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A few pics of some adventure rides with mates in New Zealand - we all have TTRs of course! (well OK, some pics of early trips do have a token Suzuki, but he saw the light and traded it for a TT250 - got sick of kick-starting his old bike in the middle of rivers, can't imagine why).

These first three pics are up the Godley River Valley, Canterbury, South Island.

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Hopkins River...

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Old Man Range, Otago - above the clouds and in some snow ...

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Old Woman Range, Otago...

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Hunter Valley, still in Otago...

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In the big expanse between Alexandra and The Rock & Pillar Range - still in Otago which was an annual pilgrimage for a few years ...

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Wow - love the last pic!!!!!



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Mount St Bathans...

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Harper-Avoca Rivers in Canterbury - quite rough river crossings because of the boulders ...

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That is absolutely stunning, very different from where I am able to ride, jealous!

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Bossu Road, Banks Peninsula...

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saintken wrote:

That is absolutely stunning, very different from where I am able to ride, jealous!

Couldn't have put it better Ken!

Real Lord of the Rings stuff eh? 



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The beautiful New Zealand. Beautiful pictures. TTR dye well on the slopes.

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Another trip down to the Old Man Range in Otago, my father came along on this one with a geared down Honda 125 ...

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Really nice pictures but it would be so much better if we didn't have to click every one to look at them. Maybe Brian or Martyn can put them inside the post rather than attachments?

Thanks for sharing!

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Manorburn Road and Reservoir, Otago...

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Nevis Road, Otago...

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Last lot for now ... from our first trip to Central Otago.

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Great pics mate.....
We will be rideing a lot of those roads/track on the DB1K in a few weeks...

how do yer got on for ruel range ?.. I have tought of takeing the TTR .. but
need a least 280km fuel range for a couple of the sectons..

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The other TTR forum members will know range capacities on a full standard tank better than I, but we figure on runs of up to 190-200 kms without spare fuel. For longer trips we take along a one litre plastic bottle of fuel as a top up. This was just enough to ride most of the Rainbow (Jacks Pass to nearly at Rainbow Station and back) for example. We find the TTR's are really good for range compared to many of the smaller tanked "successors".



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Lake Tennyson and the Rainbow Station, Wairau River...

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With my old KM 240 GS he drank so much that I was like roof. I took two full bottle coca E95. in any case with a beautiful scenery.
Beautiful islands. It makes you want to spend a few days. Thank you for all these beautiful picture worthy of a pro photographer.



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Thanks for the kind words everyone - although the scenery speaks for itself really! Nice to share our corner of the world with you all.



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We rode the Moles/Rainbow yeasterday... went though the lake sedgmare to serven river road that that links the Moles & Rainbow. That DOC have opened up to the
public for the first time this year... It was all very easy almost boreing , But was new ground to ride... Then done Mailing pass before heading back to ChCh...

Are you on kiwi biker ?
Link to the CHCH ADV thread in case yer not
www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/133817-I-m-looking-for-Christchurch-Adv-rides

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Lake Sedgemere to Isolated Saddle - great to do a bit of new track for a loop ride! I did not know that access had been opened up - nice one.

The last set of images I posted was of the Rainbow and we also had a side trip down the Mailing Pass. This made a nice change from the long stretches of gravel road of the Rainbow.

Thanks for the link -  I know of kiwibiker but have not been there for a while or to the Chch adventure ride link.



-- Edited by MuzzaNZ on Sunday 9th of February 2014 12:10:38 AM



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