NZ ride, 4000k in 5 days

[Deano]

[aj]

thats a ride-out and more...great account, well presented Geoff

regards
aj

[Shadrack]

And we struggled to do 300 miles a day....
Mind you they didn't have the benefit of REEFERs antique GPS.
Could have been worse I suppose...could have been using Badgers

[REEFER]

[Shadrack]

[Geoff James]

Thanks AJ

Don't think I'd do another one in a hurry, but it's nice to say that I managed it!

The same crowd who run this event also run the annual Grand Challenge. This starts and finishes at the same point in the central north island every year, but the route changes. The idea is that you have to go through a series of checkpoints, covering 1000 miles in less than 24 hours and a fair chunk of each ride is on back roads. Just to make it really interesting, the start time is between 3pm-4pm so you only get about 4 hours riding before night falls. It's a really psychological ride.

I've done it 3 times when I had a K100RS and once on the Blackbird. did it in just over 18 hours and was just about hallucinating with the pain in my wrists!

Not really sure why we put ourselves through all the stress and pain - just the challenge of doing something a bit different I suppose

Cheers

Geoff

[numb bits]

Geoff i take my hat of to you, it's not everyones cuppa but i gotta hand it to you..

[Geoff James]

Hi NB

I don't know whether it's exactly my cuppa either but at least it makes a one day scratch with your mates seem positively easy by comparison! The one good though is that being in the saddle for that long each day really sharpens your riding, especially if you're basically just a weekend rider like me.


Geoff

[numb bits]

, well our trip into france and back in one week and 2665 miles or so forgotten how many now, was a tad sore on the buttocks but worth every god damm blister,