***NEW SEASON - NEW CONCEPTS - NEW IDEAS***
"O F F R O A D A D V E N T U R E TRAINING" SESSIONS - NGARNZ now hosts our very OWN Sessions - Tailored to Your Personal Requirements at a more "ONE on ONE level"
By Popular Demand - We have been asked to have Jim D take and conduct a small group through a LEVEL 1 training experience. This course will be designed for those either "NEW" to riding Gravel Roads, or those just looking to hone skills and improve on existing skills, along with confidence building over those looser surfaces. To be able to offer you that more "ONE on ONE experience" we will take 5 riders for each of our LEVEL 1 sessions. The first of these will commence early February 2013.
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| Father and son Team of Jim and Tim Denham attending a Kiwi Rider 500 Adventure Ride Many Many Moons Ago, I remember the colours on that T that Jim is wearing vividly |
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Off Road Adventure Training hosted by Jim D and our Inhouse Team of Highly skilled Adventure Riders Jim has now explored and tapped into many new areas on both his F800 GS and also his KTM690 Adventure bike. Having personally hosted this Ride Group over a Season now, we have amassed a wealth of adventure riding that we has been bought to our Ride Group Members over the past season. We now look to also host our very own Inhouse Off Road Adventure Training Sessions and will personally look to cater for more of our New entrants to our Ride Group.
http://www.northerngraveladventureridersnz.com/feb-2013--level-1-off-road-adventure-training.html
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| Jim parked up and assisting Jess up a short but steep pumice bank - Taking our TWO big F800's and exploring some pumice tracks and trails out at Rangitikei - It's just what our big bikes are made for - JESS - This is all about "Momentum Is Your Friend" - "One Very Famous Statement" - I am slowly learning this, but on another quote - It won't happen overnight Sue but it will happen???? This statement seems to be bandied around quite a lot lately???? :) |
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| Jim enjoys exploring stream beds with his F800 - you can see that back wheel has cleared a very good path for those following - Stunning Riverbed and stunning scenery ------ |
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| ABS on ABS off - Another AGE OLD Question and one that was asked of us at our recent Waikaretu Adventure Ride on the 10th November - For more on this dilemma for some, but confirmed for others, bring these queries and questions along with you |
<<<<<The Trophy Vault of both Jim and Tim Denham has been O P E N E D >>>>>
Just SOME of our trophy collection from many competitive events spanning from over 35 years of both trail and enduro riding events
Waikaretu Adventure
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Incoming - Pictures from Graeme - Recapturing our EPIC Waikaretu Adventure
Graeme has captured scenes from our Waikaretu Adventure Ride held recently on Saturday the 10th. These will prove to bring back some very pleasant memories for those who attended our Tour here. Graeme felt 'guilty' for his non-attendance in the stream bed, along with our fellow assistants, pictured here, but on reflection, - We say "PLEASE" Graeme, Don't Feel Guilty! We appreciate what you have "Captured" so very well.
Many thanks to all of our Ride Group attendees for forwarding photos and vid clips through to us so that we could upload these for every ones personal enjoyment. Keep them coming, if you see a photo of yourself enjoying one of our rides, you may mail me and I am more than happy to forward a pic through to you.
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| Many Makes and Models of Bikes and ALL enjoying the stunning views - the cameras were out (we have indeed become a camera snappy group - excellent) |
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| Go Dougie, Wow, when I first met Dougie the DR650 never spread "THIS" much around |
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| NEVER far from any ACTION that I can remember, Mark takes the KTM and ploughs across |
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| A big thanks to DAVE for joining us - Paramedic duty duly taken care of |
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| "OVERLAND" - The camera has captured "The Long And Winding Road" - "That Leads Us To" ..... Gorgeous shades of green |
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This week we feature our 10th November Waikaretu Adventure Ride - We now have available at least 10 Movie Clips detailing our Journey at Waikaretu - This may need to be kept for those Xmas holidays that will soon be upon us all. I will only post 4 on our weekly edition of Gravel Newz, on our website I have posted 4 clips to each page, to make it easier for the opening of each web page. Movie Clips do consume some space. Expect at least three pages on our website to be able to house our footage.
Episode Number One Waikaretu Adventure Ride
Episode Number Two
Episode Number Three
Episode Number Four
Above we have shared Episodes number One - Four - Below is the link for our web page that houses Episodes Number Five - Eight
http://www.northerngraveladventureridersnz.com/vid-clips-page-2-waikaretu-10-1112-episodes-5---8-now-featuring.html
Our very last remaining Episodes will be completed at a later date during the coming week for viewing
- NGARNZ Xmas T Competition -
Here we have asked an "Age-Old Question" Which Needs To Be Answered: - "What Is On An Adventure Riders Wish List For Xmas"???If YOU would like to take part in this small competition, mail me your thoughts and we will include them onto the many answers that we have received, we will choose our Winning Answer and publish in our Xmas edition of Gravel Newz
mail steelmaiden1250@hotmail.com with your answer to the above question - remember, we are looking for that something that we feel is unique.
WE will run through our received answers to date and ponder on what we feel to be a most unique gift idea -
Names will not be revealed on incoming answers, but we will announce our winner closer to Xmas and a unique NGARNZ T shirt will be mailed out to our winning entrant:
So far, we have: 1) - Yes, this shows up BLANK< but hit >>PLAY BUTTON and you might quite like this, it certainly provides a very novel approach for INCOMING<<<
Next we have 2) - "Not a tent – too obvious, and anyway I’ve already got one, having done a bit of tent touring already. Sleeping bag – check. Small single-burner gas stove – check (that would be a good present, actually) No, my vote for the sensible is to give one of those self-inflating air mattresses (I’ve got one) to give elderly and aching bones a better night’s sleep. Trust me on this one!
For the less “sensible” – a tiny 12V fridge to keep the beer cold!
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http://adventure-motorcyclingh.com/
If you haven't got a copy of the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook by Chris Scott get yourself a copy They have just released the 6th edition and mine arrived this week. It is an amazing and inspirational book and if you don't have one I am sure you will love it.
AND yet more..................................
I just need time and money but I guess lots of money would allow me to have lots of free time
Sidecar on the KLR650 for Chauncey the Wonder Dog
New boots would do me, but a trip through South America would be not be sneezed at either
A BMW F800GS, KTM 990 Adventure R, or a Husqvarna 650 Terra…
I was naughty so I'll likely get some coal, but since you're asking: A top end rebuild, fresh gas tank and a new map.
A little more time to ride would be fine, but new bike gear would do it either.
Sidecar on the KLR650 for Chauncey the Wonder Dog
New boots would do me, but a trip through South America would be not be sneezed at either
A BMW F800GS, KTM 990 Adventure R, or a Husqvarna 650 Terra…
I was naughty so I'll likely get some coal, but since you're asking: A top end rebuild, fresh gas tank and a new map.
A little more time to ride would be fine, but new bike gear would do it either.
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