<<<<<NGARNZ WINTER SEASON of Adventures>>>>>
Seal/Metal Road Ride -Sunday 26th May
"Looking for a gravel road ride"?
Meet us at BP Kumeu 8:30am Sunday 26th May
Group 1 Longer distance available
Group 2 For those NEWER to riding metal/gravel roads with a shorter route available
Registrations will be taken on Sunday morning
NEW Ride Classification - This Ride Classified as being well
suited to our larger adventure bike riders in attendance
Ride Group Members FREE
NON Ride Group Members $15 per Rider
Members please bring your Membership Card or collect your cards from Sue on
Sunday Morning
Destination Cider Shed on SH1
Both groups will join at our luncheon destination
Recapping on a fine Gravel Road Ride
We have included details on our Ride Calendar Page for those who use this as their main link to our site, be on the lookout for more of these Rides Over Winter: -
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The Best Of The West - Series Number 1 -
Route Sheet Mystery Adventure
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| Check and Point.... And, In Winning Place Number ONE - Contestant Wilhelm Arriving at ONE of our Check Points |
<<<<< This pic TOTAL Commitment to Our Game, determined to complete this mission to the FULL, our "TEAM of PILLIONS from PUKEKOHE" would have stayed the night at our roadside accommodation>>>>>
"CAN YOU PLAY THE GAME"???Someplace SOUTH will be the FOCUS of our SECOND Mystery. MEANWHILE buried deep down in the very heart of the South itself, we will ask you to Search out and to discover the mysteries hidden within..... Factor in August for our SECOND Mystery Route Sheet Adventure and play our GAMES over WINTER.....
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| And.... In SECOND Winning Place - STEVE makes Check and Point...... |
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THIRD Winning Spot is Taken AWAY by Thomas  |
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| Our FOURTH and final place WINNER we announce SIMON - WEll done SIMON |
CROP SELECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DAY: -
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| Jim studying The Maps to work out "WHERE" our INCOMING Riders may have gotten to??? |
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| ANSWER to the ABOVE dilemma - "SNAPPED" - WORD on the STREET is that this is just ONE of the Roadside STOPS our Adventure Game Players enjoyed!!! |
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| The tranquillity broken at last with our "FIRST Incoming" - avoiding the one hour wait for "KAI" Tim enjoyed a sausage roll "DAIRY Side" before arriving at The Farm |
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| "ACTION" and our Adventure Riders are now arriving - "LET THE GAMES BEGIN"!!! |
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| Routing our Adventure Riders to a good selection of Check Points over the day showcasing just "SOME of THE BEST OUT THE WEST" |
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| Collecting marked "TAGS from a bucket" located amongst a "HERD of young steers" - interesting times ahead - "Am I a WINNER" or "AM I a Booby"?? Spot Prizes awarded to incoming riders with "ACTIVE tag numbers" Thanks to our "TEAM of Supporters" for our Prizes |
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| "OH YEAH BRO" Another Check Point Reached..... |
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| Check and Point....................... |
Further pics and VERY HIGH HIGHLIGHTS our Web Link Below: -
*****Our Winners by Prize DRAW Allocations
1st Wilhelm A $150 Touratech Prize Voucher
2nd Steve S Spectro Oil Pack and Filter
3rd Thomas H $100. Cyclespot Euro Prize Vouchers
4th Simon H Muc Off Product Prize Pack
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| TWO Likely Lads receiving Spot Prizes - Thanks to our TEAM of Supporters for our fabulous Spot Prizes over our Day |
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| NGARNZ would like to welcome "NEW to Adventure Bike Riding Pauline" - Welcome to our Ride Group Pauline Pauline seen here on her "KTM FREERIDE" |
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ON THE HORIZON J U N E
Winter Season 2013
- Queens Birthday Weekend Sunday 02nd June
Take a gravel road journey. We will take you on a forestry road circuit and then on to enjoy the iconic Lake Waikaremoana circuit. This is a metal road ride and is suitable for all big cc adventure bikes. Pillions welcome.
