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April 17, 2009 at 11:55 am #129605
along with other things could mean nice stuff you know (insert wicked snicker)
April 17, 2009 at 12:23 pm #129610Boony I want to know how you know that riding blindfolded is different!
Dave my brother in law is in the A4DE – or shall I say he has done days 1 and 2, pulled up very sore and may not make tomorrow. He is stubborn enough to give it a crack regardless I think.
Apparently AJ Roberts changed the spring on his rear shock in his 10 minute service period this morning! That would have been worth seeing! I think I might be able to get my rear shock out in 10 minutes…
April 17, 2009 at 12:26 pm #129611ive got a wicked snigga…..
so sam says.
sorry, im wasted:woohoo: :side: :silly:
April 17, 2009 at 12:34 pm #129613Boony I want to know how you know that riding blindfolded is different!
because when I ride I always have my eyes shut in fear.
April 17, 2009 at 12:37 pm #129606mmmmmmmmm, cattle prods, im an electrician, they excite me!!!:woohoo:
April 17, 2009 at 12:44 pm #129617menace wrote:
Quote:mmmmmmmmm, cattle prods, im an electrician, they excite me!!!:woohoo:Thats shocking:side:
April 17, 2009 at 12:47 pm #129607micknmeld wrote:
Quote:Call us what you like…hahaahha but remember ,we have the POWER (insert evil laugh)yeah the powewr of the 630……but can you handle it mick…..
power breeds contempt…or somethng like thou….
April 17, 2009 at 12:50 pm #129615boony wrote:
Quote:Boony I want to know how you know that riding blindfolded is different!because when I ride I always have my eyes shut in fear.
yeah, fwear of a kato ridin up your bot-bot:blush:
April 18, 2009 at 3:46 am #129599We are all alive and well. Today has seen us up early riding another new area this morning, Moto has had a couple of falls and is struggling today big time.
I have about 10 of the funniest photos you will every see and heaps of photos, including the album cover for moto’s new boy band, featuring Champo, LC4Skin, Green 450 and Moto lol :laugh:There is some helmet cam footage for in the pine forest including Champs crash or the end result of it
Way to much for this slow connection
If you didn’t come to this ride, you have missed the best time, trails and counter lunches
TB
April 18, 2009 at 4:13 am #129667Can`t wait to see this
Get it on as soon as ya can Big Fella;)April 19, 2009 at 6:10 am #129668Jarrod Bewley takes A4DE lead
Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha racer Jarrod Bewley has moved into the lead with two days to go in the prestigious Hog’s Breath Cafe Australian 4-Day Enduro (A4DE) at Orange, NSW.
Bewley, 21, from Sydney, blitzed the 315-strong field in the last two special tests of today, gaining 17-seconds on Husqvarna’s Chris Hollis (who was leading by 11.3 seconds after yesterday).Bewley was 3rd in the Outright and Championship Class 4 (290cc to 450cc 4-stroke) stakes behind Hollis and Kawasaki’s Toby Price after yesterday’s racing.
“Last year [Hollis] was beating me by 40-seconds a day in this event so I’m stoked with how I’m doing,” Bewley said.
“I thought I might have had a good chance at winning today because of how I was riding, but I wasn’t sure, cause the other guys were riding really well as well.
“I thought I had put in some good times in the last half of the day, something clicked and I was really smooth, I had really clean and good runs through the last half of the day.
“Tomorrow I’m just going to do the same thing, I’m just going to stay out of the berms, just focus on what I’m doing and make sure I feel that I’m riding the best I can and that’s all I can do.”
Hollis said his day was “reasonable”, but had one crash which cost him precious seconds.
“That was a bit of a bummer… It’s pretty rocky and dusty out there,” Hollis said.
“Tomorrow I’m just gonna go do what I did again and try not to fall off again… just try to stay out of the dust and off the ground.”
Price, who now sits 20-seconds behind Bewley and about 15-seconds off Hollis, said he was “very happy” with his ride so far.
“My body’s holding up really good, my bike’s working awesome… hopefully I’ll just try and keep on two wheels and keep up front,” Price said.
“I had one little get off and then in [the final test] I broke my rear brake lever off so I would have lost a little bit of time, but hopefully not too much and hopefully I’ll make up a little bit tomorrow and look forward to going into the final moto on Sunday.”
Honda racers AJ Roberts and Peter Boyle switched Outright and Class 4 positions today, with Roberts moving into 4th place, just 1-second ahead of Boyle.
Yamaha’s Kirk Hutton maintained 6th Outright and his lead of Championship Class 3 (250cc 4-stroke) by 10-seconds ahead of Kawasaki’s Josh Green and Motorex KTM’s Ben Kearney.
Green, from Port Stephens (NSW), gained two Outright positions today and now sits 7th behind Hutton.
Husaberg’s Blake Hore (VIC) dropped a spot to 8th Outright. KTM’s Ben Grabham is now 9th, followed by Jehi Willis in 10th.
In Class 1 (200cc 2-stroke), Grant Siebenhausen has slipped ahead of Nathan Castle (KTM) to lead the small-bore charge by 2.7 seconds.
New Zealander Rory Mead has taken the lead in Class 2 (220cc to 250cc 2-stroke) ahead of fellow Kiwi Karl Power. Yamaha rider Mitch Bowen had a stand-out day today, jumping several Outright positions into 18th and 3rd in Class 2.
In ‘big-bore’ (Championship Class 5) Jehi Willis (Husqvarna) has maintained his 1st place position ahead of KTM’s Brad ‘Wonka’ Williscroft.
Yamaha’s Alison Parker remains in front of the record number of women competitors (10) in Championship Women’s.
