Sunday, April 07, 2019

Zig Zagging

Only a short ride of around 90km this weekend.  I'd done a little maintenance job on the WR and thought that like a little like a Gurkha's kukri, the bike couldn't be put back in the shed without a quick squirt.

After topping up with a ridiculous amount of fuel (5.5L), I puttered out of town and made for Watershed Road to hit some gravel as soon as possible.

Again it took me a little while to get used to the little bike on gravel (half the weight of the Tenere so doesn't quite have that planted feel) but I soon had a smile on my dial and had ridden all of Watershed Road and turned onto Spur Road.







After chasing a bunny up the road I had to duck as two huge hawks took off in front of me - I'm sure that if they'd wanted to they could have carried me and the little bike off - then it was onto the tar for a minute before getting into the zig-zags of Zig Zag Road.




At the top of the hill I made a navigational error which saw me heading back into Feilding a bit sooner than I'd planned.  Lunch was inhaled at my folks place before heading home.  A bit cooler out there today too...


Oh, and no map.  Google refuses to draw a route on the roads I took and no GPS device recording...

9 comments:

  1. Nice little jaunt....gotta love how these small motorcycles sip at gas.

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    1. A bit shorter than planned but a fun little ride.

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  2. It might not have felt as planted in the gravel as the Tenere, but at the same time I bet it was more flickable. Maybe you were less tired at the end of the day? A nice sunny day for a ride no matter what the two wheels.

    I am jealous...we are in the middle of an "atmospheric river" with 3-6 inches of rain expected by tomorrow night. Sigh.

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    1. Yes, definitely more flickable. Not sure about comfort by day end - it has not got the Teneres seat ;)

      Over here a lot of folks are really wanting some rain, it's been dry.

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  3. Andrew, who looks after the roads down your way? They always look nicely graded compared with the equivalent roads round us.

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    1. I dunno...sometimes I'd like to sabotage their graders...there's plenty of "marbly" stuff to skate around on too...

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    2. PS: the outfit Colin works for own a few graders...

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  4. 90km, whatcha do after breakfast? lol. Walk in the park for you mate.

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    1. Didn't even need new rubber afterwards...

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