South Island passes adventure ride

**miSTa** · 11th January 2007, 20:54

Originally Posted by Ruralman

Look forward to that mate, and to meeting a few of the other adventure riders from ChCh I haven't met yet. Its a bit of a bugger that work gets in the way of real life sometimes aye!!

Yep, work is a pain in the ars...neck, pays the bills though. The chch adv riders arn't a bad bunch though the ones that live within a 100km radius of me have some dodgy characteristics

**far queue** · 11th January 2007, 21:11

Originally Posted by Mr Sensible

The chch adv riders arn't a bad bunch though the ones that live within a 100km radius of me have some dodgy characteristics

**miSTa** · 11th January 2007, 21:17

Originally Posted by far queue

Guilty conscience FQ? That was a typo anyway - should've been 10km

**far queue** · 11th January 2007, 21:18

Originally Posted by Jantar

I for one would appreciate a local guide when we do the Okuku - Lees section on the Wednesday 14th.

Originally Posted by lemans

I would like to but have this thing called work.
I know that you will enjoy the trip around the Lees Valley.

Depending on if we get a summer longer than two days.

What he said. I'll be sure to catch up with you guys while you're here though.

**far queue** · 11th January 2007, 21:20

Originally Posted by Mr Sensible

Guilty conscience FQ? That was a typo anyway - should've been 10km

Still applies - I'm within 10km of you - mate!

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 11th January 2007, 21:34

I am still planning to ride to Oamaru (on Sunday 11th Feb) cant do the full ride as verk verk verk... verk sux

**warewolf** · 12th January 2007, 07:31

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Jantar

Monday 12th: to Blenheim.

This will be my only chance of catching up with you fellahs, maybe I can scoot over the Maungatapu Saddle to dine with you in Blenheim?

Really looks like an excellent adventure

**NordieBoy** · 12th January 2007, 10:43

That sounds do-able for me too.

**SDU** · 12th January 2007, 15:32

Originally Posted by Mr Sensible

The chch adv riders arn't a bad bunch though the ones that live within a 100km radius of me have some dodgy characteristics

There was nothing wrong with the Chch adv crew until someone bought a BMW along

**RedKLR650** · 13th January 2007, 12:05

Originally Posted by Jantar

Sunday 11th Feb: Leave Dunedin and head north taking the coastal route. Turn inland at Glenavy and head to Wahou Downs. Then over Meyers Pass into the Hakataramea Valley. Over Hakataramea Pass to Haldon Rd. A short detour 15 minutes to the south to Little Pass and possibly Big Pass, then U-turn and head to McKenzie Pass. Then onto Burkes Pass. From here its................

Hi all, me and a mate on a Africa Twin did the Meyers Pass / Haka Pass / McKenzie Pass thing during a mental health day yesterday ( gotta have some excuse for taking time off work :-) Anyway, a good place to stop for a photo opportunity or just a breather ( as you will have left Dunedin a few hrs earlier ) is 10.5km in from the eastern end of the shingle road on Myers Pass. This is about a km before the stone bridge as there is no-where there to stop there really except for on the road. The place I mention is also a good place for a headcount, as between the start and that point, there are a lot of blind corners with VERY BIG drops and bluffs and there is no such thing as Armco through here, and it would be easy for someone to have a moment and to have shot over the edge and no-one would know it had happened unless following closely, so I seriously reccomend a head count at that point.....

Another thing, at the bottom end of the Haka Pass they are replacing all the powerpoles damaged in the big snow of June '06 so there is a lot of shingle on many of the corners, also once you get past the past Cattle Creek there are some knarly potholes but nothing axlebreaking as long as you're alert. All of the fords through to the Haldon Road are low ( Under 250mm ) at present, but that's obviously weather dependant. Most of the way is covered by very shallow or no shingle, so this allows for fast low dust riding. I intend to ride this route again sometime next week with the GPS to note any major things you should look out for.... Cheers, Stu
A couple of shots attached
P.S. We also ran into "Shiner " the girl from Welly on the Beemer 650F in the Haka

**Ruralman** · 13th January 2007, 14:51

Originally Posted by RedKLR650

Hi all, me and a mate on a Africa Twin did the Meyers Pass / Haka Pass / McKenzie Pass rs, Stu
A couple of shots attached
P.S. We also ran into "Shiner " the girl from Welly on the Beemer 650F in the Haka

Is that Dan Maurice the pom whose doing a Sth Island tour? If so I'm expecting him here next week. Spoke to Shiner and it sounds like she really appreciated having someone to ride with through there, especially through the fords.

Are you joining the Passes trip on the 11th for this bit?

**RedKLR650** · 13th January 2007, 20:50

Originally Posted by Ruralman

Are you joining the Passes trip on the 11th for this bit?

Hi there Ruralman, for sure I'll be there. As mentioned earlier, I'll probably do the local ones again next week ( Myers / Haka / McKenzie next week with the GPS to alert you of any major things to watch out for..... ) If only this bloody rain would stop..... Stu