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What a ride
Started in the balmy just above freezing temp at Nundle.
Off to the sweet trails and surprisingly warmer higher altitudes
Trail conditions excellent .
Boze had a track inspection in one of the water hazards , lovely save, restricting the damage to one boot full of freezing cold water :angry: :angry: :angry:
More great singles , everyone enjoyed the cracking pace
Until poor old Bollocks decided to get some trailside maintenance.. Poor old CR lost a bolt out of the footpegs, the seat securing bolts and had a flat front tyre. PPM (piss poor maint) Bols :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
Some time later we had the CR fixed and then back enroute to the Berry patch for lunchDown Parachute, some trail maintenence made the steep hill a dream ride then through the many creek crossings . :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
The uphill from the river saw some quick riding, everyone must have smelt the fine Berry Patch cusine
.Lunch & refuelling the steads..
Andy gets a call about storms with hail over NundleHere the weather started to take a turn for the worst
The sun dissappeared and showers started to move in.As we got closer to Nundle via them beaut singles, the sky got darker.
At fridge hill a few riders myself included baulked at the slippery conditions.
Sky got darker again, until then the rain started :angry: :angry: :angry:We persisted with the singles for some distance until the conditions got worse.
OK guys lets take the main road back to town..The rain got heavier ,then turned into hail , bloody cold wet & being stung by hail , buger
After what seemed like forever we finally got out of the storm and arrived at Andys farm , what a great relief for cold riders.
A quick loading of bikes & dry clothes a quick celebration beer for Boze then of to town to the pub for more beer .. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
How lucky were we the town was blacked out :silly: :silly:
Unbeknowst to Boze there was a liitle surprise organised by his better half Brenda.
Then party party
Great days riding and apre riding.
Thanks to Snowy & Boony for leading, thanks to Damus for sweeping.
The girls for organising the after ride festivities Hopefully some of the photos & vids will get posted…
Like a KTM rider my report is a little slow coming in. (Just like on the way back to tamworth sherco in first. KTMS behind) :laugh: :laugh:
It was good to see Bollocks, House , Logan back riding with us. One thing I have learnt is when bollocks stops in a muddy bog hole not to stop behind. Now I drop back a gear go around quickly then roost as much as possible on the way out.
:laugh: :laugh:Boze had a swim in lake bollocks :laugh: . Missed it on the vid sorry all.
Also had the chance to get polly cautiously crossing a creek couldn’t help my self around past him quickly giving him a sherco shower. Karma soon got me though with a massive roost of mud kindly presented by Boonys 350 :laugh: :laugh: .
Arrived at the berry patch just in time before the heavens opened up. Even the local wombat was off looking for some better shelter… :unsure:
Now like a ADV riders report I have lots of photos.
House and bols gearing up
Rear view of the might Sherco and a green thingy Arron borrowed as his KTM is broken
There is a yamaha and Ktm rider hiding down there.
This was a good spot to fix Bolls bike. Yamaha bolts to fix the foot peg. Then the flat tyre. Also fixed by yamaha road side assistance
Can we have another old bull over here to fix this bike 😆
The operation in full swing
House
SHERCO RESTING
Fridge hill saw some carnage
Vid to come soon.
Had a ball thank you all for a good day out. Happy 40th boze.
Andy
Good reports guys. You know we gotta go back to finish the ride as we were blown off the mountain. :laugh: :laugh:
Has anyone got photos of the stop at pondarossa trying to keep warm
The Brass monkey
ride was hatched some time ago following a phone call from Scotty (the one that binned it in the video ) :woohoo: saying that Bozos missus wanted to throw him a surprise birthday party for his 40th. :laugh: Of course we were all over this like a fat kid on a lollypop. Some texts were sent out over the following 5 weeks and all the Tamworth OBTs were on board to make this happen. There were a few close calls but apparently following some quick thinking and side stepping Brenda had pulled off the surprise party for Boze. 😆 Our only job was to get him to the nundle pub by 4.00 Saturday afternoon. I recon we got the easy part as his a bloody ride Hoare.
The ride itself was a cracker it had everything, including a full service for someone’s CRF 450 X . :pinch: I had the honour of leading the birthday crew out to the berry patch with the thought constantly in the back of my mind to be back at the pub on time, :ohmy: I then thought “crap no watch” :pinch: Boze unbeknown to him actually came to the rescue and set up the clock on my 350s dash, thanks Boze. :whistle: Snowy was to lead us back, The ride out was awesome, I was having a ball trying to keep ahead of them nasty 530 katos , them boys play for keeps. The rest of the crew said the ride flowed well all the way. We no sooner took our helmets off at the berry patch and down she came, a mixture of rain sago and snow. As Andy said even the local wombats (not the ones that rode in on bikes) headed for cover. The warm hospitality and a good feed that is always put on for us at the berry patch made us forget for a brief moment that we actually had to ride the 60 odd ks back to nundle.