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| Jess had just achieved her L for Learner's License Sue and Jess taking it TO THE WAIKAREMOANA WOW We enjoyed Suitable for all BIG BIKE RIDER attendees along with all Levels of ability as we have TWO Groups Running |
Please ensure that you are a Current Ride Group Member prior to the commencement of this Adventure ride. Both Jim and I have hosted this ride specifically for our Members. Membership Cards are available from Sue on the Sunday morning of Registration. If you have not received a Ride Brief Report prior to the commencement of this ride please contact Sue for further information, distance, fuel etc. We plan to run TWO Groups for this Adventure Ride
"NEW" to riding Gravel Roads - Our "NEW Group 2" will be ideal for you to attend. We will ride a slightly SHORTER Route and will factor in more Scenic stops enroute. We will meet Group 1 on the Sunday evening at The Matawai Hotel. Our Group 1 riders will enjoy a longer route. Please ensure you attend the correct group for your comfort and personal enjoyment of our Adventure Ride.
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Sunday 23rd June 2013
"Gravel Road Riding ADVENTURE"
RiverHead Forest to Topuni to Waipu Forest
This Adventure Bike Ride is suitable for all cc Adventure Bike Attendees
Small cc bikes to 1200cc Bikes
This is a Gravel Road Ride Adventure
TWO Groups will be running
GROUP 1 Longer Distance
GROUP 2 Shorter Route with Additional Scenic stops
Both groups will meet for lunch
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| Registration details will be available shortly |
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**SOUTH "ONE DAY" ADVENTURE RIDE**
July - Tairua/Whangamata
FOUR FORESTS ADVENTURE BIKE TOUR
Sunday July 21st
Suitable for ALL cc Adventure Bikes
Ride the Gravel Roads through Tairua to Whangamata Forestry combined with local Gravel Roads in the area
*****Registration Forms available soon*****
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August - SOUTH -
*****Mystery Route Sheet Adventure Ride*****
SERIES take Number 2
Can YOU Play The Game???
S U N D A Y and we bring Y O U another SERVING
Gravel/Seal Combination
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*****N E W*****
14th/15th September - Northland Forests Adventure Bike Weekend
NEW Gravel and Forest Gravel Roads - Continuing on with our NEW Season of Gravel/Forestry Gravel Roads - We bring you our very first Northland Forest Adventure Tour
Suitable for all big adventure bike riders/pillion passengersRegistration Forms will be available SOON to secure one of a small amount of available accommodation - Be in early to secure your spacing for this NEW Adventure. This Northland area hosts a wide range of Musician Arrangements over this September Season. To ensure that we manage to secure our ontime accommodation bookings, deposits will be taken from interested riders to secure our available accommodation. Bookings not met by our Close Off Date, you will need to secure accommodation if available at the later dates.
Ride Package will include ONE nights accommodation Northland based along with Saturday night dining and also Sunday morning breakfast.
Ride will commence from Whangarei 10am Saturday morning and we will be travelling through private forestry blocks with gravel roads running out and along the Coastline. Full Weekend of Riding. These New Private areas have not been ridden by NGARNZ before.
*****NEW CONCEPTS*****
Just recently Comments To Hand as to "WHERE is NGARNZ headed"?? Has our focus altered?? In previous Gravel Newz editions we highlighted to our Ride Group Members that we must DIVERSIFY to cater for ALL adventure riders who wish to share in our adventures/journeys and our tours. We now have a wide variety of makes and models of adventure bikes amongst us, and these also vary in the cc ratings attending also. The skill levels of our ride attendees also just as extremely varied.
"Our MUST" with future diversifying, will see us continue with the enjoyment of touring private Farming Stations and private properties over summer months, when the grounds are perfect for ANY cc of adventure bike to be traversing over. It is our job to ensure suitable Ride Terrain to take you all through, in our efforts to showcase to our attendees those More Out Of The Way Places, that we have brought to you to date. Whilst we provide well suited Ride Terrain, it is also your duty to ensure that you ride within the correct Ride Group for each adventure.
Over Winter, we will once again return to riding and exploring Gravel/Metal Roads well suited to ALL cc of Adventure Bikes and Riders. WE now have to hand a comprehensive collection of NEW Private Forest Blocks around our country. These will be put to great use for the future of NGARNZ Ride Terrain.
