2006 BMW Capital Coast Adventure

[Oscar]

It's mine for the next few days. Not gonna make the trip with you boys sadly so it's a West Auckland Adventure ride for me this weekend. May nip to Woodhill and see how it goes in the forest! Haven't managed to swap the Oscarised tyre though.....

Come on, I left a coupla knobs on it...

[chris]

Come on, I left a coupla knobs on it...

More like knobettes now.

[clint640]

OK seriously - the Capital Coast is the best Adventure ride I have done.
Very well worth doing and I hope I can sort a bike for this year - keen as.

dc

Hang On... Isn't the Capital Coast the only adventure ride you've ever done

[Fryin Finn]

My one and only Adventure ride was this event in 2003. I really enjoyed it but my bum didn't. Sitting on a board with nails sticking out would have added much needed comfort to the XR's seat.
Pic 1 Red Rocks coast
Pic 2 Long gully after the challenge section - Is that you Merv?
Pic 3 A nice picture of Big Daves behind
Pic 4 Breathless view over Porirua Harbour. I'll be riding nearby in the Enduro this saturday but don't think I'll get any time for the views.
Pic 5 I went down the roads in the background. I had missed the turnoff and was lost. Got put right by a forestry contractor before I went to far.
Pic 6 Sorch marks on the firey beast earlier in the day. My bike got a bit burnt too.

[Big Dave]

Hang On... Isn't the Capital Coast the only adventure ride you've ever done

I knew one of you would get it.
Was picking oscar to stick the boot in atchally.

Besides I rode out to Whatapu twice so far.
And every day my life is an adventure.

[Oscar]

I knew one of you would get it.
Was picking oscar to stick the boot in atchally.

Besides I rode out to Whatapu twice so far.
And every day my life is an adventure.

Whaddabout our little KB jaunt?
Are you coming to Te Wera, Davey Boy?

[Motu]

More like knobettes now.

I guess it's got a 17? If it's got a 18 you could..ahem...try a trials tyre.

[Big Dave]

Whaddabout our little KB jaunt?
Are you coming to Te Wera, Davey Boy?

yeah - I've done a few thousand K's of dirt lately.

I was in Te Wera till vege told me it was a 3 day episode - the other mags all close on friday and I have to work.

I'm pushing hard for the capital coast. still don't have a confirmed bike and the buell won't do it - and still have a muffler anyway.

'press' irons in several fires at the mo.

[Big Dave]

Pic 3 A nice picture of Big Daves behind

Wow - thanks - Half the arse I used to be!!!
2yrs of hard yards and minus 50 kg later

[chris]

I guess it's got a 17? If it's got a 18 you could..ahem...try a trials tyre.

It's an 18" and will be getting knobs at replacement time. Maybe I'll try a knobbie on my TLR.

[merv]

My one and only Adventure ride was this event in 2003. I really enjoyed it but my bum didn't. Sitting on a board with nails sticking out would have added much needed comfort to the XR's seat.
Pic 1 Red Rocks coast
Pic 2 Long gully after the challenge section - Is that you Merv?
Pic 3 A nice picture of Big Daves behind
Pic 4 Breathless view over Porirua Harbour. I'll be riding nearby in the Enduro this saturday but don't think I'll get any time for the views.
Pic 5 I went down the roads in the background. I had missed the turnoff and was lost. Got put right by a forestry contractor before I went to far.
Pic 6 Sorch marks on the firey beast earlier in the day. My bike got a bit burnt too.

Yeah you got it, that was me in 2003 on my DR250R, my Bro' following on his DR350SE. So if you were the guy on the XR650R you appeared in some of my photos too. So how'd the fire happen?

Anyway everyone, tomorrow it is - who'll be there? I will and my Bro' will be back too. Look out for me on the WR250F with a Kiwi Rider and a KB sticker on its front number board.

[clint640]

I'm countin' the hours. The bike is freshly serviced, loaded, fueled & ready to go. Will be heading down this arvo about 3. See ya there.

Cheers
Clint

[Fryin Finn]

Yeah you got it, that was me in 2003 on my DR250R, my Bro' following on his DR350SE. So if you were the guy on the XR650R you appeared in some of my photos too. So how'd the fire happen?

Anyway everyone, tomorrow it is - who'll be there? I will and my Bro' will be back too. Look out for me on the WR250F with a Kiwi Rider and a KB sticker on its front number board.

The fire happened in the challenge section behind Newlands. I dropped the bike (gently) in a ditch with a big PVC pipe running through it and when we got it out the start proceedure was 4 kicks ignition off and compression release engaged then kick over. It backfired and set fire to the grass which was liberally doused with petrol from my carb overflow pipe. It would have been funny except I was shitting my self seeing my bike on fire and it could have set the hill ablaze which was directly under my best friends house. Fortunately there were plenty of fire extinguishers at hand and I was saved to carry on.
Won't be doing tomorrows ride - too lazy to street legalise the gas gas and it's not the right bike for this kind of thing