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whiskey wrote:How are you going to get the bike out? Sounds like it could be an adventure upon itself
Some local knowledge and a 4×4 drive and some hope :laugh:
TB
Great start to the ride report kat
I am enjoying reliving it.Wow, what a day :silly:
From when we left home to ride to meet spot,
I could see from the conditions, it was going to be an interesting, wet day!!Keys seemed to be the issue of the morning, but thanks to
micks amazing talents, all the girls were able to start the ride :cheer:Lots of oops, oh my, woo hoo, oh gosh moments had by all :silly: :silly:
Such a shame oldgirl (not old at all !!) Had to abandon her bike, ride cut short, plus a sore knee ( hope it heels soon )
On the plus side, you may get a new bikeGreat to meet joe, and whiskey, too.
I had a ball, and thanks again kat and mick for such a top day, i am still smiling
Thanks Kat and Mick for organizing a fun day and nicely done pressing ahead despite the crap weather. There were some great tracks on offer.
So some moments:
– those woops full of water ….. About 20 in a row how good were they?!?!?! :woohoo: :woohoo:
– Turning off the tar and those first 100metres the bike was all over the place I was thinking whoaaa she’s slippery alright, I actually think that first bit was the most slippery part
– old girl after busting her knee still jumping off quick as in the mud to help the next person pick up their bike even though she was sliding all over the place can’t have felt good on the knee! (seriously you are going to have to change your name oldgirl just isnt right!)
– Mick fixing/hot wiring bikes …. It’s like riding with MacGyver I reckon you could fix a bike with a teaspoon in the middle of nowhere
– Whiskey your a champ for offering to be pillioned – can’t be very comfy in that terrain
– Alyssa you are the most prepared person I have ever met! I am sticking close to you
– Steve your a sport letting me work on my roosting target practice …. But to be fair I did let you ride my bike and then you were all how awesome are KTM’s??? (it’s my story so I’ll tell it how I like
)– that bad moment when I realize I haven’t hit the deck yet then sure enough 5 min later I am trying to wash my bike in puddle :blush: … Thanks Mick and Steve for the CPR you did on my bike!
Of course at the pub that night after a few fine wines the puddles got deeper and rocks got bigger ….. But it really was slippery …. Just quietly i am pretty sure i saw just about everyone drop their bikes at least once :whistle: …
Was great to meet some new faces and catch up with some old ones, thanks again Kat and Mick for organsing a top day.
Trailboss wrote:singletrackmind wrote:Ollie is right, real men don’t ride 250f. Real men sit at the bottom of the Widow Maker on their tricked out 2 strokes sobbing in fear :laugh:STM
Your wrong also STM, real men ride their bikes up the widow maker even Nato on his two stroke, Damien’s wife (sorry forgot her name :blush: ) and Micknmeld had a crack or two or three
Ollie sits on the bottom sobbing in fear making excuses on his Gas Honda Gas :whistle: :laugh:
TB
I Knew I would get a bite :laugh: thanks Scotty :laugh: :laugh:
I had 3 goes getting up that Bitch of a hill, I know when Im not skilled enough and ride around the chicken route
(bike and me in 1 Piece)Ollie
Rach wrote:Thanks Kat and Mick for organizing a fun day and nicely done pressing ahead despite the crap weather. There were some great tracks on offer.So some moments:
– those woops full of water ….. About 20 in a row how good were they?!?!?! :woohoo: :woohoo:
– Turning off the tar and those first 100metres the bike was all over the place I was thinking whoaaa she’s slippery alright, I actually think that first bit was the most slippery part
– old girl after busting her knee still jumping off quick as in the mud to help the next person pick up their bike even though she was sliding all over the place can’t have felt good on the knee! (seriously you are going to have to change your name oldgirl just isnt right!)
– Mick fixing/hot wiring bikes …. It’s like riding with MacGyver I reckon you could fix a bike with a teaspoon in the middle of nowhere
– Whiskey your a champ for offering to be pillioned – can’t be very comfy in that terrain
– Alyssa you are the most prepared person I have ever met! I am sticking close to you
– Steve your a sport letting me work on my roosting target practice …. But to be fair I did let you ride my bike and then you were all how awesome are KTM’s??? (it’s my story so I’ll tell it how I like
)– that bad moment when I realize I haven’t hit the deck yet then sure enough 5 min later I am trying to wash my bike in puddle :blush: … Thanks Mick and Steve for the CPR you did on my bike!
Of course at the pub that night after a few fine wines the puddles got deeper and rocks got bigger ….. But it really was slippery …. Just quietly i am pretty sure i saw just about everyone drop their bikes at least once :whistle: …
Was great to meet some new faces and catch up with some old ones, thanks again Kat and Mick for organsing a top day.
I wish I could have been there for the rest of the day. Was great to finally meet some women as crazy as me. Oh and I think the name OldGirl suits me (everyone like a bit of irony lol).
