by Chris Wiltshire | Nov 12, 2018 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
There’s already been a post about the planning for this ride: Hamilton 1KC – planning. This was quite an intricate route again, with some specific expectations listed in the ride instructions which were missed the very first time I simply threw the...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 23, 2018 | Motorcycling
NI1600 2018 – The main event. We had a great time joining in with the other Long-Distance riders on our first ever NI1600 ride. This ride has been going for some 8 or so years and now hosts the NI800 during the same timeframe. This year there were some ~x50+...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 5, 2018 | Motorcycling
Had a great ride down to Turangi yesterday. I met up with Luke in Auckland who needed to go to Hamilton for work and we rode down that far together. Since we had a little spare time we chose to go down the very scenic and twisty SH22. 🙂 We got down there about an hour...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 3, 2018 | Motorcycling
It feels like it’s been a long time in coming but it’s almost finally here. The NI1600 event is kicking off this next Friday. My last LD ride was my ANZAC Day ride which qualified me for my third IBA Saddle Sore 1600k certificate. It was a tough solo ride...
by Chris Wiltshire | Sep 24, 2018 | Motorcycling
IBA SS1600k Start / Checkpoint / End checklist. BEFORE START: – Ready GPS Fresh batteries Clear current track (Track Manager Save, then clear) Load Track of route (Track Manager, choose, Show on Map) Where To? First Waypoint. – Ready phone Close unwanted...
by Chris Wiltshire | Aug 26, 2018 | Motorcycling
It’s been another weekend of farkling the Concours some more. I’ll split the posts out and cover each thing off separately. Phil’s farkle’s rear luggage rack. Saddle Bag Inners. Carbon Wrapping the mirror covers. With the wider than normal...