Nelson Rideouts - Where next?

**cooneyr** · 16th July 2010, 10:13

Originally Posted by umopom

Hi Underground
Yes I'm keen - thought Cooneyr was doing a bit of a DB pre-run - may still as he is in NN this weekend - weather should be OKish.
Cheers
JC

Yep I'm in NN and keen to do a bit of a pre-run. Will make a plan at the BBQ tonight. I stupidly forgot my old fork springs for Colin so not really sure how timing is going to work out for Sat morning but will definitely do something. Might just have to be a lunchtime start though that might not be too bad given the amount of ice around the place when we drove up last night.

Cheers R

**umopom** · 16th July 2010, 16:35

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Yep I'm in NN and keen to do a bit of a pre-run. Will make a plan at the BBQ tonight. I stupidly forgot my old fork springs for Colin so not really sure how timing is going to work out for Sat morning but will definitely do something. Might just have to be a lunchtime start though that might not be too bad given the amount of ice around the place when we drove up last night.

Cheers R

OK - name a time and place and we'll see who turns up
Cheers
JC

**cooneyr** · 16th July 2010, 22:55

OK plan coming together. Meeting time and place is 10 am at Mobile Ridchmond

Roughly Spooners Range to Golden Downs, over to Hope Saddle then back to Tadmore, back over Spooners Range and home. Lots and lots of forestry tracks. Very easy to get lost so may be a fair bit of GPS checking going on. Also may be locked gates etc.

Cheers R

**umopom** · 17th July 2010, 23:14

Another good day and good company - hope the bike got you back OK Cooneyr? We must get this permit thing sorted - I will do some investigation.
Cheers
JC

**NordieBoy** · 18th July 2010, 08:09

Originally Posted by umopom

Another good day and good company - hope the bike got you back OK Cooneyr? We must get this permit thing sorted - I will do some investigation.
Cheers
JC

Ask in Morleys. The president and secretary of the Nelson Motorcycle Club and the region MNZ rep all work there. They should know who to ask.

Shane will know as well.

**NordieBoy** · 18th July 2010, 08:13

Well after a little jog yesterday my calf has locked up

No way is it up to 3 hours of standing in a race so I'm taking the DR up and doing marshalling and photos and staying warm and stopping when I want and taking a thermos of coffee.

**cooneyr** · 18th July 2010, 08:24

Originally Posted by umopom

Another good day and good company - hope the bike got you back OK Cooneyr? We must get this permit thing sorted - I will do some investigation.
Cheers
JC

Yep got home no worries. At least we didn't get a bollocking from the Forestry Guy. Keen to hear how you get on re the permits.

Cheers R

**zeRax** · 18th July 2010, 11:09

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Well after a little jog yesterday my calf has locked up

No way is it up to 3 hours of standing in a race so I'm taking the DR up and doing marshalling and photos and staying warm and stopping when I want and taking a thermos of coffee.

you're as bad as me!, any excuse hey! -_- i know i cant do KDX action right now, it would be paintown

**NordieBoy** · 18th July 2010, 22:04

I think it was harder marshalling than racing.

Almost.

I was riding from 9:30am 'till around 5pm.

The pick of the day for me would have been the noise of the Akrapovic'd KTM 950SE going past at full song with the rider "yee haa!"ing away

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**MyGSXF:Me** · 18th July 2010, 22:25

woohooo... whadda AWESOME day yesterday!!!

was sooo good to be out on the gravel again! but geez my arms are sore today...

had an absolute blast.. & no off's!!!

1 oh shit moment tho...

the scenery was stunning, & was great to catch up with some old faces & meet some new ones!!

Thanks heaps Will!!!!!!!

**Underground** · 18th July 2010, 22:50

Nice social sort of a day out yesterday, got to chat to quite a few interesting people along the way and covered a fair bit of ground despite a bit of down time and backtracking .
didnt get to take many pics tho