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Scotty wrote:

How good can he be, here he gets smoked by a pushy.

http://youtu.be/KqBy1R7IMGE

Surely if Knighter rode a 125 rather than a 450/500/530 on a downlhill bike course he would make up the 5 seconds he lost to the treadly?? Very poor choice of bike.

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Mobil 1 Fully Synth is still the best value I find just my 2c. Around $70 for 4L.

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DK is a legend TB. KTM or otherwise. The first 10 seconds of that clip my sphincter tightened at the speed. Madman.

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Keen yes, fresh I dunno. I tell you if only you saw us on Monday morning. A couple of zombies eh Al?. I got up in the morning, turned the house alarm on and set it off. Still can’t work out how or why. Couldnt tell you what I did all day. I’m sure you guys had a good run. Beautiful day like that couldnt go wrong I recon!

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3 cheers for husky 350 then! Awesome trails, shame you missed them Pete. Make it a priority to get a spin on them. Speaking of the log jump, there’s no need to shoot for the moon over it, just ask Murph.

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Great vids dude! If you have any more post them up if you get time.
Thanks all for a great ride, day 2 of 2. Well done Murph and Looselink for tying some real enjoyable loops together. Those singles were super fresh. I was actually energetic enough to push hard(er) that day, really had fun on those singles (maybe it was all the sugar?). Still not ride fit yet.
Dude did the cinematography and sweeping duties, thanks and great to catch up again.
How good was that spot in the photo above! It was like were riding in Hawaii.
CJ did great for a learner. I bet he will be keen to get out again.
Bad luck the punctures Murph. Happens. Mate I still can’t get the image of you doing looselink’s log and crashing into the tree. So lucky you didn’t do a Mick/Diddel buddy. Phew!
Thanks again for the great weekend and last big ride for me for a while. Cheers!

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GaleyKTM300 wrote:

How do they stop those 300’s steaming ,constantly riding that slow gnarly stuff? And dont say ride it faster!

Good question. I don’t think any of us did. I had some bubbles start emerging on Amazon. The amber light on my instruments was on that whole time around 100C+. I just shut her down after every short section and watched the next person have a go. Same went for the Rope Rd hill. If we tried to keep going for it without stopping they would have popped – absolute guarantee. Mind you the stopping was to get some breath back not just for the bike’s sake.

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Well said Murph. Great memory for it. Was great to see the tracks again in their “dry” state, all the creeks and rivers from last time we no where to be seen thank goodness.
That Razorback drop off sure did nearly end up in tears. Didn’t realise you were going for it. I had the line and was further down the hill!
I was really trying to conserve energy pretty much the whole day, especially when I heard the word Amazon. There surely are some savage rocks to get over/around. What I think makes it most tricky is the leaves/soil on the rocks. Very slippery.
I think Rocket/Al-leycat found the reduced weight of the 300 beneficial on these hill climbs. That photo of him having a little sleep at the top was a funny reminder: “Hey Tim can you lift the bike off my leg”
For anyone wanting to give it a goo, don’t go last. You don’t get a rest eh Diddel.
Actually the logs across the creek caught out Al big time, you missed that. He got a little chicken of the throttle and didn’t quite make it. Kissed the front guard.
Another memorable quote from Tim’s new hill from Al: “We won’t get up that. There’s no way” Well we did. After a highside (murph) , cross ruts (all), near flip up against the bank (murph), smashing family jewels (me), 180 lowsides on the rock faces (Al and me). Tim always made it look easy but I’m sure he must have been fatigued somewhat, even just a little?
Anyway, all in all a big day. Challenging and long.

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Maybe hook up an inflatable south-pacific-style outrigger for next time? This is the “Tech Help” section isn’t it?

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Not quite a Kato Nato but any 2 strokes are good by me
Will look better with some mud on it and a grinning rider!

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How much Bruce?

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Murph, Tim, Diddle, White Rocket/AlleyCat/Pussy, Axel and “welcome to the jungle” Scott.
Young Scott bowed out early, foreseeing the future I think. A smart move as things got rather rough from then on.
Great ride again, worth the drive anytime. If there are any old bulls out there thinking their usual rides are getting ho-hum boring I’m sure the Murph’s can host a ride to cater for you. Bring a pipe guard and lots of red lollies.
I must say the photos are nearly showing what it was actually like for once (steepness/difficulty), especially the last lot of the south end hill climb. That track would be tough when your fresh let alone hitting it at around hour 6 of riding that day. Yes you read right. I had to count that on my sore fingers and it’s true.
Saturday pretty much 2 full tanks of fuel then we did another full tank the next day.
Welcome back DIddel. 2nd ride since his time off the bike and I’m sure he would have felt sore Sunday. I think we all took a little pleasure in watching him sweat it out (especially in that pressure cooker jacket he wears).

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chris72a wrote:

Murph the surf wrote:

Will be riding from Buttaba Sunday 4-9-11
Bit of a magical mystery tour, with no real plan
Grade will be 3ish
Ready to ride by 8:30am
Bring some money in case we end up getting a bite to eat
All are welcome, this ride will not need to be capped
Will PM details to all who are keen
Riders:-
CJ
Tim
Murph

What’s with the grade 3 murph you going soft on us?!?!?!

So much for a relaxing day 2… thanks alot Chris!

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Confirmed we are locked in. Getting ready today, picking up Rocket man at 5:15pm for the long drive.
Would be good to catch Diddel again.
Speak to you on the way.

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Yep this ride is now officially delayed until the saturday next => 10-11 Sept. We are off to Murph-ville for a september 2 day extravaganza this weekend.

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