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Not much I can say that hasn’t already been said. It was great to get out in the ‘back of beyond’, seeing some great country in a different light – water water everywhere, the mist, the fog, the wildlife – just brilliant. I had a ball.
The roll call was 100%. Nobody even considered ringing to see if it was still going ahead – we all just wanted it to and knew it would – unspoken enthusiasm.
Good experience to ride in such conditions! Watching the terrain change colour and consistency, learning which type is ‘slipperyist’ (if that’s a word), where you can brake hardest, how to twist on throttle ever so gently etc, etc. Top stuff.Shorts:
*Thanks Ghostrider for arranging the secure starting spot. (No thanks for keeping the Superman seat grab into the creek (without the seat grab bit) to yourself and a small number of witnesses.
*Great to meet and be face to face with people I’ve only met ‘literature-ally’ (Poor attempt at a English joke that probably doesn’t make sense). Mal5.1, MickG, Superunit, Menace, LC4 & Gotcha – genuine fellas. And good to see the old crew too.
*The poor Wallaby on the road to Wombeyan Caves. He obviously went left instead of right at that rock high up above….that first step was a beauty! Rip buddy.
*The fox that joined TB and me up front. He stayed on the track in front of TB for over half a kilometer. Wouldn’t have believed it if it hadn’t have happened in front of me. (yes, he was in Fox gear!)
*The COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD Creek at Dingo Dell.
*The torrent that was Komung River. Like I said, I would have taken a Dakar race Truck through there!
*The 60km dash to get Chop at Kanangra Walls. (Tear in my eye as I passed the ‘not to be ridden Poo Track’ ……twice!!!) – we’ll get there one day……..then you’ll see why it’s called what we call it!
*See TB actually separate from his bike unintensionally. Some might call it a droooo……..droooooo……….drooooo….drop!!
*Living out the scene from ‘Armageddon’ – you know when the meteorite is exposed to the sun and rocks just start bombarding the space ship…….that’s what riding behind TB all weekend was like…….ask my 3rd shattered headlight, the cut bridge of my nose from rock contact with my goggles that punched the lense from the frame and the numerous bruises!!!! – worth every bit of it to see the big unit in action.
*My brain explosion………drowning Mal5.1 when he parked next to a large puddle on the Sunday return. I don’t know what the hell I was thinking. A big SORRY Mal.
*Moto on Saturday night………what can I say….ah to be 30 again. My body doesn’t repair itself like it use to…be it self inflicted or accidental injury. I don’t know how you do it brother.
*MickG and Motos’ pool sharking on Saturday night. (Motos introduction to ‘Aussie rules’ Remember Moto, your half Aussie now!
*Dr D’s all or nothing 40km/ph attempt to cross the creek at Dingo Dell. Lesson 1: KTM300’s with their big open Air boxes are made for racing NOT deep creek crossings!!!
*In the Dictionary, next to the word ENTHUSIASM, you’ll see a picture of Menace….What a supreme effort. It makes the rest of us feel pretty unique that you thought we were worth dedicating 3 or so days of your life away from Sammy, just to ride with us…..A grade commitment OB brother.
*Winding out the big girls (fiddys not Tracy/Kylie)……….yeehaa!
*Helping out fellow bike enthusiasts in distress.
*The quiet beer back in town on the way home
*Kylie & Tracys’ never say die performances on the Yamys.
*Chops solo effort to keep us fuelled & supplied. Invaluable.
Thanks Champ*Sliding ‘round the ‘wiggly’ road on the run home in pursuit of TB.
*Team OB singing the 43 year old happy birthday on Saturday night.
Thanks GangSpeaking of ‘weapon’, lucky I had a bit of string and a stick tied on! Like a frightened tortoise retreating into its shell!
They must be a Special bike if they need to come with a Policy Disclosure Statement?
Your a Unit TB. How’d you talk the Victorian ‘freak of nature’ into coming and sharing himself with us?
Top surprise!
Looking forward to meeting the man in person.
Although I do worry about what everyone will say/ do when they realize that Sammy is the one that really does all the posting on Spidys’ behalf!!!
He just sits in corner these days, rocking back and forth mumbling and dribbling something about “powerband” and “big and scary” ever since he was thrown by the 300beast!!!!See you soon Mr Menace (and everyone else)
Crash
PS I see Mr Merriman is having a go at the Hattah race this year!
Here’s your homework BULLOCKS!
Study hard, you’ll be right!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ptydJ3mfTY
Crash
(how fat is that? makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!)Can you believe your eyes! I’ve just been reading through, catching up on some posts.
Some seem to miss the whole point!
The name Old Bulls is no accident! It was named Old Bulls because we’ve all lived alot whilst learning alot.
99% of the people the site attracts are generous, helpful, considerate, honest, have a great sense of humour, don’t take themselves too seriously and couldn’t give a RATS ARSE who donates and who doesn’t!!!!
The 1% of tyre kickering hangeronerers will soon lose interest and disappear into the ether.
You don’t get anything worthwhile in this world for free!
Not everyone will be able to contribute financially, nothing wrong with that! They’ll contribute in their own way when they can – Old Bulls just get on with it.
Lifes too short to dedicate anymore brain cells and time to this topic.
Just get on with it….livin’ life!
Crash.
Ohhhhh dear!
We can only imagine what “unique” design jersey you have found that you consider worthy enough to replace that polka dot thing!
Only the Guru can pull that off!
And only the Guru announces a jersey change too!
