Burt Munro Challenge 2008 (28-30 November)

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Passed a tourist who had parked a campervan in the swamp- they really don't get gravel roads!

Extreme tourists...

[BBzz]

Stuck in Haast becuse some D%^K #%*D wouldn't fix his gas pump
But I must give the upS^^ TO Deep South the roads the people (most of them) Rock the Rally what a BLAST and on Agro Sweet Azzz Rock On

[gammaguy]

just got back from the Burt Munro weekend.

Great Racing

great food and beer

great weather(not always)

great mates good to catch up with y,all

im in love with the RG all over again

Just Awesome.cant wait till next year!

[alley cat]

Wow. Home last night about 11. What a magic weekend. Top nz bike event ive been to yet by a country mile!!!!!!!!!
The inland ride down was perfect. Total heaven.
The racing was good, the speedway track and racing awesome.
Loads of piss drunk, loads of new places, my first first gear wheelie, and a lovely cop who let me away with some cheeky riding in invercargill.
Windy wet ride home but the ole newspaper worked its magic.
Perfect man. Burt Monroe rocks!

[Okey Dokey]

Third time going for me and I think it was the best yet! Sunshine at the Oreti Beach races, Teretonga and Wyndham (yes, everywhere) was beautiful and warm. Excellent racing by the competitors.

Didn't need rain gear at all. Went down via the Catlins (McJim territory) and it was lovely.

Very well done, organisers. Give yourselves a BIG pat on the back. And see you again next year...

[BBzz]

Very well done, organisers. Give yourselves a BIG pat on the back. And see you again next year...

Have to Agree GOOD JOB

Got home about 4:30 today. A little bit of Scotch mist on the way up the West Cost but all in all a "Sweet" Ride.

[JMemonic]

Took a slow route home and just got in.

Had a great week, we left ChCh Wednesday last and went over the coast stopped the first night in Franz, spent a little to much as you do, then had a short hop to Wannaka where by some random chance I looked to my left as we entered the Speights bar there and say one of my local KB'ers Spuds1234 helmets sitting there, meet up with a couple of bikers had a beer and a yarn. Off through the Crown ranges down to Invercargill (two l's I can afford the ink) with Alex leading the way, a stop at Winton for a coffee, the off to the Rally site.

I can honestly say I have sent plenty of txt messages to Scummy and McJim but never meet either, I meet a couple of KB'ers and had a ball of a time.

Just a wee warning to all just because a dozen beers has 12 std drinks and a cask of red wine has 31 it does not necessarily make sense to buy the cask of wine.

[Winston001]

I can honestly say I have sent plenty of txt messages to Scummy and McJim but never meet either, I meet a couple of KB'ers and had a ball of a time.

Great to hear that you and everyone else had a great time, it was another pearler of a rally with incredible organisation. Even the gang boys had a good time and didn't bother anyone. One of them rode his Fatbob through the crowd in the dark past Scummy and I, then arsed off. What a cheer went up.

McJim wasn't able to be there, family responsibilities called. I missed lots of people including Daffyd but did catch up with Clairsky. Damned hard to bump into people at these big rallies.

[JMemonic]

Great to hear that you and everyone else had a great time, it was another pearler of a rally with incredible organisation. Even the gang boys had a good time and didn't bother anyone. One of them rode his Fatbob through the crowd in the dark past Scummy and I, then arsed off. What a cheer went up.

We must have been standing next to you at that point, we were standing next to the caravan that sold burgers, not the whitebait one with Spider I think at the time, he dumped it on the way out and managed to spin it at least 180 degrees. That cheer was even bigger.

[Dodger]

2500+km there and back.
A great week, and the Hyosung didn't miss a beat.
I even managed to get to the top of Baldwin Street with a pillion

[Dodger]

Here's a quick panorama of 1/2 the rally site, stitched from 7 images.

[Winston001]

Here's a quick panorama of 1/2 the rally site, stitched from 7 images.

Very clever, good effort.

[Dazza]

Well done Venture Southland, an awesome few days had by all, checked out the Catlins & Milford Sounds whilst down there to, very funny after afew beers listening to the the Southerners talking about their day @ worrrk. Man those Southern roads chew tyres. The Pose all split up for the journey back.Had a good day's ride from Inver's up the West Coast (only real rain the whole trip, apart for on the way down on Tuesday night 1.5hrs out of Gereldine)) & spent the night @ the commercial (? roughcast pub) in Murchison, awesome deal. Spent 1.5 days R & R in Takaka before heading out to Picton & sailing back yesterday.One of the crew rode from Inver's up to Picton then sailed that night & made it back to the Naki by 0520hrs in the pouring rain (North Island leg anyway). So everyone made it home safe n sound & the I did 4400k's, bike needs a wash new tyres & a service, oh and got spoken to by a nice policeman in Haast who said "slow down" & left it @ that, a nice chap he was ! & who ever said there's no cops in the SI are full of it, we saw 6 between Haast & Greymouth, but hey you get that in weekends like that !