinking about it - possibly doing the first day on the CRF :yes: which would be a real challenge! But think I'll play with my bucket at the have a go day instead. I need the track time... You sorted with somewhare to stay? Got a spare room here and we're 10 minutes from Hamptons Honda. Cheers.

bishxt

5th February 2009, 20:45

I'm doing some road miles on the XT for a change and a number of friends are are on their GS800's, so some Adv bikes coming along. I'm really doing a
TT1000 as I can only make the Sunday... but should be good.

Cheers Bish

RedKLR650

11th February 2009, 23:20

shafty

12th February 2009, 08:00

Stu, you still have that bright yellow MOW wet weather 2 piece suit haven't ya?

RedKLR650

12th February 2009, 23:58

Stu, you still have that bright yellow MOW wet weather 2 piece suit haven't ya?

No Shafty, you never gave it back after borrowing it for the girls high school function........ Chuck it in the post next time you remember :-):whistle:

Good to hear you survived it :Punk:

cheers, Stu :done:

RedKLR650

12th February 2009, 23:59

bishxt

13th February 2009, 21:37

Thanks Stu,

Will definitely be packing the old Rukka "spacesuit" in case of the rains. I've found out tonight that I'm on the Northern loop on Sunday, so Picton etc which should be good. Looking forward to the road miles with the new Airoh adventure helmet that I recently picked up - with visor :Punk:, so no goggles in the rain which is nice...

Cheers Bish

timg

16th February 2009, 21:20

RedKLR650

16th February 2009, 22:52

Guess what bike finished the TT2000 and all the clip-on's first? Not a fancy dandy thinly disguised road racing machine but a humble adventure bike! Well done RedKLR650. Awesome effort mate :clap: :2thumbsup

Cheers Tim, but to be fair I was only 1st equal :second:as there was a Suzuki rocketship piloted by track racer :scooter:Dennis Cullen of Chch beside me for the whole trip, so I had a good coach on the twisties :psst:

......and it's not so much speed, but quick and infrequent fuel stops, a 23 litre tank being an advantage on such rides.....:ride:

Sadly the guy that was doing the trip with me from Timaru lost his lisence for doing 150 around the bottom of Lake Pukaki on Saturday morning. The 6 officers :Police:based at Omarama for the weekend ( inclluding 3x mufti's ) didn't help things either.....

The IRC GP110 rear tire performed fantastic :scooter:, using the whole tread width on roads like Queen Charlotte drive between Picton and Havelock, and the only issue I had all weekend reliability wise was a blown indicator fuse ( I guess Kawasaki didn't expect a KLR to be passing much ):oi-grr:

A great weekend, and thankfully, good weather for the whole trip.....

Stu :rockon:

NordieBoy

17th February 2009, 07:45

Good on 'ya!
We saw a few of 'yas in Reefton when we were filling up.
Some were only focussed on the next bit and others were just buzzing about the whole trip. Or maybe he just was on a trip :D

warewolf

17th February 2009, 11:14

Well done that man! :clap:

VTRRR

17th February 2009, 16:17

Cheers Tim, but to be fair I was only 1st equal :second:as there was a Suzuki rocketship piloted by track racer :scooter:Dennis Cullen of Chch beside me for the whole trip, so I had a good coach on the twisties :psst:

......and it's not so much speed, but quick and infrequent fuel stops, a 23 litre tank being an advantage on such rides.....:ride:

Sadly the guy that was doing the trip with me from Timaru lost his lisence for doing 150 around the bottom of Lake Pukaki on Saturday morning. The 6 officers :Police:based at Omarama for the weekend ( inclluding 3x mufti's ) didn't help things either.....

The IRC GP110 rear tire performed fantastic :scooter:, using the whole tread width on roads like Queen Charlotte drive between Picton and Havelock, and the only issue I had all weekend reliability wise was a blown indicator fuse ( I guess Kawasaki didn't expect a KLR to be passing much ):oi-grr:

A great weekend, and thankfully, good weather for the whole trip.....

