junkmanjoe adventures

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Junkmanjoe

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Moving on.

after we left the lake, traveled along some great fast winding gravel roads.
speeds at times excess of 100km, and i couldn't keep up with the super enduro ktm 950's, or the 990 adventures.....
we headed for Saturday nights quarters.
we stayed at journeys end station, deep in the Te Urewera national park.
very tidy place to stay..
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few beers and chit chat...
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bikes spent the night under the shed.
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next morn bright and early, packed up and we headed for the mighty MOTU road....
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Junkmanjoe

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The mighty motu road, legend in the adv bikers world....
this road windes deep in the national park, and goes on and on for ever....
just magic..
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we stoped at matawai shop to top up tanks and tummys....hay who ate all the pies again....
my mate eddieb egger to hit the gravel....
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LETS GO.................................
up, twisty bushy road, great views, deep untouched native bush....
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a few small slips, quite a narrow track.
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reached the summit.
looking over the motu valley.
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this place is a lot bigger than the photos make it to be.
on our way down the other side,
has to be one of the best adv track to travel......
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photo time..
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once out we made our way to wards lake rotoiti, which was the finish point for the ride.
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my trip home soon.
 

Kiwikev

Getting the hang of it
Hiya JMJ,, Would you mind putting up the pic of the BMW 1200 in the fiord

I cant belive it.......
 

Eddieb

Getting the hang of it
The sign at the beginning of the Motu Road

And our esteemed narrator JunkManJoe enjoying the Motu Road.
 
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Junkmanjoe

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my trip home was on a nice sunny day.
just one of them days ya just wana keep riding.
i played the tourist all the way home, sat on 90km and stopped in all the wrong places to take photos.
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lake taupo town.
i could see for miles...stunning view today.
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stopped beside the lake for a snack, and to add a few xtra layers of clothes for the desert road.
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stopped for fuel and a few burger king burgers and headed in to the cold....
about half way through the desert road,
is early afternoon, lots of ice on the roads, and these neat ice cliffs.
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up on the summit of the desert road i pulled over on the side of the road and ate lunch, and just took in the fab site before me...
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we have a great place to ride
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well my new aussy mates, thats about the tale of the mid winter madness ride, and the tail of my tour of the central east cape,
till the next trip.
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JMJ
 
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