The weather cleared a bit so we made a run for it Snow led the valiant troops out of the patch with me saying at every stop, “keep your eye on the time” we can’t get back to early or we will wreck the surprise. Well Mother Nature thought we couldn’t organise a root in a brothel so she took over. :angry: :angry: You could hear her say, you will do this my way instantly the black clouds we had been watching suddenly disappeared,( only because we couldn’t see them through the driving rain/hail/snow) At one stage I was riding along and thought Boony your being lazy ,stand up. As soon as I stood up a bloody great clap of thunder hit and I went F*^K that I`m sitting down. :ohmy: We rode for about ½ hour and then there was Snow, Scotty and myself waiting on a corner when the branches started to fall from the trees. I made the Beer call and the ride was canned. We hit the main road and headed back to the cars. I have never been colder or so bloody happy to see the cars before on a ride. We even had to have a beer or three at our loading point just to get our timing right for the real reason we were in Nundle. 👿 👿 👿
The surprise went off perfectly, Boze had no idea and the night was a blast. The bloody pub had no power for about 2 hours and we were all pooling our ideas for cash if the power didn’t come back on. I was gunna sell Bolls Honda after all it was freshly serviced.
The cake with the trail bike scene was unbelievable. Hey Boze
Happy birthday mate andSURPRISE. :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :whistle: 👿 :woohoo:
Boony
I’ve finally recovered to be fit enough to do a ride report :sick:
As I was the nominated(self) photographer I’ve got a heap of photos to share
They pretty much cover the whole ride..then turn bloody messy as the night progresses :laugh:A frosty start to Bozes birthday ride, but that’s ok cause we are so hard core :woohoo:
The ride itself..next post..in case I bloody lose where i was up to :blink:
Bol :woohoo:This little hill nearly boiled a sherco
House going to fast for my camera
Bozes bro..Duey?
Buzz..a little bit …stuck
Logan…to easy
Buzz…gothere in the end
A few monkeys watching from the top
Next…into the beautiful pines..Snowy & Scotty
Waiting for a broken down Kwaker
Buzz gets it going…he’s an up and coming sweep rider
Someones CRF gets a full service :whistle:
Boonit
Birthday boy on the gas
Andy..at home in the singles
Logan
More to come :cheer:
Bol :woohoo:Got to the Berry Patch just in time…as Boony said…even the Wombats were heading for cover as the shit weather was on the way :ohmy:
Here’s a few wombats.Polly,House and Damus
Snowy…for F*%$ks sake…wake up..your leading the next bit
Scotty and the birthday boy discuss how wet they are going to get
Snowy is still half asleep when we come across a big mother of a tree across the track, he heads bush for about ten minutes while we all hop over this log and wait for him on the other side.
Birthday boy
Logan
Duey
Corner man photos..Boony shaking dat assss :laugh:
Birthday boy
Polly
House…roosting the corner man…so unAustralian
Logan
Fridge hill caught a few out…Polly heads back down for another crack
Damus goes arse over tit
Tough ol bastard is back on his horse
And away
Polly makes it
The rest of the photos are pub photos…had to do some serious editing :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
They’re up next :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Bol :woohoo:Back to the pub to surprise the hell out of the Birthday boy, and to have a few beers :cheer:
Some of the WAGS were there to meet us, drink with us, out drink us, scold us…or look after us
This sky is on Fire!!!
Logan & WAGS (Jenny,Linda and Tracey..legends)
Me and WAGS
Boony finds another KTM and falls in love
Boony,Polly,Aaron,MattyV and Andy…nice pose Polly
Its dark…and getting ugly
Family affair
Nigel no friends
The cake
the birthday boy and his cake
Random inside the pub shots
Then the night got into party mode…and party we did :laugh: :cheer:
Have a drink on us Boze…actually..have 40 :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Great ride.Thanks to the lead riders,Boony and Snowy.Damous the legend sweep.Big thanks to Buzz,Damous and Andy for servicing my CRF :blush:
Awesome birthday bash Boze :cheer: we will have another one when your 80
Vids to come later.
Bol :woohoo:
PS. any one “not happy Jan” about the pub photos..pm me and i’ll delete
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