TimShadboltfan27 3,130 Report post Posted October 23 12 minutes ago, Tumeke said: The iwi was looking into some bio-seal scheme using recycled something to seal the road. I'd suggest given the normal rate of progress in the area, we'll be sweet for a few more years yet. also link https://www.wairoadc.govt.nz/our-council/news/article/324/waikaremoana-community-reaffirms-road-sealing informative as always, thank you for directing me to an appropriate local government publication good sir. oh yeah, this is a month away!! my panties are already becoming saturated at the thought of thirty small motorcycles manging through Tame Iti country 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUNAMUCK 18,441 Report post Posted October 24 Do we have that flag (dumb honkey from.white old chch can't remember what its called) to fly behind the trailer? Shityeah it's going to be sweeeeeeet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vintage Grumble 19,918 Report post Posted October 24 1 hour ago, RUNAMUCK said: Do we have that flag (dumb honkey from.white old chch can't remember what its called) to fly behind the trailer? Shityeah it's going to be sweeeeeeet! Blardy honkies. Its the tino rangatiratanga flag. I don't own a copy of it though. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighLUX 26,657 Report post Posted October 24 Maori Sovereignty flag g Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyfive 6,705 Report post Posted October 24 So a day later, current count of entries is 29. I have two unready bikes, with known issues, and another unproven bike in a thousand pieces, with likely unknown issues. Pray for me. I'm looking at doing a quick dash around the route this weekend in the car to make sure what exists on Google Maps is possible IRL. And to familiarise myself with some bits I don't know and possibly get a GPS trail. If everyone has better prepared bikes than I, we should still be OK with one support vehicle & trailer at this stage. As far as I know @Thphantum is still OK to provide this for us? Anyone else is welcome to ride/drive along, (its a public road, and we're not a group remember), but for my sanity, please try and have some self sufficiency/self awareness as it gets confusing quickly when multiple people are relying on multiple vehicles for different things. Everyone gets fragmented and/or lost. Anyone thats registered and is pulling out? Or anyone coming that hasn't registered yet? 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thphantum 2,648 Report post Posted October 24 10 hours ago, johnnyfive said: So a day later, current count of entries is 29. I have two unready bikes, with known issues, and another unproven bike in a thousand pieces, with likely unknown issues. Pray for me. I'm looking at doing a quick dash around the route this weekend in the car to make sure what exists on Google Maps is possible IRL. And to familiarise myself with some bits I don't know and possibly get a GPS trail. If everyone has better prepared bikes than I, we should still be OK with one support vehicle & trailer at this stage. As far as I know @Thphantum is still OK to provide this for us? Anyone else is welcome to ride/drive along, (its a public road, and we're not a group remember), but for my sanity, please try and have some self sufficiency/self awareness as it gets confusing quickly when multiple people are relying on multiple vehicles for different things. Everyone gets fragmented and/or lost. Anyone thats registered and is pulling out? Or anyone coming that hasn't registered yet? Yea mate I'm on board 2 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thphantum 2,648 Report post Posted October 24 22 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said: Do we have that flag (dumb honkey from.white old chch can't remember what its called) to fly behind the trailer? Shityeah it's going to be sweeeeeeet! I was going to paint the ute up like the General Lee 1 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dolan 13,293 Report post Posted October 25 Fizzing. Better start getting organised. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anglia4 1,089 Report post Posted October 25 Me and @Duke Blackwood are planning to come but still building bikes. The old man is also keen to come along and tow a trailer for support too. We will be pretty self sufficient but probably register at the last minute depending on bike building success. Will sleep on the deck of the Ute if we can’t get a tent site somewhere last minute Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duke Blackwood 254 Report post Posted October 27 Did 6 hours of ass conditioning yesterday on the hard-tail, in preparation for the big ride, checked out the classic bike racing at manfield, also practiced road-side mechanic-ing when Itchybear’s Harley packed up.... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyfive 6,705 Report post Posted October 27 Hard tail, lol! Your ass is gonna be quite sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuyWithAviators 5,655 Report post Posted October 27 My backup bike. Will chuck some softer rubber bump stops in the front in place of the missing springs. /should be able to sort out my Yamaha after fiddling @Geophy’s Suzuki. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyfive 6,705 Report post Posted October 27 Neat stuff. Some cool looking bikes at that ride. I might be a bit soft, but I would 100% choose an uncool comfortable bike for this ride. Photo heavy post. Drove around the route on Saturday with the dog. Where possible, probably going a little bit quicker than the bikes, average speed below 50km/h, in some places, much much less. Looks to be about 540km, and without measuring, I'd guess at least 200km of gravel, probably more. Te Urewera Trip by John Bell, on Flickr Somehow this is only measuring about 500km, and the start/finish altitude is a bit off. But there appears to be about 5km of climbs and descents. As you can see, some quite sharp. Altitude Te Urewera trip by John Bell, on Flickr There is a LOT of animals on the road in places, cows, goats, sheep, pigs, horse, dogs, a man with a drink-bottle-bong, plus more. Care needs to be taken. In places we're literally driving through a farm, cattlestops and roaming livestock. IMG_20191026_085406 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_085356 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_091924 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_090517 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_091531 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_092942 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_092945 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_114804 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_115114 by John Bell, on Flickr Plenty of places to stop and look at things. PANO_20191026_074059 by John Bell, on Flickr PANO_20191026_100147 by John Bell, on Flickr PANO_20191026_100219 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_100754 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_140633 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_105514 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191026_105328 by John Bell, on Flickr Remember this sign, we're staying here. IMG_20191026_102404 by John Bell, on Flickr Not sure where I was going with this post, but oh boy its a fun route. Please don't get lost, its not exactly clear which way we're going at times. 2019-10-28_11-50-50 by John Bell, on Flickr 13 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vintage Grumble 19,918 Report post Posted October 27 Oh boy oh boy, that looks neat. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shakotom 6,424 Report post Posted October 28 Me oh my fizzing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris r 5,624 Report post Posted October 28 Looks amazing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UTERUS 14,183 Report post Posted October 28 Oh boy that's enough gravel to make me want to replace my flogged out wheel bearings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 37,903 Report post Posted October 28 No better place to replace them than on the side of a gravel road m8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark105 273 Report post Posted October 28 Did I fill out a form? I can't remember. I think I have accommodation at the lake but no bike so far. Might have to sort that haha 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxPower 898 Report post Posted October 28 heres the only transport i have for this event this year, currently has no front brakes, bald back tyre, and the seat falls off. keen as though, seems all you lot keep buying all the mean scooters when they come up for sale, figure i will just blend in as a local.. what do I need for pants? is jeans ok? or do i need something more protective? any other protective gears? @MopedNZ hooked me up with a good deal on a helmet too. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
