Overland to the Monkey 2008

[marks]

Def Marks , We will be leaving Chch 7am ish Friday before the Monkey, just plan to be in Chch thurs nite ready to go Fri morn , we will confirm the cunning plan closer to the time.

Mick

you only live once

count me in

[mickeyboy]

Cool mate , keep in touch.

[jezzaNZ]

you only live once

count me in

marks, you need a wingman from PPram? never been before but always wanted to go.

[Transalper]

Count me in. Since I missed out on the last one I'm hanging out for this one...

Count me in Mick ... are we gunna hook through that dudes farm between Omarama & St Bathans again ... sweet ride that

BTW where they go I usually follow so in case you hadn't worked it out yet I expect to be in again too.

Might leave the camera at home this round as I haven't even gotten to edit last years one yet.

[marks]

marks, you need a wingman from PPram? never been before but always wanted to go.

You're more than welcome to join me.

I would most probably be catching the ferry and traveling to Chch on the Wednesday and spending a lazy day in Chch on Thursday (wifes family are in ChCH so I might have to do a bit of relly visiting). Was also considering coming back up the west coast (all dependent on weather) and taking a couple of days to get home.

I will not be traveling fast (100 ish) as I'm on the DT230.

where do you normally ride your 450???

cheers


Mark

[Club Matrix]

Yeah I'm in as well. Sounds cool. What are the best tyres for dealing with snow/ice?

[jezzaNZ]

Mark, have family down south also (Ashvagas and Timvagas) so timeframe suits me. Will ride the Super Ten so in no hurry. Did a ride down south at Xmas (Dansies Pass, Blackforest RD, Thompson's Track, MacKenzey's Pass and of course the Raindow Road) so looking forward to getting back down there.
Mainly ride on organised trail rides in the area but love the two day or long distance stuff (offroad of course) also get up the Maungie's ocassionally for a blast.
How about yourself? Maungie's mostly? I did see your photo's on the Advrider site, must have rained heavily before you rode it?

Cheers

Jezza

[jezzaNZ]

Mark, could be an idea to rendez-vous in CH-Ch with some southern folk to head south!

[Transalper]

Yeah I'm in as well. Sounds cool. What are the best tyres for dealing with snow/ice?

Snow - anything knobbish
Ice - no good tyres
It's the possible mud I plan for on the long way round Friday and Saturday/Sunday/Monday travels... and those are the same knobbish tyres as for snow. D606 springs to mind as a typical answer for me on this trip... but there will still be a few others about that will still wear the likes of Mitas E07 or similar.

[Club Matrix]

Snow - anything knobbish
Ice - no good tyres
It's the possible mud I plan for on the long way round Friday and Saturday/Sunday/Monday travels... and those are the same knobbish tyres as for snow. D606 springs to mind as a typical answer for me on this trip... but there will still be a few others about that will still wear the likes of Mitas E07 or similar.

I'll try the D606 on the rear. MT21 on the front still good, but same on the rear is starting to look pretty square- I'm sure I can finish it off before the BM.
Cheers.

[Transalper]

D606, MT21... much the same preformance from what I hear.

[mickeyboy]

Guys . Don't get to worried bout the ice and snow , last year we saw none at all. Just ride on your regular tyres. Most of our riding will be gravel and rocky farm track terrain , suitable for 2 up if you take it easy.
mick

[Frodo]

You're more than welcome to join me.

I would most probably be catching the ferry and traveling to Chch on the Wednesday and spending a lazy day in Chch on Thursday (wifes family are in ChCH so I might have to do a bit of relly visiting). Was also considering coming back up the west coast (all dependent on weather) and taking a couple of days to get home.

I will not be traveling fast (100 ish) as I'm on the DT230.

cheers


Mark

At this stage I'm keen too. Might struggle keeping to 100 though and I have a friend I'd like to visit in Lake Ohau so we might split up south of Picton. I'll connect with the overlanders at some point on their route.

Cheers

[marks]

At this stage I'm keen too. Might struggle keeping to 100 though and I have a friend I'd like to visit in Lake Ohau so we might split up south of Picton. I'll connect with the overlanders at some point on their route.

Cheers

Hi Frodo

The more the merrier

I was thinking of catching the 9am ferry on Wednesday

I'm not making a booking for returning - gives me some flexibility

[zeRax]

i catch u ferry loving lot as u come into picton or blenheim, and merry along down to chch with ya's ;> keen to go to brass monkey, havent ridden since dusty butt 08, well hardly, been so busy with the missus and work and moving and krazykittenofdeath and boat and car shit, fuck :\ its disgusting@!