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I rode one up a snotty hill at Nundle for a bloke and it was cool. Surprisingly low seat height, loads of torque regardless of revs, and a instrument panel taken off the Starship Voyager.:cheer: It looked cool too. Just the right machine for some open trails and the occasional blat out to Camerons and back. Yeah not as nimble as the DT200 or WR 450, but these bikes would not like the extended road riding you get up to either Whanny. Sound like shes just getting to know you and when she does it will be a match made in heaven just wait.:laugh: Also You wont have to rush out and buy a new one soon cause that one will run forever if you keep the services up to it .
Sorry it took so long to do my report but Boon said im always late so I could not go against his word. I still don’t think I was late as I was there at 515 and Pep said we would leave Maccas at 530 so :blink: . So after we found out that Bollocks had developed the black lung :laugh: and would not come we headed off. All was going well until Pep decided that $1.10 was not fast enough and had to lead the charge so I sat back and followed. Problem was he has one of those sissy alloy bullbars :laugh: and they don’t take a hit that well. As you might have seen by the pics. The road trip went well after that. The guys were still having breakfast when we turned up but it was not long till we were riding. We headed off to the northern side and we had a ball on the singles on the hills. Dahmus was having one of those days and the hills were trying his ttr a bit. I almost ran straight into the back of a Drz(guess who) when he went through a wet gully. For a change I stayed upright through the water but the fact that I could not see around Boony meant I had to react a little faster than I would have liked :laugh: .I almost high sided not long after in front of a corner man when I gassed it up a little early on the sweet grass track so I decided to ride to stay upright from then on. We got up to some great lookouts on the mountains which was a great backdrop for a rest. From there we went to header pipe and again it was too good for me
. And after seeing Pep loop it out I decided to give up. At least I got up petti coat. Nathan made header pipe look easy on his sweet husa 300 and Belingen EV got to the top as well which was lucky as he said he was not going home till he cracked it From there we went back to camp but we stopped at the enduro cross track as we knew it would be too much after a feed. I had a go on the Teeter totter and I managed to put my feet down like trainer wheels so even though I made it I considered it a fail. Lonnie egged me on to go round the whole track and It was great fun although a little scary at times . :blush: The rope bridge was cool and unlike anything I had tried before 
A must try . The sand between the logs introduced me to the deck again which was funny. The scraper tires were not that hard but they freaked me out and I almost put my bike over them Ghostie style much to Lonnies enjoyment. From there we had lunch then headed out to sample some of the new pony X track around the pit area. It is sure to make spectating a lot more interesting with some tabletops and a lot of tires to climb over. We then headed out on the pony x grass track area where Boony creamed his pants and he had to go back along it again. :cheer: What a ball it was though good call mate. We then headed up the main hill and then attacked L plate. From the bottom pep and boon decided to end things on a high/low note and headed back. We then hit Post???? Cutters and tried out my poor rut riding ability. I enjoyed the challenge but wish I could ride them better but don’t we all. We then hit Fire Ball and it was as difficult as I remember but Roy decided to balk Lonnie which caused a bottleneck on the hardest hill climb of that run :laugh: From there we made our way to Cat hill and I was very pleased to get to the top as I have failed every other time :cheer: .I did stop twice though and one one of the occasions used a flatter section of an erosion off ramp to get a run up as you could not restart on the hill as you would just form a trench. Towards the top the bike boiled and I had to stop for us both to recover. :laugh: Anyway a technical win but not a real trophy for the pool room yet. By now I was starting to get stuffed but i was constantly reminding myself I had not ridden the 2 days prior like the other guys so I had to suck it up. We then headed for the fence line boundary run and I had a great deal of trouble on a hill climb much to everyone else s enjoyment but I was killing my bike . I ended up trying second with some clutch and I found the traction I was missing out on before and I got to the top. :cheer: The hills kept coming though and while they were fun I started to cramp up which have never done before even in ironman pony x events so the ride really was hard(for me). We hit the last lookout at the top of Horsepower hill and nobody even mentioned attacking it which would have been ridiculous for me anyway. We then headed for camp and although Steve gave us another scare with a moderate speed front end loose we got back OK only to see Steve fall off his truck when he put his bike on… Scary stuff but no injuries phew. Boon and Pep then took my bike back to Tamworth on the drive from hell. And to put their drive into perspective I had a shower and drove the 260 k to Goondiwindi stopping twice for food/fuel while they did 167 k. Man that would have sucked sorry you had to go through that guys. Anyway I got to Dalby at 1130pm and I was hammered but it was all so worth it. Thanks again Blue for the use of a brilliant ride park and also Bundyroy for all you lead work and organizing. Sorry work had to interfere so I could not be there for the whole ride.
