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Since the ADV bike was out of action this weekend, Phill suggested I get the CRF230 out for bit of fun up Dungog way. A mate of mine – Mick – couldn’t pass up an opportunity for some entertainment… So we went from 3 riders to 7 overnight as word traveled.
The riders list included – KatGirl, Mick, Phill, Lotsa, Paul, Wazza and his mate. We meet at Raymond Terrance at 7am then droves cars/trailers to Paul’s place at Dungog where we commenced the ride.
Now the dirt roads we took are still a mystery to me but from Dungog we worked our way to Bulahdelah for lunch, back via Stroud then home to Dungog. Maybe Lotsa can fill in on the details of where we went.
Memorable moments were:
1. River crossing that the poor CRF had to take deep breaths to cross
2. Phill getting so caught up with lantana around the rear wheel that it took Paul and I to untangle him and the bike free
3. Leaving a BIG skid mark on a corner and laughing so hard that Lotsa lost concentration and decided to follow my lines!!
4. Muffer holder broke and between Lotsa and Mick a bandaid was applied thanks to some fencing wire and cable ties… bonus was the feature look it created to the back of the bike
5. Falling whilst doing a log jump all thanks to Mick assistance – well I’m blaming him for that little drop.
6. Learning to not go over the handle bars when hitting rocks that leap out at you. Wazza learnt that the hard way ….. the KTM did a gymnastic impersonation of double summersault… unfortunately he came off second best and got a 1/10 for his efforts.
7. Watching 3 blokes doing a tyre change and blaming each other for pinching the tube.
8. Watching the storm come thru and laughing at Mick when he remembered his wet weather gear was back in the car.
9. Missing Wazza on a corner and fanging it up the tar to what I thought was Dungog only to be chased by Mick to bring me back…. He had to do 140km to catch me.
10. Doing a monumental downhill ride on red clay that had just been soaked by the storm. This hill was heavily rutted and the bike was going more sideways down the rutts than going forward. The heart rate was up and there was only one way out….. DOWN. Picking my lines was not one of my strong points – but in saying that I didn’t fall and made it down in one piece. Thanks to Wazza and Mick.
11. Doing a bum wiggle at 90km on a dirt road whilst Mick concentrated on getting a photo
12. Being so cold/wet towards the end that my fingers were blue and the throttle was held fully openHere are some of the photo’s.
Bum wiggle
Nice pics there Kat,looks like a fun day’s riding was had by all
This cooler weather is a bonus for dirt riding eh! 
Cheers Teza.Did it look a bit like this
Great looking ride their Kat !!! Did you find the small bike really easy to ride after the XR ?? I always notice a huge difference going from adventure to trail bike and seem to be better for it
Nickj wrote:Great looking ride their Kat !!! Did you find the small bike really easy to ride after the XR ?? I always notice a huge difference going from adventure to trail bike and seem to be better for itNick, the KTM was fun to ride over these roads I’d only prevoiusly ridden on the DR650. A DR650 with the suspension of a KTM450……that would be good
A bit more comment at Off Road Explorer
Good RR Kat,
my takeI’d only just heard about this ride and for some reason expected a few quiet open single, twin and fire trail around Dungog which suited me perfectly because I have been crook for the last couple of weeks. The KTM was loaded onto the trailer and off I went to the meeting point. Soon after setting off I realised I probably should have put the DR650 on the trailer. Too late, enjoy the ride.
This is where we went on the spot tracker
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0TFRdmiZaCTnYvNQNn2myDZpENslCfJl4
It will only be up for 6 more days from this post.Frying pan regroup
From this part onwards I wasn’t regretting bringing the DR650 and was having a ball with the light KTM.
We arrived here
The map was consulted. After using the GPS for so long I’d forgotten that people went to the trouble of printing them out on paper once upon a time
Everyone got across the creek crossing before I could get a photo.
Here’s Smick
After lunch it bucketed down rain and the once dusty roads now had puddles of water pooled by their sides.
Black Gate Rd was a bit damp and slippery……..and fun
Paul
Kat
Smick
Warren
After going through Stroud we headed down Black Camp Rd and back south of Dungog and the starting point shortly after 6pm.
Thanks to BlueKLR, Smick, Katgirl, Grant, Warren and Paul for a great day out.
I thought I recognised Black Camp Road as well from the picture after the tyre change. I guess I am not as directionally challenged as I thought.
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