East Wairarapa Coast Explorer: 2 days of madness

**Dont Know** · 27th June 2010, 17:55

Hi Cary, yes I'm riding down on the big girl, got to keep the 950+ numbers up, Joe says it's going to be a big bike freindly ride.!!
Can always count on getting a lift back to Auckland with you if it all turns to shit / crash.
Cheers
Al

Originally Posted by Cary

ea
Got the weekend booked off already but planning on piggy backing the XR on the ute for the commute down........(strictly a tyre wear issue, honest

)

You taking the big girl Al?

**junkmanjoe** · 27th June 2010, 18:18

Trust me mate...you be fine........

JMJ

**Cary** · 27th June 2010, 19:35

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

Trust me mate...you be fine........

JMJ

See Al, you'll be fine. Joe would never put an Aucklander wrong.......

No fixed plans for me yet, will depend on state of tyre wear(read weather) and may launch from Kawhia. Long time to go, see what happens.

**dino3310** · 27th June 2010, 19:46

Originally Posted by Cary

Long time to go, see what happens.

ditto .

**Phreaky Phil** · 30th June 2010, 22:15

Hi there, I assume as you're crossing stations, it will be on grassy tracks ? (Just checking so we can sort some tyres) Have just been talking to "That looks like fun" Colin and we're getting keen. !! I hope as its big bike friendly there wont be any terrain that will stop me with a pillion on the back ? Cheers Phil

**junkmanjoe** · 30th June 2010, 22:42

hi Phil.

at this stage, at a rough guess...
30% seal / road.
40% gravel / metal road/ farm track
15 % grass / farm track
15 % sand / beach

this sunday im going down to welly to try catch up with the last farm station owners, and im hoping to travel around the coast on there land to the only nasty section i can see that may give us a little,,, lets say adventure riding... very short section,that would require your partner to walk across. to be safe..

the rest of the two day event will be ok 2 up

im hoping the weather has sorted its self out, by the time we ready to ride. 90% will be ok if we get a little rain, so a good duel tire, but not a full knob will do you fine.
there is one section later on day one, which is grass / dirt track, which im still to ride,

i will post up a report on this section as i get in there, wont be for a couple more weeks.
some of the sand will be very soft, and one old paper road on day two will require us to have a low or out going tide,,

some of the shingle beach will also be soft, but us chaps down here have been through these sections before with little trouble on bigger bikes.

JMJ

**Phreaky Phil** · 1st July 2010, 12:25

Cool. The soft sand and shingle will be the hardest 2 up. I have a near new Mitas E09 i'll put on the back and something rerally grippy for the front. Good traction when 2up riding helps overcome the extra weight. A little bit !!!

**junkmanjoe** · 1st July 2010, 19:14

yup that be just fine..

the worst beach section will be just south of riversdale, very soft sand, but i got the fidy through with only one stuck moment....but i had to wait for some one else who got stuck on a fidy..

..but in saying that, just ned to keep momentum up and you be fine..

JMJ

**Eddieb** · 1st July 2010, 19:28

Originally Posted by junkmanjoe

yup that be just fine..

the worst beach section will be just south of riversdale, very soft sand, but i got the fidy through with only one stuck moment....but i had to wait for some one else who got stuck on a fidy..

..but in saying that, just ned to keep momentum up and you be fine..

JMJ

Haha, you conveniently forget to mention that I got about 40 feet further than you before needing a push, you didn't even get moving.

**dino3310** · 1st July 2010, 19:50

**junkmanjoe** · 1st July 2010, 19:54

Originally Posted by Eddieb

Haha, you conveniently forget to mention that I got about 40 feet further than you before needing a push, you didn't even get moving.

yea because i had to stop so i could push you out of my way.... very soft...

JMJ

**Phreaky Phil** · 1st July 2010, 20:36

So long as its not miles of soft stuff. Dawn can always walk a short bit like that. If I can get down onto the hard stuff we be sweet. Might go for a spin up 2 Awakino and play on the beach. I havent ridden the GS on the beach much, kind of avoided getting sand into every thing. Mind you, rode miles on my DR when I had it

**junkmanjoe** · 1st July 2010, 20:40

the rest of this beach was good, we where trying to find the track...reason we had to go up this way was, the tide was to high to ride around the point.

JMJ