Coffs 2011 ride report.

[glennMember]

Even the local copper wants to ride with us at nundle next year

[Dwayne OMember]

:laugh: I`m sure that Heath from the Van Park wasn`t so busy & had a bike, he would love to ride with the Bulls too

[GregMember]

I still have a heap to post King sorry been busy, will get to it over the weekend I promise

TB

[scott bockingMember]

Trailboss wrote:

I still have a heap to post King sorry been busy, will get to it over the weekend I promise

TB

All good mate. When you are leading all weekend you miss the mid pack antics and that one clip has me frothing for more. Looks like Boony had his hands full with those three goons behind him :laugh:

STM
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[Chris RocheMember]

Thanks for showing my skills to world TB, now we’ve got video proof. Thanks to STM and the boys on sweep, the long drive up and the even longer drive home was well worth it. The trails were some of the best i have ever riden, even with some of them under water. The night life was far from dull with bench racing and evryones different take on the day all adding to the laughs. I will definitely be back next year to hopefully check out some of the other trails STM had in store for us before the rain came down.
TB i owe you some money for that wonderful gold rack that weighed my van down on the trip home. I hope factory phil is enjoying it. :laugh:

[Robert JillettMember]

The rack looked great on the back of the van. But it looked even better in TB,s trailer space. Now that was gold.
Rob

[DeanMember]

mal5.1 wrote:

Trailboss wrote:

The official photographer we paid on the night seemed to miss the auction itself but it went for $320!!!!! yup can you believe that!! Three hundred and twenty dollars :ohmy: Ollie would have paid that to be cool he has always been jealous of it :laugh:

Here is the happy winner

TB

The offical ‘PAID’ :huh: photographer is eternally sorry for not filiming the jeresy auction. :blush:

I know I was pointing the camera around but obviously forgot to turn it on. I think the alcohol was going to my head.

OMFG !! :laugh: :laugh: Nick only $320 !! for such an Iconic piece of of OB nostalgia Id be putting thatin the pool room right next to the Bike carrier that you paid a miserly sum for :laugh: well done Nick great effort and yes Not only am I extremley surprised that TB departed with his beloved Jersey that I have spent many a time pulling the Piss out of him about. But I am also now very jealous :sick: geez Bollocks why didnt you set up a phone auction ? :laugh:
Ollie

remember this :laugh:

[Mike WyethMember]

Yeah i agree its great looking back on the video footage bring it on guys 😆 😆

[ChrisMember]

Looks like a great time had by all, yep another great ride I missed, changes are in the wind next year will be a whole new start and time off F**k me I won’t know what to do with 4 weeks annual leave a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Chris.

[Nick JacksonMember]

chris72a wrote:

Looks like a great time had by all, yep another great ride I missed, changes are in the wind next year will be a whole new start and time off F**k me I won’t know what to do with 4 weeks annual leave a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Chris.

Start by booking a trip to Coffs mate , the ridings awesome

[scott bockingMember]

It was 1pm on Saturday afternoon by the time everyone assembled at the base of the Widow Maker. A cloud line had formed 2/3’s of the way up and it was if the bitch had put on her ugliest face for the her biggest assembly of OBT ever. In hindsight it was fitting that the conditions were the way they were as only the brave were even going to bother and everyone else were in for a great show.
Of the 42 assembled at her feet only about 8 riders attempted the face and only two made it. Damo (Noosa) nailed it feet up in a display normally reserved for dry days and Murph muscled his way to the top in only the way that he can. Of the other notable efforts were Sam who tried and tried as all groms should, Factory Phil who did what I would only do on a rental bike and Mike who is a technical genius but could not crack it past the middle step. Moto had a dig as did a few others but it was obvious that you and your bike would most likely be the loser if you tried. That is when ChrisT decided he would have a crack. Now maybe it is a hangover from the whole mad cow thing but this boy from the UK on his factory Husky though that it was worth a shot after the carnage he had just witnessed. Needless to say his bike left Coffs a little less bling than it arrived.
The clock was ticking on lunch so I fired up my little Yami and led the crew back towards the coast.

