Minginui - Matawai - Motu Midwinter Madness Ride 28-29 July 2012

**pomgolian** · 18th July 2012, 21:49

Hi had planned to ride through Napier early Sat am then do the Sat ride stay the night then either carry on for sunday ride or head home through some new back roads depending on weather. Whats the Motu ? any good ?

Maybe catch up through Napier let me know what time hitting the Taupo Road.

Paul

**bart** · 18th July 2012, 22:17

Motu....nah....nothing to see there

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Did that sound sarcastic? It did in my head, but weird things go on inside there.

**Box'a'bits** · 18th July 2012, 22:30

Originally Posted by pomgolian

Whats the Motu ? any good ?
Paul

Here you go

**Shewolf** · 19th July 2012, 15:16

cheers! made a mental note of where that tree root is... that spots usually under water

Originally Posted by Box'a'bits

Here you go

**Box'a'bits** · 19th July 2012, 17:39

Originally Posted by Shewolf

cheers! made a mental note of where that tree root is... that spots usually under water

Only problem is that you'll have to remember backwards, given that that was from the Opotiki end...

**pomgolian** · 19th July 2012, 21:18

Now i know, looks like a great ride

**Dingledoo** · 21st July 2012, 12:30

Originally Posted by Rosie

I will not be running GPS tutorials at the pub on the Friday night

Make sure it all works before you leave home

Thanks very much for GPS routes. However I am having a little trouble with them. Any help would be appreciated.

I have downloaded the most recent NZ Open GPS Project maps to my PC and Garmin Oregon unit.

The routes are all showing correctly on mapsource on my pc.

I have then sent the routes I want (e.g sat am no fuel) to the Oregon.

The problem comes when I view the route on the unit: for example 'sat am no fuel':

- Instead of the route taking me left at Ohuka Rd as it should, I'm being taken all the way to Frasertown, then left to Te Reinga, where it then shows the route as a fork: left to the Erepeti rd waypoint (as a there and back) and also right to Tiniroto (not as shown on mapsource).

I guess the problem is in how my routing is set-up? I have it set to on-road guidance (it won't work for off-road guidance as there are too few waypoints). It routes the same whether it is set to 'on road for time' or 'on road for distance'.

This 'forked' routing also appears on the sat pm routes too on my unit (so presumably it's not due to the Ohuka slip thing).

Is this happening to anyone else?

**Night Falcon** · 21st July 2012, 13:32

Originally Posted by Dingledoo

Thanks very much for GPS routes. However I am having a little trouble with them. Any help would be appreciated.

I have downloaded the most recent NZ Open GPS Project maps to my PC and Garmin Oregon unit.

The routes are all showing correctly on mapsource on my pc.

I have then sent the routes I want (e.g sat am no fuel) to the Oregon.

The problem comes when I view the route on the unit: for example 'sat am no fuel':

- Instead of the route taking me left at Ohuka Rd as it should, I'm being taken all the way to Frasertown, then left to Te Reinga, where it then shows the route as a fork: left to the Erepeti rd waypoint (as a there and back) and also right to Tiniroto (not as shown on mapsource).

I guess the problem is in how my routing is set-up? I have it set to on-road guidance (it won't work for off-road guidance as there are too few waypoints). It routes the same whether it is set to 'on road for time' or 'on road for distance'.

This 'forked' routing also appears on the sat pm routes too on my unit (so presumably it's not due to the Ohuka slip thing).

Is this happening to anyone else?

is the downloaded map activated on your gps? I had to enable it on my zumo to get it to work.

**bart** · 21st July 2012, 13:38

My AA map was reading funny too....until I discovered I had it upside down.

**Box'a'bits** · 21st July 2012, 16:21

Don't worry guys, I'm sure I remember Rosie offering to help you sort out your GPS at the Rangitaikei Pub Friday night

**That looks like fun** · 21st July 2012, 17:01

Change the route to a track

No auto reroute issue's to deal with

**Night Falcon** · 21st July 2012, 17:42

Might of talked hangman (jimbo) and his 9fiddy into tagging along for satdee ride.

In two minds whether to put the new MT21 on the front for this ride or leave the E07 on? The E07 would still pass a wof but is way past its best (which wasn't that great to begin with), is anyone else riding with an oldish front tire?