TonyB's freedom ride ;-)

[Sniper]

Lol. Good call Tony

[k14]

Sounds like she's yours for the day K14! It'll only cost you about $330 + gas...

Nah just gas, I got a couple of old tyres off the rs that still have some life left in them. Sure one of them will fit on.

[Bren_chch]

faarrrkkk thats a few K's!!!! I'll be able to do it but i'll need to map out petrol stops!!!

when u gana confirm the ride details?

[Sniper]

Yea and if Im all well and able I'll be going on the mighty 250. I need more fuel than you lot

[Bren_chch]

Yea and if Im all well and able I'll be going on the mighty 250. I need more fuel than you lot

sheesh suspect u will have it done on one tank!!!

[TonyB]

faarrrkkk thats a few K's!!!! I'll be able to do it but i'll need to map out petrol stops!!!

when u gana confirm the ride details?

It's a few all right. A few too many I suspect. MrsB is already putting in the hard word about getting home at a reasonable hour.

Honestly by the time you fuck about doing fuel stops, eating, potty stops etc it's a long day to cover for a group to 700k. The big problem is when 1 bike has a short range. We might have to look at sorting out gas stops.

Who's got the shortest range? My FZR has seen 290k on a tank but it had about 200ml of petrol left and that was traveling through the MacKenzie etc at 110k's. 250k is do-able.

Ride details. Fuck nows- it's weather dependant really. The night before with tweaks on the day?

[Sniper]

I can do 330 or so on a tank at 110 to 120

[onearmedbandit]

I can do 330 or so on a tank at 110 to 120

Best I've got is about 210km, averaging 120-130 on the open road.

[k14]

I can do 330 or so on a tank at 110 to 120

You sure you don't mean 230? Or have you got the super extra long range tanks fitted to the cibby?

[TonyB]

Best I've got is about 210km, averaging 120-130 on the open road.

Is that to reserve or out of gas?

And yeh, 330 is bloody impressive.... is that right? Can't see MsSnipers FZR having a big enough tank to do those sort of k's

[onearmedbandit]

No reserve on my bike Tony, just a flashing light when approaching empty, then the light stays on for a while, then the bike stops, then you realise you should've pulled into that gas station despite the deep shingle driveway instead of hoping you'd make it to Kiakora. Not that that's ever happened to me.

[TonyB]

No reserve on my bike Tony, just a flashing light when approaching empty, then the light stays on for a while, then the bike stops, then you realise you should've pulled into that gas station despite the deep shingle driveway instead of hoping you'd make it to Kiakora. Not that that's ever happened to me.

No, no of course not....

[Sniper]

You sure you don't mean 230? Or have you got the super extra long range tanks fitted to the cibby?

You guys obviously dont work on the South African way of fuel stops. When someone is not looking out comes my handy hosepipe and some of their fuel moves to my tank. See, so everyone holds spare fuel for me.

Sorry that was a typo, it is more around the 230 mark, cheers K14

[TonyB]

Thanks to the miricle that is Wises Maps Route Finder we can actually plan out our fuel stops in advance. No I don't normally do this.... really...

Assuming we do the Nelson Loop minus the west coast...

Heathcote to Amberly---------- 59k
Amberly to Culverden----------- 43k
Culverden to Springs Junction---129k
Springs to Murchison----------- 86k
Murch to Wakefield------------ 101k
Wakefield to Nelson------------- 35k
Nelson to Rai Valley- ------------45k
Rai to Blenheim----------------- 67k
Blenheim to Kaikoura----------- 139k
Kaikoura to Heathcote--------- 189k
Total--------------------------893k

So I can get away with stopping at
Springs- 231k
Nelson- 222k
Kaikoura-251k (hopefully)

But since OAB has the shortest range we may as well all fill up when he does, otherwise you can end up with twice as many stops. Where do you normally stop to do this loop OAB?

[Sniper]

May I still bring the hosepipe?