Te Urewera Undertaking, 2019 Nov 29th, 30th, Dec 1st.

[Vintage Grumble 20,270]

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. 
 

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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.

[mark105 273]

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

[Dolan 13,737]

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

[TimShadboltfan27 3,309]

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 

[Thphantum 3,088]

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. 
 

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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.

[tortron 40,040]

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

[HighLUX 27,547]

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)

 

 

[HighLUX 27,547]

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

[tortron 40,040]

I did that last time and nearly floated away. 

[johnnyfive 6,979]

Believe it or not (I'm walking on air), the Ford was dry on Sunday.

[Beaver 7,003]

Was about the only thing close to disappointment al weekend to be honest,after hearing about the lols from previous years

[Dolan 13,737]

I was keen to get out there rookie daving 

bin it to win it

[HighLUX 27,547]

@Rookie needs to do some highsides again next year plz

[RUNAMUCK 19,518]

Need @MichaelJFox to show us how it's done.

[Shakotom 6,517]

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?

[GuyWithAviators 5,779]

While all you hard ppsc cunce were sleeping in the lake us FOAMERS were living it large in our Chalet 

 

[MopedNZ 5,129]

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.

[HighLUX 27,547]

Foamer spec condom for all the safe butt aids but none of the bad ones

[tortron 40,040]

 

[TimShadboltfan27 3,309]

Reminiscing by little river band plays