Bellingen/ Lowanna Jan 2011 ride report

[StuartMember]

Thanks Ev & Macca for a Top Ride

We’d been down the hill to Crossmaglen Rd twice before, both times in the wet & it was always the point of no return. Now I’ve been up in the dry & that is one awesome hill amongst some other close contenders that we rode during the day.

The ride had it all Fast trails, snotty hills, creek crossings, wet logs & lots of Lantana.

[Jason AndersonMember]

badbowie wrote:

Quote:

I think it needs to be added that Yamaha was the flavour of the day, At my rough count it was,
7 Blue Bikes
2 Yellow
1 of those orange lemon coloured bikes hahah
1 2T Husky
0 Red

good call badbowie :laugh:

[Peter HornMember]

Great ride report Gents, I kept getting into STMs vids and finding myself thinking “Oh no, not the hand ..keep going” it was B awesome, just like Dungog 20 years ago!
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[EvanMember]

Hello
Here are a few pics from the day….they are similar to Badbowie’s as there were limited stops.

Meet n greet

Random photos….

This is the creek i almost fell in, thanks to Badbowie for saving me.

Shots from Lowanna

One of the smaller hills around Crossmaglen

The group and the mountains.

Thanks to everyone who came especially macca for sweeping,BadBowie for the creek rescue, DY4 for the pads and STM for another great report.
Highlights were the weather in bello (driest day in months)
NickJ riding up the hardest hill of the day first go after not making it up on the way out (imagine what you could do on a WR)
Me fluking the best log crossing Ive ever done (I hope someone saw it)
The quarry at lowanna (shame it was raining up there)
The teamwork to get up hills etc (thanks to Gary 530 and DY4 who walked down and up one nasty hill)
and congrats to gary530 You are the first KTM to finish this ride :laugh:
Ps thats the tip of the iceberg around here.
Cheers Ev

[Nick JacksonMember]

What a day, left home at 4.45am and just got home now (9.40pm), the riding was awesome and really put me to the test , thanks heaps to Ev who lead faultlessly all day and Macca who swept up the carange on the slickest clay I’ve ever seen. Again a great bunch of old bulls all with the same goal.

My highlights….

Having Gary530, DY4 and phelix all on their first obt ride. These are guys I enjoy riding with on our own backyards and it was great to see them on such a top obt outing.

Seeing STM bounce back in no time after a huge stack and blasting the last few singles together! :ohmy:

Meeting badbowie and sb , a big effort to attend

Tdriver being their and laughing at most of my offs!! :blush:

Struggeling with a greasy hill and watching bigger al let out about 5 pounds of air and blast up ( thanks al!!)

Following DY4 through the tightest section of twisting singles , feet up the whole way, looking more like a pro trials rider and picking the best lines ( which I followed :laugh: )

Going skyward on a big erosion mound while cramping in both legs then crashing and bringing Macca down too. I got going but Macca was left with a slick hill after all the bikes . But colorful language got him to the top :laugh: :laugh: ( sorry mate)

Seeing Ev after some very hard sections not think twice about heading back down massive hills to help whoever needed it , legend!!

I don’t think I’ve ever crashed that much in one ride!!

[Jason AndersonMember]

yes Ev.i was right behind you at that log.i watched you line it up then loft the front wheel from a dead start to a vertical position.skid plate hit.back wheel followed then landed perect.i also had ago at what i saw in front of me.fluke number 2 was complete?my heart was raceing.but we all had no choise.we had to get over THAT log.top job EV. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[gazmacMember]

Thanks guys for coming. Great ride eh.Evs the true champ here eh.He put everything togeather and is one hell ov a pointman / gps.Thanks to stm there will be some great shots and some video to come. Since my camera went to crap not long out.Hope to catch you guys for a ride soon. MACKA.

[DeanMember]

Bastards!! :laugh: :laugh:

Nice report guys and awesome looking trails as well.

Ollie

[Jason AndersonMember]

macka wrote:

Quote:

Thanks guys for coming. Great ride eh.Evs the true champ here eh.He put everything togeather and is one hell ov a pointman / gps.Thanks to stm there will be some great shots and some video to come. Since my camera went to crap not long out.Hope to catch you guys for a ride soon. MACKA.

love ya avatar MACKA. just walk away? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[aaron childsMember]

Re:Bellingen/ Lowanna Jan 2011 ride report #97926 4 days, 11 hours ago
Top write up STM,what took you out? slick/greasy bit of track?

There is a few rogue hippos i mean hippies in the bush,STM probley caught a glance at one and fell !!
c u next time fellas,
looked like a good day

[EvanMember]

I drove past the gate that was locked on the lowanna ride the other day.It had never been locked in 5 years,anyway it looks like it caught out some one else as well.someone on 4 wheels not 2

[Author]

Posts