Night Ride..The Kawasaki Sandpit

[Nordy]

Hold onto your ideas about lighting for the mo as I may have an idea.(thx Nordy).

I entered LED as a search on TM and ended up buying this for $25 delivered. I also bought a 14 unit LED unit for $10 and will be doing some trials to see how good they are. If the 14 LED is OK then we may consider buying 20 or so and hire them out for $5, or maybe Heineken donations.

Standby for the results when I recieve the goods in a couple of days.

how did you get on with my other idea?

[Ktmboy]

Whoa boy, Hold up.

For the uninformed here is the go on the Undie man.

For the last few years this bloke puts in an appearance a couple of times a year. He's starting to be a legend.
He used to park his car at the old car park, get out, look around 360 deg and then run, yes, just like Forest Gump (and I ran and I ran and I ran and then I stopped) in his white jockey Y fronts complete with tea stains on the front (Chop tells me.)

This guy did this in the middle of fuckin winter stripped to the waist. Funny but freakin scary when you were down there by yourself on a winters night.

Then about three hours later he would reappear, still running, from a totally different direction, always dripping wet, jump in his car and be gone.

Since the bike park has moved he has only put in one quest appearance.

The legend lives on....will he be back to show his TWO MOONS on the 2nd August?

[Ktmboy]

how did you get on with my other idea?

Going to drop in to see them to morrow. Cheers.

[barty5]

Whoa boy, Hold up.

For the uninformed here is the go on the Undie man.

For the last few years this bloke puts in an appearance a couple of times a year. He's starting to be a legend.
He used to park his car at the old car park, get out, look around 360 deg and then run, yes, just like Forest Gump (and I ran and I ran and I ran and then I stopped) in his white jockey Y fronts complete with tea stains on the front (Chop tells me.)

This guy did this in the middle of fuckin winter stripped to the waist. Funny but freakin scary when you were down there by yourself on a winters night.

Then about three hours later he would reappear, still running, from a totally different direction, always dripping wet, jump in his car and be gone.

Since the bike park has moved he has only put in one quest appearance.

The legend lives on....will he be back to show his TWO MOONS on the 2nd August?

Ok so thats just freakin weird i feel sad for poor old bambi now

[cheese]

I wonder just what is buried out in that forest sometimes......

[Qkchk:Me]

Whoa boy, Hold up.

For the uninformed here is the go on the Undie man.

For the last few years this bloke puts in an appearance a couple of times a year. He's starting to be a legend.
He used to park his car at the old car park, get out, look around 360 deg and then run, yes, just like Forest Gump (and I ran and I ran and I ran and then I stopped) in his white jockey Y fronts complete with tea stains on the front (Chop tells me.)

This guy did this in the middle of fuckin winter stripped to the waist. Funny but freakin scary when you were down there by yourself on a winters night.

Then about three hours later he would reappear, still running, from a totally different direction, always dripping wet, jump in his car and be gone.

Since the bike park has moved he has only put in one quest appearance.

The legend lives on....will he be back to show his TWO MOONS on the 2nd August?

Surely there are better ways to get your kicks? Like streaking at the Big Day out?

[Cary]

Sounds like fun, expect a few scrapes from the odd unseen branch tho.

WR's good to go Got a rear tail light so I won't get run into.......

[YAMASAKI]

http://www.nightlightning.co.nz/

these things rock(still abit pricey tho), there mainly used in adventure races, locally made too.
forget about the LEDs, go for Luxeon LED setup as they're heaps brighter, check out jaycar, or soanarplus.com (Jaycar's sister company, and much cheaper) if you want to make your own setup for cheaper.

[Danger]

If you want things bright just wait for the sun to come up.

Think I'll just ride around with a ciggy in my mouth.

I don't smoke!

[Ktmboy]

http://www.nightlightning.co.nz/

these things rock(still abit pricey tho), there mainly used in adventure races, locally made too.
forget about the LEDs, go for Luxeon LED setup as they're heaps brighter, check out jaycar, or soanarplus.com (Jaycar's sister company, and much cheaper) if you want to make your own setup for cheaper.

These are the B's n E's. I think these are the ones that Chris Birch has set up for his night races overseas. Last Man Standing and the likes.

[Nordy]

one of the most recent nz mountain biker mags had a night light review that covered ayup, topeak, hope, night lighting and a few others, showed beam output and it was awesome to see the different lights compared. Could be worth a looksee.

[barty5]

ok so any one found one like the old push bike style that salf charges as you go think they had attachment that had small wheel that run on the rim with a small chargeing system in it???? No idea if these have been advanced to give out better light.

[4stroke]

http://www.nightlightning.co.nz/

these things rock(still abit pricey tho), there mainly used in adventure races, locally made too.
forget about the LEDs, go for Luxeon LED setup as they're heaps brighter, check out jaycar, or soanarplus.com (Jaycar's sister company, and much cheaper) if you want to make your own setup for cheaper.

i have 1 on my rifile, mounted to the scope like in one of those pics, they work bloody well.

[forexd]

Another idea....

Night vision goggles!!! There are a few on TM. I will recommend a model that is waterproof and could be used in the water up to around 15m deep. Who knows, you might miss 1 turn...... then another... a big sand dune jump... and splashhh!!!!!! you are swimming!!!!

FUN!!!!

WR's will have no problems that night!!!!

[cheese]

THe lighting kits I was going to make up was the Luxeon or the Cree LED star LEDS. Man those things are bright. And use piss all power!!

Do you think that its better to mount the lights on your helmet or the front fo your bike though?