Shafty's First Grand Challenge

[clint640]

Good writeup Shafty, it was fun trying to keep ahead of ya through Waipoua! The Sherpa could do with a bit more spread on the headlight for that sort of tight stuff. Cheers for letting us past several times, the twistys are the only place to make up time on the Sherpa!

Well done Shafty!

Maybe next year you won't have so much of a fuel advantage over us. The Super Sherpa has a 9L tank and because it was being worked so hard the economy dived, 180km was about a safe maximum. I haven't seen Clint's numbers but we thought it was using more fuel than the 640.
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The worst I got was on the first leg, 5.1 L/100km, definitely more than my 640 would have used at the same pace. It got a bit better on the downwind run, getting down to 4.2L/100km. With Rosie on it it gets more like 3.7 L/100km

Cheers
Clint

[shafty]

Awesome write up mate, and well done on completing the GC - no naked frolicking this time ??
are you doing the 'mini returns' next year ?

Gidday Mate - how are ya doin? No streaking - too wet Mate (Affects the audience !)

I'm not doing The Mini Run but Highlander is...

[shafty]

Great write up esp. for us that couldn't make it.

Glad to see you made it back safe and sound.

Cheers Max, hows it going with you?

[shafty]

Well done Shafty!

Maybe next year you won't have so much of a fuel advantage over us. The Super Sherpa has a 9L tank and because it was being worked so hard the economy dived, 180km was about a safe maximum. I haven't seen Clint's numbers but we thought it was using more fuel than the 640.

The 640 averaged 4.8L/100km for the run, so 450km to res and 525km to empty. Clint's 18L tank on his 640E should go 350km, twice the range of the wee Sherpa!

The Opononi Tavern was pumping when we went through; any other time I would've stopped for a bevvy with the locals.

Cheers - as I said, you Guys were riding HOT!

[Highlander]

Could almost imagine myself sneaking along in your slip stream while I was reading that....

Really enjoyed the Waipoua forrest the week before you did this - my kind of road.


could be dejavu but I think I read a similar write up on the Rusty nuts website...

[Hitcher]

A great write-up Shafty! Isn't it just great fun?