Stu :rockon:

good to see you didn't get lost this time, i seem to remember you thinking we were in tarounga (sorry about the spelling) while we were standing 3 doors down from a l&p bottle on the last southrn cross.

RedKLR650

17th February 2009, 17:22

good to see you didn't get lost this time, i seem to remember you thinking we were in tarounga (sorry about the spelling) while we were standing 3 doors down from a l&p bottle on the last southrn cross.

I actually have quite a good handle on my South Island geography..... unlike the North Island, where the first time I took the bike north headed for Dorkland, I ended up in Wanganui !!! ??? by mistake ( missed the turn in bulls..... and it was dark )

Stu :-)

RedKLR650

17th February 2009, 17:26

Good on 'ya!
We saw a few of 'yas in Reefton when we were filling up.
Some were only focussed on the next bit and others were just buzzing about the whole trip. Or maybe he just was on a trip :D

I filled at Reefton at 4.40pm, what time were you through ? ( There may have been others before us that hadn't done the clipon legs - see www.tt2000.org (http://www.tt2000.org) )

And I was more knackered than buzzing by Reefton....... :zzzz:

RedKLR650

17th February 2009, 17:28

Well done that man! :clap:

Cheers Colin,

Me thinks the 640 would have showed up the sprotsbikes too :-) :love:

Stu

JATZ

17th February 2009, 17:33

I filled at Reefton at 4.40pm, what time were you through ? ( There may have been others before us that hadn't done the clipon legs - see www.tt2000.org (http://www.tt2000.org) )

And I was more knackered than buzzing by Reefton....... :zzzz:

I think we left Reefton about 5, were filling up about 4 though. There was a guy on a black Kawasaki with his daughter on the back who was fizzing and a couple of others, Mr black Kawasaki was doing the clipons too

NordieBoy

17th February 2009, 18:08

I filled at Reefton at 4.40pm, what time were you through ? ( There may have been others before us that hadn't done the clipon legs - see www.tt2000.org (http://www.tt2000.org) )

And I was more knackered than buzzing by Reefton....... :zzzz:

Back at the Reefton Mobil at 5pm and left at 5:45pm.
There was a dude with his daughter? on the back of a sportbike who was buzzing and said he'd done the clipon's? (as Jatz the flying fingers has just said...)

bishxt

17th February 2009, 18:24

Stu

You certainly earned some points for the KLR in the <A href=http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=92423>Tiresome DR/KLR Thread</A>. It can certainly go, you passed me and Grant (XT600 & GS800) round Cheviot and we'd been circulating through up to that point :2thumbsup I'd never done the Picton to Havelock road and yes the K270 now looks well worn on the edges!
Definitely get a two day pass from the <i>Boss</i> next year as the Southern Route also looked good and also a screen for the front as 1200k's of windblast is interesting..:buggerd:
Well done for getting the award.
Cheers Bish

ps It looks like XT's (not mine!) can certainly hustle from this Youtube vid!
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warewolf

17th February 2009, 18:25

Me thinks the 640 would have showed up the sprotsbikes too :-) :love:Ahem, it does at times. The DR-Z250 has also given the 600 & 1000 bikes the hurry-up along Qn Charlotte Dr on occasion. :devil2: Sometimes a scalpel (however blunt) is more effective than an axe! :msn-wink:

Will have to give this run a blast next year.

JATZ

17th February 2009, 19:09

Back at the Reefton Mobil at 5pm and left at 5:45pm.
There was a dude with his daughter? on the back of a sportbike who was buzzing and said he'd done the clipon's? (as Jatz the flying fingers has just said...)

Yes, but I got my times wrong by a little bit

Ahem, it does at times. The DR-Z250 has also given the 600 & 1000 bikes the hurry-up along Qn Charlotte Dr on occasion. :devil2: Sometimes a scalpel (however blunt) is more effective than an axe! :msn-wink:

Will have to give this run a blast next year.

