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Hi Mate,

If you have settled out on mid capacity 4 stroke there is a lot of hype around the Husky 310 at the moment and the prices are very hard to beat. Plus if you by one this year you will get a red one. After that the turn a shade of orange

STM

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micknmeld wrote:

Nice one STM, love reading your yarns! How’d you pull up afterwards?

It even hurts to blink today :laugh:

STM

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At the next intersection Lee had removed his helmet and gotten off his bike. Unfortunately that was all before I had arrived. By the time I got there he was ready to go so I pointed him in the direction of the next trail and took off right on him committed to hanging on. He was on the pegs pulling theses massive feet up power slides on every corner. Keep in mind the bike he was riding and it really brought home to me just how far this sport can be taken.
We entered a section where the singles have many intersections so I took the lead and did my best. I was pushing so hard that I over cooked the entry to a secret single and had to do a u-turn. Lee too had overrun but he responded by pulling a stoppie that turned into a manual back wheel stall which he pivoted 180 degrees and took off up the trail. By now I was in for the ride and happy to see as much of the show as I could, and quietly I was stoked that a bloke like this could even end up on a one on one trail ride with me.

TBC

STM

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KatGirl wrote:

Loved reading your post STM…. Made me giggle ….. Having a legend on a ride would have me quivering in my boots….. But how good is it to have the opportunity to learn from them….

Kat

It would be good Kat, if you could actually see them :laugh:

STM

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At the first intersection I did not hear the blip of the small bore 2 banger so I looked back and waited a few seconds until Lee arrived. I foolishly thought, for one second, that I could have his measure. Clearly he must have forgotten to buckle his boots or put his goggles on because all I could hear for the next 20 minutes was a 125 2 stoke buzzing my back tyre. I soldiered on as my hands pumped up all the way to my elbows and if not for that well placed Orb spider I may not even be here to tell the tale. I was on the pegs leaning heavily into a blind corner doing everything I could to get some breathing space when my eyes auto focused on a web that contained a huge spider that was destined to set up its new home in my helmet! I hit heaps of Orbs out there on my own but this was a bull’s-eye. Right under the goggles and into my chin piece. This may sound horrific to some but it was a godsend to me. I hade an excuse to stop and even ripping off my helmet and doing a spider dance could not distract me from the fact that by now, my arm pump had made it all the way to my shoulders!!
Lee did not even remove his goggles while I slowly removed the web. I was ready to strip down to my undies and jump in an ice bath and he didn’t even need to lift his goggles!
It was our first chance to chat and he was amped to be in the bush and was frothing to keep going. I took off again and cut out an entire single just to try and take a breather on a fire trail. Entering the next single I had my breath back and gave it everything I had. It was clearly about 30% of what Lee had and at the next intersection I waved him on. I was keen to check him out and maybe learn a thing or two but I could not see through the hailstorm of roost. How a little 2 stroke can pick up rocks two feet deep in the earth and hurl them at me is beyond me, but never the less I disappeared under roost and he was gone!!

TBC

STM

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Epic ride report Kat and props to all those who braved the weather to make such a great day out.
Brilliant photos and such great narrative that lifts the bar for OBT ride reports.

Nice one girls!!!

STM

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Hey Nato,
Not sure about any effect on the engine but I would be inclined to change the rear as you have plenty of room to go up from a 48. Going to a 12 on the front is too tight a wrap and will wear your chains more quickly.

STM

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Nickj, Spud, ChrisT and STM entered as team “Podium Proof”. Our chances of getting on the winners box are very slim :laugh:

STM

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That is the weekend before the Transmoto 12hr event so I won’t be able to make it unfortunately. The ride report will make for good reading on the way to Bateman’s Bay though.

STM

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Ollie wrote:

Nice report Kat,well done for all the Girls and support to get out there and having a crack

I found this bike for sale on Dbw previously ridden by a chick and a great price if any of the girls are interested. (real men dont ride 250 four strokes do they? ) :laugh:

http://www.dirtbikeworld.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1557643#post1557643

Ollie

Hi oldgirl,
I had the 05 version of that bike and it was very reliable and cheap to run. I sold it 4 years after I bought it for almost the same money so this one looks like a very good deal! Mine had a lot more that 5000 ks on it so there is plenty of life left in that one.

Ollie is right, real men don’t ride 250f. Real men sit at the bottom of the Widow Maker on their tricked out 2 strokes sobbing in fear :laugh:

STM

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Stuff them with newspaper mate and leave overnight then re-stuff.

STM

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Have a great day mate. See you in March!

STM

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Sold out in 2 days!

STM

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Murph the surf wrote:

Thats a great piccy of a chocalate barrel
Did you take it???
Just about to head down to Catho to see if I can get one like it, but in reverse.
Cheers
Murph

Not my shot mate. I would surf in that water but I wouldn’t swim in it

STM

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The flood waters only run out for so long until the ocean picks them up, and sends them back looking like this :woohoo:

STM

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