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[NordieBoy]

It's the same place...
Really...

[warewolf]

Did you enjoy the ride up?

[NordieBoy]

That first bit was really slippery

The rest was good but it started raining as I started up it off the seal and didn't stop until I got back onto the Maungatapu.

A very nice ride all considered.

If only I'd started out at 10am instead though

[warewolf]

That first bit was really slippery

Yeah

Now it is Track-1, KTM-1. Muchos betterer with the rear suspension working properly, and the right clearances up front.

[JATZ]

Now why would you be sticking lights like those on the CT??? Looks a little like a XR250 Baja but then again it doesn't. Whats the light set up from?

By the way your side stand is on the wrong site

Cheers R

I stuck em on because they were there,and I could, not because of the SBC and it does look like a 250 baja, just need to make a mounting frame maybe with a grille in front(and a ralley type fairing)
They were donated from a gsxr750, to go on the Big.
And they now work!!!, there's no regulator that I can see so I just hooked in to a live wire when the bike was running and an earth(through a fuse of course)

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anyone up for a night ride


Sorry guys, bit of topic I know, as you were.........

[ZK-Awesome]

anyone up for a night ride

Well, probably not tonight!

NordieBoy, could you put up the lat/long or something of the last tag, now that ya found it?

[warewolf]

This is it: (and until I checked the screen just now, I didn't realise the elevation was so great)

[warewolf]

Or from another angle:

[ZK-Awesome]

Oh thanks, I was way off I thought it was above the maitai dam somewhere

[Woodman]

That first bit was really slippery

The rest was good but it started raining as I started up it off the seal and didn't stop until I got back onto the Maungatapu.

A very nice ride all considered.

If only I'd started out at 10am instead though

Well done, thought that was mine but it was rainin today so I thought that no one would be silly enough. Guess I was wrong. Out of the 3ways to get up there I bet that was the only way possible in this weather.

[buggsubique]

I only just refitted my front forks and go the electrics semi-sorted. Was gunna go tomorrow morning. too slow!

[warewolf]

Out of the 3ways to get up there I bet that was the only way possible in this weather.

I considered trying the steep, direct route, but the chance of a BPHoS moment was pretty high. Wasn't sure if it was rocky & therefore grippy despite the rain. The rocks on the lower Maungatapu Tk were surprisingly slippery, like they were coated in greasy mud. I took that as a bad sign for the direct route.

The "easy" way was slippery enough, there must be a band of different clay for the first 100m off the road or perhaps it was all clay no rocks. The rest of the way was better; although some of the launches and landings over the... whatsits? - if they were bigger I'd call them contour banks - required focus.

All good fun Definitely want to do more there, coming up from the Picton side has to be done.

[buggsubique]

coming up from the Picton side has to be done.

Yes it does - in the dry though! there is also an even steeperer "enduro" option which the DR-Z struggled with in the dry. Front wheel lifting, rear wheel spinning kinda stuff. Hellish fun, despite feeling like I was going to fall off the side of the hill! I was running a 15/44 though which isn't much good for technical / hill work in 1st.

Make sure you PM me, I'll be there on the fatty!

[warewolf]

Where's that then? You don't mean the Havelock side?

[buggsubique]

Where's that then? You don't mean the Havelock side?

nah, on the picton side of the hill there is a direct route "up" which is the right fork on the image below. I never went back to see what the alternative was, but on GE I put a placemark below to show where I mean. Would be a good video sesh!