Your a unit with a Big “U”
Love Crash
Thanks Guru (TB) for putting together a top days ride – all 340kms (sorry puddles for blowing smoke up TB’s dinga, but he deserves it). Boulder, you’re a ledge too for chewing dirt for most of the day. It’s reassuring to know there’s such a capable backstop taking care of everybody. Thanks also goes to the ever cheerful Eagle and his 1st class apprentice. And to everyone else too, how good is it to ride with such a courteous, co-operative and “just glad to out there and living it” like minded group of dust suckers.
A few observations:
Chickens crash was a cracker! I’d been with him for a while, and he was riding like a demon. He was throwing the big 6hunge around like a Z50. I’m positive he was “Chicken Scrubbin’ ” (very similar to a BUBBA SCRUB – but only used when riding a 550cc+ off erosion mounds, not going into doubles, triples or tabletops!!)
It was beautiful to watch. BUT, just like Bubba Stewart – eventually it all turned to Sh!t!
He went off one mound, the rear end kicked to one side – the front wheel was too high – it made a mess of going into the second mound and resulted in a total disaster – face plant…..with his front end intgroducing itself to some local timber, which pulled the ends off x5 spokes! Resulting in the “wiggle wheel” (a new Honda invention which enables any mud, dirt or rocks to be thrown off the wheel as it shakes/vibrates/wiggles whilst rotating – I don’t think it will catch on!
End of ride – exit…..stage right.
We missed you Chicken!Then there was Lotsa’a endo – what a ripper. I’m glad he bailed out and landed safely! (without the bike)
Those erosion mounds were very tricky at times. You get a little complacent……you take a few at speed….land them beautifully and think you’re the “king pin”. THEN, all of a sudden…you launch off one in the standard position…….and the bloody landing zone is angling back at you like your take off ramp!!!
BANG/CRASH….the force of the landing tests all your joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons! OR you get it all wrong…..then its ENDO CITY!
As Champo says…..you just need to go faster and land further out, beyond the crap landing area.
I just haven’t got the Kahonas to float the petite little 650 as far as a guided missile TM just yet!
The Doctor has finally got his ’09 Katy 300 perculating along. Great to see. He and Champo went past me at one point, I thought I’d attach myself to the rear of their little dusty roadtrain. It was great to watch the x2 2smokers go at it for a while. Champo pulled over eventually to wait for RacyTracy. I kept on the Doctors rear guard (you either had to stay immediately behind the person in front or let them go…until their dust settled a little)
Anyhow, he thought he’d overtake Ghostrider, on the outside into a left handed and it all went “pear shaped”. He overshot and JUST pulled it up in time before a tree and a drop-off embankment. Sorry Doctor……..I was cackling like a chook.
Great to see Ghostrider out there too……he’d already been on a x2 day / 280km ride on the Fri/Sat. – top effort.
It was also good to go at it with the Guru aka TB for a while (even though he’s only playing with me and can trash me at will…..he IS the GURU.)
It was also good to meet a few more new faces in person.
Anyway, I had a great day – I really think those pivot pegz reduce the amount of foot/leg work you have to do on this style of ride.
Anyway, all the kids winter sports start this week, so I think the Caves ride will be my next big outing in the rear end of May.
That will be a great weekend, with a terrific mix of single, twin, fire trail, erosion humps and twisty dirt road with some amazing scenery to be viewed! Don’t miss it!
See you then – Thanks again everybody.
Crash“LUSH”
That’s the adjective for last weekend!
The trails were excellent. It was great to go riding somewhere that had bugger all sandstone ripping your tyres to peices. Although young Jason managed to turn a rock into a guided missile from the back wheel of his throaty sounding WR that hit the lexcen cover over my headlight that hard…it STILL smashed the glass!!! that’s riding…great stuff.
Great dueling and co-operation by all.
It was good to play with the S12 on the rear all weekend and have it incur next to zero wear!
Big thanks to X for all his efforts, to Mick for his hospitality and Taxi services, TB for his transportation, Moose………..for being Moose and everyone else for their companionship, courteousy and patience on the trails (nearly everyone).
I nearly tied the XR in a knot going in and out of that creek on Sunday in that tight stuff…. but then got to straighten it back out on that last straight on the way home just before the farmstay.
Thanks everyone
Crash
To start off with, they’re pretty expensive – probably around $190ish!
Should last over 12 months or so, depending upon how much you ride. It will then seem to be getting softer. You then buy your second one. After another year or so of flat free riding, the second one will seem to get flatter. It is at this point, you start to get a further benefit by being able to cut a segment from your first one. You use this to pack out your second one! So basically, the purchase of x2 tubes over a couple of years should get you well over 3 years of flat free riding.
CrashFront Moose will be fine. Have run them in the Condo 750 and had to do approx. 250 kms or more on tar over 2 days. The Pirelli has done over 1200 kms on the back of the 650 and is due for changing soon.
Crash
G’day rocket,
I’d be running a Mitchy Starcross front with a Moose tube to avoid punctures in all that rocky terrain!. And a Pirelli Scorpion on the rear with a Mitchy heavy duty rear 4mm inner tube. The Starcross is a harder version of the M12, it may chip a few knobs here and there, but it will wear well. The Pirelli rear wears well too!
CrashHere we go again, don’t you blokes ever get sick of slinging crap at each other? I reckon I have a great sense of humour, but, it gets a little tiresome! What must new visitors think? I hate this “face” of our site! As well as nangers tearing it up on unregoed bikes going nowhere.
I like the interesting stuff – the rides and stories, the mods/ improvements blokes try, the photos, the mistakes etc.
But then again, it’s not all about me is it. Sorry, had to vent….thanks, I feel better now!
So, feel free to slinging it my way!
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