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There are plenty of details available on the new 2018 Audi TT-RS. We know how much horsepower it’s packing (400). We know it’s using a t ...
Well, it seems that I don\'t only procrastinate on blogging...On its last outing Geoff noticed a wee issue with the RMX.This is it after the ride. ...
In what is becoming something of a habit, this is a blog of a ride that happened in the distant past - well, the weekend before last anyway...But it d ...
Went for a nice wee ride in the weekend. Read all about it here: ...
Well, it\'s been over a week since the ride so it must be time to write the blog...But maybe I\'ll cheat again and try the AI thing:(Title was the AI ...
Yeah, I\'m a little behind on my blogs again...It was the Sunday before last and with the weather due to change again (after a stunning Saturday), I d ...
A couple of Saturdays ago, the Daybreaker Rally came through here and the cars got to sample some of my favourite "just up the road" gravel roads. ...
It seems the lure of a T-plane triple is irresistible...Colin has joined me bagging himself a Tiger to replace his orange bike. In his case it\'s ...
Having a flash set of Denali\'s on the T7 seemed a bit risky with the sort of riding I do on it so I started looking at how I might swap them over to ...
Last week, Chris and his mate Bill completed a 1,000miler to finish off another epic ride in the States.They started out on the 30/7 and finished just ...
Or perhaps just cat foot...Strangely enough, if you ride motorcycles, they tend to destroy tyres and the the Tiger appears to be no exception. Ove ...
Saturday was an absolutely magnificent winter\'s day: still, sunny and reasonably warm. What a fantastic day to muck around at home and ignore the ...
The weather was supposed to be a bit dodgy over the weekend, it being winter I \'spose, but after walkies on Sunday the sun was actually out and while ...
Ok, so I hinted that I was undertaking a project. Don\'t worry, it\'s not too strenuous and won\'t stop me riding all over the countryside. In ...
Saturday was a cracker and with the weather supposed to be turning bad I decided that I needed to get a ride in.On last week\'s ride, we\'d finished u ...
 ...and the delicious gravel it produces!We had a long weekend this last time around so with three days off were always going to go for a skid some ...
 This post completed without AI...Somehow there are two WR\'s living in my shed and every now and again I visit them to fire them up for a while as ...
Ok, so I seem to continue to be very slack in keeping up with my blogs. Yes, we\'ve been riding and playing in Colin\'s buggies, so getting in plenty ...
 Some insane CB action:Kinda reminded me of this gnarly (for me) ride: ...
Yeah, I suppose I should catch up on some of the action...A couple of weekends ago, Colin and I decided that the big girls needed a bit of action. ...
Ok, so at least one person wanted more buggy stuff...How\'s about this slideshow I made up for the chaps at the work - pics and just a few video snips ...
It felt like it\'d been ages since I\'d ridden a bike and when I threw a leg over the T7 on Good Friday and hit the gravel I was decidedly wobbly for ...
On Sunday I had the chance to tag along for just a wee bit (500 or so km) of yet another IBA ride that Chris and Stella were attempting. Not happy ...
Ok, I should be writing up a wee ride from two weeks ago - but, I\'ve been busy.Colin and I are about three weeks back from another South Island adven ...
Popped over to the folks for a visit and took a slightly longer route home. Tried out Sport mode, think I like it... ...
You\'ll never guess but I\'ve actually finished the write-up! Record time eh"Here it be: ...
Yeah, it\'s all about the TT2000 at the moment. And as far as I\'m concerned that\'s just great!I thought that having just finished teh \'24 event ...
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Well, this is the ride I\'ve been waiting for ever since I bought the RMX.  The Glen Orua trail ride was the first trail ride that Colin and I d ...
The weekend before last, Colin and I kicked off a decent bit of motorcycle therapy by taking on the New Zealand Distance Riders North Island 800 (800k ...
Time off must be put to good use. This means riding!Prior to Christmas, Colin and I had been kinda planning out which rides we might want to tick ...
One of the reasons why we\'d had such a rapid 1,600km trip around the island is that we had plans for Friday - Tim was taking a cheeky day off to take ...
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So, yesterday it was raining in Colin\'s neck of the woods but it wasn\'t here and I didn\'t care anyway so decided to zip up to Taihape to catch up w ...
 Yesterday was the Bush Riders Xmas Trail ride. Today I am sore...Totally worth it!The ride was just 40mins ute drive from my place and by the ...
 ...is the best!With that extensive maintenance and farkling complete, Sunday was the day to put the T7 through her paces. As per usual Colin h ...
Ok, it\'s been a while since the first NI800 Post and there\'s a reason for this.Following our burgers we climbed back into our wet gear and headed ba ...
 A few weekends ago I was somehow persuaded to accompany Colin on another outing in his side-by-side. He\'d already taken me for a run on the b ...
Maybe I should start blogging the odd ride again...Yeah, I have been riding quite a bit lately and not posting a heck of a lot so let\'s see if I can ...
The Thursday phone call often starts with "it\'s ages since we went for a ride". Well, this time it was doubly true as the phone call was on Wedne ...
After a not so nice trip in the dark (and before a big trip) on the Super Ten I decided that she needed some more watts pointing up road. Previous ...
... to 2023A couple of days after Christmas and still getting used to this holidaying lark, a ride was needed. And there just happened to be a loc ...
No riding on Saturday and a later start on Sunday saw me finally deciding to get out and take in a little ride around 11 in the morning.We\'d had some ...
 While the new Trumpy was getting its first service I had a few hours to kill. And the bike shop gave me just thing to go for a short pootle.Th ...
