OBT’s 4 day tour 2009

[GregMember]

Well after loading 99 pictures and 15 odd videos last night I will start to write a story, so much happened so it will take a while, lets let Moto warm this thread and get it started

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZUDIb9gN64&feature=channel_page

TB

[Anonymous]

We are so lucky to have a combustion engineer to light camp fires for us

[Mick DMember]

What could possibly go wrong, with a combustion engineer on the job??

[DavidMember]

Moto, never again can you say I am an IDIOT can ya:)

Very very lucky Mr engineer man, obviously you didn’t play with enough petrol and matches as a kid, unlike me who was having these “planned demonstrations” as a 12 yearold, which you quickly grow out of when the fire brigade have to be called:huh: :huh: :blink:

[GregMember]

First 2 days

OK so I meet LC4 and Green450 at McDonalds at Blaxland at about 7.30 on the Wednesday morning, we cruised up over the mountains to Orange. When we got to the olds place we found that Garry (step father) had got us a load of fire wood and sorted everything for us, cheers Garry

We unloaded and the boys set their tent up, I set up the quick shade and unloaded the bikes, we then went into town did some shopping and got a box of Rums!

After we got back we decided to light the fire, am still not sure why we did it in the middle of the afternoon but we did.

We cooked some dinner and started in the beers and rums whilst we waited for Moto and Champo, seems Moto had got to Champo’s at around 1.30 that arvo and it took Champo 3 hrs to get ready (he did have to get an engine organised for his car) but 3 hrs, bloody two stroke riders lol

When he turned up I helped Moto put a chain and rear sprocket on the Kato, check the pictures :ohmy:

The camp the first night, including a 4 burner BBQ

We got an early start the next morning and went into Parc Ferme

Bikes Bikes and more bikes

We watched the guns get their bikes out of Parc Ferme and start or not start

AJ Roberts in his 10 min work period

AJ’s bike wouldn’t start the first morning and he failed the cold start test, 10 second penalty On that note, Rockets KTM also failed the cold start test on day one all you KTM blokes , also a BMW we saw being pushed down the road :angry:

Ben Grabhams Blue steel look lol, heaps of blue steel this week (Champo can explain the blue steel look)

Chris Hollis fitting new stickers in his work period

AJ, Hollis and someone I can’t remember getting under way

AJ getting away, we tracked down one of the Honda team guys and he said as AJ’s bike was an R thus it is EFI, you need to kick it over three times to charge the capacitor before it will will start (has no battery) once the capacitor is charged the engine starts, but the team had to fit lights for the 4 day and because AJ didn’t turn the lights of, every time he kicked the engine over to charge the capacitor the power went to the lights DOH ! :blink: We watched him, once he sorted it, it started straight away

BMW not starting and then starting and not keeping running, embarrassing

So we went back to camp and suited up, we rode out to the grass track test, it was real ordinary, viewing wasn’t really thought out by the organisers, they did say later the safety requirements in NSW are tough and that’s the way it has to be as the tracks are inspected.

We set up on the fence and Moto layed down on the ground, he mentioned a few times that it was too early in the morning to be out of bed

Our OBT reporter in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMAqs4XTsPk&feature=channel_page

Moto supporting the riders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfEe9Xrl54w

Rocket in action on the grass track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daEYHL5jSTU&feature=channel_page

XR650 in action :blush: , but he beat ECKS’s brother in-law in the final Moto :blush:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHFbcLiqAg8&feature=channel

We drove into town for Moto to do some shopping and the we went riding in some real sweet single line Pine Forest I had a rim lock that was not doing the job as I had broken mine earlier that day, so I raced back to the camp and grabbed Chop’s Banana, lucky the pine is only 2 mins from the olds place, meet up with the guys and keep going, Moto dumped the Kato on the 3rd turn in the s/t pine, we rode for a while before we headed in for a counter lunch

LC4skin, Green450, Champo and Moto

Bikes at the Pub

After lunch we went and fuelled the bikes and headed out to watch the 15min work period, the last turn out the front of Parc Ferme is a 90 degree intersection on bitumen, about halfway through the corner on chop’s banana I hear the sound of metal grinding along the tar, my first thought was that the bike would hit me and take me down, I turn around to see Moto and the Kato on the ground, in front of the four day! People in cars are laughing OMG!! The below photo is a re-enactment as he got up before I could get my camera out

And how he ended up

The katos war wounds

Moto’s War wounds

We went in to watch the guys change tyres etc

AJ

Chris Hollis

Chris laying into the Husky with a hammer lol its wasn’t working for him and he took put the bike into parc ferme without a tyre on the rear

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtG3r-GHUjU&feature=channel_page

Ben Grabham doing a rear Moouse change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McLlDtThgso&feature=channel

And finished early

Michael from Ballards was finding it all to much by the looks

The BMW pit

We went back to camp for Moto to display his snappy dress sense

He carried on and on that he is not an elephant, but really?