To Be Continued

STM

[Nick JacksonMember]

Ollie wrote:

mal5.1 wrote:

Trailboss wrote:

The official photographer we paid on the night seemed to miss the auction itself but it went for $320!!!!! yup can you believe that!! Three hundred and twenty dollars :ohmy: Ollie would have paid that to be cool he has always been jealous of it :laugh:

remember this :laugh:

Now that’s disturbing I won’t be making the jersey into a hat in a hurry that’s for sure

[murph the surfMember]

The other highlite for me was racing with my good mate Mal5.1.
I don’t know how I forgot to mention that in my first post.
We were both put on corner duties after one particular skirmish and it took some time to come down off the adrenalin hit. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Great fun Mal
Cheers
Murph

[scott bockingMember]

We were going to have to make good time to get back to the pub before the kitchen closed so I set off at speed and stretched the group. We had a bit of ground to cover but we had buffed forest roads and some open flowing singles that would allow us to keep up a good pace. I did not regroup until we hit the Pacific highway and it was only 5 minutes or so until we were all together.
It was dead low tide in an hour so this would be our chance to ride the beach as a group. TB and Crash took off ahead to set up the cameras as we quietly made our way through the local streets down to the boat ramp. The wet weather had firmed the sand up perfectly but as I looked ahead I saw TB trying to kick his bike to life and Crash sitting on the other side of a deep washout. This washout is the only one on the beach and at that tide it is normally just a trickle but with all the rain we had had it had gotten a fair bit wider and where TB had gone it was over knee deep. keep in mind this is saltwater.
I did not want to lead that many through that much saltwater but Murph and a few other found a shallow safer place to cross but I had already turned the group around. Those that wanted to follow crossed and the other followed me back towards the pub via the road.
By the time I walked into the bistro it was 1.57pm and I asked it they were still serving lunch. They said I had 2 minutes but I told them that I had 42 guys. After a quick chat with the manager they agreed to serve us so it was only us in the line and they got the meals out in no time at all.
Everyone was wet through and the wind had picked up and the rain had set back in so I made the decision that there would not be an arvo session in the bush but if anyone wanted to ride the beach it was low tide and there would be no one around. By the time we finished lunch it was 3pm and we had ridden 75km of great trails and survived the conditions with no injuries and no stranded bikes.
The crew who rode the beach had a ball and by 4pm the sun was shining and the temp was rising. Some lounged in the pool, some drank beer in there cabins whilst other fanged on the wet hard sand. Nickj and I cut onions for the BBQ and drank home brew with ChrisT.
It was turning out to be a beautiful afternoon and by the time we got back to the resort everyone had a drink in hand and a smile on their face. The rain was gone for the next few days at least and we still had a huge night ahead and another morning to ride in what would be absolutely primo conditions.
The camp cook house is the prefect spot to have a BBQ and all the families who had come along joined in the fun. The big and little kids were all having a ball and a few OBT wifes got together to slag off their husbands. :laugh:
We had such a good crew assembled and every had plenty of food and Mal took on Chef duties on the big BBQ and keep the food turning over. It is the one time I get to look at the group together and see how much fun everyone is having and the stories about their days riding. It is those moments where all the effort to put a ride like this together seems like no work at all. It was great to see Moto, LC4skin and Menace back at a ride and they were keeping the drinking pace up to a level that few others can match! I made the mistake of sitting down next to Menace during the auction and I left my balance at the table when I got up to present a prize to TB :silly:
The auction was a massive success and Bollocks did an incredible job and made a huge difference to how much was raised. Thanks to Spud for his contributions, The Bucca boys for the OBT charity rack, Crashes bid on the OBT plaque and Nickj for out bidding TB for his jersey. I reckon it was the most fun night I have had all year.
By 11pm most had headed off to get some sleep and I was left with a few of the more dangerous boys. I decided it was time to call it quits, had a double Berocca and crashed out in ChrisT’s cabin.

To Be Continued

STM

[Matt BakerMember]

King STM wrote:

We had such a good crew assembled and every had plenty of food and Mal took on Chef duties on the big BBQ and keep the food turning over. It is the one time I get to look at the group together and see how much fun everyone is having and the stories about their days riding. It is those moments where all the effort to put a ride like this together seems like no work at all. It was great to see Moto, LC4skin and Menace back at a ride and they were keeping the drinking pace up to a level that few others can match! I made the mistake of sitting down next to Menace during the auction and I left my balance at the table when I got up to present a prize to TB :silly:

STM

I drink like I ride

Unfortunately the same can’t be said for old faggy elbows Menace :laugh: :laugh:

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