King Country ADV ride?

[Aslan]

An E-07 on the rear will get you anywhere.
Just stick something MT21/D606/TKC80 style on the front.

I'm on the NordieBoy plan with an E07 on the rear and an MT21 on the front - works for me.

D606 also a cool tyre (got 6,000KM out of the one I just removed) but I use my DR most days to get to work so the knobbly seemed like overkill.

cheers Aslan

[junkmanjoe]

Fishers track is actually more wet/boggy than the 42nd but is mostly downhill anyway and not steep,mainly second gear riding so you should be okay as long as you dont fill you fuel tank right up and add another 100 kgs weight to the bike. [/QUOTE]

well i have to say, that a little extra weight, has improved the bikes handling, when i took daves bike to the alloy shop, my feeling on it, it felt very loose,to control.
i guess i have ajusted to my bikes extra weight,
i put the most fuel in i had ever, last weekend, around the coast, with a nearly full tank, i was a bit worried about the lose metal to come, but it was fine, you could feel the weight on the open road, on the corners, but its ok.

cheers for the heads up on track conditions, im going to risk it, as a spare set of tires are not on the budget for now....

[junkmanjoe]

I'm on the NordieBoy plan with an E07 on the rear and an MT21 on the front - works for me.

D606 also a cool tyre (got 6,000KM out of the one I just removed) but I use my DR most days to get to work so the knobbly seemed like overkill.

cheers Aslan

hello my freind.

i guess we be evenly matched.

will try catch up with you sat arfo

[.chris]

I was thinking of getting some more knobbly tires for this ride, but after a few rides in the sand/gravel with the Sahara 3's I am pretty happy with them.

I will admit they are probably not going to be the best in the mud, but where is the fun in it being easy

[Paladin]

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well i have to say, that a little extra weight, has improved the bikes handling, when i took daves bike to the alloy shop, my feeling on it, it felt very loose,to control.

You would've hated how light and skittish the KLX was on gravel then matey! I always felt like there was no weight pushing down thru the front wheel even when standing up - it was like the darn thing was just skating over the top of the loose gravel all the time! I know it was probably just my amateur technique but still used to freak me out!

[Paladin]

I was thinking of getting some more knobbly tires for this ride, but after a few rides in the sand/gravel with the Sahara 3's I am pretty happy with them.

I will admit they are probably not going to be the best in the mud, but where is the fun in it being easy

I'll swap you for my Trailwings if you want even more challenge in the mud if ya like!

I'm certainly not leaving them on my bike - I'm too much of a wimp for THAT!

[junkmanjoe]

I was thinking of getting some more knobbly tires for this ride, but after a few rides in the sand/gravel with the Sahara 3's I am pretty happy with them.

I will admit they are probably not going to be the best in the mud, but where is the fun in it being easy

oh well i guess we can slip and slide around at the back mate,,, should be fun...

i r looking forward to the trip..

[Eddieb]

I'm in, for the full 4 dayer.

Work is forcing all employees to take 3 days annual leave before the end of April to reduce the companies leave liability before the end of financial quarter Q2.

So the Friday and Monday around this are 2 of those days.

[Paladin]

I'm in, for the full 4 dayer.

Work is forcing all employees to take 3 days annual leave before the end of April to reduce the companies leave liability before the end of financial quarter Q2.

So the Friday and Monday around this are 2 of those days.

Woohoo! Great news mate!

[dino3310]

oh well i guess we can slip and slide around at the back mate,,, should be fun...

i r looking forward to the trip..

and i'll be the "tail end charlie" with camera ready and willing

[Paladin]

and i'll be the "tail end charlie" with camera ready and willing

Oh great, that means you'll be right behind me witnessing all my offs then!

[.chris]

Oh great, that means you'll be right behind me witnessing all my offs then!

You would not want us to miss any, would you?

I have been trying to get as much riding under my belt on the new bike before this ride but so far between being busy with work and my bike being in the shop every couple of days, its not quite going to plan.
Had a bit of sand riding practice, but not much else, I really need to get into some dirt/mud, and clock up some km's in the gravel.
Which is hopefully happening this weekend, assuming I get my bike back before then.

[dino3310]

shit i havent ridin since the last raglan kawhia ride in Jan, i'll just have to rely on my god given talent to stay uprite

[Garry.W]

I'm in, for the full 4 dayer.

Good There's quite a few of us from Wellington by the look of it.

KSlider is still keen on the Matawhiri Track on the way up. We should aim to leave Wellington reasonably early Friday morning.

How about we all meet Shell Mana around 8:00 am and head north from there?

[Paladin]

You would not want us to miss any, would you?

Which is hopefully happening this weekend, assuming I get my bike back before then.

Oh I'm used to it being seen mate; between Mark, Jim, Eddie, Bart, Joe, Stephen all with cameras I just take it as a given my screw ups will all be captured for posterity - there's no escape from this crowd unless you do a 2 second recovery like Pampa did!!!

Did I miss something? What's with your bike? Hope its ok!