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February 12, 2012 at 11:42 pm #216074Trailboss wrote:Man those Kato seats are hard :pinch:
TB
Thats why they call us Kato riders “Hard Arse’s” :laugh: :laugh:
Great stuff, awesome pics and vids.
Whats the go with the talk of closing the forest ? is it going ahead ?PTW
February 12, 2012 at 11:52 pm #216075Great report guys!
What are you blokes doing sitting down on the job anyway.
:laugh:
I am standing most of the time, you just can’t tell thats all. :dry:
Lefty
February 13, 2012 at 12:03 am #216076Lefty wrote:Great report guys!What are you blokes doing sitting down on the job anyway.
:laugh:
I am standing most of the time, you just can’t tell thats all. :dry:
Lefty
Lefty three things come to mind here. One you couldnt stand all of the time th canopy was too thick and grown in.
you needed to sit to get drive on the back wheel in the BIG ruts and three I sit because I can unlike you :laugh:
TB
February 13, 2012 at 12:06 am #216077Trailboss wrote:Lefty wrote:Great report guys!What are you blokes doing sitting down on the job anyway.
:laugh:
I am standing most of the time, you just can’t tell thats all. :dry:
Lefty
Lefty three things come to mind here. One you couldnt stand all of the time th canopy was too thick and grown in.
you needed to sit to get drive on the back wheel in the BIG ruts and three I sit because I can unlike you :laugh:
TB
:laugh: :laugh: I was waiting for it.
Good reports keep it up.
Lefty
February 13, 2012 at 12:16 am #216004Ok just a quick report
left Hornsby at 6:15 shot up the F3 fog was pretty awsome to say the least.
met most of the guys at the designated spot I wasnt late (or last) for a for a change :laugh:
TB asked if I had a vest ahhh yep looks like i, sweep for the day :laugh: Good now I can mole along and have an excuse :laugh:. This was the first real ride back on the GG for quite a few months, I have only just fitted a new Honda CR clutch pack so I didnt quite know how it would go, thankfully it was all good although it has a more noticable whirr about than before. The first few singles were a good warmup with a couple of good uphills and some snotty rocky downhills. Then we were into the singles alongside Walkers ridge Rd. Adam on the WR250 found a rather deep rut that needed some assistance to get him out of. Trying to keep up a good flowing rythym was hard due to the rocks ruts and roots :laugh: didnt get into 4th to often thu there :laugh: We headed up to the Pines and had a quick bite to eat before heading east thru the whooped out sections that prevail in the sandy side of the Watto’s. It soon became evident that forestry had been in there and had trees down everywhere making it difficult to get down to martinsville Rd so we did a 180 and headed back to the pines. I suggested to TB we head down German Point Rd then up the main for a bit then down Bowmans. I think everyone enjoyed this section of twin trail as the speeds are much higher than what we had previuously ridden. Bowmans was a real hoot and I think the less experianced guys felt a sense of achievment by riding down it with not to many drama’s.
We then witnessed some lunatics in there 4wds who wanted to go up the same hill that we just came down :laugh: No friggen way would they be getting up there. This downhill had 3 big sandstone dropoffs each of about 6+ at the top, the modded Patrol got up the first little creek crossing, but the standard petrol Pajero cased out hard. TB was offering his advice to hit it with a bit of speed but she just didnt have enough clearance. :laugh:
We headed back to the main Rd and hit the singles again either side of the Rd, these a fun little tracks that have a heavy canopy over them so they are nice and tacky. Back on the main Rd I hit reserve and knew I would be lucky to get 5 KM so I got Dude to follow me from then on. We did a couple of steep rocky little pinches before finding the cars.
I was absolutley knackered by this time and it took me forever to load the bike onto the courier :SGreat day out boys really did enjoy it. look forward to the next one.
Ollie
February 13, 2012 at 12:17 am #215967:laugh: Great report and some good pics coming thru :cheer:
And as usual, the after ride banter is still going strong :laugh:
Onya Lefty for stirring the pot ,,,,,,,,,
February 13, 2012 at 8:25 am #216082Oh it was muddy :laugh:
Jeffro was here
Will finish my report tonight
TB
February 13, 2012 at 9:49 am #216087Sounds like plenty of fun was had
Wish I was there
Work Sux
Cheers
MurphFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:52 pm #215968Seems all I’v done for the last two nights is read about how much fun every one is having out there on the trails,lookin at pics and great vids
:cheer: good stuff,,great report. got the day off tomoz,so all amped up for a ride now. Think I’l put in an exta efort,,,,maybe try some of those big step ups that I’v been just looking at :woohoo:
cheers teza.February 13, 2012 at 11:07 pm #215969I think The ride report has just about been covered , Thanks Guys
Good on ya TB for organising a good day out, but also for getting together a great bunch of blokes ! a real pleasure to ride ( and talk with ) cheers for the photo upload and footage…
Good weather, little dust , little mud , bike running like a swiss time piece – Too good
Tb was it the 530 that made it a little difficult to keep up with you or is it not about the bike !
Nice machine though
Thanks Ollie as the sweep ( and photos )
and DeeJay as the lead rider ( and for some funny stacks along the way LOL )Seb
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