Port Levy Trailride 12 May 2013 (near Christchurch)

[Transalper]

It's back and improved by the sound of it.... no two way traffic bottleneck section this time.
Looking forward to it.
Flyer attached.

Video of last years ...

[cooneyr]

It's back and improved by the sound of it.... no two way traffic bottleneck section this time.
Looking forward to it. . . .

I'm keen. Missed this one last year. Any chance of giving you some petrol money ?

Might put a better rear tyre on me thinks!

Cheers R

[Transalper]

I'm keen. Missed this one last year. Any chance of giving you some petrol money ?

Might put a better rear tyre on me thinks!

Cheers R

Yep, first in first served, will sort a time with you... probably try be at yours at 8am.
I will be putting fresh rubber on too.

[cooneyr]

Yep, first in first served, will sort a time with you... probably try be at yours at 8am.
I will be putting fresh rubber on too.

Sweet. 8 sounds good to me.

Cheers R

[Dent]

I will be there. I expect it to be very popular if the weather is fine or mostly fine.
Rain and showers predicted this weekend and during next week, so it may still be damp by the 12th.

[cooneyr]

Yep, first in first served, will sort a time with you... probably try be at yours at 8am.
I will be putting fresh rubber on too.

so I've put on a lightly used s12 then looked at front. time for a new one. what do you think of motoz it front transalper?

[Transalper]

so I've put on a lightly used s12 then looked at front. time for a new one. what do you think of motoz it front transalper?

Was looking at them on anothers bike at the Waimak yesterday, they look like they might be ok, worth a try and IIRC about $90 to $100. Could be a bugger to fit if the HT's are anything to go by but I hear they are looking at that issue at the moment.
I've only used the H/T front and both H/T and I/T rear.

S12 sound like the bees knees, work well even when rounded off, pity they're not DOT approved. If I was going off road and transport to tracks by Van only for winter I would try s12's both ends.
I have fingers crossed to be picking up a Perelli Extra X front from DAS this week, DOT approved and said to be a good all rounder yet less likely to shed the side knobs at the Waimak than some other options I looked at.

[cooneyr]

Was looking at them on anothers bike at the Waimak yesterday, they look like they might be ok, worth a try and IIRC about $90 to $100. Could be a bugger to fit if the HT's are anything to go by but I hear they are looking at that issue at the moment.
I've only used the H/T front and both H/T and I/T rear.

S12 sound like the bees knees, work well even when rounded off, pity they're not DOT approved. If I was going off road and transport to tracks by Van only for winter I would try s12's both ends.
I have fingers crossed to be picking up a Perelli Extra X front from DAS this week, DOT approved and said to be a good all rounder yet less likely to shed the side knobs at the Waimak than some other options I looked at.

Cool. going into town for work Thursday. Not far from tracktion so will go see what the have on the rack. The Midas c17 Linton recommended last time I bought a front have done ok but second front centre knobs are well worn. want something a little more dirt worthy. AC 10 is another dot option.

[Transalper]

Cool. going into town for work Thursday. Not far from tracktion so will go see what the have on the rack. The Mitas c-17 Linton recommended last time I bought a front have done ok but second front centre knobs are well worn. want something a little more dirt worthy. AC 10 is another dot option.

Dirtzone (Cnr Wordsworth and Hawdon Streets, Sydenham) stock the MotoZ too, was where I got mine from. Haven't actually looked at Tracktion's tyre stock.
I have a new Mitas C-17 ready to go on but wanted the next level of wet grass/mud for the farm rides is why I've not put it on.
Probably use the C-17 for the Queens Birthday Otago run, might finish off the MotoZ H/T front with the Transalp.

[Transalper]

New Tyres are good, make for a fantastic ride and an almost perfect day riding.

[Peeteey]

Video of last years ...

Whos that handsome chap in the thumnail of that vid?

I hear it was a great day! Bummer to have missed it, I didn't ride at all, I really needed a day of rest. Any pics/vids TA?

[Dent]

I've got some footage of this year.
I'm fairly new to the edit process, and still using free tools to do it.

Note to self - lower the pressure in the front tyre to help shed all the clay BEFORE you fall off twice
Short loop: http://youtu.be/jiZVh2DotL0

Note: youtube compress the files and the quality you see even on 720p is a lot lower than the mp4 I uploaded.

[Transalper]

Will have a decent watch after work but seriously... my first fall was at the first sun in the eyes decent bump 30 seconds from the start of your video. I missed the track and went up a grassy step next to it.
Couple of almosts on the side loop later but only the one actual pick it up off the ground moment.
Ran 10psi each end and checked the rimlocks before departing the carpark. Brand new tyres probably helped me in the confidence department too. The whole time I was being spat off on top of that first bump I was thinking wow these tyres have a heap more grip than on the last ride.. as the thing leaped about throwing me off balance and eventually just plain off.

[Dent]

10 psi rear, but 14 psi front, in a tyre that is more suited to dry/rocky terrain.

You will see that my problems were near the end of the lap on the steep downhill, which was run as an uphill last year.

After I lowered the front to ~11psi, it was working much better.

[Transalper]

Got a short bit of video from my first lap this year with a hill novice providing a bit of entertainment. Got my big incident at the start too.