XR's attack Marakopa part 1

**dino3310** · 9th January 2010, 20:49

awoke to the 5:30 alarm

on with some gear and off to the rendezvous point at the local marae, upon arriving i was greated by Haeremai your 5mins late cook your own fookin eggs and toast, so i did.... by 6:20 we were amoured up and ready to boogie so of to the local gassa for some go juice, we decided to make a be line for the southern side off pirongia by seal as we had a lot of ground south of there we hadnt seen for a while and wanted to cover as much of it as we could by (fuck i need to go feed the kids) lunchtime. So of we went, (bloody cold that time of day in summer rags) Sensei pointed out an old MX practice track south of Pirongia, we were tempted to stop and play but decided to save it for another day when more first aid gear was onboard

, Sensei has some ideas and plans to incorperate said track into future adv rides

. we vear right on first Kawhia turn off take another right and head to the pirongia west X roads, we stop to stretch, load bayonets, lock and load.

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first bit of metal for 3 weeks for me and a couple of months for my mate, oh yeah 10 metres of seal to go

, gloriuos metal here we come

ah oh shit whats that sound

rat ta tat tat, oh FUCK is that the decomp fucken dancing on the camshaft making the almighty XR cut in and out while playing a very distinct metalic skitzofrenic dance beat. why yes it is

so after a few swear words and a soothing shoulder rub from my mate we slowly made our way back, and it was a shit load of fun coasting down the windies racing with engines off

that was the highlight of the day, once momentem was gone we fired up and headed to pirongia for a cappacino stop on the slow ride home, anyone passing through try the cafe at the southern end/western side of road very very good

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We arrived back at the marae around 8:30 9ish for coffee and clymer study and some planning took place.... Motor coming out next week, stripped down when time is willing and avaluations made parts ordered and hopefully back in action by end of Feb early march
then i'l write up the: XR's attack Marakopa part 2 with more than just one photo and a whole days riding

said shoulder rub was not real but it would have been nice

**Waihou Thumper** · 9th January 2010, 21:01

And it was all geared up ready for an awesome days riding...Farrk it! Those old Hondas....Mate, when it is all fixed, nothing is gonna hold you back, and nothing will keep up! Sorry to hear bout all the issues Dino..

**Aslan** · 9th January 2010, 21:05

Dino - sorry to hear about the problems with your XR - hope all is good to go again soon - Shalom Aslan

**dino3310** · 9th January 2010, 21:27

Originally Posted by NZKTM

And it was all geared up ready for an awesome days riding...Farrk it! Those old Hondas....Mate, when it is all fixed, nothing is gonna hold you back, and nothing will keep up! Sorry to hear bout all the issues Dino..

no worries bro, a least once shes apart we'll be able to sort all the issues(i suspect some more)
theres always something with new 2nd hand bikes.

Originally Posted by Aslan

Dino - sorry to hear about the problems with your XR - hope all is good to go again soon - Shalom Aslan

cheers stephen, hopefully wont be to long out of action

**junkmanjoe** · 9th January 2010, 21:47

mate.. never ending aye... id give it back to the guy you got it off.....

nooles has a spare ktm laying around,,

JMJ

**dino3310** · 9th January 2010, 21:57

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

mate.. never ending aye... id give it back to the guy you got it off.....

nooles has a spare ktm laying around,,

JMJ

and he's back on shift next week too

**tri boy** · 10th January 2010, 08:52

I didn't mind giving a friendly shoulder rub, but when he started to hump my leg...................
Ol Hondas never stop, they just call out for attention occasionally.

**nooles** · 10th January 2010, 10:05

You would have to pry my cold limp body off this KTM to get a ride on it!!! There is a DR BIG sitting all lonely in the shed wondering when someone is gunna ride her again

**Cary** · 10th January 2010, 13:40

I had plans of doing the same as I was in Kawhia anyway. Only got as far a Te Waitere but was a good ride along the beach at Kawhia.

**dino3310** · 12th January 2010, 22:51

Originally Posted by nooles

You would have to pry my cold limp body off this KTM to get a ride on it!!! There is a DR BIG sitting all lonely in the shed wondering when someone is gunna ride her again

Originally Posted by Cary

I had plans of doing the same as I was in Kawhia anyway. Only got as far a Te Waitere but was a good ride along the beach at Kawhia.

she was a beaut day for it bro, let me know when you get sick of that XR

would love to get a hold of a late model XRr