Coffs 30 July report

[Michelle ThickettMember]

Just like to say thanks to your HIGHNESS for organising the fantastic weather we experienced yesterday along with all the fantastic new single line that has obviously been unmolested for some time. It has to be the best days ride i’ve had in this area…..ever. Anyone coming up for the November ride should be very happy indeed.

All in all a very plesant day. Tdriver was not the last to be ready to go…… everyone was on the pace all day……..when the leader laid down everyone behind him followed suit…… and a few DRZ electrical problems, no surprise to some of the DR riders………. as Corey pointed out no KTM’s which is very rare….. and some pretty cool vids.

Thanks to the crew on the day it was one of the best

Shell

[EvanMember]

King STM wrote:

The quality of the footage is very good as is the audio. Like TB says get the angle right and you are on a winner.

STM

Youve been in oz to long nick you need to keep your chin up old boy. ps was there footage of my tank slap

[Nick JacksonMember]

BellingenEv wrote:

King STM wrote:

The quality of the footage is very good as is the audio. Like TB says get the angle right and you are on a winner.

STM

Youve been in oz to long nick you need to keep your chin up old boy. ps was there footage of my tank slap

Haven’t found the tank slap yet Ev but I hope it’s on one of the ones I haven’t watched cos it was a beauty !! Not sure how you stayed on mate !!

[scott bockingMember]

Part 2

I hit the ground hard but my armour did it’s job and out the corner of my eye I saw Quicky and Nickj fly by on the left side of the trail. As I started to get to my feet I heard the unmistakle noise of a locked wheel skidding behind me and as I turned around I saw Sideburns headed for my bike and the stump. He luckily landed in a soft spot only inches from the stump. He didn’t move at first and all I could see was his legs sticking out of the dense scrub, his Husky upside down in the rut with its seat ripped off and his helmet visor further down the trail. It did not look good as I ran up to check on him. One by one the others came around the bend but as they started to back up it slowed everyone and kept them from ramming into us.
Sideburns was on his feet by now looking a little rattled as we refitted the seat to his bike. He said he was ok but just needed to get his breath back. It looked like we had avoaied a nasty one as if he had hit that massive stump it could have turned very ugly. We started our bikes and got back into it. The next section were all sinlges and the crew spread out so everyone got a good run through the sections. For the next 30 mins we rode tight singles non stop until our next regroup which saw everyone grinning ear to ear and telling stories about mid pack duals they were having. I would drop someone on a corner then let the next rider get into view and then try and drop them. We had some great sections and I lost as many battles as I won but had a ball doing it. When we did regroup you would wait for the last bike to come into view and without fail the orange vest of Shell would be on their back wheel.
I took off and let it stretch out again through a greta piece of fun sinlge and when I went to drop the first man on corner it was Sideburns. I was stoked to see he was back on song and he seemed like he had shaken off his earlier hit and was enjoying it. He was keen for a breather though and that is exactly what he was about to get as a DRZ suffered an electrical fault. I sat on my own on a corner for over 10 mins and could not hear any bikes and feared for the worst. Fortunatley our trusty sparky and fellow DRZ rider was there to get the pesky beast fired into life and the group finally reassembled with me. I can only speak from my own experience but DRZ’s have a shocking electrical tarck record. In my last 6 rides we have suffered 5 electrical break downs and they were all DRZ’s!
The next section was to find the trail that I had never ridden but was told it would link two sections of the forest together. If this was the case it would be a vital link and I was hoping it would not be a dead end or our lunch plans would be shot to pieces.

To Be Continued

STM

[Nick JacksonMember]

Great report so far STM, I was their and I can still feel the suspense !!!

[Nick JacksonMember]

As we all know King STM is a very patient understanding guy !

Check out his reaction when he hears a DRZ has broken down on this ride!

Sympathy is all over his face

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

And whats Quicky doing to the KLX??

[Nick JacksonMember]

This gives a good idea how steep the widow maker is!!
It’s the first time I’ve seen it from this angle

Photo taken on liquid image goggles , still setting.

[Nick JacksonMember]

These are the brand new trails STM was talking about!!

Gold, Gold, Gold :woohoo:

[Nick JacksonMember]

more of the new trail!

[scott bockingMember]

Part 3

The twin track that lead to the new trail was text book. The middle had grown back and it left twin singles that weaved their way underneath a towering escarpment. I would have enjoyed it a lot more but the next section was all new to me so I had my eyes peeled for the start of the single.
I found what looked like the spot, dropped a cornerman and headed in. I turned to see who was behind me and it was Quicky. He doesn’t spend a lot of time on the site but he rips on his KLX450R. Seeing he was behind me I tried to push hard through this new section. When I first looked at this area on a topo map I wondered how the trail builders had managed to carve out a trail where they did as it was thick sub tropical rainforest on the side of a very steep hill. I showed Nickj where I thought it was and he looked at the contours lines, looked at me and said, really? As Quicky and I moved down the trail it was apparent that this was going to be an epic bit of single. 1st and second gear stuff with a surprise around every corner. Log hops, creek beds, V gullys and quick spurts of open flow. It had it all and Quicky was yelling behind me like a kid on a pinger at Schoolies and thanks to my Rekluse I was frothing like a virgin with smelly fingers.
Eventually it started to open up and I stopped to regroup. Everyone was stoked and there was nothing we had ridden that we could not get back up so I started to gain confidence that we were headed in the right direction.
Once I saw the ever trusty orange vest I took off. The next section dropped us straight down through those contour lines and the water bars were steep and booted you. It kept the trail in good sahpe and if you dared you could huck yourself off everyone of them. It went on and on and eventually we hit the valley floor and I started to think we were home and hosed. I pulled out my map only to realise we had ridden off the edge of it and from here I would have to wing it. I knew Glenreagh was only a few k’s away but I was not sure which side of the train tracks we had to be on. I spotted a well built level crossing and followed it over through an open gate and toward a homestead. It looked like the trail ended and as I waited for the crew I saw a dust trail from behind a car headed at speed to meet me. I can not repeat on the site what the inbred said to me but he did not want us on his land! I get that and I did not want to be there either so I explained my intension was not to trespass and asked for directions. The directions I got were do a U turn and F*@k off.

To Be Continued.

STM

[scott bockingMember]

Nickj wrote:

This gives a good idea how steep the widow maker is!!
It’s the first time I’ve seen it from this angle

Photo taken on liquid image goggles , still setting.

Those dots at the very bottom of that underhang are others who are waiting their turn to have a go, or not!
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

STM

[Nick JacksonMember]

This is the section before the widow maker ! sweeeet :woohoo:

[scott bockingMember]

Nickj wrote:

This is the section before the widow maker ! sweeeet :woohoo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktI7udC4yM4

Very nice mate!!

STM

[Nick JacksonMember]

Pingers and virgins !!!

I don’t remember that bit !!!

[corey heatherMember]

How did the video turn out for the widow maker Nick?

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