Makairo Track - Pahiatua - Sat 13 December 2008

[Balrog]

Hey all,

Had a great day yesterday, excellent company and a really good ride.

As MagicFairy has already kindly pointed out I ran out of gas on the way home.
Playing the see how far I can get on 1 tank game.
Well not far enough

And I've got a big lump on my leg, right where my shin protector would have been if I'd bothered to put them on

Fantastic day though, had a blast. The Makiro always delivers a bit of an Adventure.
I was one tired puppy when I got home yesterday, just glad i don't have a really heavy bike ... eh Mark

Heres some of my pics

[Balrog]

A few resting and travelling shots

[Balrog]

Few More, quite hard to get good action shots on this track.
Its so narrow

[Balrog]

Arriving at the top of the track.
Last two pics are of the track as it starts to snake its way down the hill.

The big ruts are about to be discovered

[Balrog]

After bravely throwing the GS down the bank to highlight the trickiness
of this part, some planning was requried.

1. Forming a battle plan
2. Which needed some rework
3. Many hands make light work
4. Gerard brings his beasty thru
5. And makes it
6. out the other end

[Balrog]

The GS collected a few twigs on the way thru

[marks]

just glad i don't have a really heavy bike ... eh Mark

I would just like to clarify some things here.....

Light = dt230.drz400 etc
medium = dr650 ktm 640 etc
heavy = klr, dakar, gs80 etc
morbidly obese = oil head bmw GS

[Balrog]

I would just like to clarify some things here.....

Light = dt230.drz400 etc
medium = dr650 ktm 640 etc
heavy = klr, dakar, gs80 etc
morbidly obese = oil head bmw GS

  

[Moki]

Sounds like a plan to me

I can bring the rescue chopper

So is that what you replaced the Busa with?

[Moki]

  

So what's a Morbidly Obese GS with full panniers?

[Moki]

After bravely throwing the GS down the bank to highlight the trickiness
of this part, some planning was requried.

1. Forming a battle plan
2. Which needed some rework
3. Many hands make light work
4. Gerard brings his beasty thru
5. And makes it
6. out the other end

Oh how the memories come flooding back!

And for #7.....plenty of Dark & Stormies

[Re-cycled]

I haven't much to add really, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day in the company of a fine bunch of guys. I will pop in 6 pics which may hopefully fill in some gaps in the record, and leave it at that.

The first 2 are of Aslan in full flight, then we have a re-grouping stop, a summit meeting, the way to avoid the GS trap and wildlife at the Conoor end of the track.

After we split up I made my visit to the in-laws on Waihi Valley Road, having enjoyed the Conoor/Makuri road and exploring a side road (I wanted to see where it went - honest). The homeward bound 'scenic tour of the falls' troup went past not all that long after I arrived, I shoulda left the DR at the roadside to pull you in for a coffee.

[Re-cycled]

my 6th pic disappeared somewhere, so here we go again ?

[Aslan]

great pics posted by others already - here are several of mine - a fantastic day - track currently relatively straight forward on a medium weight bike - I found the main problem was maintaining a line after being constantly bashed in the face by overhanging foliage on parts of the track.

As for those who rode their GS's through - in ascending weight of machine: Eddie, Bill, Gerard and Jim - I salute you all! As you know I wasn't game to ride my 1150 through this time and wouldn't have wanted to be riding anything heavier than my DR.

Following pics - Recycled gives the 'thumbs up'



Eddie and Recycled admiring the scenery


One of the several stops for a breather and re-group

[Aslan]

view looking back toward ashurst and manawatu


Bill lending 'Re-Cycled' a hand over a slip


the Bart man from Dannivegas - made it look easy on his DRZ