Nelson Rideouts - Where next?

[NordieBoy]

Leatham valley.... yesterday

Would have been a bit warm.

24deg max today.

[NordieBoy]

Good meeting u guys today, seems there was a few virgins on the Molesworth.

How was Rainbow, what states the road in?

Good to meet you guys too.

The Rainbow has some nice deep soft gravel, big pot holes nearer the end and some washboards.

All of our bikes had "issues"...

Woody blew a brake side fork seal, and his air filter was a bit dirty and would hardly pull up some of the climbs. Blackberry Powerade seems to work instead of filter oil though.

Pete's rear brake caliper has munted his new pipe. More travel than expected.

I hit a rock with my right footpeg mount and sheared off the rear bolt and the paint has chipped off around that part of the frame, so that's tweaked.

Padmei's battery fell down onto the rear wheel. At speed...

Oh and after taking off from Padmei's place, how long do you think it took for the first 10min stop for repairs? Bonus points if you name the rider of the BMW.

[JATZ]

All of our bikes had "issues"...

Woody blew a brake side fork seal, and his air filter was a bit dirty and would hardly pull up some of the climbs. Blackberry Powerade seems to work instead of filter oil though.

Pete's rear brake caliper has munted his new pipe. More travel than expected.

I hit a rock with my right footpeg mount and sheared off the rear bolt and the paint has chipped off around that part of the frame, so that's tweaked.

Padmei's battery fell down onto the rear wheel. At speed...

Oh and after taking off from Padmei's place, how long do you think it took for the first 10min stop for repairs? Bonus points if you name the rider of the BMW.

Hmmmm..... how long does it take to ride down the BMW riders driveway

Seems to be the season for bike issues I stripped the carb on my 350, cleaned, checked, blew out with compressed air and re-installed, still dead as a dead thing I'll start swapping bits of mrs J's bike on saturday to try track it down

[Padmei]

Good meeting u guys today, seems there was a few virgins on the Molesworth.

How was Rainbow, what states the road in?

Actually I personally found the Rainbow diabolical. The gravel in places was riding on a slushy - I thought both my tyres were flat. The pot holes at the end were deep & caught ya unexpectedly. would have to say it's the worst i've seen it.
All the slips & fords were in good condition & easy to cross
. I have to admit I was rding like a clown today tho till I put my ipod on & got into the groove with some music. Shame I lost my ipod somewhere around golden downs

[pete-blen]

Good to put faces to the names...

Those dam pot holes... Havn't checked the rims
for flat spots yet... i bet it was those that
re-ovaled the can...

Other than that it was a great ride...

[Woodman]

Yes a good day indeed, buggered now tho.

Good to meet Shewolf and cohorts, and the rainbow is ok, but like the Panza division says it aint that pleasant, but still good really.

Never had an air filter clog up that bad that it stops the bike from running, but I spose it means its catching the dust and is sealing proper. The bike started running bad again just after Tophouse road so it was a jerky ride home, but we got there.

Thanks guys it was fun. Pics to follow when recovered.

[NordieBoy]

Seems to be the season for bike issues I stripped the carb on my 350, cleaned, checked, blew out with compressed air and re-installed, still dead as a dead thing I'll start swapping bits of mrs J's bike on saturday to try track it down

Pete may be related to you...

He likes the Shinko 705 rear tyre, but thought it was a bit loose.

40psi will do that.

Especially combined with 13.5psi in the front

[NordieBoy]

Got a damn fog spot in the video camera footage

I keep forgetting the anti-fog inserts...

[Box'a'bits]

Padmei's battery fell down onto the rear wheel. At speed...

Oh and after taking off from Padmei's place, how long do you think it took for the first 10min stop for repairs? Bonus points if you name the rider of the BMW.

So entirely self inflicted then....

[NordieBoy]

Shame I lost my ipod somewhere around golden downs

Yeah, when you went past me, I saw a white headphone cord swinging in the breeze.
Now, if you'd gone in front earlier, I could have seen it falling off and picked it up.
Like your water bottle...

[buggsubique]

I saw you guys as i was descending into Hanmer and you guys were climbing up to head out on the Rainbow. Brought Mrs Buggs down in the surf and yep, it was a hell of a bumpy ride and dusty as hell. Some of those potholes were huge! Got a bit loose in the old surf evading some of them. Still good fun though, been a couple of years since Jeff took me out of there 2up on the rd03 after my AT dropped a rear wheel brg.

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[NordieBoy]

The preview vid...

[Padmei]

I've started the ride report over here...

http://advrider.com/forums/showthrea...609828&page=40

[pete-blen]

wonder how the north Island invasion got on
in the Rainbow today with the rain...
started about mid day over here...
dust or mud ?
potholes or puddles ?

[Shewolf]

we lucked it with the rain, a bit of drizzle leaving Hamner but a few k up the road it was just overcast until leaving Rainbow and drizzle again. Lots of nice pics

Those potholes were man-eaters eh!

Got some footage of you guys but will take a week or so until I'm back to reasonable interweb.

Pete you were looking a bit squidgy following the guys down the hill