2008 Grand Challenge

[Forest]

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,

You are a legend!

I was bloody impressed that you managed to get the GN back to Turangi given the challenges you faced.

[xgnr]

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.

Yeah me and a guy on a Honda ST1300 had a wee training session together with him on how to plug a tyre with miscellaneous parts from half used kits. He had his own but it was weird US thing.

THEN the fun began with working out how to fix the puncture (repair by committee is always interesting)
Worked ok, when we headed away the pump was going with no leaks and he had 20PSI and rising.

Does anyone know if he made it on time?

Cheers

Stu

[Cary]

Although I finished in good time I found Andy's pace a little hot at times and eased back on occasion. Didn't have any close calls or anything and enjoyed all the ride.

Andy did most of the navigation and when we dropped back(GS's wern't made to go that fast in the cold,wet,dark Andy) The navagiation Shane and I did wasn't the best!

Good ride and looking forward to the next (with GPS!)

[xgnr]

Cant be arsed with more details just yet but gives you an idea of the tangled web