South Island Passes Ride 2008

[SDU]

Great write up peoples! Wanna see the dirty, spills & thrill piccies too
Glad everyone having a ball bugger about lees valley but there is always another day eh!
Way to go with the scrambler!

[NordieBoy]

Great write up peoples! Wanna see the dirty, spills & thrill piccies too

No spill photos sorry...

[Jantar]

Great write up Helen,

Now we wait for Jacks story about the Blonde Brit. And what about that other young lady from Christchurch who seemed keen on him?

[cooneyr]

Did anybody happen to carry a GPSr with them on this ride? I'm really keen to get hold of any data I can for my new web site (see my signature)

Cheers R

[oldrider]

From 32 prospective entrants down to 1 and finally a DNF!

2008 will not go down as a good year for KB Passes ride records, will it! John.

[marks]

Hanging out at marks house tonight. Sweet run to the ferry through the Rai Valley and a play with a Subaru Imprezza around Queen Charlotte drive.
Havn't decided the final route home yet, but might do the Wanganui River Rd for old time sake.
My ride although not steadfast to the Passes ride, turned out to be exactly what I was craving.
Photos will get posted once I make it home.
Great to meet those along the way.

This should of been posted under tri boys user, but marks wanted all the glory.lol(plus i'm dumb).

[Jantar]

From 32 prospective entrants down to 1 and finally a DNF!

2008 will not go down as a good year for KB Passes ride records, will it! John.

It certainly will not. But to Jack, and those who did part of it. I won't organise one for next year, So the next one will be 2010 then every 2nd year.

[marks]

2008 will not go down as a good year for KB Passes ride records, will it! John.

this is not Tri Boy - that plonker has gone to bed....

I would have thought that a group of people riding a fair chunk of the South Island safely (except for Tri Boys camera) and having a lot of fun doing it would have to be considered a complete success? (it motivated me to get off my butt and do the Molesworth and Rainbows because I had Tri Boy there to hold my hand)

seems to me that the basic concept of the passes ride is slightly flawed simply because the tarmac to dirt ratio is so high. each to their own....

[NordieBoy]

seems to me that the basic concept of the passes ride is slightly flawed simply because the tarmac to dirt ratio is so high. each to their own....

It's an adventure ride, not a dirt adventure ride.
The Dusty Butt was a dirt adventure ride and the Tasman Dust Buster will be too.

There has to be some rides for the more road biased bikes/riders out there.

Hopefully I'll be on the next passes ride.

[cooneyr]

..... Tasman Dust Buster ........

Speaketh more of said ride???????

Hopefully I'll be on the next passes ride.

Me too.

Cheers R

[marks]

There has to be some rides for the more road biased bikes/riders out there.

nah

screw them

main roads/state highways are evil

[JATZ]

"Tasman Dust Buster will be too."

This sounds interesting

[tri boy]

Home safe. Will sort through some pics tomorrow.
Kanny's B/day today, so I need to gift wrap something for her.

[marks]

Home safe. Will sort through some pics tomorrow.
Kanny's B/day today, so I need to gift wrap something for her.

won't take long to wrap something that small

[Jantar]

nah

screw them

main roads/state highways are evil

So are you saying that a ride over every pass that has a road over it should miss out all passes on sealed roads (13 out of 26)?