Cor Blimey! You like to make it hard eh? Your Boddytown pic is definitely a bit suss...
Originally Posted by Gremlin I tend to check the CPs extremely carefully during planning, tweak them as accurate as I can, .......... Also, the more in the group, the slower you're going to travel, as you stop/ride/refuel at the slowest pace every time.... Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep! Did all that but not sure how I missed the error on Dungeon-ville? We've all ridden together and done 1000Km C1KC's, but that switch to GC Mode is a big leap psychologically and I guess I just didn't allow for that......plus I can't help myself when it comes to making a hard ride just a little bit harder!?
I remember what happened the last time you were heading to ChurChur in hail aye? Least it wasn't a repeat! Sounds like your typical adventure endurance riding brings... but crikey, you sure made it hard on yourself I tend to check the CPs extremely carefully during planning, tweak them as accurate as I can, so I can trust them when knackered. Also, the more in the group, the slower you're going to travel, as you stop/ride/refuel at the slowest pace every time... Learnt that in my first GC.
Cool story, kids are so gullible Nice pics of the bike too, that is a lot of lean for a big machine!
Seems we both had quiet years... Yes, the IAM systematic approach to riding is quite rigid, but as with many things, there is no hard and fast rule for every situation. It is more about applying the principles to every moment when riding and choosing the best position etc. I've even posted a blog too!
Looks like ya'll had a lot of fun and improved some skills at the same time! Win!
Good on ya Dad, proud of you. You keep 'em chasing ya tail!!!
The 2nd rider in the video must have been the fastest one to do the whole thing. Good stuff fulla!
Originally Posted by george formby That's a gnarly layout. Mind if I post the vid in the Gymkhana thread on ADVrider? Not a problem. The 3 components of the Comp course were: Fairfax; a modified Offset Cloverleaf; and Black Rum. All were actually 20% Oversize....so we're nowhere near the Yank Police standard.
That's a gnarly layout. Mind if I post the vid in the Gymkhana thread on ADVrider?
Good effort. I'd struggle to do some of those turns in as small a radius on my 250 Looks like it was a cracker day for it too
Looks like it was a great ride! I've added the second vid to your blog, just use the embed code from the Youtube site under share.
I was one of the northern starters and it was my first organised endurance ride, and what a great route! Apart from the bastardry on the road between Paekakariki and Otaki, which made Auckland drivers look good, the roads were a great collection: Lake views, mountain views, ranges, Wairarapa sheepses, Hill road, Wankers, boring bit from Levin to the Fordell turm-off, the PARAPARAS!, more mountain, more lake and the sublime Old Taupo Road. (Just a note to non-waikato dwellers, the Old Taupo Road's not unique in the Waikato - most of our back roads are like that!). So 1056Km in 11:30 including c. 35min refueling and defueling. 58.9 l petrol used for 5.1l/100km average. Polly (the cute chick in my GPS) said my top speed was 128Km (that would have been passing some numb-nuts who crept around corners and caned it on the straights) and moving average was 96.8km/hr. Thanks for that Koro, bring on more!
great day had by Waikato starters very nice loop Koroj
great day out, not getting out on the bike so much these days so the body was fairly sore after almost 11 hours in the saddle - but that just made the frosty ciders taste even better! highlights were paekak hill (with no traffic at 6am), old taupo road and the paraparas (which were in great condition) see you next year!
It was an excellent day, thank you very muchly! For some reason the scenery came out in splendourful fashion, rare to see it so marvelous for a days ride (or perhaps i haven't been getting out enough. I was pleased to clear up the small question of the nickname for my '91 R100GS. Your suggestion of "The Tractor" looks good on the face of it as well it is big and clunky (especially clunky). However judging by its relentless performance and surprisingly good handling even when the chips are down (or the droopy centre stand) I think the label "War Horse" is fitting and thus she shall henceforth be named.
Sorry couldn't ride this year, not planned that way Glad it was enjoyable for all and I am most envious. Mike (FZED1)
Well done on the choice of route, the challenging stuff in the beginning and easy running towards the end. Thank you to yourself and Ann for organising.
Awesome day out. My initiation into endurance riding GPS packed a sad in Rotorua so had to go back to real maps. When we saw KoroJ would though tag on to him if we could he would now the way We had just grabbed a pie at the gas station in Rotorua and must just have been leaving as you arrived Bandit , we will catch up sometime Im sure . Never done any of the road down from Rotorua to Kuratau Bikers heaven. Thought I would be knackered at the end but felt great and huge smile that is still there today Thanks KoroJ and everyone else I meet during a great day
Freaking great day out! It was nice to catch up with Mike too - I hadn't known about the rough time he's had lately. So that was Biggo with the 109's - ran into them in Rotorua but didn't get to catch up with them as they were departing as we were paying for gas.
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