The alternative Waikato ADV riders thread

[Kaituna]

Good ride report and pics dude. Much jelous!

[oneblackflag]

Good ride report and pics dude. Much jelous!

Only a couple more weeks mate. Hang in there

Thanks

[Keithf]

Awesome-more roads for me to have a play on relatively close to home...I often nip down the motorway or the back roads from here south and back up via Miranda and Maraetai- I can easily add some of these roads in.


[QUOTE=oneblackflag;1130692733] Nice day and I had little else to do, so I thought I'd do a bit of adv.

[Keithf]

Thats no good- Hopefully round two works out ok. Nice picks- BTW

Yes work... How I miss it so. I had spinal surgery and had to be in bed for 3 months, hasn't been successful but is ok enough to ride.... I have a very labour intencive job so cant go back to work, in limbo land at the momemt while new scans are done and results come in etc; most likely more surgery then another 3 months in bed... Making the most of my riding time now. Can you believe how slow things move in the medical system? It's going to end up wasting a year of my career.

Photo thing isn't to hard, just need to upload them to somethimg like flicker or here on KB and use the URL instead of the attachments thingy.

[oneblackflag]

Had to really test out my Tough Enduro skills today with this bad boy blocking the road



Had some ass-wipe in a mini truck swerve at me head on, on SH27 too; otherwise pretty uneventful Monday ride.

[10bikekid]

Nice, not sure which ADV tire grips best on tree trunks though

[Keithf]

I can see a gap:-)

Nice, not sure which ADV tire grips best on tree trunks though

[oneblackflag]

I can see a gap:-)

Had to to squeeze through from the other side then cramped in there bounce over it... Only small to get over, was cramped though.

[oneblackflag]

Thought I'd have another go on Pirongia West Rd. The last time left some 'character' on both sides of the bike and some bloodied and riped jeans

First had to go up Pekanui rd, which is an awasome twistie sealed road in bush. Resently been reseald and hasn't been swept properly ended up having a foot down moment because of grit build ups between tyre tracks.

Pirongia Wests road's surface was the familiar marbles I loathed last time, hasn't been crushed down much over ~6 months; makes for more butt clenching than fun :



Some tyre tracks that clear the way a bit but woe be to you if you drift into thre deep stuff:





You do get the reward of great veiws of Kawhia Harbor which is worth it:



Was too tired and late in the day to do the other roads there that I planned on doing: Moerangi and Okupata. Another day.

Saw my fair shar of piglets, sheep and goats on Pirongia West rd... Oh to have a portable spit roaster...

[Keithf]

Nce report

[QUOTE=oneblackflag;1130696150]Thought I'd have another go on Pirongia West Rd. The last time left some 'character' on both sides of the bike and some bloodied and riped jeans

[10bikekid]

Great shots again, but still happy that your doing that while I work

[oneblackflag]

Had a bad day what better way to get over it than thrashing the bike

Went down Mangiti Rd and Te Akau Warf Rd to look out over Raglan Harbor to Raglan, had a close call with a semi on Mangiti Rd just had enough room to squeeze down the side of it and stay upright. Mangiti Rd has just had fresh gravel layed on it so it got a bit sketchy with the pressure I had in the tyres, let them down a bit then had me some fun







Then off up the coast on Te Akau South Rd, started to get steering whith the rear locked in.





Then Te Akau Rd, Highway 22 and home

Even got the stats this time:

Total distance 161 km
Total time 2:45:03
Moving time 2:19:03
Average speed 58.55
Average moving speed 69.86
Max speed 130
Max elevation 210m
Max grade 11%

[Waihou Thumper]

Max speed 130

Nice photos....
Okay, gonna ask...
How the fuck does a 250 do 130? Were you tapped out and going downhill and weigh 58Kg .....

[oneblackflag]

Nice photos....
Okay, gonna ask...
How the fuck does a 250 do 130? Were you tapped out and going downhill and weigh 58Kg .....

Haha nah not sure about that bit maybe a GPS blip only remember 120ish on the speedo, im 100kg but the old girl pulls me pretty good lotsa mods (accurate speedo, as I have the plug in thingy that corrects it, confirmed by GPS)

[Waihou Thumper]

Haha nah not sure about that bit maybe a GPS blip only remember 120ish on the speedo, im 100kg but the old girl pulls me pretty good lotsa mods

BY GPS standards...prob 110kph or thereabouts....
I recall seeing from Putaruru to Old Taupo road I was doing 185 kph and slowed down to 48 kph in the space of approx 50 metres...
I knew I had good brakes, but.....? Geez..
It is no wonder we can't find lost aircraft with 'blips' in space from GPS and satellites....