We finished the day with some beers and a BBQ dinner

Later Day 2

[Anonymous]

wait to day 2 when tb turned on the camera and told me to go ahead.
so 10m later i went over the handle bars and tb missed most of the action.
things i do

and day 3 when i get jousted and i go surfsking on the bike.
racy checked out the demage. not quite a new bum hole, but 2 very colourful marks the size of a pivot peg. and a bit of blood

[GregMember]

Day 2

Moto jumped straight up away looking like this (not), few beers last night

we rode out early to Glergate forest area to watch the guys come through a transport section, a marshall took down some tape so we could ride through into the forest. We travelled up the track until we came across one of Ballards ghost riders, we parked up and wandered into the forest where Moto decided to show us how tough he is, or stupid you be the judge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNSwFSwRoQg&feature=channel_page

He then went on the show us how he would take Hollis out for Benny Grabham

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL_5HVtw_aw&feature=channel_page

We watched a few of the guns come through, I missed getting a picture of Benny as he was the only guy that said hi and I was so taken back that I missed the shot

Chris Hollis

It was decided that the way Moto was riding he should trade his fully sic bro Subaru for something better suited to his needs

We then left for Hillend for a counter meal, on the way I took the boys to Ophir to take a walk in the mines

This shot was taken in the pitch black and after the flash we found out what was really going on :blink:

This is better, these shafts are about 25 to 30 mtrs in length

Out the front of the shaft and the creek

We left for hillend, seems the boys needed a feed as they appeared in a hurry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCoHoeKXiE0&feature=channel_page

I got back in the lead and we travelled down and crossed long point crossing and on to long point for a counter lunch, the pub even had our sticker on the window and the publican said I know you, I said hows that he said “that jersey is a one of isn’t it?” :laugh:

We left and decided to go down the bridle trail towards bathurst and cross rothog crossing and go back to Orange that way

Roothog crossing is a crossing that was used in the Australian Safari in 2003 or there abouts and it claimed a fair few of the field with drowned bikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdA6KVm7654&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ASgyigOA6Y&feature=channel

From there we took the rockiest road in all of Australia I reckon up the back of Clifton Grove and went back in and played in the pine forest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtGI5gVXyvg&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVhiQKmIqM&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFkqFcOJrMY&feature=channel_page

Then Champo had a lay down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCpvP3YimKg&feature=channel_page

Moto

The boys started dicking around

Then they wanted a album cover shot for their new boy band they are forming WTF! :silly:

We then headed back to camp and got the old RM370 out, its a 1976 model, three years older then moto, it also had a trials tyre fitted for long track so it was struggling for traction in the grass paddock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GodOcBehBO8&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcV3tTf31Qk&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=786AhNv9U7U&feature=channel

Moto’s bike was the fastest for the day, until the 650 took him down the next day

We went to the Hogs Breath for dinner good time had by all

TB

[jamieMember]

Top report,
The next boy band ? haha
Looks like a good trip.

[GregMember]

Cheers Twobanger it was a great trip and that report has taken hrs mate downloading all those videos and pictures :laugh: , all the guys will tell you its the best tracks and the best riding areas not rutted to pieces, I will be organising another ride up there soon, its worth the effort trust me

Cheers

TB

[dennis da menaceMember]

THE wickedest ride report ever…..and its only half done:laugh:

well done TB and all the boys……

it was good to put faces and voices to the names!!!

you were right all along……

moto is a goose:P

just joken, hows the wound moto:(

[JasonMember]

As Menace says…great ride report, photo’s and vid’s.

Shame about the carnage Moto, your watch looks like it has seen better days.

[MalMember]

Great report TB.
It’s was good to meet a few of the Old Bulls at The A4DE. Sorry I didn’t get much time to catch up guys but it seemed like i was the only one in our team that could read a watch and get our guys out on time.

I liked the video of Ben changing the moose. I wish I had a camera for one of our guys changing his tyre(no moose). He was talking himself (loudy) through the whole thing and then yelling “come on bring this baby home” on the last part of the bead. Very funny stuff. He then DNFed.

I have some pics of Whiterocket on the final moto that I’ll post on his thread.

[glennMember]

All I can say about the report is S W E E T well done boys look like you had a ball TB post the ride out there and add 1 drz straight off the bat:ohmy: :woohoo:

[jamieMember]

G,Day TB,
Yeah always wondered about riding out there but never made it past sunny corner.Driven the 4by there but that don’t count.
Sweet s/t sounds perfect. How rough is the pub when you have to wear armour to have a beer there?

cheers mate.

[Mick DMember]

another cracking report that makes you wish you had of gone on the ride!!!
That must have taken hours to upload those photos and videos,top job TB. THat video of Moto,with the stick is hilarious.What is it with him and sticks?? Will he fetch,if you throw one??

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