Wellington Rideouts - Where next?

**pampa** · 12th July 2009, 10:24

Raining over here as well and very cold as well. I'll wait for update ...

Originally Posted by marks

Odlins - KLR and PD would be quite doable (in a fun challenging way - not a "I'm going to die" challenging way) - its the Karapoti/Pram track stuff that I have serious doubts about on the KLR - I can see a lot of potential for pain and broken plastic in there.

If you can get the PD through the Karapoti etc at the moment I will admit I'm a girly KLR rider who can only handle a little one

Anyways...

Its cold and rainy here at the moment so I'm going for a coffee. If the weather clears at all Fred and I will at least do Odlins Rd but maybe not until 12-1

will update later this morning

**Eddieb** · 20th July 2009, 16:14

Dave, after I saw you today I ran into gentleman just down the street who owned a DR and was very interested in doing Sutherlands with a group, he is a KB member but I got the impression he doesn't hang out in here much if at all.

He also tried to claim he was getting too old for adventure riding, I warned him some of our regulars (Hint:Aslan) may have something to say about that.

Anyway hopefully said gentleman will pop up and introduce himself shortly.

**Paladin** · 20th July 2009, 17:45

Originally Posted by Eddieb

Dave, after I saw you today I ran into gentleman just down the street who owned a DR and was very interested in doing Sutherlands with a group, he is a KB member but I got the impression he doesn't hang out in here much if at all.

He also tried to claim he was getting too old for adventure riding, I warned him some of our regulars (Hint:Aslan) may have something to say about that.

Anyway hopefully said gentleman will pop up and introduce himself shortly.

Cool! The more, the merrier!!!

**Kennif** · 20th July 2009, 20:22

Originally Posted by Eddieb

Dave, after I saw you today I ran into gentleman just down the street who owned a DR and was very interested in doing Sutherlands with a group, he is a KB member but I got the impression he doesn't hang out in here much if at all.

He also tried to claim he was getting too old for adventure riding, I warned him some of our regulars (Hint:Aslan) may have something to say about that.

Anyway hopefully said gentleman will pop up and introduce himself shortly.

Hey eddie "tried to claim" is a bit strong!! Its not so much that I sometimes think I'm too old it's just that I have started falling off and breaking bits - of me not of the DR!!

The last time I went down that track I was on my own and fell off coming out of a stream and broke two ribs. It took me an hour and a half to get the DR back upright again, and turned around. So I would be keen to do this ride again only with company!

As far as riding goes I generally do about 35,000k a year - probably mostly on the ST1300 but also on the DR650. How does that compare? Generally I find I can keep up with whatever group I am riding with. However I do have to accept that, these days, when I break something, it takes a lot longer to heal! It makes me think twice which is probably not a bad thing.

But hey - thanks for thinking that I'm a gentleman! Hopefully no one from the U-Sillies Club will see that.
Kennif

**junkmanjoe** · 20th July 2009, 20:28

hi kennif.
mate not all our rides are off road, last weekends one was just a easy ride for all, lunch at the beach.

no matter how old you are or feel,,, cant be as old as paladin...... oh shit now im in trouble...

but hay, you have to meet up with aslan, he has a dr650 as well, and come out with us some day,
more than welcome..
we all look after each other and only ride to our own skills.....well most of us anyway..

cheers
JMJ

**Aslan** · 20th July 2009, 21:58

Originally Posted by Kennif

Hey eddie "tried to claim" is a bit strong!! Its not so much that I sometimes think I'm too old it's just that I have started falling off and breaking bits - of me not of the DR!!

The last time I went down that track I was on my own and fell off coming out of a stream and broke two ribs. It took me an hour and a half to get the DR back upright again, and turned around. So I would be keen to do this ride again only with company!

As far as riding goes I generally do about 35,000k a year - probably mostly on the ST1300 but also on the DR650. How does that compare? Generally I find I can keep up with whatever group I am riding with. However I do have to accept that, these days, when I break something, it takes a lot longer to heal! It makes me think twice which is probably not a bad thing.

But hey - thanks for thinking that I'm a gentleman! Hopefully no one from the U-Sillies Club will see that.
Kennif

Hi Kennif - would be good to have you along on the Wellington / Wairarapa Rides - the young bucks whov'e commented already Eddie, JunkManJoe and Paladin are all great value - keeps us older fellas young at heart.

I came on your Ulysees Gravel Ride out the back of Hinakura and on to the Gladstone last year. Since then I've acquired a DR identical to yours - blue with an IMS tank - Ciao Aslan

**andy mac** · 25th July 2009, 19:23

Anyone interested in a ride tomorrow? I was thinking of Odlins Rd which will keep us clear of mud & flooded rivers. Or any other suggestions?

**junkmanjoe** · 30th July 2009, 14:52

whats the deal with this road that carry on after the water works road in wainui.
it keeps going and looks like it ends at a hut down by the river.
looks like a fairly good track.
is it locked or open..looks cool..

**Howie** · 30th July 2009, 17:38

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

whats the deal with this road that carry on after the water works road in wainui.
it keeps going and looks like it ends at a hut down by the river.
looks like a fairly good track.
is it locked or open..looks cool..

Hi Joe, It's all still water collection area, locked gates, and foot accsess only,with permit or was last time I was in that way for any distance past the water treatment plant which is the building which you can see in the pic. That building is right by the site of the old Morton Dam, which used to be part of the water supply system for the Wgtn, they stil take water from a weir further upstream, it also used to be piped through a tunnel a weir on the headwaters of the Orongorongo river. Not sure if they are still doing that or not.

**junkmanjoe** · 30th July 2009, 18:27

arr a little further down stream from the last pic, looks like a bridge, but it may be a pipe, and the hut just may be a collection station aye...
oh well thats stuffed that idea...ya want a beer then..

**marks** · 1st August 2009, 14:51

Hiya

on weekend of 15th/16th Aug I'm intending to do the Toppy's - Sutherlands Hut loop (with maybe a look at the lower bits of cnut hill (on KLR)

anyone interested?

**Connor** · 1st August 2009, 16:43

Originally Posted by marks

Hiya

on weekend of 15th/16th Aug I'm intending to do the Toppy's - Sutherlands Hut loop (with maybe a look at the lower bits of cnut hill (on KLR)

anyone interested?

I would be interested on the 15th back to work on 16th

**bart** · 1st August 2009, 17:07

Cnut........did you mention the 'C' word. I'm in.

**pete376403** · 1st August 2009, 20:58

I'd like to attend - should have the heap back together by then (pulled the swingarm out to lube the linkages and stuff a couple of weeks ago, never got arount to putting it back together)

**marks** · 4th August 2009, 15:41

Originally Posted by pete376403

I'd like to attend - should have the heap back together by then (pulled the swingarm out to lube the linkages and stuff a couple of weeks ago, never got arount to putting it back together)

Hi Pete

I'm planning to the same to mine - are there any major dramas?

BTW whats happening with your oil consumption?