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singletrackmind wrote:
Quote:I know the big fella needs no encouragement but how good was his run up the Widow Maker. No scouting, no run ups, just one determined approach and TB nailed it as clean as it can be done. There is no way I would attempt to get a BRP up there but he rode it like nobody else.
I guess he has Corey to thank because until Corey hit it he looked very comfy on camera duties at the bottom. :laugh:Well done mate
You owned that bitch :woohoo:STM
TB did ride the widowmaker better then any one there like a real pro and i guess the only one surprised was TB :laugh:
singletrackmind wrote:
Quote:Good to see you in the pub on saturday RCHonda and I am glad you have no serious injuries. When I saw you your arm looked massive so I can only imagine now what it looks like.
PM when you are ready to ride and I will put on a locals day to make up for the loops you missed. I am sure I can talk TDriver, MThicket and Nickj into it.Get well soon mate.
STM
So where do i sign?
Gee it really is tough being a local in this area :woohoo: :woohoo:Congratulations boys for organising what sounds like an awesome weekend riding in the Old Bulls spirit.
Work and a Christmas party kept me away on Saturday :angry: and by the looks of things i missed out on all the action
(RC i hope your arm gets better soon and there’s not too much time off the bike, and how cool are the shots of the Widow maker. there was ALOT of testicular fortitude on Saturday)It was probably handy i was hungover on Sunday morning cause when the few old bulls did surface they looked how i felt :X :X :X and :X
The first hour was the hardest with a few tense moments lying in a mud bath on the ground :whistle: and a few swear words even i’ve not heard before on a log crossing, but sooner or later all those fumes kicked in and IT WAS AWESOME :woohoo:
You guys really did get fed the cream on Friday and Saturday.
Well done to all that chucked in the quick fill that’s fantastic. Good to see the Mayor of Wauchopians and Moose and meet a few faces to go with the names. I am looking forward to next run in creamy coffs country.
Thanks Shell
Corey8 wrote:
Quote:singletrackmind wrote:Quote:Good to see you in the pub on saturday RCHonda and I am glad you have no serious injuries. When I saw you your arm looked massive so I can only imagine now what it looks like.
PM when you are ready to ride and I will put on a locals day to make up for the loops you missed. I am sure I can talk TDriver, MThicket and Nickj into it.Get well soon mate.
STM
Are we local enough to get this invite?
Shit :S Now look what I’ve started :laugh:
I’ll be in touch mateSTM
Dudes View
Great weekend.
Good job STM & nickj. 
Very wet. :cheer:
Very good. :cheer:
Some photos of Fridays ride. :huh:PM me if I have added mistaken title or if u know who riders are. :huh:
Murphs ride
dudes ride
Murph the surf
Ollie
Gotowo
Chicken
Al450’s rideVids later when get computer back from shop
Good Photo of Ollie!!!
Hey Ollie, what is that you have up the front of your jersey?? You appear to be exceeding the safe working load of that garment!! :laugh:
Corey8 wrote:
Quote:singletrackmind wrote:Quote:Good to see you in the pub on saturday RCHonda and I am glad you have no serious injuries. When I saw you your arm looked massive so I can only imagine now what it looks like.
PM when you are ready to ride and I will put on a locals day to make up for the loops you missed. I am sure I can talk TDriver, MThicket and Nickj into it.Get well soon mate.
STM
Are we local enough to get this invite?
Me too :woohoo: I’m only around the corner
Besides, I have a sweep vest to return and a heap of cookies left :laugh: :laugh:
Kram
Mick you bloody idiot :laugh: :laugh: I found an injured Roo on the the side of the track,Just taking him to the Vet :laugh:
Awsome ride guys like has been said a hundred times well done Scottie and Nick
Great catching up with all the old familiar faces and a few of the new ones as well.
Widowmaker well what can I say? That was one steep slab of rock!
I initially wasnt going to attempt it thinking you must be nuts! I have just fitted a new FMF Gnarly pipe to the gasser and havnt had time to make a guard for it yet so wasnt keen on denting it. But after seeing STM get up it on the little 250 fourstroke :ohmy: I had to have a crack (even a half arsed one :blush: )1st go was a recon … second was pathetic!! and crashed on the way back down :silly: oh well shit happens… enough for me! Of all the attempts I saw I reckon Chickens was the best as he had the power on,standing with the front wheel six to eight inches off the ground for most of the last part of the hill…..very impressive. TB’s and Mikes would have to of run a close 2nd/3rd.
