Adventure Cruise to Cheviot/Culverden

**miSTa** · 28th October 2006, 20:01

Soooooooooooooo?

(Sorry R, I missed your thread though I still would not have been able to make it)

**sixsixty** · 28th October 2006, 20:43

Hi guys,
met you in Cheviot at lunchtime going the other way. Found this site you told me about and registered. Just like that! Hope you found your way through Random Spur ok. I got home about 4 pm after a 300 km day - was good fun. Shall be keeping an eye on upcoming events. Awesome site; just what I've been looking for...
Cheers

**far queue** · 28th October 2006, 21:01

Originally Posted by Mr Sensible

Soooooooooooooo?

Ditto

Originally Posted by sixsixty

... Found this site you told me about and registered. Just like that! ... Shall be keeping an eye on upcoming events. Awesome site; just what I've been looking for...
Cheers

Welcome aboard mate, no doubt I'll see you on a ride sometime.

**miSTa** · 28th October 2006, 21:08

Welcome aboard sixsixty, but best you go and introduce yourself over here: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=34

**Transalper** · 28th October 2006, 23:03

Yep, welcome aboard sixsixty, glad to see you found us here.

Some of my photos....
1- J on the DR250
2- PLUG mid corner
3- Another map check
4- PLUG comming up the hill
5- Atop a hill with the Peninsular way off in the distance
6- PLUG returning after trying to find the way.

**Transalper** · 28th October 2006, 23:07

More photos...
1- a 4x4 that we think made some interesting tracks PLUG found where it had taken out a fence, gone over a bank and thru a tree, then been towed back up by a dozer of some sort with catapillar tracks. We were surprised to see so little damage.
2- Me on a longish wooden suspension bridge on the way to Gore Bay.
3- Lunch at Cheviot and sixsixty's bike in foreground
4- Atop another hill, Cooner taking photos
5- Same place looking in a different direction, Cooner and Hurunui Rover mouth way off in the distance
6- now facing Culverden

**Transalper** · 28th October 2006, 23:10

last ones....
1- another great valley view after closing a gate.
2- regroup
3- we had fords too..cooneyr making a splash
4- game over, stop a Culverden before departing just after 4pm on the cruse home

**far queue** · 28th October 2006, 23:31

Cool, it all looks very green. How did the bike go CR?

**miSTa** · 29th October 2006, 06:16

Nice photos there TA, looks like a good trip

**PLUG** · 29th October 2006, 10:14

... nice number plate work there TA ...

... the nissan 4wd ... there was a gate to open & close ... the track went around to the left. We could see these wheel tracks in the grass carrying on stright from the gate for about 20m then over this ridge. On the other side of this ridge it dropped away down into a gully 50 odd metres below.

The nissan was automatic ... it looks like the driver went through the gate & left it in drive, possiblie not pulling on the hand brake hard enough & it took it's self for a bit of a ticky tour (no skidd marks/brake marks what so ever) ... 5m down from the top of the ridge WAS a fence, on the other side of that was an old man pine tree, further below was scrubby broom, all on a ruff, rutted face headding down into the gully. Well the vehicle left a trail assorted parts & flattened scrub as it bounced it way down, just missing the pine tree, comming to rest 2/3 the way down this face. Some how it stayed on all 4's. It had a trailer in tow, with a M/C strapped on, as you can see in the photo, the draw bar was bent & twisted with grass & scrub hanging off it, the bike & the rest of the trailer was all good.

There was a trail of engine oil back up the hill from where the dozer had hauled it out ... guess there is a cheap nissan force ale ...

**mattsdakar** · 29th October 2006, 22:24

Hey there Sixsixty,
Welcome aboard, like the Tenere, identical to my last bike, very good workhorse that I did near 40,000km's on, now riding a Dakar
Hopefully see ya round

**cooneyr** · 30th October 2006, 07:22

Originally Posted by far queue

Cool, it all looks very green. How did the bike go CR?

Bike was awsome. Love the grunt. Had the 15 thooth CS on to try and ease fuel consumption a little. 166kms from Shell Belfast to Mobil Cheviot took 9 litres i.e. 5.42 l/100km or 18.4km per litre. Not too unhappy with that. Took extra fuel incase and just ended up bringing it home.

The wind blast at a sustained 100-110 for any length of time could get tire some for a newby though. Rode from Chulverden back to Rolly non stop and was a little knackered by the time I got there. A spitfire screen came with the bike so going to try it out as a way of reducing the wind load a little - kinda ugly though.

Had a great time on the trip thanks guys. Awsome to finnally clock some decient kms and see what it was like. Really enjoyed the wiglies on the seal, actually the wiggles everwhere were pretty cool. Power slides through the Kaiwara Road were awsome - very nice gravel.

Great to see you joined up sixsixty!

Pics
1 - On saddle (plus a few m of hill) of Limestone Road. Banks Peninsular in background and Motanau Islnd in mid.
2 - Captin TA surveying the promised land.
3 - Looking north at seaward Kaikoura's from Random Spur Road - dirt track is road.
4 - Mouth of Huranui (i.e. TA's swingbridge) from Random Spur Road.

Cheers
R

P.S. Thanks to the guy on the red sprots bike that scared the shit out of me just south of Leithfield by passing in the higher 100's (where is a crapping myself smiley) Atleast I keep at better eye out for you mates!

**PLUG** · 30th October 2006, 07:34

Originally Posted by cooneyr

166kms from Shell Belfast to Mobil Cheviot took 9 litres i.e. 5.42 l/100km or 18.4km per litre. Not too unhappy with that. Took extra fuel incase and just ended up bringing it home.

... 15L to do 355k for me ... sounds like those DR's are pet-tra-holics ... maybe the fuel co's had a hand in there engine design ...

**cooneyr** · 30th October 2006, 08:05

Originally Posted by PLUG

... 15L to do 355k for me ... sounds like those DR's are pet-tra-holics ... maybe the fuel co's had a hand in there engine design ...

Yer yer, you just dont give it enough cept from the stone shower times

Interestingly though bike has 166kms on the trip meter now too. Exactly the same each way - wonder what that means?

**far queue** · 30th October 2006, 13:27

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Bike was awsome. Love the grunt. Had the 15 thooth CS on to try and ease fuel consumption a little. 166kms from Shell Belfast to Mobil Cheviot took 9 litres i.e. 5.42 l/100km or 18.4km per litre. Not too unhappy with that. Took extra fuel incase and just ended up bringing it home.

I run 15/45 on the longer runs, such as to rallies, 13/45 for the tight off road stuff, such as the Waimak, and 14/45 as a compromise. I get 16km/l regardless of the gearing, which surprises me.

Originally Posted by cooneyr

The wind blast at a sustained 100-110 for any length of time could get tire some for a newby though. Rode from Chulverden back to Rolly non stop and was a little knackered by the time I got there. A spitfire screen came with the bike so going to try it out as a way of reducing the wind load a little - kinda ugly though.

I don’t have any trouble with the wind blast at 110kph, and can sit there all day. It get’s tiring at around 130kph for me Maybe you notice it earlier because you’re taller, and therefore sit higher into it?

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Interestingly though bike has 166kms on the trip meter now too. Exactly the same each way - wonder what that means?

Ummm, It probably means you did the same distance each way