Brass Monkey 07 - T.I.E Paturoa & friends(?)

[paturoa]

Got a new chain this arvo and just happened to get a new set of boots too (Mrs P doesn't know yet - shhhh). Kerry at Motohaus as usual did me a good deal and gave me a cold beer as well - top shop!

[laRIKin]

Well it looks like the three of us, that is SDU and her brother on I will not be going now.
So have a Bourbon or two for us and of course have a great and safe time there.

[kiwi cowboy]

I will be there, I will be joining in with Plug's merry men.

Look forward to catching up with you folks again.

Now what we need is a hole saw with a gearbox output shaft mount... that'll deal to that fire drum in no time at all! Hmm... who's got an old front sprocket, a hole saw and some welding skills?

the way the weather has been down here u could almost were shorts some days

[Ghost_Bullet]

the way the weather has been down here u could almost were shorts some days

For this past week I have been doing just that, and wondering what turn the weather is going to take.

I found some pictures from the Brass Monkey 2004.

by GhostBullet

[paturoa]

Well it looks like the three of us, that is SDU and her brother on I will not be going now.
So have a Bourbon or two for us and of course have a great and safe time there.

Bummer, I'll have to have 3 then.

[paturoa]

I found some pictures from the Brass Monkey 2004.

The photos of the bikes lined up aloing the pig route with the snow are brilliant! I was talking to a buddy of mine who went that year and he was away early that morning and said it was carnage to start, but did a u turn and went back via Alex.

[Ghost_Bullet]

The photos of the bikes lined up aloing the pig route with the snow are brilliant! I was talking to a buddy of mine who went that year and he was away early that morning and said it was carnage to start, but did a u turn and went back via Alex.

We did the oposite, the sun shone for about 15-30min, and we though F&^k it jumped back on and went onward gingerly. It was perfect timing, as the weather came in again I was told... That brass was one of the most memorable

The number of people that dropped and broke bits off there bikes, or pride was crazy.

[paturoa]

The number of people that dropped and broke bits off there bikes, or pride was crazy.

What altitude does the road get up to? I've just been looking at some maps but can't find anything that says.

Do you rekon I should take my training wheels, like in my avatar, just in case?

[laRIKin]

Bummer, I'll have to have 3 then.

Or 6. (go on have a few more )

It's a bit of a bummer, but that's life.

[Ghost_Bullet]

What altitude does the road get up to? I've just been looking at some maps but can't find anything that says.

Very approx, but it gets up to around 2300ft. But could be higher in places.
Training wheels??? nah scratchs, marks and broken bits just adds charactor.

[doc]

Very approx, but it gets up to around 2300ft. But could be higher in places.
Training wheels??? nah scratchs, marks and broken bits just adds charactor.

Those are good photo's of the 2004 Monkey. We couldn't get over the Crown Range the day before (saturday) had similiar problem. Mate, almost got to the top and found that once you stopped moving forward, your stuffed. Great difficultly holding the bike up. He slipped tryin to turn around and buried a Guzzi footpeg into his ankle. So we had prior experience, for next day's circus. It was the first year that I can recall being breathalysed on entering the rallysite. I thought it was reasonably warm at the site and remember a light drizzle during the night. Problem was it wasn't drizzle it was snow. No problem we head home thru Ranfurly heading for the Pig Route, once we started getting up in elevation, (You know when the bike in front's track's have disappeared when you get to where you last saw them that it's getting higher) Someone in front had stopped, we got into the situation with many bikes in front also stopped, while we were dithering around like headless chooks a tour bus comming towards us slides into the watertable. I immediately took the initiative and directed (well winged a lot really cos of the day before's problem's) that we head back to Ranfurly and get acommodation until the next day. We got the last motel unit in town . What pissed me off about it was our unit, the 5th one. The 1st four were occupied by mufti cops in the rooms watching Sky instead of being out on the highway helping us poor defenceless motorcyclists over the passes. I suppose as we were never going to be able to exceed any sort of speed limit, there was no revenue. Recently I was on a ride with some KB'r members and they we got pulled over by Plod for travelling too close. Travelling over the pig route was a classic example of travelling too close. If someone in front stopped you couldn't, you had to go around him and wait for your turn to come to a stop.Misserable night in Ranfurly weatherwise it was pretty good atmosphere in the pub tho. Next day you wouldn't have known that it had snowed , wasn't even any patches on the top's

[paturoa]

2 more sleeps before I head off.

Got some oggie knobs this arvo after seeing the 2004 photos. Just kidding, I was going to get them anyway, and was just passing the bike shop as you do!

The weather looks good for Thursday http://www.metvuw.com NOT

Check out Saturday night's forecast - looks like might be light snow with that southerly air flow.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Bloody awesome.. bugger all sleeps to go, and just bought a igi camera tonight to capture some shots of the trip.
I am so bloody looking forward to this monkey.

[Biggles08]

Well I'm heading off tommorrow!!!! Hope the weather holds out for the ride down! See you all there!!!

[paturoa]

I'm off sparrow fart Wed morning to try to get to the Welly Lunch.

Forecast is for FOG around the Waikato - so might take a while.

All packed and excitement building.

Still looking like snow for this weekend!!!!!