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It's exceptional These are proper big scenery middle of nowhere bucket list tracks. And this is your best opportunity to do them.

Also be self sufficient e.g carry all your own gear. There are support vehicles, but they are there for breakdowns and bbqs. Not for carrying your bags

Get some (as much as you can) experience riding gravel roads. Practice = seat time. 70-80% of this ride is not paved. So you really need to be comfortable on gravel

Porous from burning oil in the weld probably. I'd grind all the weld back, heat the hole area with gas to burn out the oil. Not red hot though or you'll shrink the axle. Then reweld

Seeing as you've got bolt on flanges there, can you make up some Boso pipes for barry car shows?

Heck yes that sound is it What if you took the pipes forward from the exit of the box and poked them out just behind the rear wheels? So they're more out the side rather than behind

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Welcome to the west coast/ logging roads

Clifton road was the first one with all the water. Noname road was directly after lunch. Maori Gully Road was after that.

Noted If we do it again in the future I have some kind of alternatives

From @Mouse

Round holes

One week to go! Just went on a wee shakedown and checked out the gravel road situation. I might need more heat shield And maybe a clutch....

Two weeks!

Did I see this at Rangiora a couple weeks back? Looks so good man

It's so cute!

Cats like playing in boxes...

You cooking? I don't get up that early

Also like I've said before you're all welcome to crash at mine the night before. There's 3 spare bedrooms, couches and heaps of floor space. Plus not so much rush in the morning for the 9am start. We could do a byo bbq, I'll supply the greenery.

One month! I reckon these tracks have got a little bit of every other track we've done in the past. Including Porika

No more saving lives