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    The rain is looking ominous for Sunday. But, Saturday should be anyone's guess.... Seems like every other time I cross the Gentle Annie it rains..... That reminds me the last time it rained...so should be sweet!

    Sorry to hear, Joe...maybe next time..? Good luck on the new job!
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    According to Metvuw now, it won't amount to anything. I'm going to take their optimistic approach and hope for the best.

    Well, almost packed. Tyres have been kicked and I'm just about ready to go. The missus keeps adding stuff to the pile, so it looks like I'll be the boy scout and prepared for anything.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bart View Post
    According to Metvuw now, it won't amount to anything.
    Well, almost packed. Tyres have been kicked and I'm just about ready to go. The missus keeps adding stuff to the pile, so it looks like I'll be the boy scout and prepared for anything.
    I've run out of room to stick shit on , so that limits the amout of crap loaded on the bike. . Maybe I should have stuck with the hard luggage. Expect wind on the east coast. I've packed beans...
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    hope you all packet your wettys...its fair pooring down here...
    should hit welly about an hour..
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    Quote Originally Posted by junkmanjoe View Post
    hope you all packet your wettys...its fair pooring down here...
    should hit welly about an hour..
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    Yes the NN guys mentioned thunderstorms. Should make the Clarence Reserve ride interesting tomorrow, given the clay base there.
    Funny, the Metvuw didn't mention this rain. Think its past Wgtn by. It was coming from the South.
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    must be just the smaller cloud mass, coming up the east coast..
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    I FEEL THE NEED, THE NEED FOR SPEED
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    aaaah F#ck its only rain wheres your adventure spirit, nice fine weather rides are what ya want for the twighlight midweek when you cant afford hold ups. rain,clay you get all weekend to push ya bikes out.

    im deprived and stuck at home all weekend with the kids again
    so just ignore me

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    Sorry Bart and the rest of you I'm going to bail from this ride. No not due to the weather, but I've picked up a cold from somewhere, and feel like shit headache, sore throat and stuffed up sinuses etc. I'm sure you don't want me to share it around. Have a great ride everyone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Howie View Post
    Sorry Bart and the rest of you I'm going to bail from this ride. No not due to the weather, but I've picked up a cold from somewhere, and feel like shit headache, sore throat and stuffed up sinuses etc. I'm sure you don't want me to share it around. Have a great ride everyone.
    Sorry to hear that Howie. How am I going to find that cool little track now.

    Sun is coming up here. Cloudy up Takapari, so there may not be veiws. Looks like a nice day for a ride.
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    Well, we're back.

    Seven of us did the ride. Clint & Rosie didn't make it due to issues with the 250. We chase drizzle most of saturday, but it really didn't set in until going over the Gentle Annie. Diidn't make it to the Hot Springs - the river crossing looked brown & swift (even though Gav tried to tempt us across by doing it 4 times). We went to Westshore Holiday park at Napier for the night instead.

    Today rode a hell of a lot of magnificant backroads, culminating in an up hill version of the Makairo Track. GPSman suggested we were all slick bastards given the state of our tyres (Gav & Bart did you make it back without any hiccups?).

    More once I've had some sleep.

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    Thanks Bart for a great weekend

    mid size adv bikes are awesome things - what other type of bike allows you to ride like a retarded untalented Valentino Rossi one minute then hoon around on some dirt roads then climb up a muddy slippery slidey track (Makiro backwards) - all in the same afternoon

    what a great way to spend a couple of days

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    I made it....just. Tyre was getting kind of weird and squishy for the last few km. Glad I didn't have to go much further (like Gav).

    Mark, I won't argue about the retarded bit, but you must have a wee bit of talent to throw a fully loaded KLR around those twisties like you did. You were moving.

    Thanks for an awesome weekend guys. We certainly covered some ground.

    I've just started sifting through the 300 photos I took. Looks like there are 3 or 4 good ones.

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    Meh
    We stayed in Taupo on Friday night, and timed our escape so we wouldn't get tangled up in all the road closures for the iron man. We got most of the way to Turangi before Clint noticed oil all over my back wheel.
    The countershaft seal had come out, so Clint glued it back in, we put in more oil, and took off again. And the oil fell out again
    Clint went back to Taupo (through ironman traffic mayhem) and got his mum's trailer to rescue the Sherp. Meanwhile I waited patiently on the side of the road next to Tongariro prison.
    But, the sherp is now fixed, and other than the offending seal, nothing else was damaged.
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