Willdat? Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said: Does that bar behind the seat hurt your arse? It's been cut off both my rear racks. Nope, new setup will allow a much lower tuck though 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
governorsam Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/aprilia/listing/3505365628 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 You're a bad man Sam.......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopeecock Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 He looks like a contender for next year 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
governorsam Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 On 07/03/2022 at 09:47, tortron said: Not even a scratch Must have been in the wrong place then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Overnight parts from the Manawatu! Should be back to terrorizing the community again in no time! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Back 100% and still going hard for what it is 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, RUNAMUCK said: Overnight parts from the Manawatu! Should be back to terrorizing the community again in no time! Mines got a slow boat from Japan coming with parts. Are they from Anaconda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 @Truenotch sent them from his work in Palmy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 16 hours ago, Willdat? said: Mines got a slow boat from Japan coming with parts. Are they from Anaconda? Not a geography teacher are you? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 7 hours ago, anglia4 said: Not a geography teacher are you? It's just about the same place... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopeecock Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 check out the ride at 18:00. Not a place you’d want to hit a rock on a big heavy bike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mof Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Knarley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIZZO Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I wouldn't call a 390 a big heavy bike, its about as small as "adventure" bikes go but it does make me lol with the popularity of adv riding these days the amount of people starting off on bikes not really suited for newby's to the world of motorcycling. Back in amazing days of the 70s/80s/90s a 250cc was a typical sized adv bike for getting offroad as well as touring, that seems to have at least doubled now. I'm all about big bikes, but i didn't learn to ride on them. I was watching a video on the NZAR page about some dudes on a new T7 with all the trendy gear and another on a DR650 riding oldlins rd and making it sound super knarly with "rock walls" and shit. I've been in there plenty during mancamp and its a piece of piss, people in stock rav4s doing it and shit, old boys on R80 bmws. We have had guys that have never ridden a bike before ride it on CTX200s etc. There seems to be so much keeping up with the jones' in the bike world now where you need to have the flashest bike, these 390s are case and point. She should be riding a $2500 Yamaha XT250 super sherper, would learn so much more skills and not be almost dead because of one single rock that she locked on to. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I overheard some of rangiora moped riders talking about some ride they did on the coast on some gnarly trail. They were on small bikes, and they came across some guys on some big bikes who were exhausted/stuck and couldn't get through the trail because their machines were so heavy, and they were fatigued. These roosters rode their bikes put past where they were stuck for them or so the story went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoBro Jesus Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 So apparently I'm on support vehicle duties for this next year. I know it's super early days but would there be a date in mind for this nek year? Cause there's Nats at the end of Feb, and I have the missus' sisters wedding the weekend of the 4th March. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 2 hours ago, DoBro Jesus said: So apparently I'm on support vehicle duties for this next year. I know it's super early days but would there be a date in mind for this nek year? Cause there's Nats at the end of Feb, and I have the missus' sisters wedding the weekend of the 4th March. Good work! I have no idea, @RUNAMUCKwill sort it out, but to be honest your support, and the roads being open is probably the deciding factor. I've just finished my repairs /upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BLIZZO Posted April 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2022 18 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said: I overheard some of rangiora moped riders talking about some ride they did on the coast on some gnarly trail. They were on small bikes, and they came across some guys on some big bikes who were exhausted/stuck and couldn't get through the trail because their machines were so heavy, and they were fatigued. These roosters rode their bikes put past where they were stuck for them or so the story went. yea thats always gunna be the way, you could do any grade 5 trail in NZ on a CT110. You cant rag on big adventure bikes for having a hard time of technical trails, its not what they are designed to do. 200KG+ adventure bikes are designed to eat tarmac miles easily and effortlessly, be fine on travel roads and occasionally do some grade 3-4 type trails, albeit slowly and difficulty, they are not made for technical terrain. I think people see Chris Birch sending his 1290 on grade 5 tracks and think its possible, but we are not chris birch. The the moped riders had come across people on lightweight adv bikes (KTM 500EXC, 501, DRZ400 etc) they would have been showered in stones and seen how much fun the riders were having. All bikes are a compromise, a CT110 can easily do offroad yes but its doesnt give you the adrenaline rush of something with power, it will also suck if you want to do long road sections linking trails. TL:DR - not one bike does everything well, so you need to be like me a fill your shed with 8+ bikes so you have a range to choose from. A freinds howty towty mum recently asked my why on earth i have so many motorcycles when you can only ride one at a time. I replied with "why do you have a closet full of shoes Cheryl, you only have 2 feet" 10 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pee Dubs Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Just watching a bit of that vid (skipping through to find bits where they’re actually riding rather than being tourists!), and she’s going so slowly most of the time she makes it look harder than it really is. I’m sure even the slowest amongst us (possibly me on uphills!) would be significantly faster and more in control on our old pos’s than her on a modern “purpose designed” adv bike. More about style and “content” than starting on something small enough to build some confidence on - unfortunately relatively large adv’s are what’s selling these days, even to first timers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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