Nelson Rideouts - Where next?

**pete-blen** · 25th October 2011, 19:42

Dam....
was that a one day ride...
kool vids...
how about a route map

**NordieBoy** · 25th October 2011, 20:47

Originally Posted by pete-blen

Dam....
was that a one day ride...
kool vids...
how about a route map

Yep. 11am - 5pm.

20111024 NADS go to Murchison.kmz

**warewolf** · 25th October 2011, 22:00

Well I managed to get some bike time in at the weekend, too. Full service including valve clearances - I've done it often enough it seems simple and effortless. Swapped on the MT90 A/T roadie front tyre, swapped on the correct front disc, picked up the newly-straightened rear rim with fresh MT90 A/T rubber. Have been busy re-installing all the road gear: pillion pegs (cheers Jatz), footpeg rubbers (may get biffed if it rains), rear rack, Givi plate on the rack, tank bag. Cheers Topo for welding up a few bits'n'pieces for me, yes Padmei I will probably grab your woodman-welder and start doing some meself. Fixed one wiring fault in my headlight modification.

Had a wee ride 'around the block' on Sunday night: Nelson - Picton - Renwick - St Arnaud - Kawatiri Junction - Tapawera - Motueka - Nelson. 415km, got home at 1:30am

. No rain, just enough to blur the visor occasionally.

Fixed a second and the main wiring fault with the headlight mods Monday night... NOW the bloody low beam stays on with high beam, without flickering.

Still doesn't matter how much forward lighting you have, need to have an mtb-style helmet-mounted light to illuminate where you want to go, rather than where you are currently headed as most headlights do. Unfortunately the HID I was intending to run is too bulky - or at least, the igniter and transformer are - to affix to the helmet. May possibly be able to fit them in the top of a backpack, but I think waiting until I'm richer and getting an LED light will be a better bet.

Picked up the repaired alloy bash plate today, they did a good job for not much money. Decided not to reinforce it lest it expose the bolt heads or interfere with the damping rubbers.

So I'm primed and ready for the Long Weekend Rally and Grand Challenge... 3500km in 5 days

or should that be

or

??

**warewolf** · 25th October 2011, 22:06

Originally Posted by topo

Anyone keen for a thursday avo/night ride?

Thinking i might do the regular old coach,rosedale,jacobs ladder,dovedale loop finishing with drinks at the chateau, will leave from the start of old coach at 5.30pm sharpish (plenty of time to argue the merits of titanium v's CF wheel weights later on).

Yep, totally! But not this week, will be catching some zeds in Turangi.

PS
Ti and CF are so 20th century. Pffft! You need iWait's, they're all the go now, even have internet connectivity... Jatz' got some at his place. I'm sure he'd love to give you some of his iWait's.

**Woodman** · 26th October 2011, 06:11

All of a sudden the NADS are turning into road riders. Or have we just discovered that our bikes are dual purpose.?

Its all good.

**Padmei** · 26th October 2011, 06:43

Originally Posted by Woodman

All of a sudden the NADS are turning into road riders. Or have we just discovered that our bikes are dual purpose.?

Its all good.

I'm going to cruiserville - Wait till you see the wideglide forks i'm fitting to the KLX

**JATZ** · 28th October 2011, 19:34

Any body else up for a gentle sunday afternoon pootle. Just a couple of hours or so.....

Was thinking of a forest block not to far from Tapawera

Going boating tomorrow and there's 1 spot left in the boat, you keen Nordie ?

**Padmei** · 28th October 2011, 19:44

I'll prob go road riding again. I went for a pleasant cruise over to takaka yesterday for coffee- woud be nicer if it was 10 deg warmer on top of the hill.
I'm really getting into riding & looking at the scenery - something you can't really do when surrounded by gorse

**NordieBoy** · 28th October 2011, 21:24

Originally Posted by JATZ

Any body else up for a gentle sunday afternoon pootle. Just a couple of hours or so.....

Was thinking of a forest block not to far from Tapawera

Sounds good.

Originally Posted by JATZ

Going boating tomorrow and there's 1 spot left in the boat, you keen Nordie ?

Not enough time to get sealeg'd up

**NordieBoy** · 28th October 2011, 21:27

Originally Posted by Padmei

I'll prob go road riding again. I went for a pleasant cruise over to takaka yesterday for coffee- woud be nicer if it was 10 deg warmer on top of the hill.
I'm really getting into riding & looking at the scenery - something you can't really do when surrounded by gorse

But the views when the gorse ends!

Of more gorse

**JATZ** · 29th October 2011, 18:42

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Sounds good.

Prices cnr @ 1.......?
Do Rosedale, Jacobs ladder, and Sunday crk......Then I guess we'll "Eatwell" in the forest....
Last time I was in there was in the 4wd and it looked very bikeable.

Sound like a plan ?

Probly finish at that Roobarb place in Wakefield, or at the new Kohatu

**NordieBoy** · 29th October 2011, 19:19

Originally Posted by JATZ

Prices cnr @ 1.......?
Do Rosedale, Jacobs ladder, and Sunday crk......Then I guess we'll "Eatwell" in the forest....
Last time I was in there was in the 4wd and it looked very bikeable.

Sound like a plan ?

Probly finish at that Roobarb place in Wakefield, or at the new Kohatu

Prices corner... That the turnoff on the Moutere Hwy with the huge tree?