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in reply to: Getting the most from my bike. #9091

have to stay i'm very interested in your ideas Leigh, Dave and Bwucie – might have to look seriously at doing a track day at Taupo some day (when I'm not running TCK80's on my 1150). I did a couple of track days with Stay Upright almost a decade ago at Manfield on an R100GS I had then – learned some things and had fun. Leigh - I'm sure my wife and I would be willing to host you if you were coming through Wellington sometime and perhaps that way Register members from Wellington and Rangatiki could get to meet you / gain some of your wisdom.Cheers Stephen O aka Aslan 

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in reply to: GS Adventures #9046

Zukin – aka Scott good Buddy (and other adventurers watching this thread) – you have my enthuiastic commitment to this idea subject only to attempting to maintain some time with my long suffering wife who indulges my motorcycling fanaticism. In this vein I sefishly have a preference for central and lower North Island.Like you, I to have travelled too fast through some amazing country without stopping to 'smell the coffee' so to speak. Witness 4,000Km over 8 days going to and from the BMWOR Rally earlier this month with Ian.SKey to happy campers on this IMHO is 1 realisation that GS's (generalising here) are not a trail bike (they're blinking heavy even in their 1200, Dakar and F650GS guise) AND ideally they need to be suitablly shod with TKC80's or similar. Also - expectations about the likely difficulty of terrain / required skill level need to be made clear 'up front'. Also - folks must feel free not to proceed when they sense something is beyond their confidence / skill level - in my recent case I felt free to wimp out on the river crossings entailed in taking my 1150 to Macetown in Central Otago - thanks for your understanding Ian.SCheers S aka Aslan 

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in reply to: Molesworth/Rainbow Ride 29.12.07 #9041

sounds like you we're incrediibly lucky Alex not to have an off – cheers S

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in reply to: Molesworth/Rainbow Ride 29.12.07 #9039

very honest of you to own up Ross – looks like you were lucky! nice to know it's not just me who has such 'moments' – I had one in the gravel past the Makora Lakes as you head in Southland from Walter Peak Station on way to the Rally – front end washed out as I crossed the deep gravel in the middle of the road – instictively dabbed down and applied power – she came back up but like you I ended up running off the road into the berm as I was unwilling to apply brakes- cheers S 😀

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in reply to: 2008 Rally – a bit of an adventure #8945

nice pics Alex – yours show the challenge of descending the Old Man Range better than my pics especially the slabs of schist.feel free to move my posts into this thread if you feel this is a more apprpriate thread - cheers S

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in reply to: 08 Rally #8969

nice report Malcolm – thanks for posting. I enjoyed catching up with you at the rally – cheers Stephen O aka Aslan 

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in reply to: 2008 Rally – a bit of an adventure #8940

a top report Garry – really enjoy our comments about the significant items of interest about a particular location – no wonder you're the editor of the magazine 🙂 – top rides at the rally also – cheers Aslan aka Stephen O 🙂

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in reply to: Dusty Butt – The Ultimate Gravel Ride – Accomplished #8932

big ups to you Scott – great write up and a real achievement – congrats Stephen O 

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in reply to: A dirt ride at the Rally #8833

me to Ross – cheers Stephen O

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in reply to: Dusty Butt 08 – 1000km, 24 hours on Gravel – anyone else keen #8760

go well Scott – you've certainly done all the necessary prep on your machine. From the vid Transalper has posted over on Kiwi Biker looks like you should have fun. Like Alex I'm going to the BMW rally – I wimped out on taking my 1150 on some of those gnarly  4wd tracks 🙁Happy Christmas - Stephen O

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in reply to: Gotta have it moments #8827

nice reflection Bwucie  🙂 cheers for posting

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in reply to: Nice 1150 GS conversion #8495

nice looking conversion Alex – you thinking of doing the same to yours? 

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in reply to: Dusty Butt 08 – 1000km, 24 hours on Gravel – anyone else keen #8756

Scott – I'm possibly interested in the two da version. Will decide soon. Hope to ride with you again soon – cheers S 

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in reply to: Hawkes Bay and Dannevirke Gravel Ride 8/09/07 #8362

hope you had a great ride Scott – hope to link with you and other gravel enthusiasts in november – ciao aslan

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in reply to: Just the two of us – Sunday afternoon #8302

another good ride Garry – Jo looks very 'at home' on her new machine – cheers S

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