Up Molesworth down Rainbow

[Transalper]

Another day then Peachvw.
See the rest of you tonight.
I still estimate me leaving town about 9/9:30pm.

[The Mistress]

Oooh sounds choice fullahs...
Will salivate over your reports.
Am just coming to terms with handling multitudinous, occasionally mutinous 14 year old boys (in the behaviour management sense of 'handling' of course), after a month spent sailing Lake Hawea and Te Anau and motorcyling round the lake, Haast Pass, Jackson river, Waikaia River...
Must...conserve...energy...for a wee bit, till I get back in the swing at least.
Till then, keep me posted and I'll live vicariously through your adventures

[JATZ]

Home safe guys. Damn that sproket was looking sick by the time we got here, chain was a little sloppy too.
Skid mark looks really impressive on the big screen
Great trip, great company, look forward to doing it all again

[NordieBoy]

Skid mark looks really impressive on the big screen

Ummm....

Do we want to see that?

[Transalper]

I'm home too, after Fish & Chips at Culverden about 9pm.
We started the ride this morning at 8am and I'm sure we were told somewhere here it would be about 8 hours Hanmer to Hanmer... guess that means that our about 12 hour trip was a big day. Then we still had to get home.

Here's my pic of the long black mark. I highlighted it with some red dots but basiclly it starts with a rear wheel lockup at the guys down the road and finished where the bike is.

You want more detail... ha, well you just have to wait untill I wake up sometime tomorow or until someone else posts.
Needless to say it could have been messy.

[Ronnie]

Well done TA, good pic, and quick too. Big day, nice ride, plenty scenery, no major mishaps, just small ones, at least everybody back in Hanmer in 1 piece. And for jatz too, glad she made it back to Mot ok!

[RedKLR650]

Oooh sounds choice fullahs...
Will salivate over your reports. Must...conserve...energy...for a wee bit, till I get back in the swing at least. Till then, keep me posted and I'll live vicariously through your adventures

Just home safely back to Timmers at around midnight, and still downloading the approx 6Gb of photos from the day

Here's a couple to keep you going until tomorrow when I get some more up

Great day guys and girls

See you all next time

Stu

[merv]

Crikey that last photo makes it look cold at this time of the year.

Looking forward to your full reports.

[nigelp]

Cheers for the awesome trip yesterday guys and thanks to Shrek for organising accomodation and access! Will have a sort through the pics I have taken also and throw a few of them up!

[Transalper]

Crikey that last photo makes it look cold at this time of the year..

Yes, not sure if it was dew or frost but I can tell you we froze our asses off for the first hour or so.

1-low clouds/mist in the valley
2-spot the dust trails from the bikes ahead.
3-just another view
4-see what's wrong with this picture/bike... the cause of the big black skid mark reported earlier.

[NordieBoy]

4-see what's wrong with this picture/bike... the cause of the big black skid mark reported earlier.

Some silly bugger put the chain on the wrong side!

[marks]

I will hopefully be toolting down the Molesworth tomorrow with Tri Boy. Anything we should watch out for? (apart from chains being on the wrong side)

cheers



Mark

[nigelp]

There are corrugations on most the climbs and descents, make sure you take your false teeth out first!

[Skinny_Birdman]

see what's wrong with this picture/bike... the cause of the big black skid mark reported earlier.

What is it with Funduros and chains, eh Transalper?

Glad you all had a good time, D & I spent Tuesday night freezing our butts off camping al fresco at Silvia Flat. Brrrr

[426crasher]

A great days riding and great company too. Good accomodation you set up there shrek, hey hows the bee sting shrek, mines still itching but it's gone down a wee bit now. Well done to Alison for keeping the beemer upright during THAT lock up, was err interesting to watch from behind. About 70 mtrs long some said. Crawled home about 10.30 with pevs and our 1 candle power headlights, WR lights say no more!! After 550 kms on the WR plank err sorry i mean seat i was sure glad to get off. Looking forward to the next time out. Lastly some pics of the day.
1- At the old swing bridge
2- The Acheron river
3- Shrek leads the charge
4- Check out the black line