Akaroa Lighthouse Adv Ride

**scumdog** · 10th November 2006, 11:52

Originally Posted by mattsdakar

I should be ok for Saturday..I'm in!!

So this is the thread you were talking about this morning eh?

**PLUG** · 10th November 2006, 18:31

... aeee SD, throw some knobblies on the sporty & keep it ... busy nite ... or ... should i say, morning ... waz it boys ...

**Transalper** · 12th November 2006, 12:05

Was a great ride, got some funny video and everyone did well. Just a pity I ran out of tape so wasn't rolling camera for the Flea Bay approach or ride up the Stock road at the end.
It's great to explore the secluded bays that i didn't even know existed, and to have the places to ourselves while there.

**Ghost Lemur** · 12th November 2006, 12:48

Originally Posted by Transalper

Was a great ride, got some funny video and everyone did well. Just a pity I ran out of tape so wasn't rolling camera for the Flea Bay approach or ride up the Stock road at the end.
It's great to explore the secluded bays that i didn't even know existed, and to have the places to ourselves while there.

Glad to hear you guys had fun.

On the subject of video. Any ideas when we can expect the Canterbury Rides one?*hint*hint*nudge*nudge*

**SDU** · 12th November 2006, 20:41

Glad you guys had a good ride.
It was a good day for a ride, we made it to Akaroa along with a few of the biker angels.

**miSTa** · 12th November 2006, 21:50

Originally Posted by Ghost Lemur

On the subject of video. Any ideas when we can expect the Canterbury Rides one?*hint*hint*nudge*nudge*

Excellent point. Well?

Oh yes, ditto to what everyone else has said about the ride.

**Transalper** · 12th November 2006, 21:57

About the video(s)... well as you might have noticed I like to ride a lot and basically that don't leave much time to cut the tapes down to make em watchable or even fit on a DVD. So... no news on the Canty Rides Vid yet, too busy riding and the backlog grows again.

**miSTa** · 12th November 2006, 21:59

All I'm hearing, umm I mean reading, is excuses....

**Transalper** · 12th November 2006, 22:08

Originally Posted by Mr Sensible

All I'm hearing, umm I mean reading, is excuses....

Oh, what's that, you offering to pay double for your next one?

Any one with the gear and software to edit and burn em is welcome to have a crack at it, i'll bring the camera (plugs into ya PC's firewire port if ya got one) and tapes round to upload the raw video. You'll need a bit of free HD space too.

suppose i could get back to it instead of hanging out here too.

**far queue** · 13th November 2006, 07:26

No rush on the vid for me, as I wont be in it anyway. I understand what you’re saying too - shall I stay home parked up in front of the PC, or go out and play – not a hard choice really.

I’m more interested in seeing the report and pics from the lighthouse ride ...

**cooneyr** · 13th November 2006, 07:28

Few of my crappy pics from the trip. For some reason I didnt get any after flea bay. Maybe something to do with being naffd. Missed Lemans and SDU by about 15 mins in akaroa unfortunatly.

The mighty DR's managed the run across birdlings without bogging down. Plug manged the first 1/3 then got the wobbles. 660 and mattsdakar took the 4x4 track and also got about 1/3 of the way then bogged down. Foolish me was first across then got the plessure of helping some of the others. I definatly didnt eat enough weatbix though. The shitty videos I got on the digi cam have me puffing like mad. Was buggered before we even go onto the first gravel road.

Roads in and out of the Akaroa lighthose and Flea bay were step and the wind added to the fun.Really enjoyed the run up the takamatu stock track. Couple of slippery rocky sections were interesting. Also enjoyed the run down the seal from the southern bays road to wainui. Would be great place for stick 17 inch tyres and a closed road as long as the ice grit is removed! Lots of vehicles to watch out for on the pidgon bay to Port Levey road including an american who decided to stop in the middle of the narrow gravel road.

Pics
1 - 660 crossing mouth of lake forsyth
2 - all on the bossu road just above birdlings flat
3 - all in peraki bay, where there is a memorial to the first white settler in canterbury and the whaling station he set up in 1833
4 - Akaroa lighthouse - not that spectacular now - just a concrete pillar
5 - Flea bay - first farm established in 1843. Bay and some of ocean is a marine reserve.

Cheers
R

**far queue** · 13th November 2006, 10:53

Good pics, and good that you got across birdlings flat OK, even if you were knackered. The run down the seal from the southern bays road to Wainui is a fun road isn't it.

**SDU** · 13th November 2006, 12:51

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Few of my crappy pics from the trip. For some reason I didnt get any after flea bay. Maybe something to do with being naffd. Missed Lemans and SDU by about 15 mins in akaroa unfortunatly.
CheersR

Nothing wrong with the pics R. Pity we missed you all, we left with Speedygirl, Rashika, SuzieQ & Skirster Gal(nice to meet you), it would've been good to meet the newbies as well as the regular crew.

**merv** · 13th November 2006, 13:52

Its like 30 years + since I rode at Birdlings but I always remember the annoying thing there was the size of the stones - too big to be smooth, too small to be OK, but just the right size to catch in your chain and sprocket and stuff like that.

No doubt you had fun.

**miSTa** · 13th November 2006, 19:58

Originally Posted by Transalper

Oh, what's that, you offering to pay double for your next one?

Any one with the gear and software to edit and burn em is welcome to have a crack at it, i'll bring the camera (plugs into ya PC's firewire port if ya got one) and tapes round to upload the raw video. You'll need a bit of free HD space too.

suppose i could get back to it instead of hanging out here too.

Ummm, no thanks TA, you're doing a great job.

Great pics R.

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