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I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone for making this a really great weekend!!!!!!!!
I wasn’t even riding and I couldn’t stop smiling every time I saw the bikes arriving and leaving again. I really enjoyed being part of the support crew (although there was quite a few times that I really wished I had my bike with me too!)
Thank you Moto for driving Eagle, Champo & me there & back. Also Thank you for the adventures in the support car on Day 1
Thank You Salina & TB for having us stay at your house and for a great day in the support car on Day 2
Thank You Lochie for lending Champo & I your bed again
Thank You to all the riders (too many names for me to list) for the great company and making the weekend what it was (I can’t wait to join on the trails sometime in the future!!)
And lastly a very deserving and well earned Thank You to TB. The organisation involved for this ride would have been a huge task and I am sure that all who went will agree that we are greatly appreciative of your very hard work – THANK YOU TB!!!!
Finally, Thank you everyone for a great site, great people and great riding
Racytracy
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AnonymousThanks for a great day fellers and we did’nt get there early every body was ready to go:woohoo: boulder was sweep for first leg tb lead did’nt get to see much dust dust and more dust:blink: when we got to lost city every one had dusty smiles oh everyone but tb:( from there to cappertee was a good pace with no problems fueled up and ready to go was my turn to sweep:ohmy: started of ok no dust till we hit the dirt again.we got past tracys hill no probs few creek crossings not much water in them but i was riding thu dust when almost run over green frog oh no it was eagle i picked his bike up pointed it in the right direction he had sore ankle but soldiered on:) few more kays and found eagle again crossed up on big rocky hill picked his bike up again he made it up second time no probs. next hikup came thru gate hole shot looks down flat tyre puts it up on log boulder has it changed before holeshot could get his tool out;) onouther ten kays find whiterocket whit flat agle and i helped him change all good need a beer god run to next fuel stop:unsure: from there was sweet run to sofala ah beeeeeeeerrrrrrrr:woohoo: :woohoo: an a swim we all needed champo said he would like to sweep sweeeeet and i took of to chase tb and mick down and did but only because they stopped then the big moment i will never live down pub in sight thought i would make a big entrence oh yeh did i:blush: :blush: oh well shit happen and that was day one:huh: :woohoo:
AFTER a big night of story’s lies shitstiring and training wheels:blush: oh and maybe a cupple drinks oh and how big were those tbones and how small were those schnitzel’s:( no sleep allnight sore and sorry and wots with them mozzies got up in morning had shower made the call to ride black stuff home:( lodded up with pain killer said goodby to all my new friends and made early start even pasted on breaky:( set a great pace no one was catching me;) and no dust:( riding the road 10k’s out from bathurst big crash hilux with trailer rolled few times big crash not long happened .made my way to yetholm for fuel pulled into servo big wobble in frontend flat tyre shit:angry: no prob got spare tube but going to be slow change to sore for this today so i get eeg bacon roll for energy:woohoo: park bike in shade and get to it only to find out i didn’t put my alan key in for front wheel:angry: :blush: :ohmy: went into servo and ladies were real helpful but no alankey so i ring jenny [my wife]to see if she is up for a big ride but get another idea have a mate how lives in walarawang quick call and he says no prob big feller be there in 20 minutes hang up phone and young bloke pulls up to see if i need help as he rides hussky and lives across the road:woohoo: goes get me alankey and i ring my mate back to stay put.young bloke give me alankey says just drop in letter box when finished wot a legend fixed my flat slowly shade gone by now but all good on road again fueled up put alankey in letterbox stopped at wang to say gday to mate than got into the long lonly ride home with no more problems. thanks everybody for a great weekend sorry i let everyone down with a big brain explosion look forward to the next one:)
Yep Awesome weekend, not much time so just some pics for now.
AnonymousHope you’re okay big fella, feeling a bit sore today? Nice pics Chris
Is the last one the next caption competition? :laugh:I did a ride report for DBW here:
http://www.dirtbikeworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=772839Rather than adjust it for the OBT crowd, here’s the report as it stands. Anyone else who is a DBW member feel free to chuck a few more pics etc on my thread!
Zig-Zag – Hill End Dualsport ride 31 Jan 1 Feb 2009
Myself and a few other DBW’ers heard about a ride from Zig-Zag to Hill End, staying the night at the pub and returning by a different route the following day. The ride was posted on another site (Old Bull Trailriders) – but since most of us are members of both sites I reckoned you’d like to see the ride report here as well!
Kick off time was 8am Saturday, which meant leaving by 5am… alan met me at my place, we hooked his trailer and bike to my ute and we headed off.
The starters lined up, about 15 in all with bikes ranging from a KLX250, DRZ400’s, XR600’s, XR650’s one KTM530 (alan) and two WR250F’s – one of them mine!
We headed off using the cornerman system and straight away it was apparent that DUST would be a problem. The usual two methods of coping were employed – either sit up close to the bloke in front or hang right back behind the dust. Because of the varying skill levels of the riders there was quite a bit of overtaking going on as cornermen picked up the pack and worked their way forward.
