Blenheim Adv Rides

[buggsubique]

Mt Pat was great but I think I proved that snow and uphill on a heavy bike requires tread on the rear tyre ,nice to get out in the snow though

Def need good treads...yet we still try it on! duh. Certainly a lot of pucker moments out there today. Went down like a sack of spuds a few too many times for it to be fun anymore... but it was worth it.

[Woodman]

Funny thing with snow is that it looks grippy.

[warewolf]

literally just got in and have stuffed my face full of warm food. Sorry to abandon you guys, but Kyle and I made it to the top just before 4pm. Then it started snowing and didn't stop the whole way down. I'll edit this post later with more of a report, but suffice to say, a 750 on dualsport tyres in the snow is a f*cken handfull!

Top effort!

I was certainly jealous of Z-meister on the postie bike, definitely a fun way to travel.

[Padmei]

Was that Zukes? I thought it may have been Jatz & he enjoyed it so much he wanted to go out again tomm.

[NordieBoy]

We turned around just past the Magic Fairy Grotto Viewing thingy (or whatever it's really called) about 2:10pm or so and got rained on basically back to Nelson.

That was a fun trip

Kneed knobbles on the back for that sort of crap though...

[andy mac]

Def need good treads...yet we still try it on! duh. Certainly a lot of pucker moments out there today. Went down like a sack of spuds a few too many times for it to be fun anymore... but it was worth it.

Hope you managed to fall onto something soft and not hidden, hard or sharp. Looks like a great adventure.

We may not get snow in Wellington and it also wasn't raining.

[JATZ]

Was that Zukes? I thought it may have been Jatz & he enjoyed it so much he wanted to go out again tomm.

Nope, work and domestic stuff today, riding tomorrow maybe

Nah sorry Jatzy, have canned that idea after today's efforts. That's enough riding and grunting for a week or so now...

Ah well, just as well I have a plan B.........I think

[warewolf]

whats is it CT90 or 110.

CT110

Was that Zukes?

Zerax

We turned around just past the Magic Fairy Grotto Viewing thingy (or whatever it's really called) about 2:10pm or so and got rained on basically back to Nelson.

Enchanted Lookout.

Lower tyre pressures might have helped, I was running road pressures. I was getting traction off idle but then wheelspin, despite trying all sorts to keep the revs down. 1st gear, 4th gear, didn't matter the bike behaved the same!!

Still impressed with the Bridgy ED661 front. It's worn to buggery but still grips in the dirt and is surprisingly confidence-inspiring on wet tar.

[Padmei]

Ah well, just as well I have a plan B.........I think

Plan B - sit in armchair, eat mince pies, read war comics.

[Underground]

After seeing zerax and the CT in action I think I'm developing small-bike envy

[Underground]

couple more

[junkmanjoe]

whats all the snow packed beside the engine on the african twin,
is that to help keep the engine cool..

[zeRax]

that was a real hard yakka..

few broken bits and bobs, but we made it to the top and home again,

i couldnt keep the ct straight, ruts and solid ground under snow, the snow itself, argh, was very frustrating

bent footpegs
broken brake lever
bent gear lever
chip out of clutch dome thingy, not important
fuckered rear brakes, bent lever that many times, and i think someything is fuckered in the drum area as adjustment is just gone completely.

footpegs stopped returning well enough so it was a real prick getting them to fold out while trying to move along, argh!

ct had a go at the twin too and shaved it of its wind bubble when i couldnt stop in time D:


what a day, ;D cheers cheers ;>

[cooneyr]

Nice one guys. Looks like fun Just goes to show that small, light, low powered bikes are the way to go in snow. Lugzy had a TF125 when we did a snow ride behind Hanmer and he was getting round much easier than the rest of us. I want a SBC bike!!!

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

Looking at the vids I took and whenever Underground rolled back in his own tracks he got some good traction and was off.
Pity we didn't work that out whilst up there


Next time "snow ride" is mentioned though I'm wearing my good wet weather gear right from the start...