KLR handling badly

[NordieBoy]

Did you try bulldogging? Kill the engine, put the bike in first gear and use the clutch as a rear wheel brake so you can keep you right foot of the peg. Only problem is that the clutch is not as progressive as a brake. Definitely worth trying if it gets really steep and speeds must be keep down.

Nope. I was busy

Now I think I could ride down it feet up with minimum issues and only a little brown stain.

Steep whooped out gravel with a hardpack base turning 35 degrees or so to the right half way down and then plenty of run-off but none before the corner.

[warewolf]

Bro' was very much amused that he'd 'tricked' Nordie into going down this hill and enjoyed the ensuing chaos. What are bro's for, after all?

Yep, bulldogging would be a good option on this one...maybe. This is the hill that was so steep and loose that when I lost the front (a few times) it slid down not sideways... I was too busy laffing at that I nearly dropped it due to lack of concentration on the task at hand.

There are two key things to get down a hill like this: control your entry speed, and come off the brakes to get the bike to steer. The former often gives you the confidence to do the latter.

It would be a very, very good hill to practice uphills on.

[Padmei]

Bro' was very much amused that he'd 'tricked' Nordie into going down this hill and enjoyed the ensuing chaos. What are bro's for, after all?

Yep, bulldogging would be a good option on this one...maybe. This is the hill that was so steep and loose that when I lost the front (a few times) it slid down not sideways... I was too busy laffing at that I nearly dropped it due to lack of concentration on the task at hand.

There are two key things to get down a hill like this: control your entry speed, and come off the brakes to get the bike to steer. The former often gives you the confidence to do the latter.

It would be a very, very good hill to practice uphills on.

I feel a hillclimb comp coming on

[cooneyr]

.....It would be a very, very good hill to practice uphills on.

I feel a hillclimb comp coming on

So where is this hill

Looking forward to hitting NN in two weeks. Got some plans for a route off Sherry River road and want to do Aorere Gold Fields. Probably a couple of "nice" two up rides as well.

Cheers R

[Woodman]

So where is this hill

Looking forward to hitting NN in two weeks. Got some plans for a route off Sherry River road and want to do Aorere Gold Fields. Probably a couple of "nice" two up rides as well.

Cheers R

yes,where is this hill? is it the one that drops into Wairau valley cos its a goody with a bend in it, or is there a steeper one somewhere.

MMM hillclimb competition sounds like fun.

There are a couple of rippers on the way to tapawera just past Kohatu where they have done some bulldozing for forestry. Get real steep at the top which you can't see from the bottom. Alas I didn't make it but will try again. As for shutting down the engine on a downhill, in my experience that is something to be avoided at all costs as I like my rear wheel to be going around.

[NordieBoy]

yes,where is this hill?

It's on the green line in there somewhere...

[Woodman]

It's on the green line in there somewhere...

Please note that wherever I have said "Wairau valley" I meant wairoa gorge. My sense of direction and memory for place names is generally crap.

[NordieBoy]

Please note that wherever I have said "Wairau valley" I meant wairoa gorge. My sense of direction and memory for place names is generally crap.

We knew where you meant

That green line was in the Pig Valley/Wairoa Gorge area.

[warewolf]

It's on the green line in there somewhere...

In googleearth you can look sideways at the "hill" (actually a spur) to get some idea of how steep it is.

[Woodman]

In googleearth you can look sideways at the "hill" (actually a spur) to get some idea of how steep it is.

hmmm may have to tootle up there one night this week just to make sure the shopping cart is handling better.

[NordieBoy]

Wairoa South Branch is off limits due to logging

[topo]

Bulldog'n in central last weekend,

[NordieBoy]

The E-07's would have loved that surface.

[topo]

that pic is of the "old man" on my old PD he was riding on old worn out E-08's!!! fair'd much better than the tiger on road tyres

[Woodman]

Wairoa South Branch is off limits due to logging

went to work today for a catchup, and thought I would take a detour home up Wairoa for the tyre pressure/handling test.

Result:

Better but my conclusion now is that the rear tyre has no grip whatsoever therefore I am never gonna get a trailwing ever again.

Found a new (for me) hill that was steep but (I thought) rideable. Almost got to the top but rear was just spinning. Eventually stopped and went backwards at a million miles an hour. Managed to spin bike round but it highsided me in the process ,fortunately there was a nice stump just off the track to stop me going any further. Broke front brake lever and garked the shit out of the right side. I could still use the front brake to get down but I woulda been buggered if I couldn,t. Maybe i need 2 bikes.

Also why do the tdc or works put so much gravel on the roads???