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    Will do full report towards the end of the week
    Just a quick thanks to Dude for sweeping and Als450, Josh, Badbowie and sb_250y for coming along. :woohoo:
    Conditions were dry and dusty in most places. :angry: But we made the best of it.
    Didn’t get through all of what we wanted, mainly due to the bus load of people ordering food at the Gap just before we did. ;) :angry: :(
    No assault on “Amazon”
    Had a great day though.
    Off up the coast for a week. :woohoo: So full report and pics will have to wait. :(
    Cheers
    Murph

    #201256

    Scott
    Member

    Thanks for the ride Murph top day 110+ k’s with some great special stages. Now home and relaxing looking forward to watching Moto GP

    #201259

    Dude
    Member

    Dudes View B)

    Marvellous day for a ride, brisk and sunny. :)

    Good pace all day ( I think I was setting it). :dry: :huh: :P

    Dusty. :angry:

    Highlights: Tims track :cheer:

    K9 2 goes at that :P

    Sugar singles :)

    OBT crew at Westy :)

    Westside :cheer:

    Josh’s weightlifting abilities :laugh:

    Not enough time in one day to do all tracks. :huh: :blink:

    Fell down on sweep duties at the end sorry Als450 my bad. :unsure:

    All up real good day thanks all. :P :)

    Murph’s 3rd attempt

    http://youtu.be/kFDtpvGYNbo

    This is the way murph

    http://youtu.be/ZoIScBTxX8o

    Dude B)

    #201268

    no worries Dude
    learnt a valuable lesson only follow murf if you have to.
    had a great day, bikes a bit sad, will have to do amazon next time.
    cheers Al

    #201328

    Day started nice with a crew of seven (Als450, Josh, Badbowie, sb_250y, Dude, Tim and myself)
    Tims first section of single is now complete and it has some great tests in it.
    The railway cutting had Josh and sb doing the chicken track.:whistle:
    Badbowie just made it this time and Als450 flipping at the top. :ohmy:
    One particular rock step up was only taken on by Tim, Dude and Myself. :woohoo: :blink:
    Will be great to push that single even further. :sick:
    Out to the train tunnel for our first rest. B)
    We then did most of the Awaba singles before heading out towards Westy
    Did K9, then the snotty rocky down hill and Shanes track before cruizing some nice singles at Westy.
    Fueled up and said a quick G-day to the Adventure Bike Bulls at the Museum Pub :)
    Rode some rough tracks to Sugarloaf and then along the ridge road taking every snotty detour we could
    By this time Dude and Josh just watched and took the easier option on some of the nastier bits
    Rode the Westside and I had three attempts of “The Hill” before becoming frustrated needing help to get the top section (thanks fella’s) :blush:
    I Guess I should of tried the slightly easier way but I was out there to push myself 👿
    Rode down Razorback with most taking chicken tracks and I think only Tim and I rode off the end.
    By the way, nothing wrong with taking a chicken track. Just won’t win ya’s any prizes on the real ride.
    Then one last downhill and around to the Gap servo where we met Josh and Dude who took the road
    Lunch was a joke. Waited more than an hour for a hamburger. Way too many customers to cooks ratio.
    Josh was waisted by now so he took the black top home. Hope he comes out with us again, we enjoyed his company.
    Did the southside but time was against us so we didn’t do Amazon. Shame because that really makes it a Murphsberg as far as I’m concerned.
    Raced into the quarry where Tim and I did the Erzberg thing and Als450 followed but didn’t quite have the momentum and crashed near the top .
    His bike was laying upside down and still running so I ran (climbed) down to turn it off.
    Bloody hard work getting the 450 back down and it didn’t go to plan with the bike and Al sliding and rolling to the flat section.
    On inspection of the bike we found a lot of oil pouring out of the engine.
    Seems as though the brake lever had hit the cluch cover hard enough to deform the cover and break the gasket.
    Dude, sb and badbowie were oblivious to all this as they took another chicken track and were waiting around the corner.
    On arriving home I thanked everybody for coming out and set out on a rescue mission to pick up Al
    It was almost dark by the time I reached him and it was bloody cold too
    Like I said before, tere is no shame for taking a few chicken tracks every now and then, at least that way you live to ride another day.
    Hope everybody enjoyed themselves
    Seems we will have to cut some of the Awaba singes to get through everything including Amazon on the day
    Pics to come
    Murph

    #201549

    Mal
    Member

    Sounds like a big hard day Murph.

    Can’t wait for the real deal. :woohoo:

    Better go sign up for it now. :woohoo: :woohoo:

    #201257

    Scott
    Member

    Nice write up Murph, I don’t think my effort out of the railway cutting can be classed as “making it” it was a pretty poor attempt lol.

    I think the name Chicken Track needs to be changed to Alternate Route for future Murphsberg rides haha, as some of those chicken tracks are still a good grade 3to4.

    #201554

    Maybe, badbowie
    Perhaps instead of labeling them easy or hard we could label them sensible or stupid. :laugh: :laugh:
    Your exit from the cutting was done without assistance so that all good in my book mate
    Cheers
    Murph

    #201556

    Scott
    Member
    Murph the surf wrote:
    Maybe, badbowie
    Perhaps instead of labeling them easy or hard we could label them sensible or stupid. :laugh: :laugh:
    Cheers
    Murph

    I like it……… :laugh: :laugh:

    #201557

    Mal
    Member

    How freaky is that railway cutting!! :ohmy:

    I think I closed my eyes when I tried it. :pinch:

    #201558

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    Al looking the part at the cutting just before it turned to shite

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    Badbowie bailing

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    Tim on a test piece

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    Dude charging it

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    badbowie on a rocky section of Tims new single

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    Dude

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    Al hitting the same section

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    Josh amongst the Gyamia’s

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    sb

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    Josh looking for an easier way with badbowie helping out

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    sb on the rickerty bridge

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    badbowie at Razorback

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    sb’s turn

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    Al

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    Dude pig dogging

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    The crew at the bottom of westside

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    Oh no :ohmy:

    #201258

    Stuart
    Member

    Great day Murph, all that technical stuff at the begining didn’t want to ruin the day within the first 15mins of riding. Will give it a go next time along with Amazon hopefully. You can keep that drop off before lunch for the moment though.

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