We headed to the Lost City for a quick break and some piccies:
Then we headed off again, on to Blackfellows Hands Track and a few other places I didn’t catch the names of!
The leader wore the polka dot jersey.
Next we headed out to Capertee and our first refuel. The servo was probably not expecting a crowd like this lot!
Mick feeding his face! (And what a face!)
Next we headed bush, again I don’t know the tracks and the locations, but it was great stuff. Tight twin track which opened up at times, but generally 3-4th gear with rocky hills, river crossings and beautiful scenery.
Beautiful scenery:
Mick had an incident with the XR trying to burrow under the track…
But was soon underway again:
While waiting at a gate as cornerman, I had plenty of time to snap a couple of generic location shots… the boys behind had a flat to deal with – one of many for the weekend.
Looking forward:
Looking back: (Someone should write a song about that! RIP Slim.)
And then it was back on the bikes, with the occasional rest before heading to Yetholme for a splash-&-dash then back through Sunny Corner and onwards towards Sofala.
A brief stop as Sofala pub where many of the lads partook of the cold beverages on tap!
Sofala is old, man…
About 2km from Sofala we stopped for a swim – actually most swam, I ended up trying to stop my bike from shocking me as I braked… wish it had worked!
Here are a few of the boys pulling in past my corner at the swimming hole:
Parked in the shade of the bridge about to have a swim
Then we were back on the bikes for a blast into Hill End. Well, for those on bigger bikes it was a blast… for the 250’s it was a long haul!
Everyone’s a bloody tourist!
Scenery
Love this, the sign says “Please enjoy your visit to historic Hill End.”
Well, OK then…
One of the DRZ’s failed – suspected carby problem. Good thing we had a trailer really! At least he can say he rode it into Hill End!
A few injuries: Those are splinters in his foot!
Tiny won the Training Wheels award for his supermoto-style get-off right in front of the Hill End pub!
TB’s XR650 was diagnosed as terminal with the countershaft flopping in and out about 5mm… not good!
Plenty of photographic evidence of this because he was giving anything that wasn’t a Honda so much crap!
Work also started on the stopped DRZ – it was to prove a non starter for Day 2
It was about now that I discovered that I had pretty bad heat rash on the inside of my left knee. Turned out it was more than that, but I will explain later on!
We lined up for a meal – some had great meals ($12 lasagne was awesome and the $22 T-bones were worthy of Fred Flintstone) and others choose poorly (Chicken schnitzel – tiny and overcooked…) and the odd cleansing ale!
Some team members disgraced themselves, naming no names (moto) but the next morning most of us were up early for the 7am breakfast that turned out to be 7:30am.
Mind you, the dining table for brekky was nicely laid out!
Then we loaded the broken bikes onto the trailer and ute and the group headed off at a bit after 8.
Is that a Honda on that ute??
Had a smooth run back to Sofala, except for one flat (Chicken’s XR600). Eagle on the KLX decided at this point that his ankle, damaged in a fall on Day 1, was too sore to ride on, so the bike was loaded up and the list of DNF’s grew by 1.
Fixing Chicken’s flat at Sofala
Chicken was leading day 2 after TB’s bike failed.
Eagle’s foot:
We now pointed the bikes towards Kandos and made our way there along a couple of backroads and the railway line service road. Most of this running was not much fun on the little 250, buzzing along in top gear, but the bigger bikes were well suited.
On the railway service road heading for Kandos
As we pushed on, Crash hit a nasty washout on his XR650. His mousse front wheel had recently been respoked with heavy duty spokes and suddenly the wheel turned into a shattered mess, with 8 spokes broken and the hub stuffed. The XR on the ute was turned into a parts bike, donating a front wheel, and we got him back on the road. Refueled at Kandos and headed back the way we had come along the railway service road to Capertee for fuel and lunch.
Then it was a fairly quick, no nonsense blast back to the Zig Zag carpark, slipping up a well worn (almost worn out) single trail just to stuff the unwary, unfit and unwilling! I think I was all three!
Anyway we arrived back safe and sound, minus Champo on the TM300 (Flat front, couldn’t be bothered fixing it that close to the end so stuck it on the trailer).
While it was not really a ride for a WR250F, I had a great time… although now I have a burn on the inside of my left knee! As I was riding along at highway speeds, the heat of the day combined with the heat from the radiator was enough to slowly cook me where my knee guard ends and pants start. Nice!
It was great to meet some new friends and ride some tracks I’d never seen before. Thanks to all involved in organising, leading and sweeping. I don’t think I’ve seen a bunch of blokes consistently smiling and laughing over a whole weekend.
This was my version, but others were there and have their own versions and are welcome to add their part to the story.
What a great ride!
AnonymousMoto wrote:
Quote:Hope you’re okay big fella, feeling a bit sore today? Nice pics Chris Is the last one the next caption competition? :laugh:
“You’ll never see a Honda break down on the trail”
Damn I’m gunna cop some shit over that !!
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