2026 MacKenzie Moped melee. 27/2-2/3 2026.

[felixx]

I might have to get some bits to bolt to my CT90 CT50frame ASAP

[Gyrocket]

Looks like Soo much fun! 

Any bike criteria? I've got a few to choose from 

[RUNAMUCK]

8 hours ago, Gyrocket said:

Looks like Soo much fun! 

Any bike criteria? I've got a few to choose from 

Basically <150cc is preferred. We have had larger bikes on this ride before, but it's not in the spirit of the ride. Your bike also needs to be able to handle gravel/loose uneven terrain. 

And you gotta be able to to sustain an honest 75-80kph sustained speed (when road conditions permit) otherwise the back up drivers will hate you on the faster/sealed sections.

Same goes for rider ability too. We get a good spread of rider ability. (From the mad dogs, clipping at the heals of the ride leader, to the guys at the very back. But if you're not confident to sustain a decent clip (when the road surface permits) again the back up guys will hate you.  I'm not a super confident rider myself. But I can get by okay. 

Off road appropriate tyres are mandatory too. 

[Gyrocket]

Ok sorry, far too excited didn't manage to use all the nessacary words 😂 

I've got a postie with a zs212 in it that is probably my pick and a few guys I know have perfect bikes, mb100, cb125T, nbc110, ct110 ect but I've also got a mate with several bikes smallest being a drz400

Maybe he just needs to add a small bike to his collection!

I've not ridden down south ever, we are from Gisborne 

Bit of a treck but if we are welcome I'd say there will be a few of us keen!

 

[Mof]

39 minutes ago, Gyrocket said:

I've not ridden down south ever, we are from Gisborne 

Fuck yeah get amongst. You won't be disappointed 

[Truenotch]

The 212 postie will be fine @Gyrocket... The engine won't be your limiting factor in a postie frame 😄

 

[Gyrocket]

On 10/08/2025 at 16:59, Truenotch said:

The 212 postie will be fine @Gyrocket... The engine won't be your limiting factor in a postie frame 😄

 

haha you are not wrong! that things a hilarious handful

Ive got a monkey with a lifan 140 in it too but that tried to murder me a couple weeks ago so its in the naughty corner 😁

[JustHarry]

3 hours ago, Gyrocket said:

haha you are not wrong! that things a hilarious handful

Ive got a monkey with a lifan 140 in it too but that tried to murder me a couple weeks ago so its in the naughty corner 😁

Monkeys are a sore topic on this ride.....

[Mof]

Heh. You could do it, but you'd need a serious lack of self preservation 

I offered to ride the last one that came along. I might have kept up, but I probably would have smashed the shit out of it. But she didn't want to ride my XR because she couldn't reach the ground on it

[RUNAMUCK]

Monkey bikes survived the first year we did this ride. (New efi monkeys)

Tiny wheels are really making life harder than it needs to be.

[Chris.QCR]

I remember Shaun riding the east cape escapade on a OG monkey with a 110 . Different terrain but still a big effort from a little bike

[GuyWithAviators]

24 minutes ago, Chris.QCR said:

I remember Shaun riding the east cape escapade on a OG monkey with a 110 . Different terrain but still a big effort from a little bike

The China chimp. That thing was quick too. Faster than the fresh 125 I had 

 

[Truenotch]

If anyone can survive the Melee on an OG Monkey, it's @Gyrocket.

[Gyrocket]

That's the monkey it's fairly modified 

Second pic shows where it decided it wanted to fly on the motu track a couple weekends ago

You can see my marks just above the red arrow 

It's a loooong way to the bottom 

 

[JustHarry]

2 hours ago, Gyrocket said:

That's the monkey it's fairly modified 

Second pic shows where it decided it wanted to fly on the motu track a couple weekends ago

You can see my marks just above the red arrow 

It's a loooong way to the bottom 

 

That's a @Hungry / @holdenman move haha.

Dw though because both support vehicles have winches for retrieval 

[Hemi]

I think @BLIZZO has had a similar experience over the motu. Was in a support vehicle and spotted some skid marks that came closer then I'd like to see to the edge. That one had no bush either Wiley coyote spec cliff

[tortron]

i think it was shakotom needed a winch/treetop removal

[RUNAMUCK]

Will you be riding down to join us @tortron?

 

[BLIZZO]

yea not me but there have been a few others. Shakotom went over and Mitch also would up a fair way down a bank another year.

I got run off the road by a crazy local on the Waikaremoana road, not long after my talent had also run me off the road and into a drain.

[RUNAMUCK]

I almost traded paint with a forestry hilux on the motu on the 2018 ride.