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Just spoke to TB again and he said it is the toughest 4 day he has seen, some bikes have already withdrawn.
At the completion of his last control Mal had lost 8 minutes. He is in good spirits but busted. Tb said he wont need rocking to sleep tonight.
It is also good to see that Mickp and White rocket are there helping with the marshalling.
Update.
Mal has stayed on time in the 3rd control. Mal and Medogrocket are now neck and neck on the same minute.
UPDATE.
Apparently there is a gnarley hill on the 2nd stage and 1/3 of the field have had grief on it. Mal has lost 28 minutes on this stage which is about the average time lost on this stage from all reports.
They have now entered into the pine forest section and TB is quoted as saying “It is dark enough in there to fart soot”
UPDATE:
I just spoke to TB and Mal is on time at the first control despite two minor front end drops, one of which, broke his Acerbis hand guard bracket, TB is busy replacing it now with a Barkbuster one in the work period.
More updates as they come.
Another Old Bull from Wauchope is riding in it too, keep an eye out for riderhery (Glenn) Number 232 on a KTM 300 in the veterans. He’ll go alright.
I towed a guy out of a pony express circuit one day using the footpeg method and he couldnt get it in his head to go wide to avoid the knobbies hitting the rope and eventually I ended up with the rope tangled around the brake disc and caliper so tight it needed cutting out. Also with the foot peg method when things go pear shaped you cannot bail if you are being towed.
Just so you know what you are in for weather wise.
Forecast for Wednesday
Rain areas, easing to isolated showers in the south during the morning. Isolated thunderstorms, chiefly afternoon. Moderate to fresh northwest winds, tending westerly in the afternoon.
Orange : Rain easing. Chance thunderstorm. Max: 18
Mudgee : Rain periods. Chance thunderstorm. Max: 22
Bathurst : Rain periods. Chance thunderstorm. Max: 21
Katoomba : Rain easing. Chance thunderstorm. Max: 21
Lithgow: Rain easing. Chance thunderstorm. Max: 19
Springwood:Rain easing. Chance thunderstorm. Max: 25Forecast for Thursday
Fine apart from the chance of isolated showers in the far southwest. Moderate to fresh west to southwest winds.
Orange : Mostly fine. Min: 12 Max: 20
Katoomba : Fine. Min: 14 Max: 21Forecast for Friday
Fine, apart from the chance of a late shower or two in the far west. South to southeast winds.
Orange : Mostly fine. Min: 8 Max: 19
Katoomba : Fine. Min: 10 Max: 20Forecast for Saturday
Isolated showers. Chance of late thunderstorms in the far west. North to northwest winds.
Orange : Shower or two. Min: 11 Max: 19
Katoomba : Chance shower. Min: 12 Max: 21Good luck with it Mal, it looks as though the right amount of prep is done, so go forth and conquer!! Most importantly, have fun while you do it. I will be thinking of you when I am at my desk at work.
chiefgili wrote:
Quote:That ride looks bloody awesome Murph. Drop me a line if you and tim are heading out this weekend, im hanging for a bit of a hardcore ride… need the practise!Holey smokes!! Look who has stuck their head in, Cheifgili, I though you must be dead or married or something, long time no hear!! Good to see you online and keen for a ride.
Yes sir, this Muck Off Miracle shine, is the best product on the market for shining up your bike. Sir, are you listening? You aren’t listening are you? You don’t even care do you? You are looking at my boobs aren’t you? Wipe your chin Mate, I ought to give you a spray of Miracle shine, fair in the eyeballs, you perve.
Good one Bruce!! It does look like they are actually burying the Kato.
Yep after having my own ditch incident, I can relate to that pic. Thank God the ditch I went into wasn’t as deep as that sucker. :S
The abrupt stop comes as a shock I tell you.
I wonder if Crash, re strained ol mate’s fence after putting the Fiddy through it?
Congratulations Crash for finishing and well done to TB for keeping the big girl running to the end.
Top story Busy, I was cracking up reading that!! :laugh:
If you had of seen me at midnight the night before, when the missus and I where getting thrown out of the pub,you’d be amazed that I could even ride a motorbike the next day.
Anyhow, I best explain my actions for the day. I got up early as usual and looked at a shed full of motorbikes and thought “what a cracker day for a ride”. The missus was still asleep so I thought I might just sneak out for a quick burn on the Harley. Doing my best to warm a Harley up in my back yard without waking my missus was a challenge. (I musta done OK as she didn’t get up me when i got back.)
The whole idea of riding the Harley about in the early hours was to check out all the “meeting spots” to see who was out riding today.. Freddy no friends I have become, I thought as I saw a few familiar vehicles parked about the place………Guys it isn’t my Harley..I haven’t joined the dark side!!!
Anyhow, after turning around at the Wauchope cemetery, I spotted busy223 sitting in his fully sik Hyundai talking on the phone at the local supermarket.
At this stage of my ride on the Harley I hadn’t seen anybody I knew, so I pulled in to show off the fact, that I was riding a 13 year old busted arse Harley with 89.900km on it. Actually I needed some smokes, as some bludging bastard had stolen mine at the pub the night before is the real reason I stopped there.As the song goes , “out of little things,big things grow” I had a quick yak to Busy and he said Ihat he was gunna go for a ride on his own and that got the juices flowing. I rode home and felt out the situation at home. The missus was in a good mood even though she was a bit dusty from the night before, so I mentioned maybe I could go for a quick ride with busy223 before lunch as we had to be in Port Macquarie for lunch at my sister in laws at 1.30 pm.
Then to my amazement she agreed and to top it off she said if you get home late just ride the Harley to Port after the ride!!
AWESOME!!!! A get outa gaol free card!!!
So I jammed a bowl of cornflakes into me and I was gone!
I stopped at the sevo to fill big red up and to my amazement the fuel fairy had been and all I could squeeze into her was 75c worth of premium. Dunno how that happened. :blink:
I met up with busy at the meeting spot and we were off to Comboyne rock and back. A 80 km ride that we had to do in 3 hours so I could be back for lunch at the SIL’s place in Port.
As it turned out I am stoked that I went as we had a ball and I managed to link up a few new trails to add to my loop. WE did Rowans hill and once again I had grief, got stuck in a rut and dropped the big girl on her side. Fuel was pouring out so I turned the fuel off and turned her down the hill for another bash. I got her started and headed back up and was doing it easy when she started coughing and farting as she ran out of fuel. I did the same as Crash did three weeks ago and forgot to turn the fuel on again. Some creative use of the kick started and decomp lever saw me away again and at the top off the hill. I was huffing and puffing like the timbertown train, a quick durrie and a yak to some 4x4ers and I was right again. A quick look around Comboyne rock via Elk horn Trail saw us heading back to Wauchope in a hurry as my day was catching up with me. A bit of a tumble on a trail saw me do a face plant and snap my peak on my helmet but no other damage.
I could tell by the position of the sun that my deadline was getting close so I main trailed it back to the Bago Road, a 10km run on the tar through the twisties was fun on the big girl.I was hooking in pretty well , knowing Busy and the 2T 300 would be miles behind. I got a hell of a shock when I looked over my shoulder to see Busy right there.
A quick stop at the Old Oxley Highway saw us part company and head different ways. I rode into the shed, ran inside, had a quick shower, kicked the Harley in the guts and was on my way to Port. Arriving just in time to see the hors douves being served!! What a cracker of a day, seeing as though I was at a loose end when I got out of bed.Thanks Busy I had a great morning,
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