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Trailboss wrote:
Quote:moto wrote:Quote:I’m not just a pretty face TB. If you get stung by a blue bottle in the Watagan’s on Thursday I’m your man
Cant wait till the first creek crossing on Thursday
Be afraid, be very afraid as TB certainly knows how to displace large amounts of water and mud.
AS TB said when he arrived at 10pm I had a bit of a skinfull as there had been blokes coming and going all evening and it didn’t help that when he arrived he had a carton of rum cans under his arm!! By 1.30am we were well and truly juiced up and with a 8.30 am start decided upon we hit the hay. What were we thinking????????
Up at 6am feeling like shit I dunked my head in the pool and had a feed and was feeling a little better than I deserved when we kitted up and headed out the gate at 8.20am.
It wasn’t long into the ride that I had my first “moment” over a contour mound and found myself with my feet higher than my helmet for a short while and that is when TB took the opportunity to pass me. On the next mound up the hill TB gassed the BRP and sent a semi load of rocks skyward that rained down on me like a meteor storm, I have never in my life been roost on like that!! That bike can certainly throw some big rocks!!
11km into the ride the front brake caliper on Trippers XR actually fell of and was flapping around by the hose so,luckily RiderX (McGyver) Had a bolt to fit and the other one we robbed from the triple clamp on the CAT XR and we were soon underway again.
It wasn’t long after that that TB confirmed my suspicions that he is in fact a bastard, while I was trying to negotiate a large bog hole in a such fashion as to stay dry, TB lined me up and hit it at full song and soaked me to the core, it is also at that moment I realised that he is the king of the shit eating grin!!!
Trippers big moment followed not long after with him heading bush in spectacular fashion, that is why we painted the bike Caterpillar yellow!!!
Tripper has only two speeds, Throttle on or throttle and rider both off!!!
Later in the ride RiderX lead for a while and I rode as sweep and it was during this time we came across a log across the trail that every one hit at speed and made it look easy so I did the same and my attempt went to shyte and I was thrown over the hangers,dusting up the family jewels in the process, that had me sucking some deep breaths for a while.
The night’s before shananigans were starting to take their toll on TB and me by 1pm and we decided we had had enough and we made our way back to my place so TB could pack up and make the 4hr drive home. All up we did 116km for the day.
Here are some pics from the dayMick Tripper and TB at Comboyne Rock
TB’s BRP on Bago
Mick and TB on the BRP’s
A short break while Tripper gathers his senses after his big off.
Fueling up at the 80KM mark
