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My take on Day 1…
We departed Newy around 3.30 Friday arvo and arrived right on expected time at Breckenridge to see a growing crowd of eager ADVers.
It was good to have a few brews with some familiar and some new faces while bench racing around the fire watching the stragglers arriving in the dark.Awoke real early after a sleepless night of anticipation of what was to come. TB had layed it all out at the brief friday night and there was some pristine riding ahead, along with some testing of stamina and commitment to finish the day before dark. He had told the group if you hadn`t hit Taylors Arm by 3pm, it would not be pretty coming in after dark and probably best to skip the last section. :whistle:
Not far out of the suburb of King Creek it was straight into the forest for some twisting, turning and figure eighting dodging some tree that blocked the route. It was a good start to get us warmed up.
Then a tour of the Royal Kingdom capital right past the Royal residence and then slabbed it to Port Macquarie and to Telegraph Point ferry. That`s where the real fun began :woohoo:I sent Lefty ahead `cause I didn`t want the big 640 up my clacker at full noise while burning a hole in the back of my helmet with his HID laser. :silly:
Ace decided to be tail end Charlie and paddle the Beemer through the sand. We passed some wannabe Finke Racers heading the other way just before the sand started proper.Lefty was gone from here and I wasn`t going too bad, or so I thought and decided to stop a few times to wait for Ace because it would have been no good trying to lift the 800 solo.
The third time I stopped, we decided to stick close and I dropped back to watch the big beast paddle
As soon as I took off, it was deep and fluffy and I got to second and lost the front hard and toppled over with my foot stuck firm under the bike, face down in the sand watching the top of Ace`s Arai bobbing out of sight up Plommer Road :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:Damn, I was stuck fast and nobody around so removed my lid and goggles and waited about 8 minutes for the next bike to help me up,, thanx again mate
(sorry but forgot the name of who it was)There was some good dirt road, water views and trails from here on to Kempsey for fuel and lunch with Mick`s mate Lionel 😆 :sick:
After lunch was a blurr for me really, fast trails, twin and tight single(yes Snowey, we rode some superb singles that you can`t even get to `cause you don`t have the fuel range)
I loved the section that waeved through tunnels of Lantana and then led to slippery exposed rock and slimy green grass while hopping over logs and ducking under fallen trees.
There was a tricky but fantastic climb up to along a ridge then weaving back down only to climb up again. All of these places are in areas I have never ridden before and I was just too busy tucking in and wrestling the unsettled front end all arvo to take in all the names of trails.We came across Poor Puddles and a small group and he didn`t look too good when trying to put weight on it. There were some anxious moments when he got back on the Husky and Ace & I had to help him back on and through some tricky dry rocky crossings before he had his Bobsled moment
All good in the end and we got him to the rest of the Wauchopians and left him to them to get him to Stev in the recovery wagon :dry:It was then a push to hike it down some great country and along a picturesque river valley and ground into Taylors Arm 25mins in after the recommended cutoff time. A small group had just left to take on the last loop and I decided to slab it to Macksville and Nambucca just ahead of MickP, SteveP and James.
Huge thanx to Steve for returning my toolbag I left at the servo (mate I still owe you those beers and rest assure Mick will remind me) :unsure: :laugh:
On arrival at the Motel it was great to have a hot shower and tuck into some beers while the riders and stories started rolling in from the days events,,More tomorrow
I am going to need a couple of days to compose myself before penning a ride report :laugh:
So much happened, fantastic route, great people, some real funny stuff went down tooBut I will say a massive thankyou to TB, Strucky (& Crash) for the route organising.
Wolfman Steve for ADVMoto for the support (both ute & behind the scene)
Peter from Yamaha for the support and great company again.
Of course thanx to the guys that helped lead sweep and pick up the pieces.Accommodation and hospitality was tip notch at both venues also :woohoo:
Wigster wrote:jtb2879 wrote:Wigster wrote:The best one yet. Even though I only got half of it done. Well gutted about that.Interesting ride home (mostly tar) with no ability to operate rear brake. But at least I’m not sharing a ward with Puddles (get well soon mate).
Showed the hole in my boot to the wife. Suitably horrified by my (admittedly exaggerated) story, and swollen ankle, she has insisted I get the best pair of MX boots on the market. Result!!!
Hope every one got home safely. Ride report coming up.
Thanks TB!
Wigster
Wigger, what happened mate? What were you wearing on your feet?
Thor MX boots. Hit the end of a log poking out in to the track.
Will not do these sort of rides without MX boots. Than god I didn’t have the Blundstones on.
Wigster
Good to hear you made it home safe Wiggy
I wear good boots and I have a pretty big black bruise up my left shin from a large stick in the first 5 ks sat mornng before Lake Cathie :S
I remember the hit but didn`t see the bruise till tonight at home …Hope that foot settles down mate
Ollie wrote:you didnt go and fall in another hole did ya Puds ? Hope ya didnt scratch up the Husky to much :laugh:Ollie
Well ,,,,
He did manage to do exactly that Ollie :pinch:Fell heads first into a 5m ravine, minus the bike,,, and that was after the foot injury
We can laugh about it now,,, but it was a scary few minutes initially I can tell you :S
Ace has the whole thing etched into his memory bank
Puddles wrote:Well my rides over sitting at port hospital waiting for x rays. Thanks ace & eagle & everyone else that helped get me out.
Cheers puddlesNo worries Pudles,, That was a big effort you made to get out as far as you did mate :whistle:
Hope you get a speedy recovery mateI too am ready & waiting :laugh:
Ace will land here before 3 and we will be off !!!
See you blokes about 6
Trailboss wrote:Did mention its dusty Strucky’s air filter from last week we just pulled it out
TB
Looks a bit like MILO :laugh:
Following a bit too close to the White Knight was he ??
Nope
I`m here pacing up & down between the armchair and the bikes downstairs :pinch:Nothing left to do but hitch up & get up there 😆 😆 😆
G`Day Foxman
Sounds like you will fit right into some of the rides that get organised up & down the coast on here
Hope to see you on a ride one day soon mate !Owning a Tenere, you are in like Flynn :laugh:
Cheers
Will be more likely to be like a Conga Line 6 dudes long I reckon :laugh:
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I`m fine mate,,, I`m more worried about TR and Ace to be honestBTW,,,
I want your job (the good bits of it anyway) :woohoo:Trailraider wrote:EAGLE`02 wrote:I have mine up to 20 front & 24 rear can always drop a tad out if you feel the need then TR.
You will no doubt be feeling your way into it on Sat mate
See you there :woohoo:
Need to calm myself down a bit mate if I am going to feel my way into it, as JTB said ealier IM EXCITED :ohmy:
Can’t wait, one more sleep :laugh:
You still looking at 6 – 6.30?Something like that mate, maybe a tad earlier depending on the traffic Ace encounters after work :whistle:
I will be home ready by 2pm patiently waiting ,,,,,,,Patiently my ass,,,, I will be pacing all night and tomorrow as well :silly: 😆 😆 😆
Cheers
Actually mine are sitting in the trailer on 28-30 psi (just topped them up 10 mins ago) and was going to adjust them sat morning,,,
Thanx mate for the heads up
