Who else is doing the Grand Challenge this year?

[Hitcher]

I have a GC entry ticket for sale. Mrs H has decided not to do this year's run.

Interested persons should send me a PM please.

[Ocean1]

I have a GC entry ticket for sale.

You mean they don't pay you to do that shit?

[Hitcher]

You mean they don't pay you to do that shit?

Indeed not. Want to buy an entry ticket and find out what a GC is really like?

[Gremlin]

You mean they don't pay you to do that shit?

Indeed not, we pay to do it Paid for all my rides up to end of 2011, and it cost about $600 - $700.

Now buy Hitch's ticket and come get addicted to the fun

[Ocean1]

I don't have the attention span.


Or the knees.

[KoroJ]

I don't have the attention span.


Or the knees.

It's the arse that gets sore, although I guess they do send us on a few knee-scrapers....lack of attention span would be a problem but!....and I don't think spyders are allowed.

[puddy]

I don't have the attention span.


Or the knees.

Nurofen Plus ......... and if you ask any of us nicely, any one of us will give you a good SLAP to help keep you focussed!

[Ocean1]

It's the arse that gets sore, although I guess they do send us on a few knee-scrapers....lack of attention span would be a problem but!....and I don't think spyders are allowed.

Spyder's gone. The Buell's a good tool for the job and I've done just short of 1000k a day a few times on it. The arse ain't too much of an issue, I just stand up for a while but the knees are fookt and it's harder to rest 'em.

Nurofen Plus ......... and if you ask any of us nicely, any one of us will give you a good SLAP to help keep you focussed!

Anti-inflammatories don’t fix it. And the slap I can get without moving an inch.

[XP@]

Booked in ... ready to go (except for another rear tire, some tweaks to the sound system, a much bigger reserve tank (and petrol station detector) and the no-doze).

[KoroJ]

This http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forec...n=nzni&tim=168 looks great for next weekend and hints that Lee Rusty has gone soft on his rain dance protocols.......

.......Then I zoomed out and changed my mind... http://www.metvuw.com/forecast/forec...ion=nz&tim=168

....but will it rock up the country in 24 hours.....will it be joined by another 1 or 2 fronts all converging on us at the same time.....or will it all just sit back and allow us to have a pleasant pootle with no wets required??

[Gremlin]

or will it all just sit back and allow us to have a pleasant pootle with no wets required??

When last was there fine weather huh? With all the gear prep I've done, I'd actually be annoyed if it didn't go down to 1-2 degrees, as the gear is all specc'd to cope with that

That said... less rain is always appreciated

[KoroJ]

When last was there fine weather huh? .......

The last time that riders whistled / hummed / sang...

Starry, starry night
paint your palette blue and grey
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the
darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils
catch the breeze and the winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me

how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they did not know how

perhaps they'll listen now......

whilst they rode / pootled / fanged along Fields Track was in 2005 I believe.

[flyingcrocodile46]

Spyder's gone. The Buell's a good tool for the job and I've done just short of 1000k a day a few times on it. The arse ain't too much of an issue, I just stand up for a while but the knees are fookt and it's harder to rest 'em.



Anti-inflammatories don’t fix it. And the slap I can get without moving an inch.

Have you thought about adding some cruiser pegs further forward so you can stretch your legs forward without any weight on them to stop them locking up?

[puddy]

The last time that riders whistled / hummed / sang...

Starry, starry night
paint your palette blue and grey
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the
darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils
catch the breeze and the winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me

how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they did not know how

perhaps they'll listen now......

whilst they rode / pootled / fanged along Fields Track was in 2005 I believe.

While riding along in 2005, I wasn't singing any "Don" songs, was avoiding the wildlife and wishing that I had bought a rifle or a couple of dogs to round the fuckers up and get them off the road. You probably had all of the above in your panniers.
Also, I think I'll be BMWing it this year, rather than the usual GSXR ................. should be a bit different!

[Ocean1]

Have you thought about adding some cruiser pegs further forward so you can stretch your legs forward without any weight on them to stop them locking up?

Other than avoiding what basically amounts to self-flagellation I refuse to acknowledge my aged bones at all, far less acquiesce to the various crutches normally associated with the condition.


And then: It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.