Vintage Grumble 19,931 Report post Posted Monday at 22:34 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark105 273 Report post Posted Monday at 23:11 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dolan 13,295 Report post Posted Monday at 23:21 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimShadboltfan27 3,138 Report post Posted Monday at 23:48 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thphantum 2,651 Report post Posted Tuesday at 00:06 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 37,998 Report post Posted Tuesday at 03:50 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighLUX 26,682 Report post Posted Tuesday at 06:21 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) 8 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighLUX 26,682 Report post Posted Tuesday at 06:33 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 37,998 Report post Posted Tuesday at 06:55 I did that last time and nearly floated away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyfive 6,715 Report post Posted Tuesday at 06:58 Believe it or not (I'm walking on air), the Ford was dry on Sunday. 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaver 6,866 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:00 Was about the only thing close to disappointment al weekend to be honest,after hearing about the lols from previous years 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dolan 13,295 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:22 I was keen to get out there rookie daving bin it to win it 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighLUX 26,682 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:27 @Rookie needs to do some highsides again next year plz 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUNAMUCK 18,469 Report post Posted Tuesday at 07:28 Need @MichaelJFox to show us how it's done. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shakotom 6,424 Report post Posted Tuesday at 18:43 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuyWithAviators 5,664 Report post Posted Wednesday at 01:23 While all you hard ppsc cunce were sleeping in the lake us FOAMERS were living it large in our Chalet 16 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MopedNZ 4,639 Report post Posted Wednesday at 06:54 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighLUX 26,682 Report post Posted Wednesday at 07:21 Foamer spec condom for all the safe butt aids but none of the bad ones Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tortron 37,998 Report post Posted Wednesday at 07:34 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimShadboltfan27 3,138 Report post Posted Wednesday at 23:25 Reminiscing by little river band plays 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