We will begin to introduce a Grading Component to our forthcoming Adventure Bike Riding. Bear in mind that it is quite normal for us to run TWO Routes, as we have done in the past. If you are NEW to Adventure Riding do come and join us and ride in Group 2. As we advertise and promote our rides on our website our photos highlight exceptionally well the terrain you can expect to be travelling over. Quite often Jim will take his LARGE cc adventure bikes over this terrain to highlight that this is indeed well suited to our larger cc bike rider attendees. Our Group 2 travels at a slower pace and we also enjoy a shorter route, but we do take in a sampling of the expected Ride Terrain. By being a regular ride attendee at our adventures you will quickly build up your skill base. WE will also continue to host regular training sessions, and some can also be by One on One arrangement with Jim to personally tailor assistance to your individual requirements. If you are struggling within the Ride Group at rides, contact us for personalised coaching so that we can assess your needs, or join in with our second group also accompanying us on the day.
A further question was mailed to us just recently, and one that we have not come across before??, The question read "WHAT IS A METAL ROAD?"
As stated, over winter we will be riding combinations of Seal/Gravel/Metal Roads as we look to find suitable Ride Terrain to keep our Adventure Bike riders with well suited Adventure Riding over the Winter Months. I know you are now all interested to know the answer to this unusual question?? Jim's answer read: -
Hi, Metal road is another terminology for gravel road or sealed road. Metal standing for broken stone or crushed rock that can lay in it’s natural state on a roadway to form a gravel road or can be used as one of the components to form a tar sealed road.
Try using Google and all will be explained :)
RIDING THROUGH PRIVATE FORESTRY BLOCKS: - WHAT IS IT LIKE TO RIDE OR TO TAKE A JOURNEY THROUGH A PRIVATE FORESTRY BLOCK?
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| BMW 1200cc Adventure Bike well suited for riding standard Forestry Metal/Gravel Roads |
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| A Range of our Larger cc Adventure Bikes enjoying the well maintained surfaces inside of our private forest |
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| Hard Packed Metal/Gravel Roads - PERFECT for Large Adventure Bike Riders |
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| Well maintained Metal/Gravel Roads - Ideally suited to Large Adventure Bike Riders |
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| AND Finally PEOPLES - This is all I can say about riding Gravel Roads inside of Forestry Blocks - Pics tell the absolute Ride Terrain suitability!! |
Overseas adventure ride planned for July/August 2014 riding the 6,500+ km
TRANS AMERICAN TRAIL
* Ride would start on the East coast from the state of Tennessee and finish in Oregon state, on the West coast of the USA then dropping down to Los Angeles, California. * This ride is totally offroad and will take in the US back country including many
alpine passes. Each day drop back off the trail into a local town for motel room accommodation or camp?
* Navigate the route by route sheet and GPS.
* Click on the links below to find out what the ride consists of;
Trans America Trail.pdf
* Option 1) At present the idea is to purchase new bikes at the start of the ride and either sell at the completion of the ride or ship back home. Possible bike choice New Honda XR650L’s at NZ $8,100 approx. + ORC or similar. You would need to add NZ $1200 approx. worth of accessories, improvements to each bike.
( Preferred option )
* 6 weeks duration approximately (40 days)
* Option 2) Ship our own bikes from NZ and return. This option would add an extra 5 - 6 days to the trip as we would have to ride the bikes across the US from West to East (not all bad) before starting the trail. Adding another 3,600 km’s to the trip, incurring more accommodation, shipping both ways and bond (carnet) costs.
* To be organised on a cost only basis (non profit)
* If interested/ require further information contact jimdenham@hotmail.co.nz & state which option you would prefer.
Moto GP coverage for 2013 season
For those that are interested below is the link to watch the current Moto GP season. It is delayed coverage usually up to 2 or 3 days after the races have been held but if you don’t hear the result beforehand it’s as good as watching live. Seeing as Sky are not showing any rounds I haven’t heard any delayed results on TV or radio so you should be fairly safe watching this delayed coverage without encountering the results beforehand. All three classes are covered. When you open the link follow the instructions as stated.
Either watch on your PC or connect PC to TV and enjoy. If the video stalls at times try clicking on the resolution button ( bottom right on video screen ) to change the settings to lower pixels. Standard setting is auto and should work okay.
You can thank one of the ride group members for finding us this link. Thanks Nic!
http://www.666sicco.hostingsiteforfree.com/motogp2013.htm
http://www.666sicco.hostingsiteforfree.com/motogp2013.htm
JIMZ GARAGE -
What has Jim been working on THIS WEEK???* Suzuki DR 650SE Acerbis tank upgrade
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