Dusty Butt 1,000km adventure ride

**warewolf** · 29th March 2007, 21:47

For the Easter break, I'll be based at Patarau on the west coast. Might do some exploring of the Aorere goldfields if anyone is interested in joining in the fun.

**PLUG** · 29th March 2007, 21:55

Originally Posted by warewolf

For the Easter break, I'll be based at Patarau on the west coast. Might do some exploring of the Aorere goldfields if anyone is interested in joining in the fun.

what day ... busy Fri & Sat ...

**far queue** · 29th March 2007, 22:02

Sounds like Easter's going to be busy. I'm doing a day ride up to Blenheim for the airshow on the Sat or Sun depending on the weather. But I'd be keen to get out on the DR for a day sometime over the weekend too.

**Transalper** · 29th March 2007, 22:09

Originally Posted by far queue

.. But I'd be keen to get out on the DR for a day sometime over the weekend too.

Geeez... does yours still run, as in not all rusted and seized thru inactivity while you've been lovin the Duke.

**far queue** · 29th March 2007, 22:21

Originally Posted by Transalper

Geeez... does your still run, as in not all rusted and seized thru inactivity while you've been lovin the Duke.

Yup. Now that the dust is getting damped down a bit I need to show it I still care.

The Duc is the "Sexy Italian Redhead"

The DR is the "Dirty Girl"

They both have their good points

**warewolf** · 29th March 2007, 22:25

Originally Posted by PLUG

what day ... busy Fri & Sat ...

Make it Sun or Mon? Come out to Patarau and camp the night??

**Transalper** · 29th March 2007, 22:30

Originally Posted by PLUG

... OR ...
You could head out to Lake Sumner from Waipara, that another good ride ... up hiway 7 to Waipara, hang a L & on to viagraville [hard-on] (Hawarden) & follow the sign posts to Lake Sumner ...

You could include the Pyramid Valley in that one too. Head South for a moment then inland through the Valley and up toward Hawarden then turn left and to the Lakes. One of my older Youtube videos is done in winter mostly around the 4x4 that starts at Lake Taylor and goes on to Loch Katriene. The puddles in the video are probably empty at the moment.
Funny, J and I were just thinking about another trip through there... the other ride Plug mentioned involving Gore Bay is a really good one I want to repeat soon too.

**PLUG** · 29th March 2007, 22:45

Originally Posted by warewolf

Make it Sun or Mon? Come out to Patarau and camp the night??

hmmmm ... get back to ya

**cooneyr** · 30th March 2007, 09:45

Originally Posted by warewolf

Make it Sun or Mon? Come out to Patarau and camp the night??

Sorry not for me. I'm due back in Chch on Sunday. Next summer when i have plenty of time I'm keen to do a run over that way for a couple of days - anatori, aorere, bainham (and further south), wharariki, cobb, clifton, totaranui etc etc

Cheers R

**Transalper** · 30th March 2007, 10:54

DB07... part 1...in to the darkness... about the first 5minutes of the edit...to be continued.......
[YOUTUBE]Wm8HjpDFiRk[/YOUTUBE]

or rough 9mb DivX version here (DivX version6.4) (save target as)
If you have DivX and still can't play the video then you probably have an outdated version.
I get mine here... the K-Lite Codec pack including Media Player Classic and DivX 6 Pro for encoding too.

**PLUG** · 30th March 2007, 19:18

pretty good quality shit there TA ... i'll have a copy when ya have a finished cut ... what was it ... $30 ... cheap @ twice the price ...

**NordieBoy** · 30th March 2007, 21:06

My bike sounds sweet

RIP SuperTrapp

**NordieBoy** · 1st April 2007, 20:38

Did a route reversal and backtracked the Dusty Butt from Nelson up to Mt Arthur today.
The Dovedale Hill and Jacobs Ladder are sweet, hardpack dirt with a dusting of gravel.
The run up to Mt Arthur is severely washboarded in sections but still fun.

Should be good for you guys next weekend