Two days at Rydal

Firstly a big thanks to Mal for sharing his back yard with Crash and I.

We arrived up at the arranged meeting place and unloaded the bikes, as we started suiting up Mal arrived with the smoker, like a thorn in the roses
:laugh:

We left and got straight into it, very quickly noticed how slippery it was, but was super impressed by my IRC rear which has done some work now and it still hooked up as well as good be expected in the conditions. We did heaps of sweet single.

Here Mal leads off, Crash was slow to start his bike so I chased Mal down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUn8rjNYsM

Crash and I chase Mal, I am talking with Crash via the blue tooth if you listen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u5a8RYk2w0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sacP7O5Jbww

Crash had a of at the bottom of a big down hill on a rough fire trail between the singles and knocked his head pretty hard

We kept going, and found a little play hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQivpXDVG58

there are so many tracks and all good quality it was a little rocky in spots but nothing to detract from the tracks. We returned to the cars and had a quick bite and a drink. We left and went back out, I had a little lay down at walking pace when I cross rutted a down hill. We rode some more singles and decided to go to Rydal Pub for a beverage as almost backs onto the forest just before we got there Crash had gone onto reserve as he hadn’t filled his tank, Mal and I laughed that most of it had spilled as Crash had a couple of drops during the day and struggled on a hill or two.

Within two kilometres I went onto reserve as well, which was puzzling as I had fitted my standard tank for the ride and it was full when we left home

Once at the Pub we ran into a Hen’s party in progress,

they loved the big man and the poka dot jersey, so I say in you face all those that have hung shit on my jersey especially you Ollie take a fashion lesson, the girls wanted some photos with me so who am I to refuse the lovely young ladies

We rode back to the cars, loaded and went to the pub for a late lunch, good lunch I may add

Cheers again Mal nice ride

TB

Nice ride report Boys. I use to do a lot of riding around Clarence years ago.

Oh and TB as Mal says “Then the pokadot clown (T walks in ” The girls must have thought they bumped into the real live Ronald McDonald” :laugh: or maybe they thought you were part of the celebrations and wanted you to start doing a strip!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I just cracked myself up

now thats funny!!

Ollie

Hey twobanger,love seeing and hearing the old Huskies on songB) is it a 250 or 360? My son rides a 96 250 and I have just sold to Rick my 98 360,They both still go hard:woohoo:

Ollie

As the boys have already written and pictured, we had a terrific morning out near Rydal. Some sweet single, uphills & downhills linked with some fun twin and fire. The usual care had to be taken when flicking through the single in the pine forest for those bastard tree roots! Those slippery, sneaky little suckers are just waiting to spear you into a tree or slap you down for a face plant.
Speaking of planting ones’ face, I had a ripper when we were flying down a little nothing fire trail when I loaded up the side of my front tyre and it just felt like it rolled off the rim….and down I went….SMACK….it seemed a little early for the stars to be out! I had a little sit (looked more like a prayer), then shook my head like one of those cartoon characters that has just had a piano dropped on their head. Then we were off again. I think that’s the price you pay for running a moose that needs re-packing!
Mal did a great job leading us through some of his lush tracks, and we did this for a few hours before returning to base for a feed. We then went back at it for another few hours until the fuel was running low. We thought, what better way to top off a perfect mornings ride, than with a cool beer or rumski at the small, quiet local country town pub. Mal and I walk into the bar and are just about to order, when the bartender says “hang on fellas, I’ve just got to take care of something…righto girls in you come” In shuffle about 16 lovely young ladies, all in fancy dress, on a hens day local establishment tour! We couldn’t believe our eyes! Mal commented that “he’d never seen that many barmaids working the taps here before!” They were just getting a photo behind the bar and there were laughs all ‘round. What a top crew. THEN, in walks the big Polka Dotted unit. You could see the thoughts ticking over in the girls minds “I didn’t order this? Who did? What’s he going to do? Anyhow, TB agreed to a few photos or ten and they drove off in their chauffeur driven minibus to continue their memorable day……if they’d remember any of it by morning…..it was only about 12.30pm I think!
We ordered a drink, and had a chat whilst having a little rest. Then we rode back to base to pack up. We headed for Tarana pub for lunch and a de-brief.
Said our goodbyes to Mal, dropped TB home and headed for home myself. Unloaded, washed bike, dumped gear outside laundry (fathers day tomorrow, so I should get away with that) and inside just before 6pm……….TOP DAY OUT!

Thank again Mal for sharing some of your local knowledge.
Thanks TB for…………ummm……uummm………being TB.

Crash

Sounds like a good ride had by all. Excellent reports, pics and vids fellas.

I was going to try and put something witty about the dildo that was going towards TB’s ear, but I think I will just let it go.

No I had my two days of Dirt riding Nirvana at Dungog last weekend.

That Polka dot jersey is Funny and the fact that you think its a good jersey and a fashion statement is even funnier :laugh: actually it goes quite well with the girls 60’s peace movement theme :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I thought you were going to retire it?

Ollie