Laxed out rides

[insomnia01]

Bugger - now who's going to show us where the Cape is .......

Thanks for the update mate , next time huh ??

Plans have changed AGAIN, name added to list & booking with Masonic done...... Now where's the cape again ? !!!!

[Warr]

Plans have changed AGAIN, name added to list & booking with Masonic done...... Now where's the cape again ? !!!!

Good to hear. Look forward to you being along

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[slofox]

Any rides tomorrow? Or shall I just go on this route by myself?

Back road to Awakino: Cool road although there is stretch about 11 - 12km of gravel. Last time I did it was on an SV650S which was fine. Take it steady. The rest after that bit (and a lot before), is great riding.

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[sil3nt]

Any rides tomorrow? Or shall I just go on this route by myself?

Back road to Awakino: Cool road although there is stretch about 11 - 12km of gravel. Last time I did it was on an SV650S which was fine. Take it steady. The rest after that bit (and a lot before), is great riding.

Share your motorbike routes @ MotoWhere.com

Apparently this is happening http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/ca...012-12-9&c=all

[Supertwin Don]

Hi, Guys and Girls,

Check out the video on vimeo.com (search "don irvine") - sorry, but I don't know how to set up links!

This is why I won't be riding much this side of Christmas.

[ckai]

Hi, Guys and Girls,

Check out the video on vimeo.com (search "don irvine") - sorry, but I don't know how to set up links!

This is why I won't be riding much this side of Christmas.

That must have been a serious hit to the noggen

from David Kelly on Vimeo.

[BigAl]

F&$#% hell, you were lucky to walk away from that one don.

What was the bit off the other bike?

Should have been picked up at scruteneering.

[5150]

It looked to me like a drive belt snapped and blew the cover clean off.

[slofox]

Back road to Awakino: Cool road although there is stretch about 11 - 12km of gravel. Last time I did it was on an SV650S which was fine. Take it steady. The rest after that bit (and a lot before), is great riding.

Share your motorbike routes @ MotoWhere.com

This is one great ride. Well worth the 12km of gravel to get to it. Or you could come up from Awakino and then turn around when the seal ends and ride it each way if gravels frightens you. Today the gravel was thin with easy riding in wheel tracks, no sliding round, easy 60k on a sporty. The odd ball-rattling corrugation though...best to be standing up for those bits.

There's about 30km of pure twisties between the gravel and SH3. Sealed, not that wide but OK, not a lot of traffic at all - maybe three vehicles in all through there today.

Then there's the gorge on the way home. After the narrower bit, it feels a mile wide and sweepy rather than twisty. Pity about the tanker and trailer infestation...All in all, it's a great day's ride.

Only one bad moment. On the way home, between Pio Pio and Te Kuiti I got behind two litttle jeepy things, front one doing 85 - 90. Back one following real close. Eventually the straight bit comes. I wait for Mr 2 to pass but he hovers behind. So I think (as one does) that I had better zip past both. Which I did. Then just as I moved by Mr.1, a clearing appears on the other side of the road. With a parked patrol car in it. And an active radar machine. And here's me at the top of a passing move and just a tad over the speed limit. Oh shit. What does one do? In my case I moved back into lane and slowed, as nonchalantly as I could under the circumstances, down to a more moderate velocity. Ever looking in the mirror to see if he was of a mind for pursuit...which did not happen.

Still, I hate being on the wrong side of the road so I like to get past and back on my side of the road ASAP...it's safer that way y'know.coughcough

Took a bit of vid in there but it turns out a bug had met with the lens protector, varnishing it with spooge, which, sadly, obfuscated the pics a bit. Bugger.


Video. Not the best quality the XD can produce - bug spooge on lens, not vertically aligned, facing a little low...maybe I should have checked the camera first...

[ckai]

This is one great ride. Well worth the 12km of gravel to get to it. Or you could come up from Awakino and then turn around when the seal ends and ride it each way if gravels frightens you. Today the gravel was thin with easy riding in wheel tracks, no sliding round, easy 60k on a sporty. The odd ball-rattling corrugation though...best to be standing up for those bits.

