Vintage Grumble Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, MopedNZ said: Re: Motu road. Done some reading on it lately and it's blown my mind a wee bit. It was used as a part of the WRC till the mid 90's. The Motu was often the stage that decided the championship winner. Fastest time ever was Colin McRae in a Subaru in 1994: 37m 21s from end to end - all 47km. Jesus thats quick. It was so renowned in the world rally scene that when McRaes pace notes from the Motu came up for auction people all around the world were bidding on them. Ken Block tried to win them but eventually pulled out and never succeeded in winning the auction. Though when he came to NZ he still went down to the Motu and had a casual drive on it to take in the perfection that is Motu. Hide contents Soz for spam. Just never realised how well known it was. Nice. Also soz for ranger. The first gravel road we rode on (Stanley rd) after leaving J5's house was also part of the WRC back in the day. I got to go to a night stage there when I was a kid, with my oldest brother. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark105 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 37 minutes ago, Vintage Grumble said: The first gravel road we rode on (Stanley rd) after leaving J5's house was also part of the WRC back in the day. I got to go to a night stage there when I was a kid, with my oldest brother. Man those were the days of WRC, i remember many a time running down a gravel road in the dark between rally cars to exit a stage. Back when they used to night time rally. I knew about the Motu but probably too long ago for me to remember being there. /spam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 13 hours ago, MopedNZ said: PPSC just shoved mircrowave pizzas between the barrel and carb on their weapons. Such a great Kiwi idea. Approx 2 hours riding and your pizza is nice and dusty for road side consumption with either a super fancy craft beer or a lion brown. No in between, Midge lost like three pies off the cb hah 2 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 RIP Irvines mince and cheese; we are poorer for having lost his robust mincy taste. my leaning tower haiwaiian microwave special was shortly dismissed after succumbing to the Stanley Road corrugations. we will be back next year with a 12v microwave oven mounted in a pannier bag powered off the stator 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thphantum Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 1 hour ago, MopedNZ said: Re: Motu road. Done some reading on it lately and it's blown my mind a wee bit. It was used as a part of the WRC till the mid 90's. The Motu was often the stage that decided the championship winner. Fastest time ever was Colin McRae in a Subaru in 1994: 37m 21s from end to end - all 47km. Jesus thats quick. It was so renowned in the world rally scene that when McRaes pace notes from the Motu came up for auction people all around the world were bidding on them. Ken Block tried to win them but eventually pulled out and never succeeded in winning the auction. Though when he came to NZ he still went down to the Motu and had a casual drive on it to take in the perfection that is Motu. Hide contents Soz for spam. Just never realised how well known it was. Nice. Also soz for ranger. I was a spectator on the Motu stage the year that McRae did that run. Awesome to watch. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 4 hours ago, TimShadboltfan27 said: RIP Irvines mince and cheese; we are poorer for having lost his robust mincy taste. my leaning tower haiwaiian microwave special was shortly dismissed after succumbing to the Stanley Road corrugations. we will be back next year with a 12v microwave oven mounted in a pannier bag powered off the stator Buy 2 get 1 free tho m8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HighLUX Posted December 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2019 More off topic but some sweet footage of WRC '95 with ol mate Colin showing how to drive the Motu proper fast Also a lush mo on Possum Borne(RIP) 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 80 pages of paces notes is hectic reading for the co-driver, better up your direction notes game for next year @johnnyfive Also shows how to attack the Motu ford properly Pin it to win it 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I did that last time and nearly floated away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Believe it or not (I'm walking on air), the Ford was dry on Sunday. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Was about the only thing close to disappointment al weekend to be honest,after hearing about the lols from previous years 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I was keen to get out there rookie daving bin it to win it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 @Rookie needs to do some highsides again next year plz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Need @MichaelJFox to show us how it's done. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Shakotom Posted December 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2019 Late to the party as have been rekt for the last couple of days. a huge thanks to j5/shadow garage crew for organising the ride. What a route! A+ for ratio of gravel to tarmac, scenery (coming from a city, you forget how beautiful NZ really is) and fun/challengingness of route. Certainly the most amount of gravel I’ve ever ridden consistently. I really enjoyed it, and my bike was not to bad to ride, bar constant bottomed out forks and a seat that punished my butt. Thanks to the support drivers for following us around, providing quality roadside dining, good yarns, and being able to produce any tool required at the drop of a hat -mobile workshop was great! Thanks to the rest of you lot for making it a great weekend. Also waking up to this view in the middle of the Te Uruweras ain’t bad Do it again soon? 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GuyWithAviators Posted December 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 While all you hard ppsc cunce were sleeping in the lake us FOAMERS were living it large in our Chalet 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mop Head Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 5 hours ago, GuyWithAviators said: While all you hard ppsc cunce were sleeping in the lake us FOAMERS were living it large in our Chalet Real men wear pink. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Foamer spec condom for all the safe butt aids but none of the bad ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TimShadboltfan27 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Reminiscing by little river band plays 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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