The Not The Brass Monkey Rally

**Jantar** · 3rd June 2007, 17:40

Over the past three or four years some members of the Chatto Creek Club have been feeling a bit disillusioned about the Brass Monkey Rally. The main grumbles have been that the event is getting stale, over commercialised, poorer bon fires and the evening bands have been rubbish.

This year there was an alternative event held at Chatto Creek. It wasn't advertised, just a bit of word of mouth, and it isn't intended to compete with the Brass Monkey, just provide something a bit livelier at a good venue. The owner of the Chatto Creek Tavern supplied the Music providing we supported the Tavern Bar, and allowed us to set up our tents in the Tavern grounds.

Most Chatto Creek members met at the Tavern around midday and rode to the brass Monkey site via the Ida Valley, then completed the loop back to Chatto Creek. Only a couple of us went through the gate to the Brass itself, and I did catch up with a few KBers, but couldn't find any of the Dunedin contingent. As the rain got heavier and turned to the South I also headed back to Chatto Creek.

**Jantar** · 3rd June 2007, 17:57

The Chatto Creek Tavern beer garden became tent city with 11 quite large tents and a house bus.

The muso was the same guy who entertained at the Brass Monkey during the afternoon, and he was really good. He kept the volume to a level that we could actually hear the music and not just get driven away by noise. He also played the normal rally songs; Stairway to Heaven, Another Brick in the Wall, American Pie, etc. and we all sang along with him. However he did through a few curve balls and you had to listen as he kept changing the words and making them more appropriate to the occassion. There was plenty of dancing till everyone finally crashed somewhere around 2:00 am.

All up there were around 30 motorcyclists, and for a short time we were joined by the Matakanui rugby team as they did a pub crawl from their winning match against Queenstown.

It was a great event, and will be repeated next year.

**oldrider** · 3rd June 2007, 17:58

Here I was cursing my bad back for a raw deal, not even a nice day ride to the Brass this year!

Looking at your pics and reading your post and putting it together with the tales of the riders that called in on the way home!

Looks like my back did me a favour.

John.

**dangerous** · 3rd June 2007, 18:22

Originally Posted by Jantar

I did catch up with a few KBers, but couldn't find any of the Dunedin contingent.

I only reconise Ghost Bullet, who are the other 2?

Originally Posted by Jantar

Over the past three or four years some members of the Chatto Creek Club have been feeling a bit disillusioned about the Brass Monkey Rally. The main grumbles have been that the event is getting stale, over commercialised, poorer bon fires and the evening bands have been rubbish.

I thought that started happening at the begining of the 90's NOTHING beets the 80's Brass.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 3rd June 2007, 18:32

Originally Posted by Jantar

Only a couple of us went through the gate to the Brass itself, and I did catch up with a few KBers, but couldn't find any of the Dunedin contingent. As the rain got heavier and turned to the South I also headed back to Chatto Creek.

You have left before we got there...

**Jantar** · 3rd June 2007, 18:48

Originally Posted by dangerous

I only reconise Ghost Bullet, who are the other 2?

They will be coming up on the Jigsaw thread shortly.

**Ghost_Bullet** · 3rd June 2007, 19:04

Originally Posted by dangerous

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I thought that started happening at the begining of the 90's NOTHING beets the 80's Brass.

If only there was some way to time travel... old School is sometimes the best, even if it may mean it was before I was big enough to have been there.

**laRIKin** · 3rd June 2007, 19:14

Originally Posted by Ghost_Bullet

If only there was some way to time travel... old School is sometimes the best, even if it may mean it was before I was big enough to have been there.

Is that a dig at some of us getting old?
But yes the good old days with the coppers full of free soup.

**botb** · 3rd June 2007, 19:23

O ya poor ole buggers eh next you'll be bitching that they don't provide parks for your support nurse and the zimmerframes lol

**laRIKin** · 3rd June 2007, 19:42

Originally Posted by botb

O ya poor ole buggers eh next you'll be bitching that they don't provide parks for your support nurse and the zimmerframes lol

No I just want them to keep out the young cheeky whipper snappers out.

There is good and bad, for one we do not have to be banana and wear yellow wet weather gear any more.

**mbazza** · 3rd June 2007, 20:32

Hi Jantar,
Great to meet you at the Brass Monkey. Good to chat to you about the amazing V-strom. Well done in getting your photos up so quickly. The Chatto Creek alt. Looks interesting. Cheers mbazza.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 4th June 2007, 10:24

Originally Posted by mbazza

Hi Jantar,
Great to meet you at the Brass Monkey. Good to chat to you about the amazing V-strom. Well done in getting your photos up so quickly. The Chatto Creek alt. Looks interesting. Cheers mbazza.

Ah... the lurker that has finally done 1 or 2 posts... hehehehe...