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Well, I dunno if we actually came forth…
I picked up Rocket at 5:30 – well would have if my phone had woken me up! I was there a bit late but we rolled into the Goanna Tracks establishment at about 7:50 ready to sign up. It took me a while, had to sort out a one day licence, but we were soon ready for the riders briefing and the sighting lap.
We met Bollocks and Boony, Pep and cycletune(?). Complete with OBT banner, right next to the dunnys where the whole world could see it! Someone has to have a talk to these lads about product placement I think! :laugh:
Rocket and I pretty much cruised around together, not trying to set the world on fire. I think we both rounded up Bollocks (G’day mate!) but this was just the sighting lap. I was a bit tired so I had a quick lay down and checked out the dirt briefly. But the bike didn’t stop running and I kept both hands on the bars so it didn’t count as a fall! :laugh:
Rocket was the first rider in our team and got off to a great start. By the time he came in for the end of his first lap I was a bit keyed up. Had the bike sitting there idling, Rocket came closer, I blipped the throttle to go and … *cough* the bastard died!
Conditions on the track were really nice, it is sandy loam soil and they had had quite a bit of rain lately. It was really about as good as it will ever be here. Apparently if there had been no rain the event was in danger of being cancelled due to dust.
The track was 25km long and it took about 45 minutes to run it, or a little less maybe. It was mostly open single, but there were bloody little double jumps all through it! Damn, they sucked! In places, where there were no jumps, I was able to get a good flow happening and made ground on other riders. But I lost ground on the stupid jumps, they were just a pain in the butt. There were a couple of huge bogholes and I think everyone was caught at some point. I found on on my first lap and had to drag the bike out. I was lucky, others were more stuck and lost a lot more time. Still a trap though!
In places the track resembled the tracks in Beni state forest near Dubbo, winding through trees and creeks, quite sandy. Other sections were open grass tracks with growing bogholes that were bypassed as the race went on.
Rocket and I did three laps each before they closed the course. It was a lot of fun and I would do it again. Next time I will have a newer front tyre though, it is now shot. And I think I need to get my front forks looked at. Hmmm
Anyway, we headed off about 3:30 and were in Dubbo about 5:30 with an arrival here in Wello at 6:15. And now I am going to find some voltarin!
Boony took heaps and heaps of photos so I will leave it to him, mine are few and crappy!
Cheers!
Bollocks being Bollocks
Ecks-man and Pep pre race
rocket and ecks
Start of the sighting lap
steve and pep off to the start ,,late as usual
their off
more to come
Boony wrote:
Quote:… typical old bulls good blokes. (Haven’t met a bad one yet.).… that smile will take forever to wipe off ecks.
…Meeting Ecks-man and white rocket
Photos are on their way.
Boony
Boony, mate you have hit the nail on the head! Have not met a bad Old Bull yet! (Even yourself! :kiss: ) Rocket and I were so impressed that you turned up to cheer us on, must have hurt to have to watch and not ride! Especially when we came back with our stories of how much fun it was! You’re Old Bull Hard Core mate!
Still smiling now, it was a lot of fun, but I now have blisters in places there were never meant to be blisters! :dry: :ohmy:
Bring on the piccies!!
more pichers of coona
Race for turn 1
NOT QUITE SURE BUT I think this was ecks
???white rocket
and bollocks I think
all the above is untrue but the I TOLD THE BOYS id`e make them look goodover the huge jumps on the 3rd straight.
Pep returning
Steve holding his ribs after cracking another skippy joke
Me telling the boys how to really ride properly and did they listen, NO:)
soughting out tyre pressures.
rocket off to wait for ecks,you can allmost see the smile from behind.
camp for the day
Bollocks psyching out the oppersition
Pep and steve waiting for the flag to drop
Hey boony are you taking my photo,”look at me”
Holeshot of the century
Rocket at the start
in advertisment you need a captive audiance
pep clowning around after lap 1
hey look Bollocks is back
Ecks in full flight
And he hands over to rocket
A camp full of weary riders
Step aside Chad here comes Bollocks
The old Bulls at coonabarabran sept 2009, great day thanks blokes
Awesome photos Boon-ster! Thanks for sharing those with us mate!
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