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Good report Roy
sorry i couldn’t make it
didn’t fancy sneezing inside my helmet all day :sick:could be swine flu
Bol :woohoo:
Day 1
Me Roy and Nathan rode the south side,it was a mix of open grassy trails and tight rocky singles.Both Roy and Nathan “race” so the pace was fast,I kept up for a short while but my lack of rock experience started to show.I hade a few stacks one the bigest in ages the impact broke the headlight globe and dented the front rim (matches the back one now).
We rode on to Cat hill ,steep and rocky it took a few go’s.We had lunch and Roys mate Max joined us and we headed to the mountain on the north side.Sweet singles with alot less rocks lead us to the awesome views on top.
By now I had about a dozen cramps and could hardly stay upright,thanks to max for the pills and brake lever.
We headed back to base.
Day 2Us the Narrabri crew , the owner Blue and 3 guys from Gunnedah headed up L plate hill. Then rode some “pony express” single track to Bundy hill. the guy on the DR had the worse tyre I have ever seen and struggled on some sections.
Soon after they droped off and we headed for the big one Horse power hill ,its as bad as they get, it has a 1 in 2 gradient and is rocky as.Only 15 have ever made,even the owner Blue has only made it once.No one did.
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Lunch then the endurocross track.The teeter totter was intimidating and when trials rider Nathan and Roy both wipedout on their first attempt I was worried,but Blue called me out so I had to step up.I came off once but landed on my feet then made it ,phew.
Lunch,then onto the motorcross and endurocross tracks.The teeter totter was intimidating and when gun trials rider Nathan and Roy both wipedout on their first attempts I was worried,but Blue called me out so I had to step up.I came offbut landed on my feet and then made it.Phew.
We rode some nice trails on the north side and ended up at Headerpipe hill,a tricky little first gear hill.Cramps forced me to quit after about 10 go’s.
Day 3
The Tamworth boys arrived with bits of kangaroo splattered all over their utes.
We rode the mountain again,it was even more fun without cramps.Then, with 20 minutes untill had to leave, were back at Headerpipe hill.REVENGE I was stocked to make it on my third and last attempt.
Thanks to all the guys especially Max and Roy.Bike Territory is an awesome place and is heaps better than camping.Blue is a good host and a top bloke the trails are many and varied and I hope to get back there soon.
Cheers EvHere are some vids from the ride (hopefully)
This is headerpipe hillThis is Nathan on Horsepower Hil
http://youtu.be/2BmFaTFQ9GU
This is Roys KTM boiling on a hill. In fairness to KTMs this hill was at least 20m long.I cant get the links to work Bevo..
Sorry it took so long to do my report but Boon said im always late so I could not go against his word. I still don’t think I was late as I was there at 515 and Pep said we would leave Maccas at 530 so :blink: . So after we found out that Bollocks had developed the black lung :laugh: and would not come we headed off. All was going well until Pep decided that $1.10 was not fast enough and had to lead the charge so I sat back and followed. Problem was he has one of those sissy alloy bullbars :laugh: and they don’t take a hit that well. As you might have seen by the pics. The road trip went well after that. The guys were still having breakfast when we turned up but it was not long till we were riding. We headed off to the northern side and we had a ball on the singles on the hills. Dahmus was having one of those days and the hills were trying his ttr a bit. I almost ran straight into the back of a Drz(guess who) when he went through a wet gully. For a change I stayed upright through the water but the fact that I could not see around Boony meant I had to react a little faster than I would have liked :laugh: .I almost high sided not long after in front of a corner man when I gassed it up a little early on the sweet grass track so I decided to ride to stay upright from then on. We got up to some great lookouts on the mountains which was a great backdrop for a rest. From there we went to header pipe and again it was too good for me
. And after seeing Pep loop it out I decided to give up. At least I got up petti coat. Nathan made header pipe look easy on his sweet husa 300 and Belingen EV got to the top as well which was lucky as he said he was not going home till he cracked it 
From there we went back to camp but we stopped at the enduro cross track as we knew it would be too much after a feed. I had a go on the Teeter totter and I managed to put my feet down like trainer wheels so even though I made it I considered it a fail. Lonnie egged me on to go round the whole track and It was great fun although a little scary at times . :blush: The rope bridge was cool and unlike anything I had tried before A must try . The sand between the logs introduced me to the deck again which was funny. The scraper tires were not that hard but they freaked me out and I almost put my bike over them Ghostie style much to Lonnies enjoyment. From there we had lunch then headed out to sample some of the new pony X track around the pit area. It is sure to make spectating a lot more interesting with some tabletops and a lot of tires to climb over. We then headed out on the pony x grass track area where Boony creamed his pants and he had to go back along it again. :cheer: What a ball it was though good call mate. We then headed up the main hill and then attacked L plate. From the bottom pep and boon decided to end things on a high/low note and headed back. We then hit Post???? Cutters and tried out my poor rut riding ability. I enjoyed the challenge but wish I could ride them better but don’t we all. We then hit Fire Ball and it was as difficult as I remember but Roy decided to balk Lonnie which caused a bottleneck on the hardest hill climb of that run :laugh: From there we made our way to Cat hill and I was very pleased to get to the top as I have failed every other time :cheer: .I did stop twice though and one one of the occasions used a flatter section of an erosion off ramp to get a run up as you could not restart on the hill as you would just form a trench. Towards the top the bike boiled and I had to stop for us both to recover. :laugh: Anyway a technical win but not a real trophy for the pool room yet. By now I was starting to get stuffed but i was constantly reminding myself I had not ridden the 2 days prior like the other guys so I had to suck it up. We then headed for the fence line boundary run and I had a great deal of trouble on a hill climb much to everyone else s enjoyment but I was killing my bike . I ended up trying second with some clutch and I found the traction I was missing out on before and I got to the top. :cheer: The hills kept coming though and while they were fun I started to cramp up which have never done before even in ironman pony x events so the ride really was hard(for me). We hit the last lookout at the top of Horsepower hill and nobody even mentioned attacking it which would have been ridiculous for me anyway. We then headed for camp and although Steve gave us another scare with a moderate speed front end loose we got back OK only to see Steve fall off his truck when he put his bike on… Scary stuff but no injuries phew. Boon and Pep then took my bike back to Tamworth on the drive from hell. And to put their drive into perspective I had a shower and drove the 260 k to Goondiwindi stopping twice for food/fuel while they did 167 k. Man that would have sucked sorry you had to go through that guys. Anyway I got to Dalby at 1130pm and I was hammered but it was all so worth it. Thanks again Blue for the use of a brilliant ride park and also Bundyroy for all you lead work and organizing. Sorry work had to interfere so I could not be there for the whole ride.
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