ANZAC Day adventure ... Canterbury

[alfonz]

hey pete did you have a go at the track up the side of porters have to get trye for my bike have been trying to get a dunlop d 606 by are like hens teeth to get anywhere got any surgestions want to try something different from tkc 80 cheers alf

[PLUG]

hey pete did you have a go at the track up the side of porters have to get trye for my bike have been trying to get a dunlop d 606 by are like hens teeth to get anywhere got any surgestions want to try something different from tkc 80 cheers alf

bit late for that Alf ... grab what you can get in the way of a block pattern knobbly ... no big deal if you can't, you'll just have to ride the road to the top ... the track ain't going anywhere so it can be ridden at a later date

[cooneyr]

Just been lookingat the WX maps for Wed. Looks like should be fine with a nor wester. I'd guess cloud building up about the western tops in the arvo and a little chilly up high all day.

If it is a rear you are after Alf (I'm guessing it is) give me a bell. I've got a rear D606 with about 600kms (good condition still) on it sitting in the shed you could buy.

Have a good one guys.

Cheers R

[Lugzy23]

How is it, spoke to one of you guys the other day about comming on the ride, tryed to e-mail him but got no reply, so am guessing it didnt work. Is it sweet for new guys to tag along? This is my first post so not too sure how this all works, am keen to get into a bit more adventure riding, cause it a bit boring with mates who have AG 100's. Can I just meet you at the west coast road meeting point? Any special gear apart from tools that I need? KLR should be sweet for gas as Ive got 23 litres to play with. Currently running a trail wing on the back, and still got the stock dunlop on the front, will they be alright? Thanks for the help

[NordieBoy]

AG100's boring?

[Transalper]

AG100's boring?

mmm... Nordie, where did that come from...what relevance to the ANZAC day ride does it have?
Did you post in the wrong thread?

ps. those lotto numbers from your "newby post" thread were faulty

[Transalper]

How is it, spoke to one of you guys the other day about comming on the ride, tryed to e-mail him but got no reply.....

Hi, glad to see you here.... outside Pitlane was me, never got ya email so was starting to think ya weren't as interested as ya sounded.
Must have been a typo in the email address.

Bring ya lunch, everything else sounds sweet.
See ya there.

[PLUG]

land permission ... check
weather forecast ...
lets do it

general plan for the day ... 7:45 meet @ the Pier New Brighton, dip ya tyres & off ...
hook up with those waiting @ Hiway 73 & Old Westcoast Rd 8:30 ... be ready to roll as we won't be stopping ... on up Old Westcoast Rd to Intake Rd ... hang a right there & up the track by the Waimac to the gorge bridge ... hall outa there & next stop Springfield

time to meet & greet, gas up, grab some grub & pay ya $20 ... on on ... those with knobs on their tyres have the option of a challenge section up the guts of Porters Pass ... otherwise it's the road ... hang a left at Lake Lyndon & on to the Harper Rd turn off ... now we're almost there

spend whats left of the day on the otherside of locked gate riding Mt ... & having a good poke around the area ...

NEED to be back at Hororata before 5pm/the gas station shuts ... pie & a pint @ the pub ... then mozy on home ...

[Lugzy23]

Yeah ta for that.
Have spoken to Plug and now know what the go is, sounds really good. Sorry I must have stuffed up the e-mail address, but managed to get through so all is well. Will meet you at Westcoast turn off.

Cheers

[NordieBoy]

mmm... Nordie, where did that come from...what relevance to the ANZAC day ride does it have?

The post previous to mine

ps. those lotto numbers from your "newby post" thread were faulty

Yeah, I checked and it looks like they were last weeks numbers.
Damn precognition is playing up again.

[Transalper]

The post previous to mine ..

Ahh.. right you are... might have to go clean my glasses.

[alfonz]

hi pete got the rear sorted d 606 from cycle treads must have looked in the wrong place when i askes two weeks ago its on the bike and ready to go will be at peir at 8 to make start so will catch up if you guys have left thank R for the offer of trye

[PLUG]

will be at peir at 8 to make start so will catch up if you guys have left

aeee alf ... will wait for you ... 8:05 then outa there

[Transalper]

Well that was a big day, big turn out, lots a adventurers i'd not met before.
Well done everyone, thanks to Plug for setting us up and to everyone who helped me pick the DR up... I think everyone dropped their bikes today at some point, some more than others. Timg impressed the heck out of me taking the shiny red Transalp all the way and i think he fell over less than i did.
I was relieved to get off the mountains and back on normal gravel.
I ran out of tape about half way thru the day, so am about to sit down to tea and have a look at what i got.

[fireliv]

Bugger!! Havent been on KB for a while, and just found this post!!! I'm sure PhoenixGTR at least would have come, and I might have come for some of it...oh well next time! Insted took the push bikes for a ride in the morning, and the motorised ones in the afternoon...