Mals and Murphs Watagans ride Sat 13 june

Cmon Mal and Murph wheres the ride report:laugh:

I will make a quick one.

10 of Us showed up

Me gasser 300
Gili WR450
my brother shane RMX
Mal sherco 5.1
Murph kato 525
smurph aka Tim kato 200
Big Holl ?? wr450
The Dude Husky 510
Morgo DRZ400
son of Morgo (smorgo:laugh: )TTR 250

it was rather Brisk in the Watto’s at 730 in the morning but it was good as there was no rainB) Conditions were perfect Gilli and I opted for the jackets with the sleaves removed, which turned out to be a good option:laugh:

Murph led off first and set a good pace thru the single trails heading soth to Watagans forest Rd then thru all of the little off shoots before reaching Hitchcocks. Mals starter did not want to disengage so it was kicker only for him the rest of the day. The Dude hit a pretty good sized rock hidden in the dirt and he took a nose dive right in front of me:laugh: My brother Shane had not ridden for about 2 years and this was his first ride on his newly acquired RMX. He also come a cropper and was wedged under his bike which had to be lifted off of him:side: Hitchcocks was a great blast although some of the mud holes down the bottom were rather deep as I soon found out:silly: I led the boys out onto the tar for a couple of Kays then into Maculata,been a while since I had last been there so it took a while to get my bearings sorted, I led the boys through someones special test area before heading up the mountain. I took one wrong turn but realised before it was too late. We stopped under a powerline and dude broke out the GPS and Murph the topo :laugh: Maps. after much conjecture we all agreed that we were under the only power line that had a kink in it:laugh: We got going again and knew we on the right track, the rock steps were a challenge and the low lying areas were well and truly rutted out after some stupid 4 x 4 activities:angry: We got back to the main Rd and Gili took the lead to Prick hill and all of the single trail after it. Nothing really to exciting to report with everyone getting up prick hill easily. Morgo had a bit of a lay down after having a bit of a confrontation with a vine.:laugh: We then rode all the way back to the cars at Olney campsite. I have not been so cold in a long time thank God for the jacket. We all a had a feed back at the cars, Morgo and his son had to pull out as did my brother Shane as the earlier crash he had made his thumb really sore and he couldnt hold on real well. We then headed off for the Basin doing some really good single trails which looked likee they were being marked out for the upcoming Watagans rally. Murph looked like he knew where he was going and we were setting a cracking pace with only seven of us now riding. Unfortunatley I picked up a rear puncture and my fork seals were oozing fluid out of them like a fat chicks ulcers on her inner thigh:S I didnt have a spare rear tubebut Mal offered me his,but I dont like borrowing others stuff So I let the guys continue down the Koala track while I limped home like a mongrel Dog with its tail between its legs:angry: I loaded up the Ute and waited for the boys. I was approached by a guy on a new Kato 300 who was wanting some fuel as he had emptied his onto reserve and wouldnt have enough to get back to the letter A he said he can only get 80k’s to a tank:ohmy: As I sat down again Gili rocked up and said Murph had trouble with his Kato, not 20 seconds later I see dude on the Husky with the big Kato being towed:woohoo: Bit to slow to get a photy. apparently the sprocket bolt came out which allowed the chain to derail.
all up we did about 135 km’s and I was sure feeling it,my butt felt like it had done 10 rounds with Ian roberts:S Gotta do something about that seat!!
Thanks Mal and Murph for Organising the ride and all the other boys for being there. It was great to get out there on a ride with my brother again,brought back some old memories. sorry Gili I wasnt good company on the way back home as I was asleep for most of it:unsure: I have just ordered new seals fork springs and rimlocks for the Gasser so she is going into refit.Might be a couple of weeks before I am able to get back out there

Ollie

sorry I got no Photies