Nelson Rideouts - Where next?

[Padmei]

There was plenty of piste there if you looked hard enough.

Yes & i'm still Piste about it

[NordieBoy]

Yes & i'm still Piste about it

I know, I've just listened to a bit of footage


Ohh, fark.
Ooooooohhh, fark.
Thank fark for that.
Farking helmet cams.
Farking kickstarts.

[clint640]

What's on at the end of Feb? Rosie & I will be rolling onto the Mainland 20 Feb & we hope to do some riding & camping around the top end for a week or so. Going through the Rainbow & having a look over Malings & Edwards is on the list, as are beers at the Free House but not much else planned as yet.

Cheers
Clint

[NordieBoy]

Nothing special, end of feb but something could be arranged.





ALSO...

AFM are patrolling the forestry areas and when I was in getting my permit, I happened to see a stack of trespass notices ready to be sent out...

[Woodman]

Went exploring today and ended up the Baton. Always wondered where that was. Nice ride in with a side track excursion. Went to the end of the 4wd track and had to force myself to turn back at the walking track part, but there were signs of a vehicle been up there though.

Won't do any more riding till I put a new chain on cos its got to that elasticy stage. Lucky to finish the dusty without it breaking.

[NordieBoy]

I've got permit tags 14 & 15.
Not many people registered so far this year.
Last year there were only about 50 registered.

Just realised I didn't get any maps...

If you've got 2 bikes, tell them and get both checked and they'll give you 2 tags no problem.

[NordieBoy]

Went exploring today and ended up the Baton. Always wondered where that was. Nice ride in with a side track excursion. Went to the end of the 4wd track and had to force myself to turn back at the walking track part, but there were signs of a vehicle been up there though.

Won't do any more riding till I put a new chain on cos its got to that elasticy stage. Lucky to finish the dusty without it breaking.

I've only been up the Baton as far as the ford. Must go up further and then back across the ford to Tap.

[MyGSXF:Me]

Me & the kid are going to Quinneys Bush for the weekend if anyone wants to come down & visit/stay

We will be in a white ''Trader'' camper with blue stripes down the side, & in the powered site section

[NordieBoy]

Meeting 10am Sunday at the Emporium to launch an attack on the Maungatapu and an ice-cream and coffee at Pelorus.

Anyone else coming?

[Woodman]

Not me , dont trust my chain.

NZ just beat the crap outta Fiji in the 7's.

[NordieBoy]

Well, they had a foggy send off.
Very little visibility from the summit, better on the Pelorus side.
Rained getting back up the Wangamoas and all the way back through Hira. Took the long, short cut (cool ) down Hurricane Hill.
It's more fun going down the short cut than the hill itself!

A good, fun ride and no-one got hurt or fell off.



Sorta...

My video was pointing backward so didn't catch it. Not that there was anything to catch of course...

[pete-blen]

Well, they had a foggy send off.
Very little visibility from the summit, better on the Pelorus side.
Rained getting back up the Wangamoas and all the way back through Hira. Took the long, short cut (cool ) down Hurricane Hill.
It's more fun going down the short cut than the hill itself!

A good, fun ride and no-one got hurt or fell off.



Sorta...

My video was pointing backward so didn't catch it. Not that there was anything to catch of course...

I run into your 2 KTM jocky's just starting the Molesworth about 3pm..still on the seal..
392km and dam my ass is sore...Honda seats..
Some poor bugger had a heart attack or something like it at the old cob cottage
in the Moles while doing the walking track... lucky there was a nurse there pillon on a F650
or the other one didn't see what it was....

At jacks pass/Rainbow/Moles turn off..Run into a pommie guy on a XR600/650 doing NZ..

was a few bikes in there.. also passed a KLR in the rainbow..
& a XT660R & XT660Z tenere in the moles

[NordieBoy]

How did the side chair cope?

[pete-blen]

How did the side chair cope?

not a prob... broke the mud guard mount...that was it...
Easyer to ride on gravel than seal... Little bit of slipage
of the car wheel makes a big diffrents...

[Padmei]

A character went past us on the Port Underwood road today. Black bike - looked kinda multicylindered with small black bags strapped on the front of his fairing. Was riding alright. He had long dreads at the back & I wondered if it could have been whatastoner...

3rd weekend in a row we've been away where it has been raining/ snowing/ windy as fark/ overcast.

came back to 25deg sunny Nelson.

nexy saturday I think I'm gonna saddle up Schmidt & head out towards Titirangi bay & Okaramua(?) bay (where the hippy commune is).
if anyone wants a leisurely gravel road cruise you're most welcome to accompany me