There's about 30km of pure twisties between the gravel and SH3. Sealed, not that wide but OK, not a lot of traffic at all - maybe three vehicles in all through there today.

Then there's the gorge on the way home. After the narrower bit, it feels a mile wide and sweepy rather than twisty. Pity about the tanker and trailer infestation...All in all, it's a great day's ride.

Only one bad moment. On the way home, between Pio Pio and Te Kuiti I got behind two litttle jeepy things, front one doing 85 - 90. Back one following real close. Eventually the straight bit comes. I wait for Mr 2 to pass but he hovers behind. So I think (as one does) that I had better zip past both. Which I did. Then just as I moved by Mr.1, a clearing appears on the other side of the road. With a parked patrol car in it. And an active radar machine. And here's me at the top of a passing move and just a tad over the speed limit. Oh shit. What does one do? In my case I moved back into lane and slowed, as nonchalantly as I could under the circumstances, down to a more moderate velocity. Ever looking in the mirror to see if he was of a mind for pursuit...which did not happen.

Still, I hate being on the wrong side of the road so I like to get past and back on my side of the road ASAP...it's safer that way y'know.coughcough

Took a bit of vid in there but it turns out a bug had met with the lens protector, varnishing it with spooge, which, sadly, obfuscated the pics a bit. Bugger.

Yip, tis a good road. Nothing gives you the feeling of racing at Isle of Man like fence posts on the inside of corners on the edge of the road Makes for easy apex though

[Murray]

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Counting STjim, Rideon, Don & Warr as 2 people each

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[Warr]

got a email from King Rusty today advising that the GC is on again for 2013 ( 19/20th Oct 2013 ) & SCRR is on for March 2013... anyone here looking at doing the SCRR ? I've never done it before but am very tempted to give next year a good crack as starting point for CP1 is Cape Reinga ( CP2 Cape Egmont, CP3 East Cape & finish CP4 @ Bluff ) for those that have done it before, how do you plan the transfer to SI & what timeframe do you allow for the transfer ? all ideas/thoughts greatly appreciated Might make the LOR east coast trip after all

CP1 Cape Reinga March 11 2013
CP2 Cape Egmont March 12th 2013
CP3 East Cape March 13th 2013
CP4 Bluff March 16th 2013
http://new.rustynuts.co.nz/Rides/The...EntryForm.aspx

[insomnia01]

CP1 Cape Reinga March 11 2013
CP2 Cape Egmont March 12th 2013
CP3 East Cape March 13th 2013
CP4 Bluff March 16th 2013
http://new.rustynuts.co.nz/Rides/The...EntryForm.aspx

got that info already Warren looking for folk that have done the event before, I only see the transition on the ferry the real hurdle ie : timing for ferry crossing morning/evening or early morning crossing, as you can see we'll have 3days to get from East Cape lighthouse to Bluff

[MystikEagle]

got that info already Warren looking for folk that have done the event before, I only see the transition on the ferry the real hurdle ie : timing for ferry crossing morning/evening or early morning crossing, as you can see we'll have 3days to get from East Cape lighthouse to Bluff

Easy as pie! Done it in the car in two days, slept a few hours on one side and then on the ferry. Done it going both north and south. I wish I could join you but I don't think my ass would cope...

P.S. I took the earliest crossing on the ferry both times. Less traffic etc and easier to sleep Oh, and the water tends to be calmer too if your of the sea sick variety like myself...

[Warr]

got that info already Warren looking for folk that have done the event before, I only see the transition on the ferry the real hurdle ie : timing for ferry crossing morning/evening or early morning crossing, as you can see we'll have 3days to get from East Cape lighthouse to Bluff

Geoff (aka Blackbird) who used to live in Tokoroa, He has written a log of his Southern Cross adventures .. Will see if I can find a link to post.

I have booked leave for the event and plan to do something like Wednesday after East Cape, get to Picton for the night and then
Thursday Picton - Dunedin is 8.5 hours giving a day up my sleave and on Saturday Dunedin - Bluff is 2.5 hours.

Here is his Log
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...e-of-3-newbies

Insomnia01 .... Perhaps we should create a new thread rather than clutter up the LOR pages