Five Forrests 20 March Report

[LiamMember]

Excellent ride with plenty of new stuff I enjoyed a lot!
3 ktm’s, but gotta take the good with the bad :laugh:.
Unfortunately Lotsa went down hard on the way to Millville(?) and broke his collar bone in a couple of spots.
Quite a decent off.
250kms or so for the 3 remaining.

Thanks to all involved and I hope Lotsa recovers quickly, he rides well.

[ianMember]

thats no good never good to hear that sort of news for anyone , i hope for a quick recovery lotsa

[GregMember]

Jesus thats no good at all, get better soon Lotsa, what happened Diddel?

TB

[TrentMember]

Woah hope lotsa is feeling ok considering!

Any more details diddel?

[glennMember]

hows his bike?

[Justin WilliamsMember]

Lotsa the tough bugger! Rode his bike a futher 5ks to millfield servo , Where we waited for his wife to pick him up. May need a new bark buster and a set of bars but all should be good.

justo

[LiamMember]

High side with some pace.
Very lucky as he seemed to hold the bike on its decent instead of going skyward with a much more sliding then splatting result.
Also lucky he went into the embankment rather then over the edge and down the hill.
10 mins of moaning and groaning, 10 mins of confusion, 10 mins of planning then off to lunch.

[WayneMember]

I turned up at the parking lot to find Diddel, Justo and GavB waiting. Some quick intros and a chat and we set off. Went through Ourimbah State Forrest ST and a bit of fire trail and ended up at marble hill where there were some running repairs.

Marble hill

Diddel had a coolant leak, hope you sort that out mate

GavB with a bit more liquid metal on the case

looks like gav is trying to set it on fire with a petrol soaked rag

Ready to roll again

At the quarry we bumped into BMW Dave who had his two kids roaring around. We had a chat and organised a ride in the near future and then went down the hill to Yarramalong for fuel.

Up towards the letter A
Diddel

Gav B

Justo

Then down to Watagan Cr Rd and up to the top of the ridge towards Millfield.

On the way down I was having a great time sliding in and out of corners until I high sided. It was lights out for a little while but lucky I was in good company because they told me that while I was having a snooze they went off and did a short loop and then poked me with a stick until I woke up. Nice fellas.

This is the result

After I got my bearings we rode to Millfield for a latte. The wife got rung to pick me up because I had ‘bike trouble’ and the guys were kind enough to wait around to load my bike on the trailer.

Sitting around at Millfield
Justo

Gav and Liam

A perfect example of the male species complete with broken collarbone and goose egg on the melon.

The wife arrived with the trailer and was relieved that it was only me broken and not the bike. Thanked the guys and took off to Gosford hospital who within two hours found I wasn’t dying and shoved me out the door. I hope they plate the thing.

We were only 130km into the ride so I would have preferred to bust myself up at leased until we got through Pokolbin SF because we missed some great trails.

The gear is all washed and I’m prepping the bike now ready and waiting for the next ride, whenever that may be.

lotsa

[katrina ratcliffMember]

Hi Lotsa… sorry to hear about our shoulder….

I was up at the quarry today with Merlot and ran into BMW Dave this his kids. He told me the bad news. Your a legend to keep going. But there is a postive… six – eight week to work on brownie points whilst waiting for it to heal!! then you will be back for more.

take it easy and next time keep the shirt on…. you are showing me up with your man boob’s.

[GregMember]

Glad to hear your in good spirits Lotsa you are a legend mate getting to lunch, getting your rack out, getting home after hospital and getting a ride report posted, true OBT hard man you legend
Just checked the calendar is it 5,6 or 7 weeks to the Sofala ride?

TB

[Justin WilliamsMember]

TB I may need a new fuel Buddy? :S

[GregMember]

Justo wrote:

Quote:

TB I may need a new fuel Buddy? :S

Could do mate :blink: doesnt look good, we will see what Lotsa says eh :laugh:

TB

[Gavin BrownMember]

Well the other part to the story – ( after we poked lotsa with a stick to see if he was alive and made the poor bastard ride out of the forrest, packed him up and sent him home ) We decided to skip Pokolbin Forrest for the time being and made an assult back into the Watagans on Congewai rd up Congewai trail and out Georges Rd which is a fairly decent hard assent. we had a fair way to travel back and hit a few singles on the way and went back out toward the basin, down Cedar Brush Ck to Yaramalongggg then back up Bumble hill to Ourimbah through Ourimbah state forrest.
Top day in all apart from Waynes effort to make the ride even more exciting. I think he scored a .7. in the crash. with special mention and points for degree of difficulty and sound effects,scrape marks on the road & helmet, not nowing the day of the week when asked or even where we were for a while.
List of forrests were

Ourimbah State Forrest
Olney State Forrest
Watagan State Forrest
Corrabare State Forrest
Watagan National Park
Edge of Heaton State Forrest
& Back through them all again

[Dwayne OMember]

:blink:
Some bad Luck there Wayne,,,,
Trust Gav to poke ya with a stick :laugh: no respect

Sorry to see the big ride was cut short after all that planning & the pre rides you did,,,, But I`m sure you will get it done as soon as the bone heals hey !!!

Good Luck on a speedy recovery

[john pavkovicMember]

Hey Wayne,
Sad to here you’ve hurt yourself, hope all goes well and we see you on the trails soon mate.

HS.

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