The Only 2 stroke of our bunch was the perfect bike in those conditions (for me at least)I got heaps of comments on how they like following the smell of the 2 stroke!!)Most memorable moment for me was getting up that real slick clay creek hill and blasting up to the Rd only to find Corey still stuck on it! we eventually managed to pull him out of there :laugh: I think he must have lost a few KGs doing it :laugh: Great to see Al powering on every where loving the DRZ :woohoo:Awsome weekend Me the Missus and the Girls all had a great time. I even went for a ride on Monday around the tracks in Maria state forest on my Brothers 610 Husky. I did sleep well last night thats for sure.
Thanks again to all concerned.
Ollie
Friday:
Thursday night I slept like a kid on Xmas Eve and woke up every hour or so and checked my watch.
Morning would not come quick enough and I was desperate to see what weather we would have for day one. When the day finally broke it was overcast and drizzling. I logged on and saw that it was looking better for the day so I set about getting things organized on the home front before the troops arrived.
I had spent so much time with Nickj working on his loop that I had not thought about my own for over a month :dry: so I fired up Google Earth and studied mine. I made some last minute changes for Friday based on the weather and got ready for Nickj to arrive.
As is always the case he was right on time and looking more nervous than a groom on his wedding day. :laugh: Over lunch we went through his loop on the printouts he had made and cross checked on his GPS. The first time he went to load his GPS his loop was not there and he seriously shat himself. It was pure gold. :silly: I knew he was good to go but he thought his security blanket had been pulled from him and I thought he was about to cry.
Nick unloaded his Banana and it looked showroom floor compared to how it would look for the rest of the weekend.
I gave a last look over my little Yami and it was tight and tuned and ready to go.
Nick geared up and headed out to do some final trail maintenance and check conditions while I jumped in the Luxy and headed to Coles to stock up for the weekend. If you want to shop seriously you need a ute.
We arrived back around the same time and Nick reported conditions were normal, humid and wet!! We had an hour to spare so we started unpacking the weekend’s supplies and prepped some salad and cut some onions. For the second time that day Nick nearly cried.
From there it was show time and we saddled up and headed to the resort. As we turned right into the driveway the Noosa crew were turning left which meant that by their standards they were early. I have a massive amount of respect for Mike and when he said he and Tom were bringing two others with them I knew they would be good value. We did our intros in the car park with Greenmike and Damo and as I looked around I saw trailers and utes everywhere with bikes onboard. :woohoo:
I took a walk through the park and saw Corey, Boulder, Krusty, Murph, Dude, AL450 and Chicken. As three o’clock approached we gathered in the meeting area and for the first time I realized how big this weekend was going to be. We had over 20 bikes and this was just the Friday warm-up!
To Be Continued…….
STM
What can I say that hasn’t already been said, for me it was 2 days of incredible riding on some of the best singles I have ever ridden.
I arrived with the missus on Friday evening to find STM shuttling back and forth from the Van park to the Pub making sure everyone got there ok. I decided to keep it quiet and stay in with Giselle the first night expecting a big day on Saturday and was not disappointed. WE hit the road around 8.30 and didn’t return until after 6 that night.
