ADV bike beach racing - again!

[Woodman]

Bit like the bank climbing switch on the DR 350

Nasty........

[gav24]

Latest info from the beach race organisers...

1. On the day they would be willing to run an "adv bike" class in with the "road bikes" if there are a few of us entered, but otherwise I have to ride my bike in the open class if its just me.
2. Its on-the-day entry so all classes can be sorted then.
3.entry fee is per event - not for the gravel hillclimb as well - so all in with the MNZ fee; $60 for the beach racing (although they did hint at allowing the "day " license to roll over for 2 days, making the gravel hill climb only $40...)
4. No freshwater wash off provision at the venue - but I do have a mate with a bach at foxton beach who could be persuaded to lend us his hose pipe at the end of the day...

Still waiting for interest from you NI adventure riders....
(Thanks Pikey! I knew I could rely on you, even if you decide to be pit crew and not take the new bike on the beach)

Calling all you NADS! What tyres did you run?
I was hoping to leave my Mich. T63's on for the ride up and the racing.
I do have some knobblies I could put on the front though - Damn that 17 inch rear, nothing knobbly in the spare tyre corner in that size

[Woodman]

I ran a T63 rear and a mt21 front.

Rear was good, spun up a bit but fine. Managed 140 km/hr before braking which is probarbly similar to tar speed over the same distance.

The front mt21 was really impressive. I was pulling the front brake lever hard into the bar and the front stayed planted. Mind you the KLR is chronically under braked.

[Padmei]

Calling all you NADS! What tyres did you run?
I was hoping to leave my Mich. T63's on for the ride up and the racing.
I do have some knobblies I could put on the front though - Damn that 17 inch rear, nothing knobbly in the spare tyre corner in that size

I ran a brand spanking new tyre like an E09 with broad wide bars at the back ( i get confused with numbers but Woodman or Nordie know what they are Kenda 760/ t63 or something). On the front a new D606.

I was (am) pretty inexperienced at sand riding however just watched the guns before me & copied their riding style, sitting right back stretched out. Unfortunatley I never had enough laps under my belt to get the turns right. The KLR wanted to go really wide under power & I couldn't seem to get it in tight with the throttle on.

My clutch went after the first race so I couldn't carry on (well I could of if I'd diagnosed the very easy problem with it at the time), however watching the other NADS that were dorking me on the track, it surprised me how much faster it all seems when you're out there doing it.

Extending the 'race day' licence is a very good practical idea to get numbers returning.

I'm not sure which day i'd like best - full tit on the sand or having a gravel road closed off & no worries about oncoming traffic. man it'll be a blast

[NordieBoy]

Calling all you NADS! What tyres did you run?
I was hoping to leave my Mich. T63's on for the ride up and the racing.
I do have some knobblies I could put on the front though - Damn that 17 inch rear, nothing knobbly in the spare tyre corner in that size

Marks will have a partially used Kenda 760 rear that would be good if he doesn't kill it this weekend

The Kenda 760 130/17 is about $100

[Padmei]

Mind MY the KLR is chronically under braked.

Fixed. My brakes are awesome - & thats compared to other road bikes of similar size Braking into the corners was fun -0 I nearly took Noprdie out once - luckily he's got good reactions

[warewolf]

Calling all you NADS! What tyres did you run?
I was hoping to leave my Mich. T63's on for the ride up and the racing.
I do have some knobblies I could put on the front though

I ran a set of proper sand tyres, Shinko 540's at 11psi. I was seeing 155 on the clock which meant with that gearing about 30km/h of wheelspin. In hindsight I probably could have run taller gearing to bring the revs down to the meat of the power curve, for a bit more speed.

The T63 rear should work okay as long as it is fresh, as having some tread depth is probably the most important thing down the straights. However the front T63 has shallow knobs that are reputed to not work very well in loose sand - so slap on one of your spare Ken-obliwans.