Love your videos. The southern Tararua/Hawkes Bay has some amazing gravel roads. One of my favorite trips is Te uri Road (Via Mangarapa Road) into Dannevirke by Manga Road, out to Cooner (Waitahora Road) stop at Pongaroa (Fuel and Pub), Coast road to Akitio beach, River road to take Glen ora Road (turns to Esdaile Road), left onto Route 52, turn left on to Franklin Road, then right on Berch East this takes you back to Route 52 then head north to Poroangahau. A giant loop
I think the old main road from Masterton to Waipukurau was PH52, handed back to the the Tararua and Central Hawke’s Bay DC’s many years ago. The last time I drove that road was about the mid 1990’s and there was an unsealed section.
Thanks for posting, I felt like I was along for the ride on this one - space, freedom, lack of traffic and not to mention the wonderful countryside. Can I ask you what you think the minumum gear I would need to buy for my bike, to make a video (including the sound) that would have the quality of this one?
The main bit of kit is the camera. Something that can record at 4K and has image stabilisation. Most of these cameras have a microphone on them. If you want to do a narration while riding you'd probably need an external mic to put in the helmet. Sena has some helmet communicator/cameras that come with a microphone. If you get something like a GoPro or DJI you'll need to fork out for a microphone... and it can be tricky to find a microphone that's compatible. Then you need to fork out for a way to mount it to your particular helmet. You don't necessarily need a helmet cam. Some people have a 360 camera on a pole on the back of their bike. One other thing you might need is time. I'm not very fast at making these videos. It can take me between 10 and 15 hours to put together one video.
Generally it's 95. I occasionally use 91 when there isn't a choice. (My previous Tiger didn't like 91 at all. This one seems to tolerate it). I don't really need spare fuel on the rides I do. However, I did come extremely close to running out when I did my ride from Auckland To Napier. The bike was on 0km range for quite a while. *I have noticed that I get slightly better range if I use 98 - but I'd need to do some maths to see if it's worth the extra cost*
Nice ride!
Love your videos. The southern Tararua/Hawkes Bay has some amazing gravel roads. One of my favorite trips is Te uri Road (Via Mangarapa Road) into Dannevirke by Manga Road, out to Cooner (Waitahora Road) stop at Pongaroa (Fuel and Pub), Coast road to Akitio beach, River road to take Glen ora Road (turns to Esdaile Road), left onto Route 52, turn left on to Franklin Road, then right on Berch East this takes you back to Route 52 then head north to Poroangahau. A giant loop
Yep, that would be a good ride. I'm glad you add a fuel (person and bike) break in the middle.
Lovely road, I would like to try this route. thankyou for sharing
It was a nice afternoon ride.
Thanks for taking the time to show some of this beautiful country of ours🎉.
It's especially green at the moment.
⭐⭐
I think the old main road from Masterton to Waipukurau was PH52, handed back to the the Tararua and Central Hawke’s Bay DC’s many years ago. The last time I drove that road was about the mid 1990’s and there was an unsealed section.
Yep. SH52 still has some unsealed sections... but they are roadworks. ;)
Thanks for posting, I felt like I was along for the ride on this one - space, freedom, lack of traffic and not to mention the wonderful countryside. Can I ask you what you think the minumum gear I would need to buy for my bike, to make a video (including the sound) that would have the quality of this one?
The main bit of kit is the camera. Something that can record at 4K and has image stabilisation. Most of these cameras have a microphone on them. If you want to do a narration while riding you'd probably need an external mic to put in the helmet. Sena has some helmet communicator/cameras that come with a microphone. If you get something like a GoPro or DJI you'll need to fork out for a microphone... and it can be tricky to find a microphone that's compatible. Then you need to fork out for a way to mount it to your particular helmet.
You don't necessarily need a helmet cam. Some people have a 360 camera on a pole on the back of their bike.
One other thing you might need is time. I'm not very fast at making these videos. It can take me between 10 and 15 hours to put together one video.
@@theNZbv Many thanks for your advice on this, looking forward to giving it a go.
Have fun.
What fuel do you run, 91 or 95, and do you carry a spare container ?
Generally it's 95. I occasionally use 91 when there isn't a choice. (My previous Tiger didn't like 91 at all. This one seems to tolerate it).
I don't really need spare fuel on the rides I do. However, I did come extremely close to running out when I did my ride from Auckland To Napier. The bike was on 0km range for quite a while.
*I have noticed that I get slightly better range if I use 98 - but I'd need to do some maths to see if it's worth the extra cost*
them chicken can run !!
It's good seeing the young'uns learn to escape the field and run free... down the middle of a road.