2008 Grand Challenge

[scorpious]

whats the 2008 grand challenge? Someone put it in the upcoming events.

sounds like fun. how do I join?

[xgnr]

whats the 2008 grand challenge? Someone put it in the upcoming events.

sounds like fun. how do I join?

Here is the website for the Rusty Nuts. Check out the link to future rides.

http://www.rustynuts.co.nz

Cheers

Stu

[Hitcher]

whats the 2008 grand challenge? Someone put it in the upcoming events.

sounds like fun. how do I join?

You've missed this year's. Next year's will be the weekend before Labour Weekend, starting from Turangi on the Saturday afternoon.

[scorpious]

Here is the website for the Rusty Nuts. Check out the link to future rides.

http://www.rustynuts.co.nz

Cheers

Stu

cheers.......

[xgnr]

Got home at about 2 and have spent the last 2 hours trying to (successfully) get my top-box open (long story... how do loose items get tangled around locking devices by themselves??)

Anyways, as RIB posted it was a bloody hard ride with much more time pressure than last year. The route was tortuous with a couple of nasty tracks to add to the "challenge".

Weather was marginal but coulda been worse. Some reported sleet on the Desert Rd (it was 1degree when I went through but I suspect the fast ones hit the yukky stuff)

When I checked my run rate it was marginal all the way with little room for any contingency for getting lost (which was very easy to do) repairing flat tyres or relaxed stops.

Glad to have done it and will try to put a ride report together soon after :-)

p.s. nice to meet a number of KB members

Stu

[Taz]

another excellent GC. Cary, I and shane left at 3:12 and finished at 10:58am with 4 hours to spare. A bit more tight stuff this year but only took us a little longer. The key is to keep a good pace and keep your stops to the absolute minimum. Awesome ride home today.
Andy.

[Taz]

p.s. nice to meet a number of KB members

Stu

Nice to meet you too Stu. Was a good ride.

[banditrider]

Well congrats ta those that made it. There was 28 that pull out on the GC. A lot of them regulars. I was one of them. Will give ya the details later when I have time. The short of it was it was a good hard ride and 1200km in I got to tied and running late. Pulle cause I didn't want ta be a truck ornament.

Thanks again ta the Rusties for one hell of a ride.

Top marks for not becoming a hood ornament - pulling out was on my mind a couple of times for basically same reason. I was feeling decidedly crook at times but came right after a rest stop at daybreak. No sense in crashing out cause you're knackered.

It was a challenge this year...

[xgnr]

Goldwings don't carry spare tyres... much to my surprise

This puncture was caused by a piece of bone. Go figure.

Best news was that the GW had a pump as an accessory... and it was in daylight and fine weather.

[insomnia01]

Top marks for not becoming a hood ornament - pulling out was on my mind a couple of times for basically same reason. I was feeling decidedly crook at times but came right after a rest stop at daybreak. No sense in crashing out cause you're knackered.

It was a challenge this year...

the nightshift from waipukurau to masterton caught a few people out I hear & then to contend with drunken youths on the streets of masterton was heavy.. I found heaven at the Wild bean cafe in Taihape I forget how many " SHOTS " I asked the lady to put in my coffee but it did the trick alright

[mangell6]

Goldwings don't carry spare tyres... much to my surprise

This puncture was caused by a piece of bone. Go figure.

Best news was that the GW had a pump as an accessory... and it was in daylight and fine weather.

So that explains why someone was on the ground looking at the back of the bike when we rode past.

-- RIB --

I wonder if it was the pie you ate at Waioru that caused you to get sleepy, you looked reasonably awake when you left us.

Was great fun and a definite challange.

For those entrepid people ther is always the Southern Cross ride in March 09 . . . . .

[banditrider]

For those entrepid people ther is always the Southern Cross ride in March 09 . . . . .

See you there...

[bryce]

i had heaps of fun,was 2hr 5m ahead by masterton 4 hr + by roto vages.before the gn gave up,it took me just over 4 hr to get it running and made it back with 10 min to spear .desert road was fine when i went through at 3 till my lights had to go out or the motor would die ,it took me 8-10 ks before i remembered i had a torch .would have fin in 19 .5 hr .7th bike on the road.broke down 7:05 waited till 9 ,4 the next bike to till same one i was out.a big thanks to tom 4 helping me get going and loaning a stranger his new battery charger its in the mail.and thanks to the rusty that helped find the rear brake light switch as it got rid of the problem .thanks to all the bikes that let me through from te kuiti to nationl park and sorry to the two that just about didn,t .thank the rusty crew a realy cool ride ,loved the bit around waitomo,and i didn,t no i had ridin 52 10 or 20 times but never north to south a totally dif road i had no idear where the hair pins where,

[bryce]

i had heaps of fun,was 2hr 5m ahead by masterton 4 hr + by roto vages.before the gn gave up,it took me just over 4 hr to get it running and made it back with 10 min to spear .desert road was fine when i went through at 3 till my lights had to go out or the motor would die ,it took me 8-10 ks before i remembered i had a torch .would have fin in 19 .5 hr .7th bike on the road.broke down 7:05 waited till 9 ,4 the next bike to till same one i was out.a big thanks to tom 4 helping me get going and loaning a stranger his new battery charger its in the mail.and thanks to the rusty that helped find the rear brake light switch as it got rid of the problem .thanks to all the bikes that let me through from te kuiti to nationl park and sorry to the two that just about didn,t .thank the rusty crew a realy cool ride ,loved the bit around waitomo,and i didn,t no i had ridin 52 10 or 20 times but never north to south a totally dif road i had no idear where the hair pins where,

[Forest]

Goldwings don't carry spare tyres... much to my surprise

This puncture was caused by a piece of bone. Go figure.

Best news was that the GW had a pump as an accessory... and it was in daylight and fine weather.

I got there just as the GW rider was pumping up his tyre.

Someone gave him a tyre plug. So he repaired the flat on the side of the road, pumped it up, and continued onward.