I'll follow you then Werewolf. Can't decide weather to take the DR or the Triumph.
Trumpy would be fasterer but DR has more adjustment in sitting/standing to stretch legs (try standing on the triumph and it's gunna get messy)

Well done BTW redKLR, good effort

Woodman

17th February 2009, 20:24

Brilliant fantastic. Well done.

RedKLR650

17th February 2009, 21:20

Stu
You certainly earned some points for the KLR in the Tiresome DR/KLR Thread (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=92423). It can certainly go, you passed me and Grant (XT600 & GS800) round Cheviot and we'd been circulating through up to that point :2thumbsup Well done for getting the award.
Cheers Bish
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Thanks Bish, it was good to catch up on Sunday after the ride, I must admit to feeling a bit jaded by the time I got back to Timaru that night ( 1438 kms total on day 2 after 1297 kms the day before was starting to take it's toll..... )

Anyway, I thought you might like to see this video I shot on the KLR about 18 months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZwHNaAgiH0

The guy following on the GSX1000 is Mark, the same guy that got the 150km ticket on the TT2000 at Lake Pukaki on Saturday morning, ( :Police: Instant loss of lisence and $630 fine ) and before you yell about our travelling distance, we do ride together a lot, and that is probably our most travelled piece of road, the twisties between Geraldine and Fairlie.....

We were close drafting so I could get some good footage of Mark, when at around 39 seconds into the video, I cranked it over just a tad too far, and BAM ! :Punk:the sidestand tripoded the bike, kicked up a few sparks and gave the rear wheel a wee nudge sideways......

Mark pulled back quickly and couldn't stop laughing....

But as you can see, those IRC110GP's grip pretty well :love:

Shot with a wee Oregon scientific Action Cam strapped to my leg.... <_<

Your thoughts ?

Stu

NordieBoy

17th February 2009, 21:27

But as you can see, those IRC110GP's grip pretty well :love:

OK on seal, OK on gravel but just wish they were a little softer compound.

bishxt

17th February 2009, 21:46

We were close drafting so I could get some good footage of Mark, when at around 39 seconds into the video, I cranked it over just a tad too far, and BAM ! the sidestand tripoded the bike, kicked up a few sparks and gave the rear wheel a wee nudge sideways......

Stu - you certainly gave the stand a good clunk :2thumbsup the IRC do work well - I had several sets of their TR8's on my 18" wheel in the UK and they did the biz off-road and on... nearly as grippy as a Pirelli trials tyre (MT43) but lasted about 3x as long!

Good cam - you'll have to get some more adv footage with it...

Cheers Bish

shafty

17th February 2009, 22:06

Great stuff Stu, - well ridden, - and I look forward to the "Ride Report' with professional pics - or didn't you have time to put your drink down?

Well done Dude

Shafty! :2thumbsup

RedKLR650

17th February 2009, 22:31

Great stuff Stu, - well ridden, - and I look forward to the "Ride Report' with professional pics - or didn't you have time to put your drink down?

Well done Dude

Shafty! :2thumbsup

But sorry, I didn't even take a camera on this trip, hardly had the time for a leak :whistle: let alone shots of the scenery...... :eek5:

But there seems to have been a bit of interest in this, so I will be posting a full ride report in the next few days :angry2:

Have you sent back the yellow anorak yet ;-)

Stu

Cheers, Stu

shafty

17th February 2009, 22:34

But sorry, I didn't even take a camera on this trip, hardly had the time for a leak :whistle: let alone shots of the scenery...... :eek5:

But there seems to have been a bit of interest in this, so I will be posting a full ride report in the next few days :angry2:

Have you sent back the yellow anorak yet ;-)

Stu

Cheers, Stu

I faxed it t' ya, Check ya machine

warewolf

18th February 2009, 09:59

Can't decide weather to take the DR or the Triumph.
Trumpy would be fasterer but DR has more adjustment in sitting/standing to stretch legs (try standing on the triumph and it's gunna get messy)If it was all sealed roads, I would take the Trophy no hesitation. It just cruises along so nicely, standing to stretch is no problem, but for me it was v.comfortable. Did several Grand Challenges, Southern Cross rallies and similar rides on it.:niceone: