Hi Guys,
Thought you might want to take a look at some photo's from last weekends ride on the Clarence Reserve, NZ. It is a stretch of consevation land that runs south of the Kaikoura Ranges on the South Island NZ.
http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&so..._CAu_KX6w&sig2=u3WP5ol4saIwFDNAeTeJnA&cad=rja
The ride was nearly abanded due to heavy rain the previous week, though thankfully the heavens closed and the ride progressed:
The ride was organised by a Kawasaki KLR riders club, they are pretty loose on who comes on a ride, as long as it's got two wheels and you bring your on beers!!! We stoped over night at an old Muster Station Hut, you could see large gaps between the wooden panels and there were plenty of holes in the corrugated sheet roofing, thank god it never rained. We managed to get a good fire going on the night, allowing us to "chew on the fat" on a great days riding.
So how did the Versys manage the ride? I must admit I think I pushed the bike to its limits, especially on the one section which progresively got more rugged on a down hill section. In hind sight I should have stopped and turned around, this was easier said than done when the bike starts picking up momentum with the breaks on! Anyway I have managed to stay on, though not before denting the front wheel on the way down. The bike is in for repairs having the wheel straightened at a cost of some $300+ (NZ $) The tyre still stayed inflated throughout the trip and it got me home.
On reflection it would have been better to do the trip on a KLR or alike, though through the 100Km + ride, I never fell off something not all the riders managed to achieve
Thought you might want to take a look at some photo's from last weekends ride on the Clarence Reserve, NZ. It is a stretch of consevation land that runs south of the Kaikoura Ranges on the South Island NZ.
http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&so..._CAu_KX6w&sig2=u3WP5ol4saIwFDNAeTeJnA&cad=rja
The ride was nearly abanded due to heavy rain the previous week, though thankfully the heavens closed and the ride progressed:
The ride was organised by a Kawasaki KLR riders club, they are pretty loose on who comes on a ride, as long as it's got two wheels and you bring your on beers!!! We stoped over night at an old Muster Station Hut, you could see large gaps between the wooden panels and there were plenty of holes in the corrugated sheet roofing, thank god it never rained. We managed to get a good fire going on the night, allowing us to "chew on the fat" on a great days riding.
So how did the Versys manage the ride? I must admit I think I pushed the bike to its limits, especially on the one section which progresively got more rugged on a down hill section. In hind sight I should have stopped and turned around, this was easier said than done when the bike starts picking up momentum with the breaks on! Anyway I have managed to stay on, though not before denting the front wheel on the way down. The bike is in for repairs having the wheel straightened at a cost of some $300+ (NZ $) The tyre still stayed inflated throughout the trip and it got me home.
On reflection it would have been better to do the trip on a KLR or alike, though through the 100Km + ride, I never fell off something not all the riders managed to achieve