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I was wondering how many hardy riders would turn up. My bet is you didn't see any other riders out on the hill - what is takes to be a Ulysses?

Please report the cock smoking spammers. Ta.

Please report the cock smoking spammers. Ta.

I've had;
Rears
Battlax 3800; Conti RA 9550; PR2 12260; PR 13183; Storms 11057, 9800, 13275 9550 & 11053
Fronts
Battlax 13350; PR2 18090; Z6 13232; Storms 17510, 14163 & 15605
Some were short termed due to long rides coming up and a couple with punctures causing excessive wear.

Enjoyable read Koro. What milage did you get out of those tyres in total ? I am sitting at almost 14,500 on the tyres that I used on the TT 2000 a set of Pilot Road 2's
Cheers Jim

Rode the " Whanganui River Road " early March, awesome views great road until hitting the gravel. This started sth of Jeresulam & lasted most of the way to Pipiriki then there was a mix of sealed unsealed for @ 12-13kms then sealed into Raetihi... I don't think I'd do it again on the Blackbird ( temp was getting up there !! ) but certainly worth the ride with great weather to boot

Twas a good ride and thats a good write up and I just paid my penalty for having a friendly conversation at Kumara....$120

Really enjoy reading about your jaunts across the country. I'm a Kiwi and have been living in London the past few years, picked up my licence last year - and boy does reading your blog make me home sick! I now really appreciate the roads back in NZ and can't wait to do the lot on two wheels. I'll be back, next year.. next year!

Awesome write-up John. Man it was fun...

Thanks John your tempting me now .....

awesome reading, thanks

Hey KoroJ, that is a great write up. Good on you for taking the time...
Cheers
Emlyn

Another great write up, seemed you knew a few of the local cops down there they all seemed to flash and wave at you

Awesome write up Koro, was nice getting a perspective from doing the West route first

Thanks for sharing. Yes the Takaka hill is awesome. Popped that cherry on Tuesday....will be returning again and again. Such a nice smooth surface and those corners....playground for Genie.

glad you had such a fantastic weekend, back to reality.

Nice write up, It's good to hear about others enjoying the roads in my back yard, Takaka hill's always good for a quick fang after work. The Dreaded rider would be "whatastoner" here on K.B; Real nice A-twin he rides too

Nice one John. Excellent write up! If you want to know what the gold flyer trophy looks like there are 2 of them at our place! Yes Aly did it too! There were certtainly no hour long stops on our ride! See you next year?

AD

Well done Mate!

Great write up as usual KoroJ, cheers for taking me along on the ride!

So lunch at the DUKE. on ya .. first wifes family is from there spent every Xmass there for 18 years having action packed holidays ( drinking and watching the kids getting sand blasted on the beach )