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Just arrived home this arvo after a few days catching up with mates “west of the range” following our epic Nundle adventure, great ride reports & piccies folks.
Huge thanks to the Tamworth crew for the organizing and the local trail knowledge:) The effort you put in made everyone’s weekend so enjoyable. Gotta be the best fun you can have with your pants on I reckon.
As with all the obt “away rides” I’ve been on, the company was what made the weekend really special for me. Great crew to ride with:)
Again thanks to Boony, Boll & crew, and by the way Vman, if I was riding a bike as modern as yours, I wouldn’t be following some old hippie on a smokey old stocker trailbike for long enough to get all fumed up.And I’d remember to go to the dunny at lunchtime instead of five minutes down the track!! Get over it!
Cheers, Moose.

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Hold on you blokes. I wish you fella’s typed at the same speed you rode so I could keep up.:laugh: My “big magic talky-talky
box operator / social secretary/ mechanic/ bitch is on holidays you know!
A ride in the Gingers Crk area! You bloody beauty, bring it on:cheer:
P.S Just kidding Mick, you’re not really a bitch.

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How good is life in Wauchope! :cheer: Firstly thanks to Bull,Kezza&family for their hospitality on the long weekend,as well as puddles& Kell for making things happen.
Then after sherbets & XR mechanicing in Micks shed Friday arvo a shakedown ride for the new 650 was hatched.The torrents of abuse Mick & T.B can hurl at each other while working on the same bike had everybody in stitches!
Loved the reports & piccies boys, couldn’t believe Mick getting straight up to speed as soon as we hit the dirt. Thanks T.B for the ride on the firebreather. A fine machine thats well set up. Lol at you yahooing on old Burple.
Thanks for the company and adventure fella’s.Can’t wait for the Syd/Bris ride now.

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Became concerned when Mick turned up at Bulls place with flouro pink tiedowns on bike, but a xr with radiators? They’re not even proper dirt bikes. Not like Ol’ burple anyway.Now there is a fine machine…….

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Grouse weekend fellas.Mick`s scenic ride on friday was good fun.You`ve gotta love the switchback corners thru Tom`s creek,especially on a xr6.
Seedy as a self sown watermelon sat.am but Rider x soon sweated that out of us.The arvo ride was one of those magic times when the whole group flowed along, and everybody got to have a bit of a go.:cheer: Great fun. Post ride b.s session at farmstay was catered for in fine style and capped off a great day.
Good on you Rider X. You`re a class act,everyone loved it regardless of experience level or skill.
The trails on Sun.am ride were awesome.Ray and crew would have lol at how stuffed some of us were.I pulled out early to watch the AORC,before I became a liability to the group,or had to push”Old Burple” up a hill. Thank`s Ray, great mornings ride.:cheer:
Big thanks to Mick,Rider X,Ray, Trip, Toes, The Rotty, and anyone I may have missed.
Great to ride with you all.:laugh:

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Keep in mind that I should be available to drive the backup /lunch bitch vehicle.Keep in touch.

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Ya reckon Gili can chuck a bitch fit………….Stand by and watch this!!!

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What a weekend.Despite myself being unorganised and completely computer incopetent, Mick, despite his over enthuisiastic wheely style, he managed to get me to the much anticipated Old bulls christmas party.
Huge black clouds followed us all the way from Wauchope yet through the mist we found the campsite and enjoyed meeting new and old faces round the fire(Thanks to Chicken for the firewood)Stuff night riding, a beer and a chat was more suitable in those conditions.
Saturday morning after some slippery trails a regroup saw that some old bulls had strayed. As a farmer I knew this was a problem however this was soon rectified. Some luscious loamy trails followed with an awesome variety of trails and riding styles. Highlights include Eagle on the mighty KLX, what an intro to trail riding. Champo’s speed and enthusiam in getting to the next photo location, as well as his rock moving ability. After an awesome long rocky downhill section where Fossil’s CRF did a great impersonation of a 1970’s 2 smoker on Super TT,a lunch break saw us regroup for some more fun.
The afternoon ride was a real single trail dream, made even more interesting by weather that even saw hailstones during a trailside crash repair.Some rutted gullies and steeper sections suddenly became very interesting. :blush:
Waiting at the bottom of Boulder hill was an amazing exhibition of rider technique,tyre selection and rider ability.Unfortunately, my ability came up somewhere short of Rider X,and some soil sampling and impersonations of a heart attack victim whilst trying to start “old burple” followed.However, my efforts gave everybody some comic relief,and thanks to Battye’s Bikes,my pathetic effort earnt me a set of new riding gear.Loved the video Ollie.
I don’t know how to describe the fun that was had on Saturday night,but thanks to Mac and Scooter for organizing the spit etc. and to the supporting busineses for the multitude of prizes and awards.
Sunday Ollie showed us some different trails, again with great variety of terrain and riding conditions.
Thanks to all concerned,T.B and Ollie for leading the rides,and everybody for making me feel so welcome.I enjoyed meeting all those I didn’t already know.
Special thanks to Battye’s bikes for the grouse new gear.

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