Yeah, I know, I\'ve been lazy with my posting. Maybe after I get this wee one done...Yesterday was maintenance/farkle time for the T7. I start ...
So, as per normal, Colin and I needed to go for a ride on Sunday. And I was very keen to get out the yellow bike and see if I could still ride it. ...
The other night I ended my post with the below picture:The bloke in the picture is Chris and Chris has an Iron Butt - he even has the paperwork to pro ...
Yesterday was Anzac Day, the day Kiwis and Ozzies remember our veterans and war casualties. It is a public holiday but a greater and greater numbe ...
So where was I" Oh, that\'s right, we\'d just popped out of tunnel 2 or 4 and it was time to head for Whangamomona for a late lunch. But first ...
Over the past month or so I\'d been closely watching a ...
Unfortunately no matter how good tyres are they still tend to wear out after a while and it\'s a bit of an inconvenience to this particular motorbicyc ...
Long weekends rock! Especially when you get some nice weather to go out and play in.On Sunday it was the Connies turn to get some loving and after ...
So after thunderstorms on Saturday, yesterday turned out to be an absolutely cracker. I ended up abandoning some of my plans and riding over to th ...
On Sunday, fresh from finishing his first TT, Colin invited me along on a road ride and with my sore butt pretty well recovered, how could I say no"On ...
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Bling has arrived! ...
Day 9" What happened to Day 8"Well...My plans had included a trip over to Golden Bay to explore a bit more gravel. But that friendly little cy ...
Day 7 was another decent sized run of about 600km from Christchurch to my sister\'s place in Richmond via a few little deteours here and there.I left ...
The weather in Christchurch on Monday morning wasn\'t particularly inviting (wet and a little chilly) and after by little 2,300km ride over the weeken ...
Day two of my trip was to get me down to Christchurch where the TT was starting. I had deliberately crossed the straits the day before to give me ...
Ok, so now that I\'m home I better get a bit more serious with my posts...Day one of this year\'s TT assault was a short ride to the ferry, across ...
Yep, I got home last night and have been reunited with my little brown dog and a decent computer. But, I have a lot of editing to do before any de ...
Today I had to ignore my sore butt and start heading Northwards by first heading West...Somewhere near Arthur PassFurther up the road I stopped by a g ...
Today the weather was a little bit average (rain and a brisk, cold wind) so I didn\'t quite do all the riding I had planned. I still managed to do ...
Yep, back in Christchurch after 2,300+km of tickee-touring a chunk of the Southern end of the South Island. No rain, no tickets and only a few GPS ...
Another quick blog from the road...Today I met up with Al in Blenheim to tackle the Molesworth again. He must have been a little keen as he was ea ...
It had been a while since the Connie had a decent run and with her going to be ignored for a few more days I decided to take her for a quick run on Sa ...
I was mucking around looking at some of my pictures online and when I right-clicking in Google Photos I decided to check out the highlighted option be ...
True story...Picture pinched from an Advrider post that had pinched it from ...
Yes, today was a public holiday so no excuse not to go for a ride eh"Â Well, I left it a bit late...I mucked around all day doing other things and ...
...eventually. And I\'m not complaining...On Friday night I finally replaced the rear E-07 Dakar on the Tenere. To say that the Dakar version ...
Today I\'d decided to support a local charity ride benefiting kids with Down Syndrome - a nice idea and I was happy to give them my $20. But thing ...
Yep, I slipped on the left mouse button while browsing Trade Me...There had been a number of emails from GoPro offering deals on cameras and I got a l ...
On Saturday morning I got a phone call from Colin F who asked me if I was keen for a little ride over in Hawkes Bay on Sunday. I\'m not good at co ...
Crikey! What a hot day today!But, it was New Year\'s Day and that normally involves a ride. I hadn\'t any major plans on where I wanted to rid ...
...with a little gravel fix...With a bit of time off over the Christmas/New Year period I had a little plan up my sleeve. The plan involved a day ...
Well, glad I didn\'t go riding yesterday - it was a stinkin\' hot, 30 degrees plus. But, I needed to go for a ride so hatched a plan for today...I ...
Saturday was the annual Coast to Coast ride which is run by the Woodville Lions to raise funds for our local rescue helicopter. It\'s a run that I ...
The other day I was telling someone my Emu story and it occurred to me that I seem to have reasonably frequent run-ins with critters while out and abo ...
So apparently the silly season is upon us and everyone is supposedly under pressure, tired out and in need of a break. Meanwhile our road toll has ...
So after a beautiful sunny week in which I rode the Tenere to work 4/5 times (would have been 5/5 but I needed the car on Monday) the weekend has disa ...
Righto, so yesterday I was complaining about taking the wrong camera and getting crap pictures again as a result so maybe I need to start looking agai ...
Yesterday I\'d been wondering about my next gravel excursion and decided that I wanted to return to the "Badlands" and to also check out another grave ...
Yesterday was the running of this year\'s NZDR 1KC. Another great excuse for getting up early and riding all day with like minded maniacs...The we ...
So there\'s a thread about loud Harley\'s on a FB group and I\'ve been holding back...need to release...This is a great old joke and may have even pos ...
Yesterday was the day I picked for some two wheeled fun. I started off by taking the dog for a run beside my mountain bike - just 3km for her rath ...
My next farkle... ...
It was a very nice evening on Thursday so I decided to go for a bit of tag hunting on the S10. "Burnie"had put up the below tag and it looked easy ...
Okey dokey, here\'s the link to my write-up on this years NI1600:Â ...
Shock, horror - the sun was out today and it wasn\'t raining!I also have the week off! Yes, there was stuff to do at home but come on - it wasn\'t ...
