Molesworth Moped Melee, 5th, 6th. 7th march 2021

[Chris.QCR]

@Chunky_t riding the least approriate bike as he did the whole ride. His extra few CCs than me made up for the lack off suspension and brake he had

[Chris.QCR]

@avengertigeron his CT with highway pegs

[Chris.QCR]

@Pee Dubs on his oh so sweet CB400.  thanks for stopping and helping with my Throttle cable replacement and @Moffor the brakeclean and help too ! Sorry for the punishing half throttle ride after that until I realised I needed to adjust the slack out of the cable 

[Chris.QCR]

The one and only Vape Yeti @WankBankA100 punishing that A100

[Chris.QCR]

Sean on the sweet little Monkey

[Chris.QCR]

@Truenotchon his sweet MX100 which I really enjoyed battling all weekend long! This must have been just before the clutch cable snapped

[Chris.QCR]

@Whoopeecocksmashing thru the Jollies Pass River crossing on his sweet Yoshi Pipe

[Chris.QCR]

@governorsam on his GN smashing thru the river. Was impressed with how well it performed off road

[Truenotch]

6 hours ago, Impact said:

 Yo yo. 
just trying to enter this thread and load some photos. Button mashing presently but hope to find the right pipe soon

Hi Steve! Markku here, welcome to oldschool  . I see you've figured out how to upload pics to the forum. I'll work out a good way for us to share photos and videos soon. 

Also welcome to @Whoopeecock and @Tyla - was great riding with you two over the weekend. I was on the red MX100 (sorry for splashing you on Mt Patriarch Jeff  ). 

3 hours ago, Mof said:

I haven't seen any pictures from Maungatapu, were you all just too busy holding on/falling off?

This is basically it. I got a couple of pics and vids from the top, but was too busy holding on / nanging first gear to stop for photos. 

 

Here's my small selection of videos from the weekend. Happy to share them if anyone wants to add them to an edit. 

 

[Hungry]

Huge thanks to all the top blokes who organised this ride and support crew with the awesome daily lunches from the off-road food trailer. Great to meet an awesome group of riders. Also thanks to fellow Monkey man Jeff for sharing the details of this event with me.

I thoroughly enjoyed the amazing three day route, riding to places I never thought I’d ride the Monkey bike, and over the most varied terrain. 

Whilst the Monkey did very well and was a comfortable ride, I was riding it as hard as I could and at times it was a mission to keep up with the rest of you. The 12-inch wheels and unforgiving stock suspension proved challenging in the potholed sections and gave limited control on some of the looser gravel – great fun though and I can’t wait to do this again next time!  My clutch got a good workout particularly going up the Maungatapu track and trying to keep the front wheel down. 

Cheers again
Sean
 

[Chunky_t]

Also thanks @Whoopeecock for letting me have a hoon on your monkey (don’t say that sentence out loud if you don’t want any sideways looks), they’re a pretty sweet rig and my only regret was not testing out the abs haha. 

[Chunky_t]

3 hours ago, Chris.QCR said:

The one and only Vape Yeti @WankBankA100 punishing that A100

That’s gotta be a new user name surely 

[Truenotch]

3 minutes ago, Chunky_t said:

That’s gotta be a new user name surely 

[WankBankA100]

6 minutes ago, Truenotch said:

Mother f...r! 

[Whoopeecock]

Guys, I feel I’ve hijacked this ride a bit by posting the photos on a couple of Facebook groups. Most of you have seen I shared in Small Bike Runs and Moped NZ. I also shared on the local and national adventure bike pages, just to show them you don’t need $20,000 KTMs with all the toys. Those guys are loving what we’ve done, and now I’ve had requests from both Kiwi Rider to do a Zoom interview and NZ Bike Rider Magazine want some words put together for their magazine. 
Who’s the official media spokesperson for this bunch of motley hooligans? There must be a good wordsmith among us? And do you think we can wrangle sponsorship from Double Brown for next year?

[ThePog]

9 minutes ago, Whoopeecock said:

Guys, I feel I’ve hijacked this ride a bit by posting the photos on a couple of Facebook groups. Most of you have seen I shared in Small Bike Runs and Moped NZ. I also shared on the local and national adventure bike pages, just to show them you don’t need $20,000 KTMs with all the toys. Those guys are loving what we’ve done, and now I’ve had requests from both Kiwi Rider to do a Zoom interview and NZ Bike Rider Magazine want some words put together for their magazine. 
Who’s the official media spokesperson for this bunch of motley hooligans? There must be a good wordsmith among us? And do you think we can wrangle sponsorship from Double Brown for next year?

I vote @Chris.QCR

Such a photogenic beard.

[johnnyfive]

My opinion is questionable, and probably not wanted, but I think the media needs more Bart Simpson in its life.

[Willdat?]

30 minutes ago, Whoopeecock said:

Guys, I feel I’ve hijacked this ride a bit by posting the photos on a couple of Facebook groups. Most of you have seen I shared in Small Bike Runs and Moped NZ. I also shared on the local and national adventure bike pages, just to show them you don’t need $20,000 KTMs with all the toys. Those guys are loving what we’ve done, and now I’ve had requests from both Kiwi Rider to do a Zoom interview and NZ Bike Rider Magazine want some words put together for their magazine. 
Who’s the official media spokesperson for this bunch of motley hooligans? There must be a good wordsmith among us? And do you think we can wrangle sponsorship from Double Brown for next year?

@Truenotch writes very well, @Chris.QCR has the media experience and always seems to come off pretty well, and@RUNAMUCKwas the driving force that organised the event and also the media experience! To be completely honest they could just be directed to this thread!

[Tumeke]

Pretty sure it was just a random group of guys going for a ride at the same time....

[Mof]

Keep in mind to think about the ramifikarens, refer jetboat thread