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12 Mar

Posted at 12:10h in Boogers, Rides

Been a little quiet on the TAT prep for the past month or so but we are getting back onto it now.  Team TOP GUN was preoccupied with our first long distance rally (www.tt2000.org) here in New Zealand a couple weeks ago. We had the smallest capacity bikes in the rally, with the exception of a crazy friend who did it on a GN125! Vicki tracked her route www.kiwigrom.com/TT2000/SkidTT2K2018.html.  To complete the rally requires 2000km in 48 hours picking up checkpoints all over the...

06 Feb

Posted at 19:19h in Groms, Ride Reports, TAT2018

We've been doing a little planning over the past couple weeks. Purchased the entire set of GPS tracks from Sam (http://www.transamtrail.com/) and he was kind enough to include the new North Carolina section which starts in Damascus, Virginia.  Last week the Mid Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route (http://ridebdr.com/MABDR) was released which ends in Damascus...

02 Jan

Posted at 12:24h in Adventures, Groms, Ride Reports, TAT2018

By the time we started thinking seriously about doing the TAT, we had already had our groms for about a year and done close on 7000km on them. Things that we had added/modified at that stage included: · Front and rear suspension – Racing Bros adjustable suspension. We still don’t know how to adjust them perfectly, but it has made a world of difference. · Tyres – swapped out the stock slicks and put on a slightly more aggressive tyre Mitas MC20....

01 Jan

Posted at 01:52h in Adventures, Groms

December 2017 - An epic 2000 km 6 day, 5 night camping trip on the adventure Groms. We planned a fun and interesting route which covered quite a variety of ground including: Danseys Pass, Old Dunstan Road, Taupeka Ferry, Milford Sound, a ride on the TSS Earnslow, Skippers Canyon, Macetown Track, Carricktown Track and Hawksburn Road....