I lOVED those whoomps too that was soooo much fun. Although I want to be able to do rides like Murph the Surf went on THAT looks like fun.So SMick400 led Rach, Alyssa, WRSteve, Troy and myself back into the bush with the plan to head to BellBird Pub for lunch. Rach decided to do a sliding turn on the first tar corner after the pub… very impressive.
Steve suggested we head to higher ground to get away from the creeks. Kat on some red slippery
clay.
WRSteve blasting up a hill
Followed by Troy…
Then Rach
It worked best to hang back and watch the others go through to work out the best lines… Alyssa lead the way
But on this occasion Alyssa decided to get really wet!! Steve came to the rescue and dragged the bike out of the water
Rach found some not so wet lines…
We got to BellBird pub at 1pm and had time to dry out and enjoy lunch/drink. Then back out there again at about 2pm…
We had a little stop for a bit cause Rach enjoyed a splash in the creek …
Then after lots of button pushing and kick starting the KKKKKKKKKKTM wouldn’t start. So SMick400 and WRSteve stripped her, found out the joys of trying to spark her but had no luck…. The bike wouldn’t start…. Rach on the other hand was yaking away holding the nuts and watching…. With Alyssa
So out came the strap to tie her up to drag her out… the things you do to get a KKKKKTM to go. It was impressive to see the guys attempt to tow not only in tight single track, rutted sections but with such wet conditions – legends…. A clutch start on a fire trail did the trick.
SMick400 didn’t have allot of options on what tracks to take…. It was more like what rivers to take
Even our sweep got busted taking a swim
So by 4pm it was time for Alyssa, WRSteve and Troy to peel off and start heading home to clean up and head back for dinner at Cessnock. We found them one last water crossing to try out and we watched with great enthusiasm to see what bow wave they could muster.
Troy went first
And he made a splash
Alyssa went through next we had our fingers crossed that she would get across safely
WRSteve then made his bike kick up some mud for good measures
So after they left SMick400 asked Rach and I a dumb question…… do you want to ride some more…..took Rach and I nanoseconds to say YEHHHHHH
So off for more fun
We stopped in at the old Coal mine for a photo opportunity
Rach had a good go at tackling this slippery hill
As part of Rach’s initiation into OldBulls chic’s team we gave her the job to test the water (depth, ruts and logs)
So the section on the side didn’t look good so we asked her to check the middle of the creek which resulted in moving a tree branch…
But Rach had one more job… to walk down the middle with legs apart to determine if ruts existed… what a top chic….
It was 5pm and time to head back to the pub for a hot shower… so on our way home we came across more water holes…
It just so happen to be my turn to drop my bike in the water…but like a true Honda it fired up first time…..
But then…… she was coughing all the way back to the pub… seems like some dirt got in the carbie..but she still got me home..
We got back to the pub at 5.30pm and hit the hot showers. Alyssa and Steve arrived at 6.30 and the drinks flowed and dinner was amazing. After many more drinks we wobbled into bed by 12 ish and I don’t remember hitting the pillow.
Sunday’s ride was called off so we got up early, had some breakfast, loaded the bikes on the trailer and headed home to clean up the mess…(made easy by the gurnie).
Top weekend…. with top OldBull’s …… thanks to everyone who came along to make it another memorial ride/swim.
Good report there Kat and looks like you all had fun :laugh:
At least there was no dust like at Wyangla
You would have looked like a drowned “Kat” by the time you got to the pub :woohoo:
Ride soon
Mallee
That looked like it was as fun as a bag of cats :cheer:
Well done to all…awesome pics tooBol :woohoo:
Trailboss wrote:Great report Kat, keep them coming, come where is part 2
I have to go to Cessnock this saturday morning, I can take my bike trailer up and know the area (lived there for 3 years) I also will be returning to Blaxland where I live as does Old Girl if she would like her bike recovered and bought home?
TB
Good luck tomorrow with the bike retrieval …….. hopefully it has dried out a bit over the last couple of days.
Rach wrote:Trailboss wrote:Great report Kat, keep them coming, come where is part 2
I have to go to Cessnock this saturday morning, I can take my bike trailer up and know the area (lived there for 3 years) I also will be returning to Blaxland where I live as does Old Girl if she would like her bike recovered and bought home?
TB
Good luck tomorrow with the bike retrieval …….. hopefully it has dried out a bit over the last couple of days.
Made an attempt last thing yesterday on my own. It’s dry the ruts are massive :ohmy: I couldn’t find it even with Smick Mick helping on the phone and the coordinates thought to be the spot gave up as it got dark. The plan was for me to meet Smick and Kat this morning at Kitchener pub but I was early yesterday and thought I maybe able to find it. Fail! :laugh:
Will meet them there in 45 mins and no doubt we will get it this time as Mick was the one that hid itTB
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