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I will start with a thanks to the organizers and contributors, the leads and the sweeps, the support drivers and to everyone who attended for making it a great weekend.
Some memorable moments for me were
• Arriving at TB’s place and being freezing in jeans singlet, t-shirt and flanno while he wore t-shirt and shorts.
• Meeting Evil Rudy, what a character, he reminds me of Seth Rogan, and the dog that wanted to eat my shoe while I was still wearing it.
• TB having a moment of weakness and saying what a good job Micknmeld does and Mick wanting to repeat it while he recorded it so the he could :blush: ,,,,,,, um,,,,,,,, err,,,,, pleasure himself while playing it back :sick: :S
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• The now infamous test ride of Eagles new 690 and wheel standing into the camping area then laying it down on the grass as I was turning into his camping spot to give it back (Bloody touchy rear brakes) and all in front of the local copper who had dropped in to see what we were up to (I haven’t seen him yet). :blush:
• The frost on the ground and ice on the cars as we made our way to Capertee on Saturday morning.
• The cold on Saturday morning and again Saturday evening
• The rocks
• The smooth way the ride went considering there were 40 odd out there (one obvious exception there, Get well soon Mike).
• The alleged grade 3 ride that had me huffing and puffing so much at one point I got a stitch, but great fun.
• The huge log the redneck twins came back with for the log of knowledge, thanks boys.
• Something I don’t think anyone else saw but a certain OBT site owner with a reputation for water crossings of late having a wobble in one of the creek crossings.
• An extremely hung over STM being chased around the fire by the smoke, no matter where he stood the smoke just followed him.
,,,,,, and as always on these ride the camaraderie and banter between the guys, great to watch and be part of.
Arriving at the start point there were cars, bikes and people everywhere, a mass of humanity
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Some had been there overnight and had ice on there bikes, there was a DR650 that refused to turn over, an XR400 the wouldn’t kick over and the Nickj’s DRZ wouldn’t turn over or kick over. Eventually the DR650 turned over enough to fir but the 2 400’s needed some manpower to fire up the horsepower. After the briefing we eventually headed off onto what was mostly fire trails as we made our way to the camp ground some 60km away. The ride flowed well with no real problems other than I think 2 flat tyres. I and 2 others did at one point miss the lead riders pulled over with a group and continued on a bit. I came to an intersection and there was no corner man but as it was straight through didn’t worry too much about it and continued on my merry way. I even managed to pull a half decent wheelie that went for about 100 meters (that has nothing to do with the story but as no-one saw it I wanted someone to know), at the next intersection there was a rider stopped because he didn’t know which way to go. Seconds later a rider came through to tell us we had missed the leaders so we headed back and found they had made their way to the previous intersection where we waited for the rest of the crew before heading into out fist single trail for the day.
This was an easy grade 3 single but it was nice to get off the main trail for a while, we popped out onto the fire trail again only to find trees down blocking the road. This required a tricky ride up a meter and a half embankment that was almost vertical followed by a short section of single and another embankment about the same as the first that we needed to go down. Can’t remember much of the trail after that but we were fairly close to camp by that stage I think.
We arrived at camp and the support guys were there including Eagle with his new (to him) kato 690 which I duly took for a test ride. The map seting was on the tamest and after a quick lap I said t Eagle that I needed to try it again after getting of my DRZ, not the 550berg as his felt heavy and lethargic in comparison. He changed the setting to what he thinks is the most aggressive and I took it out again for another try and was much more impressed this time with the exception of the sensitive rear brake pedal that caused my undoing in the camp area. Coming off there I tweaked my already injured shoulder pretty good as well as dislocating a finger, the important one too if you want to flip the bird.
After lunch there were 3 separate loops, a grade 2, a grade 3 (yeh right) and a grade 4, I decided at the last second to go with the grade 3 group instead of the grade 2. It wasn’t long into it that a few people started to struggle, myself included although mine was more to do with physical fitness than anything else. As I said in the memorable moment, I was doing some huffing and puffing. Not having done a lot of riding lately the constant up and down hills had me hanging on for grim death and using far too much energy but still having a ball. Eventually though it got the better of me and when to opportunity came up to bail out early I took it. We were heading back to the road where the softies like me could find camp when I saw Mick roar past on the back wheel, not wanting to be out done I too roared off on the back wheel and when it came back down my fingers were cramped shut on my throttle hand and I couldn’t open them so I gues I got out at the right time.
Back at camp I slipped into something more comfortable and began the long arduous task of drinking around the camp fire. Bit by bit the different groups came back until Nickj came back and announced that one of the riders in the grade 3 group had come off and broken his leg. Ambulances had been called and it was well after dark before they all got back after the ambulance had taken Mike away. Get well soon Mike.
After tea the prizes were awarded (Thanks to Mud’n’Tar for the front tyre, not sure when I will get to use it, with the shoulder op next month it will likely not be this year) followed by the auctions. Special thanks to Bollocks the official OBT auctioneer and also to Boulder who paid top dollar for a Whipps stand then domated it straight back to be re-auctioned. Also to Fish who seemed to be bidding for everything then got the fine system rolling to raise yet more money.
Sadly for me I am a big girl and was tucked away in bed early but judging from the stories the next morning there were a few shenanigans that went on that night, and a few sore heads the next morning.
My shoulder was really sore by now with limited movement so I decided to call it quits as far as riding goes. I offered Eagle the chance to ride back to Capertee with the group while I drove his car but he decided to give it a miss so we packed up and headed off around 11.00am while the keen riders were out in the forests having a good time. Not long after leaving we came across some rain and so thought we had made a very wise choice to bail out when we did, I hope the boys didn’t get too cold and wet today.
I have some video to post once it is sorted and I can get bloody utube working :angry: , not many pictures of riding from me though, too busy having a good time.A quick picture puzzle before I go though. Can you guess who this fashion victim might be?
All my gear is in the trailer except for the food and the trailer has been droppped at the Eagles nest. We loaded Eag’s new Gogo mobile into the trailer as well. Was offered a go but stupid me went there wearing thongs so it will have to wait. He had his first go on it this arvo as well, down the the servo to fuel her up
, it was a big change for him from the ol’ KLX250. No doubt there will be a bit of shed time at TB’s tomorrow.
We are looking to leave by 8.00am tomorrow morning and heading straight to Sutto’s I think to pick up a few of the prizes and do some shopping. then off for a pub lunch and afternoon shenanigans. :woohoo:Just home from work and time to get cracking with the packing
Bring It On !!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:Boony wrote:Gday losty.. Hope to see you on a ride soon mate, watch out for Aaron,Bollocks and snowy,,oh and that Buzz character.. mate there weird that lot, And Pep ,how could I forget Pep,,Boony
How can you forget Pep when your talking about weird
G’day LOB, welcome to the site. We have quite a good crew from your way and getting bigger al the time, all top blokes too regaqrdless of what you may read to the contrary
chris72a wrote:we sure have some characters and some down right good people here.Cheers
Chris.Thanks Chris
:whistle:G’day Crash, Happy birthday mate. Guess you will have to hand the crown over soon
