2021 TT2000 - Coming home Part 1
Whenever the TT is in the South Island (my preferred option), it is always a spectacular excuse to do a bit more poking around the mainland. This year, one of our missions was to pop over to Cardrona...
View ArticleI have a problem...
Yeah, I shouldn't be let near the internet with a credit card...Over Easter my finger slipped when browsing on the GoPro online shop and a Hero 9 somehow ended up being dispatched to NZ.So today I...
View Article2021 TT2000 - Coming Home Part 2
So following a great meal at the Cardrona Pub and a night at Kelly's cool little cottage we were ready to tackle a new adventure.Kelly runs The Cardrona, a horse trekking and quad bike tour operation...
View ArticleMad tracks
Just a very quick TT related blog. No, not our next day's ride but a link to an animation showing various riders (including Colin & I) tracks across the countryside.It's created from our Spotwalla...
View ArticleAnzac Antics
Three years ago I first met Chris as he was completing a special Anzac SS1600k on his R1 and this year he was at it again on Connie #2 while his wife Stella was tackling it on the R1. And with their...
View ArticleBush Riders Trail Ride
On Sunday the Bush Riders had arranged another trail ride just out of Pahiatua and as I'd missed another ride the weekend before I had to be there.We had a bit of rain the night before so I was a...
View ArticlePeaking from the Peak
Saturday was ride day this past weekend and Colin's general plan was "somewhere out East with grub at Porangahau". This appeared to be enough to entice Brett and John along too - although I think that...
View ArticleMore blimmin rubber!
Yeah, as it turns out even the Mouse eats tyres. The Motoz Tractionator Desert H/T that I put on for last year's Dusty Butt has turned up it's toes after about 4,300km.Yes, that's right 4.300km!...
View ArticleExpedition Makairo Road
Probably around a month ago there was some discussion on Adventure Rider about an old road that starts near Mangatainoka and spits you out on Coonoor Road. Apparently the road was pretty much...
View ArticleOperation Claw-out
So, in the last blog we had been forced to leave a feral feline fending for itself somewhere in the wilds of Makairo Track. Well, we couldn't leave it there forever so last Saturday another...
View ArticleAn old favourite
After missing out on a ride the previous weekend, we really needed to get a decent fix in this past Saturday. During the week Colin announced that we were riding Turakina Road and then some more of...
View ArticleSuzuki Extreme 4WD Challenge
A fair bit off topic but hey it's got Suzuki in the title...A couple of weekends ago Colin and I popped over to Turakina to check out the Suzuki Extreme 4WD Challenge - any excuse to see some V8's...
View ArticleFour months later...
And 6,200km mean the Tenere needs a new rear tyre. This time around something different showed up.Shinko E705Looks a wee bit different to even the worn E-07 eh?Definitely not as knobbly as the E-07...
View ArticleMurupara Meanderings Part 1
Last weekend was a long weekend and those are purpose designed for getting out for a decent ride. And so, we had to and now I'd better waffle on about it...Initially we had big plans for eating up all...
View ArticleMurupara Meanderings Part 2
So after a chilly night in our chilly motel (perhaps we should have left the lights on for the extra heat) we topped up the tanks on the bikes and made for the Forgotten Highway. This was another...
View ArticleCutting loose
It's safe to say that we've had some fairly unfriendly weather the last few weekends and I've been too much of a wuss to head out and possibly drown. But, on Saturday I threw caution to the wind and...
View ArticleGravel Gallivant
Gosh darn it, there's been nowhere near enough riding this month! Between bad weather and a winter cold there's just been too many feeble excuses to stay home and hunker down.Well, on Saturday, Colin...
View ArticleCaught in the act
Remember that time Colin and I stumbled across a Google car? Nope? Well here ya go: https://banditrider.blogspot.com/2019/05/that-valley-again.htmlI 'spose we knew what he/she was up to (taking...
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