Waikato ADV rides!

[dino3310]

stopped for a durrie 1/2 way, nobs full off clay mud

last stop before the top, the 4x4s have chewed it up, wasnt keen to take the shinko244 any further, i might have made it up but its the coming down i was worried about


these fellas had a lot of fun, took them a couple of goes to get up

stop at the stream to get the mud off the lights etc

[fridayflash]

good stuff dino..is that the T/A side or the katikati side? ive never ridden it but have been meaning too forever

[dino3310]

just the ta side bro, i havent tackled the eastern side for a few years, gonna do it this summer though, its been calling me the last year or so
used to ride over from the kati side and gas up have a feed at TA then ride back over then home to Papamoa back in the eighties and 90s so its long over due.
will scout it out in the spring with the rifle

[Horney1]

welome dachops
your in the right place mate. just a bit quiet being winter and most of us are nanas.

Well what do you expect Dino, its been raining! ( & its not quite the same two up now)

Gidday dachops. We'll no doubt catch up sometime & show you some roads. Some nice country roads out there but many are sealed these days. Its a cracker day so I might head out to Raglan..

[10bikekid]

Nice Dino

Wonder how something with 100hp, 220kg and a Scorpian MT90 rear tire thats done 7000k would have handled that

[dino3310]

Nice Dino

Wonder how something with 100hp, 220kg and a Scorpian MT90 rear tire thats done 7000k would have handled that

ask Horney1 he did it

proof

was a bit drier that day

[10bikekid]

Phew, for minute there I thought he had ridden it wet with you the other day, my manhood would have been considerable threatened if he had ) wet is like Ice for me with that MT90 on


With the DR that is a different matter, bring it

[Horney1]

Phew, for minute there I thought he had ridden it wet with you the other day, my manhood would have been considerable threatened if he had ) wet is like Ice for me with that MT90 on


With the DR that is a different matter, bring it

Haha, do it tbk! You'd probably do better than me! I'd look at a fresh Dunlop Rally Raid or TKC80 in the wet though (and a pusher on standby!). It was a bit of a handful with the rocks and stop start EFI. Yours might be a bit smoother on and off the throttle??

[fridayflash]

just the ta side bro, i havent tackled the eastern side for a few years, gonna do it this summer though, its been calling me the last year or so
used to ride over from the kati side and gas up have a feed at TA then ride back over then home to Papamoa back in the eighties and 90s so its long over due.
will scout it out in the spring with the rifle

if you were gunna do the eastern side, would you make it a round trip and go up and over to waikato side? id be keen to blast up for a go at it sometime this spring/summer with a bit of advanced warning if anybody was keen

[GPS MAN]

I'm keen! Keep me posted!!!

[Horney1]

if you were gunna do the eastern side, would you make it a round trip and go up and over to waikato side? id be keen to blast up for a go at it sometime this spring/summer with a bit of advanced warning if anybody was keen

Hi FF, I haven't been there but my understanding is that the eastern side is very boggy with deep holes (read lakes). So I guess it depends on what you ride there and the meat on your tyres. I'd probably look at it if I had an enduro bike but not with the 990 (at this stage). What d ya reckon Dino, sound like your picture of it?

[Eddieb]

Wonder if my trials bike could make the return trip on a tank of gas, or with a 2 litre of premix in a backpack

[Oscar]

Wonder if my trials bike could make the return trip on a tank of gas, or with a 2 litre of premix in a backpack

Gimme a shout if your going to do that, I'll take my Gas Gas.

[10bikekid]

Count DRBig in (with enough notice to fit new rear Kenda Trackmaster)

or YZ290 if I want to cheat

[10bikekid]

Haha, do it tbk! You'd probably do better than me! I'd look at a fresh Dunlop Rally Raid or TKC80 in the wet though (and a pusher on standby!). It was a bit of a handful with the rocks and stop start EFI. Yours might be a bit smoother on and off the throttle??

MR 990 injected I'm Not sure if carbs can make up for my less than 6 foot tall and under 90kg frame (am working out profusely at gym to resolve this but fear its not enough to tackle wet clay on my bemouth with MT90 rear that is a must for my high mileage road use)