The ride started with a quick blast along a fire trail but it wasn’t long before we hit the first of the singles. The pace was steady without being cracking which suited me nicely, things started out brilliantly,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, or so we thought. At the first regroup about 20 or 30 minutes into the ride it was noticed that we were a man short, RCHonda was AWOL. Nick and Boulder headed around the fire trail back to our start point to see if he was there but while they were off Strucky had him on the phone. Turned out a roo had come tearing out of the bush and bowled him into the scrub on the way through sending him some 20 meters off into the bush. At that point he was near the end of the cue and was temporarily stuck under his bike. He tried throwing a stick at the last couple of riders to get their attention but had no luck. None of the rest of us had much of an idea where we were so we waited for Nick to return so he could talk to the downed rider and work out where he was, after a couple of unsuccessful reccies Nick and I eventually stumbled upon him. Nick went back to get the others while I helped him push the bike to the top of the hill then walked back to get my bike while he rolled down the hill to the next intersection. By the time I got there his wife was already there to pick him up. While we had been riding around looking for him he had called her and she had driven out then walked 2km to where he was, so I guess that means he was lost for a bit longer than we realised. I headed off to his ute to get a tow rope and when I got back the rest of the crew had turned up. Someone (sorry but can’t remember who for sure but it may have been dean) had fitted RC with a sling. I towed RC’s bike back to the ute with Aaron in the saddle, it was a bit unnerving really especially when we came across slippery sections as I was worried I might pull the front of the bike out from under him and end up skull dragging the bike on its side. For his part though Aaron reckoned it was some of the best riding he has ever done
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With RC sorted and some time lost Nick had to cut short some of the morning loop and make it up a bit on the fly which I think had him a bit nervous but he did a great job. There was some really tight section, fast flowing tight sections, bog holes, creek crossings grassy paddocks, log crossings up hills, down hills and everything in between with everyone having the time of their lives. Before long it was lunch time so we headed off to the Able Inn where they have a great daily $10 lunch special as well as their regular menu. I didn’t hear any complaints so I think everyone enjoyed their feed. After lunch the 2 groups swapped leader and route and so we followed STM back into the forests of Coffs for some more magnificent trails. Some of which we had done in the morning but this time in the opposite direction. Eventually we came across the Widow Maker and after watching Aaron tear up it and looking from a distance I thought it didn’t look too bad so I decided I would have one go. As soon as I hit the bottom I realised it was much steeper and rougher than I first thought and I didn’t even make half way before I was in trouble. What took me about 6 seconds to get up took maybe 6 minutes to get down and by the time I got the bike turned around I was starting to cramp up in the forearms and so decided that discretion was the better part of valor and left it at that. Aaron decided that making it up once could be considered a fluke so had another go and again made it to the top. Then someone else had an unsuccessful attempt then Bollocks had a go and did better than me, well done Bol, but didn’t make it. STM had a go but didn’t make it, then Aaron did it again. STM then had a second go and made it look incredibly easy and all this with the peanut gallery sitting down the bottom cheering and jeering everyones attempts.
Eventually we headed down to the beach to meet up with th others then STM nicked home and grabbed his home brew and a heap of nibblies for everyone. The home brew was probably the smoothest I have ever tasted too. From there it was just down the road a bit and onto the beach where I think everyone had bit of fun. It must have been a site to see 30 odd bikes heading down the beach together. Everyone was having fun but also slowed down whenever we came across other beach users which thankfully there were not a lot of but all too soon we were off the beach and heading for the showers.
After scrubbing up and having a feed with the missus I headed down to the camp kitchen and was already aching all over from the days events. The bench racing was good and everyone had a ball, Bollock did his usually top notch auctioneering, Phil did his Valentino Rossi Impersonations, TB won the wheel changing competition and we even manged to raise a few dollars for a very good cause.Sunday morning dawned bright though a bit too bright for some I think
, STM looked like his eyes were about to fall out of his head. Today riding was to be the highlights of the previous 2 days and we were not disappointed. We stared off on the previous mornings trail but soon found ourselves on a new trail I think (now I am terrible at remembering trails but I do tend to remember obstacles that give me a bit of concern and I definitely didn’t see these the day before), maybe this was some of what we had cut out the day before due to RC’s coming together with the roo. Anyway there were a few people in front of me having some trouble with a set of logs not much more than a bike length apart, I have some footage of it with a few bike (read riders) in a bit of bother. (My silence can be bought people, pm me ). To my surprise I made it quite comfortably and before long we were all on the go again. At one point I was having a little trouble on a single and I could here a bike right behind me constantly revving and giving me the hurry up. I guesed it was TB and at the first sign of mud I gave a quick twist of the throttle which had the desired effect. A short time later some of te group had to get back to pack up before the long drive home but I was lucky enough to be able to continue riding as I wasn’t leaving until the next day. Again it was just the best of the best or another hour or so before STM needed to get home so back to the vans we went.
All up a fantastic weekend of riding with great people and money raised for charity to boot, what more could a man ask for (or woman, sorry Shell).
Again thanks to STM, NickJ and even STM’s dad Len for helping out, oh and a special thanks to Mrs STM for letting him out to play.
Cheers all.
A quick video.
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