DB1k 2011 official thread

[junkmanjoe]

I aslo got a few jobs done today,, made up a bracket to hold my lunch tin...also doubles as a dinner table..

but some thing is missing,,,cant quite figger out what....

loaded the roll chart...and me rubber bands are working sweet azzz

JMJ
NZ

[Tigerpig]

maybe you might make it to the gorge ride Aslan..

JMJ

Will be in CHCH area on Thursday night on way to Fairlie for DB. Where/when will the guys riding through the gorge on Friday start from and do you think two of us could tag along? Cheers, John

[junkmanjoe]

this ride info is over here mate..
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...Fri-21-January

JMJ

[cynna]

hey - thats a nice bike in the background there Joe....

[junkmanjoe]

oh yea you wana buy it,,,its just gathering dust now...
ill take a better photo if you like...i might take it on the dusty what ya reckon..

JMJ

[mattsdakar]

To prep the bike for the DB1K I had planned to go for a fish in the High Country and rack up a few KM's breaking in the new gearbox and rings, but it was too windy for fishing so I decided to go for a trail ride. The plan was for a nice easy paced ride to just work my up and down the gears and bed them in. Started off gentle but it ended up getting a bit more adventurous and drowned the bike once, then after all the bollocks of tank removal etc was done and got it going again, I ended up having a pretty big spill at high speed and ended up mangling the headlight grill, bending the windshield frame and cracking the windshield, breaking 2 of the new indicators, smashing the glass on 1 of the 2 new mirrors and slogging out the elbow in the other, snapping the clutch leaver, ripping the tags of my AirHawk, bending all the pannier frames, mangling the pannier boxes, trashed my plastics, and my faceplant into the gravel scratched up my new Airoh S4 helmet visor

All my hard work and money spent prepping the bike for the DB1k was undone in a matter of seconds, and I hope like hell my neck comes right soon as I can hardly turn my head, un-fricken-believable

On the plus side, the box and motor are running sweet, but I'll be a busy boy fixing it all back up again in time for Matt's run to Fairlie on Friday

Nooooooooo, not the Airhawk!!!!!!!!
Glad you are ok fella, where were you when you went down?

[Tigerpig]

this ride info is over here mate..
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...Fri-21-January

JMJ

Cheers for the link - I signed up and will be there.

[mattsdakar]

Sorry Ryan not meaning to highjack thread but...

If you are interested in adding an extra day to your Dusty Butt adventure
see my other thread:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...Day-Dusty-Butt

Still intend doing the whole Dusty Butt route but with an extra days riding based from Alexandra.
(Ryan if it is an issue going thru McDonald's farm near Lawrence on Monday let me know, if so we could do 3/4 of the route the first day ie:returning to Alexandra from 2nd Omakau refuel)

[NordieBoy]

thanks for once again organising the only "proper" routesheet ride this side of the tasman

This from the only person with a "proper" roadbook holder this side of the Tasman

[NordieBoy]

To those that say why or whats the point, I came up with my answer today, it's like i get to do two hobbies at once. Ride and play with a mini computer thingy. yay

Oh yeah

One of my reasons to go from the Nuvi 500 to the Oregon.
Customisable data fields and proper track support.
The screen is also higher res but smaller.

I don't function properly without at least one screen in front of me

iPod touch, iPad, Nuvi, Oregon, Kindle, Vaypor, Acewell, 20D...

Buttons and screen FTW

[cooneyr]

All my hard work and money spent prepping the bike for the DB1k was undone in a matter of seconds, and I hope like hell my neck comes right soon as I can hardly turn my head, un-fricken-believable

Dude ya need to look after ya self. Hope all is mended for next weekend.

...(Ryan if it is an issue going thru McDonald's farm near Lawrence on Monday let me know, if so we could do 3/4 of the route the first day ie:returning to Alexandra from 2nd Omakau refuel)

I'll send you a PM.

[NordieBoy]

Your way would probably be as close as you can get to roll chart navigation with a gps but quite different to the way we been doing it.

I was using a Legend back then which only did straight-line routing.
When you were approaching a waypoint pair it would actually indicate it was a turn and the correct direction.

[thepom]

Hey I ll bring the anti inflams.....still got some from last,s year off and awaiting surgery for the torn ligaments and broken socket on my left shoulder....got some codeine too I think....

[ADVGD]

where were you when you went down?

One way to answer that would be... under the bike, then sprawled on top of the bike, then under the bike again, then sprayed to the right skidding across the stones and rocks to catch out of the corner of my eye the bike doing a final somersault before coming to a crunching stop

It was all stony rocky riverbed so it was one of those ones where I didn't get up for a while as I laid there thinking "oh crap, what body parts have I broken". Nothing broken luckily but this getting older thing and longer recover times is bollocks, bollocks I tell ya

[Crim]

One way to answer that would be... under the bike, then sprawled on top of the bike, then under the bike again, then sprayed to the right skidding across the stones and rocks to catch out of the corner of my eye the bike doing a final somersault before coming to a crunching stop

I am quite busy this week at work but if you need me to do anything just yell and I'll see if I can help - as far as the "old" comment young buck like you shouldn't have any problems getting' right!