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Tony W
7th April 2009, 18:22
Some of us on XR650R, DR-Z400, DR-Z250, DR650 will be leaving Hastings 7am for a 460km day ride around Lake Waikaremoana.
Anybody is more than welcome to join us.
tri boy
7th April 2009, 18:25
watch out for holiday makers towing boats through the blind narrow corners:crazy:
Make sure you take some pic's:niceone:
Padmei
7th April 2009, 18:26
Now that sounds like an awesome ride:wari:


Man that banana can dance
Oscar
7th April 2009, 18:51
We come through from Wairoa three weekends ago - went through the Motu on Saturday, then through to RotoVegas on Sunday.
Denniso
7th April 2009, 19:02
I,m keen , wanna pick an extra up in Bay View ?
CookMySock
7th April 2009, 19:13
watch out for holiday makers towing boats through the blind narrow corners:crazy:
Make sure you take some pic's:niceone:Sounds like you need to take rocks, not pictures. :Pokey:

Steve
Tony W
7th April 2009, 20:00
I,m keen , wanna pick an extra up in Bay View ?

See you @ your place @ 7
Denniso
7th April 2009, 20:12
I'll be there . Only prob is I've run out of rear slicks , will a road tyre do ? ha ha ha .
Tony W
7th April 2009, 20:22
I'll be there . Only prob is I've run out of rear slicks , will a road tyre do ? ha ha ha .

Bastard! I'll have to leave my 17"s on now...:devil2:
bart
8th April 2009, 22:35
Rubber side down.....................eh Tony :clap:
Tony W
9th April 2009, 17:18
Rubber side down.....................eh Tony :clap:

Hmmmmmm. :doctor:


I'm off to the shed and putting on the 21" !


meow
Kickaha
9th April 2009, 17:52
We come through from Wairoa three weekends ago - went through the Motu on Saturday, then through to RotoVegas on Sunday.

Have they sealed some of it?, I'm sure the unsealed section was 120km when I did it back in 1988 (not on a pussy adventure bike either)

Your camera must be a lot better than mine to, if I remember rightly, you're right across the other side of the gully to get that shot of the bridge?
Oscar
9th April 2009, 19:42
Have they sealed some of it?, I'm sure the unsealed section was 120km when I did it back in 1988 (not on a pussy adventure bike either)

Your camera must be a lot better than mine to, if I remember rightly, you're right across the other side of the gully to get that shot of the bridge?

Yeah, they've sealed a bunch of it, about 25 k's past where that photo was taken. the photo was from the other side of the gully.
Denniso
10th April 2009, 17:26
Kin brillant ride , same again tomorrow?:clap:
Tony W
11th April 2009, 10:53
What a great ride it was yesterday.:sunny:

1. 6.30 gas-up Hastings, XR Johnny, and newbie, Comrade Darren.

2. Met up with DennisO at Bayview.

3. Angle parking, banjo country style !

4. First look at the lake, 11am.
Tony W
11th April 2009, 11:06
Arrived at Waik' store for gas and pies.

A couple of dudes in a 4WD came over to chat.
Turns out one of them was a chap on KB called Bigfish, from Cambrige !
...was to be a day for bumping into KBers...

1. The store.

2,3. Obligatory waterfall shots

Got away before noon and headed 'North' to the Minginui turnoff.
Took a planned diversion to a fire lookout about 5km off the beaten track.
Tony W
11th April 2009, 11:21
1. After that followed a neat trip through the forest where upon exit we caught up with 5 bikes who had come through just minutes before us !

Some were KBers too. Notably GLG, whom we rode with on my 1st KB outing, the MMMMM.

2. After a great catch-up we headed along SH5 and stopped for a well earned rest in the late afternoon sun in the beautiful Esk Valley.

3,4. Final stop by the sea just out of napier for a fuel top-up.

All in all, a great day out.

Cheers, Tony.
XF650
11th April 2009, 14:08
Great ride report.
How were those tyres in the gravel?
Denniso
11th April 2009, 14:16
Can't speak for the others but I think I had too much tread , need more rubber less groove but the extra groves on the back made it easer to back into corners .:innocent:
bigfish
12th April 2009, 19:57
It was great to meet you guys. We left about 15 min after you and meet a heap of clowns on the road .Hope you managed to avoid them all. We saw a crew of mainly Yamahas(real bikes)at Minginui turnoff.You cant of missed them by much. Has XRJohnny designed a trailer for the copious amount of gas he needs?.Hope to meet up again one day.Cheers...Keith. P.S.Johnny can probably use all the DRs leftovers.
Steve L
21st April 2009, 20:57
Some were KBers too. Notably GLG, whom we rode with on my 1st KB outing, the MMMMM.



Cheers, Tony.



Tony I was with GLG and the other guys from Tauranga, was great to meet up with you all. Great pics of your day out we have to learn how to post pics
so we show our day out.

Hopefully catch up on the trails again
Cheers Steve