In Championship Master’s, Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha’s team boss and reigning Master’s champ, Geoff Ballard, has extended his lead to a massive 7-minutes ahead of Steven Clarke,
And Orange’s own Stuart Bennett remains in front in Championship Veteran’s.
One more day of trail and special test phases remains in the 2009 A4DE. Riders must also complete the Jayco Final Motocross Event on Day 4.
In the 2009 A4DE riders of all skill levels – from Clubman to Pro male and female – from every Australian state (including Tasmania) and New Zealand will be vying for class and Outright honours.
There is also a state-versus-state element to the event, with the top riders from each state competing on Junior and Senior Trophy Teams. New South Wales took out the top gong last year for Seniors and Victoria for Juniors.
‘Parc Ferme’ (the staging area for riders and crews) is located at Orange’s Warratah Sport’s Oval.
The Jayco Final Motocross for the event will be held on Sunday (April 19th) at the Australian National Field Day Site – Borenore.
(sorry mick for stealin your thread, any news is good news:laugh: )
April 19, 2009 at 9:19 am #129708Don’t be sorry Menace, you done good!!
April 19, 2009 at 9:41 am #129721what chews doin….yous bin AWOL all day……
and im still waitin for yesterdays ride report……lift you game biarch:P :woohoo:
:woohoo: :laugh:April 19, 2009 at 9:42 am #129723and todays………ya ride hussy…
April 19, 2009 at 1:22 pm #129724Jarrod Bewley wins 2009 Australian 4-Day Enduro
Ballard’s Wellard Yamaha racer Jarrod Bewley has taken the Outright win of this year’s Hog’s Breath Cafe Australian 4-Day Enduro (A4DE) in what has been one of the closest battles in the 31-year history of the event.Bewley, 22, from Sydney, went into today’s Jayco Final Motocross Event at Orange, NSW, 22-seconds ahead of MSC Kawasaki’s Toby Price.
Price, 21, from Singleton (NSW) got a good start in the day’s premier race – the main heat for Championship Class 4 – in which Bewley and all five of the top runners were in.
Price got a good start in the six-lap moto and charged up to 2nd, nearly hunting down the leader, Peter Boyle (Honda).
Bewley was further back off the start and managed to get up into 3rd – Price’s ride in the final motocross today closed the gap between him and Bewley, with Bewley winning Outright and Class 4 by 9-seconds.
“Words can’t explain how I feel. I’m all teary and it just shows that all the hard work pays off,” Bewley said.
“From here we’ve got the Australian Off-Road Championship and the [International Six Days Enduro] and I really want to make a stand in that and be overseas one day, this is only the start of it.”
Price was “overjoyed” to finish a close 2nd Outright in his first ever A4DE. To watch video interviews with Jarrod and Toby visit http://www.a4de.com.
Third Outright and in the premier Class 4 was up for grabs today between last year’s A4DE winner, Chris Hollis (Husqvarna) and top-contender Anthony ‘AJ’ Roberts, with Roberts finishing Day 3 a mere .146-seconds ahead of Hollis.
Despite a crash, Hollis managed to fend Roberts off to take the 3rd podium spot.
Fourth Outright went to Honda’s Peter Boyle, who’s solid final moto pulled him up two Outright spots, with Roberts 0.5 of a second behind (5th Outright).
Racing was just as close in most of the other classes.
Bewley’s teammate, ‘King’ Kirk Hutton wrapped up the win in Championship Class 3 (250cc 4-Stroke) by 7.7-seconds over Kawasaki young gun Josh Green after a nail biting final moto.
Hutton was the first non-450cc rider to finish in the top-10 Outright, claiming 6th, followed by Green (7th).
Queenslanders Grant Siebenhausen (Yamaha) and Nathan Castle (KTM) had the scorers scratching their heads today – the pair were neck and neck all event and finished one-two in the final motocross – Siebenhausen had a 2-second lead going into today and finished the moto 0.6 of a second behind Castle.
New Zealander Rory Mead looked as if he might have lost his Aussie Class 2 (220cc to 250cc 2-Stroke) title in the final moto today – fellow Kiwi Jason Davis had a blinder and Mead’s bike only just made it across the finish line due to engine trouble.
Mead had a 50-second lead going into today – he ended up limping past the checkered flag and winning by 20-seconds over Davis and another Kiwi, Karl Power.
In the big-bore (Championship Class 5) only 6.5-seconds separated Husqvarna’s Jehi Willis and KTM’s Brad ‘Wonka’ Williscroft going into their heat this afternoon.
Willis put in a strong ride and ended up winning the title by 5-seconds. Geoff Braico who finished 3rd in the class, won the moto.
Yamaha racers easily wrapped up the Championship Veteran’s, Master’s and Women’s today, with Alison Parker taking the Women’s crown, Orange’s own Stuart Bennett the fastest Veteran and Geoff Ballard smoking the Masters by more than 10-minutes.
In the Junior Trophy Team stakes, Queensland were the winners.
And the fastest of the Senior Trophy Team’s was Victoria.
The fastest Club Team was the Southside Time Bandits (Alison Parker, Jemma Wilson and Nathan Castle).
And the KTM Motorex Off-Road Team won the Trade Team division.
For full A4DE results, pics and video go to: http://www.a4de.com
The next event on the off-road racing calendar is the third and 4th rounds of the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) down the road from Orange at Blayney, NSW, on May 16 and 17. For info or to enter go to http://www.dirtbikepromotions.com.au
2009 Hog’s Breath Cafe A4DE Outright Top-10
1. Jarrod Bewley
2. Toby Price
3. Chris Hollis
4. Peter Boyle
5. AJ Roberts
6. Kirk Hutton
7. Josh Green
8. Ben Grabham
9. Blake Hore
10. Jehi Willis -
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