Fishers/42nd/Old Whanga Rd - The Rerun

[Pampera]

5. Meet a couple a locals out for a ride. not a bad spot huh, Mark missed this view......
6. babes!

I know who you mean - I stopped and chatted to a couple of them - BUT WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?
[now I realise you meant the bikes I am really disappointed!]

Michael

[Cary]

1. Ian
2. Couple of Gassers joined us along with Phil
3. Mark
4. Steve
5. Mark showing his style.......

And my fav.......


See you on the next Adventure

[bart]

OK, I've finaly got a few sorted.

1. Mark
2. Micheal
3. Andy
4. Steve
5. Mark
6. Steve

[andy mac]

Great photos there Cary.
Because you were always streaking ahead i only have a few of you. This is the best but it's zoomed in too much. Hope it didn't hurt having your head cropped? Back to Picture Manager school.

[bart]

7. Micheal
8. Nice shot of Andy
9. and another
10. Ian stuck in the river
11. Andy
12. Cary

[bart]

13. Mark
14. Steve in the river
15. Micheal in the river
16. DR
17. Panarama
18. Panarama

[bart]

19. Andy's blue beast
20. Fishers
21. Off into the sunset
22. Cary doing a wheely
23. Andy splash
24. Mark almost running me over

[bart]

25. Cary meaning business
26. Sticky out foot thingy
27. Mark
28. Bridge to somewhere
29. Through the farm
30. Ian

Heaps more monster pics in my signature thing. Cheers guys. What an awesome weekend.

[Cary]

Back to Picture Manager school.

Yep! Coulda been a goodn

25. Cary meaning business
26. Sticky out foot thingy

Like em, not sure if foot out one is good riding or 'holy shit' about to slam on the rear brake moment!!

Good riding with ya Bart, that poor poor DR suspension

[bart]

that poor poor DR suspension

Yeah, nice one Cary. I think that XR of yours is the bike of choice for that fast rocky stuff. Shame about the kickstart though. My favorite part on the DR is that little button on the right handle bar.

[NordieBoy]

My favorite part on the DR is that little button on the right handle bar.

I love the kill-switch too.

[Pampera]

1. Mark and Andy decide how to best balance Steve's dismantled bike in the main street of Raetihi. Luckily I located a large baulk of timber before Mark cramped up.
2. Steve and Andy muck around with the rear hub in the Bright's back workshop. Watching and "helping" cost extra time and money. Ace workshop and engineer - recommended.
3. Steve, Bart and Andy reinstalling the newly rebuilt rear wheel. Seeing this now, hard to understand how I usually manage this task on my own!
4. Tongariro and Ngaurahoe from 42 Traverse.
5. Regaining strength at Owhanga after the double crossing (not shown - Steve removing and emptying out his boots shortly after). Ace cafe - recommended.
6. Instructions at the end of "Fisher Road" (street sign in town) and the start of Fisher's Track.

Michael

[Pampera]

1. Abandoned farm buildings off Fishers Track, presumably once accessed from it when it was a maintained road.
2. The team at the west end of Fishers Track. All except myself and Steve returned the way we had come.
3.Steve heads north up Upper Retaruke Road - after leaving the west end of Fisher's Track. Steve and I made our way back to Taumarunui via some beautiful gravel roads with the low sun behind us - magic.
4.Clown’s café in Raetihi IS closed but Mark (and I) will be very pleased to know that "Angel Louise" is up to scratch as a replacement destination (and the owner is keen to emphasise that she will open up the courtyard for bike parking if anybody want their bike secure while sipping espresso)

I had an absolutely brilliant ride down the old Wanganui (Whanganui?) River Road on Sunday - perfect weather. First time for me, although I did ride from Raetihi to Pipiriki and back in 1980 (on a Honda 400/4!). Had a late lunch right back where we started from - Horseman's in Shannon.

Great ride and company, sufficient to deliver full on PAD (Post Adventure Depression) Monday at work. Thanks for being the one who made the effort to initiate this Mark.

Michael

[NordieBoy]

1. Mark and Andy decide how to best balance Steve's dismantled bike in the main street of Raetihi. Luckily I located a large baulk of timber before Mark cramped up.

Who would have thought a road cone wasn't up to the task of holding up a 640A

[Box'a'bits]

Who would have thought a road cone wasn't up to the task of holding up a 640A

Bloody KTM designers. I replaced the centrestand with the sidestand (for this weekend), thinking this would be better for the 42nd, Fishers & the Old Whanga Rd. You can't have both at once. The sidestand 'lean' was excessive, and the foot too small, and so it sank everywhere we parked that was the least bit soft. Plus it's shit when your wheel bearings collapse....

Luckily I had the retracting hazard cone (of silence) on hand. , to warn the unwary.

MarkS makes a brilliant replacement centrestand. Like that 60 seconds ad. '.. then just walk away'. Think we came back in a 1/2 hr or so....