Brass Monkey Rally NZ 2010

The Rally is one of the last great motorcycling adventures in New Zealand.
The Rally is always held over Queens Birthday weekend at Oturehua. Oturehua is in the heartland of Central Otago.
The reason this site was chosen was because of the climate extremes. The site is as close as we could get to Ophir, which holds the record for both cold and heat for New Zealand.
It can get as cold as Minus 10 deg C to Minus 20 deg C. Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey, hence the name.
While we cannot guarantee it, it does snow quite often over the weekend. this makes the challenge even greater. The other reason for this location is the help we get from the Oturehua Winter Sports club people. They provide the food for the rally.
Because of the cold you must be prepared. Warm clothing, sleeping bag and appropriate tent. Remember liquids can freeze including fuel in your petrol lines and especially water in the radiator. Ensure you have anti-freeze if you don't want a split radiator.

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[Papanui001]

Thanks for your comments, I am booked in for this year (2011) and looking forward to it, only my second year at it, swore last year I would never do it again, but there is just some thing about this rally that draws you back.... a deep down calling (inner man) Ha-Ha... Hope the ride and the rally go well for you mate Cheers Robert

[Papanui001]

Greetings. This Rally is held every year. So pack your bags, come on over and do it. People come from around the World to do this Rally.Took me 7 years to get the nerve to do it. I am going to do it again this year. One of those things you just have to do. Have a great day,. Cheers.

[Papanui001]

This is a short video taken at around 3:30pm on the Saturday afternoon. The air was so cold that the battery in the camera on lasted about 15min's of filming. Riders arrived all day from all over NZ.

[2wheels4life123]

that boulevard that goes past with the trailer is a mate of mine i was at the brass with him and we didnt have enough time to get a rego or WOF for the trailer so he went to a postshop and got them to photocopy his license plate then he stuck it on the back and amasing enough he didnt even get pulled over

[RoadkingNZ]

Gidday - great video! I haven't been for 21 years but watching your clip made me feel I was there yesterday. The good news is that I'm going this year and can't wait!

Cheers from Christchurch

[Somaboat]

OMG riding in the snow now that is a die hard Bike riding group! my coldest ride was at 37 degrees Fahrenheit and there was no snow. Never rode in snow. Thought it was crazy ridding in 37 degrees.