Mr Motorcycles Trail Ride, Sunday 30 March, Waeranga

[scott411]

jsut talked to Craig who has marked it today, 32km loop, bit of forestry stuff on freshly bull dozed tracks,

his words, "i think this is the best loop i have ever marked" big call i know but he thinks it is,

Sign on 8.30 to 9.30 Briefing 10am, ride starts soon after,

signposted from Smeeds Quarry SH2 just south of Maramarua,

And from the Te Kauwhata Turn off on SH1,

MR motorcycles range of demo bikes thier for those interested in new Suzuki and KAwasaki's bikes,

[cheese]

Sunday is the 30th.

Is there Cellphone coverage there?

[scott411]

cell phone coverage is very patchy out their

[chop]

is that craig brown former ama ardmore champion?

[White trash]

Can I borrow a bike for the day Scott?

(I know, I'm a cheeky bastard)

[scott411]

is that craig brown former ama ardmore champion?

the one and only,

actually multi time former ama ardmore champion,

[chop]

Multi time?!!!! Awesome!

[Reckless]

Great ride today Scott. One of the best Mr Moto trails you've set. Especially those two long up hills through the forest. Some good river crossings aswell. I like that trail much better than those big open country fast farm tracks. Bit of skill required on this one. I really enjoyed it or maybe it was the move to the Exc that made it better.

[krad_nz]

Well I did this trail today. It was my second ride ever, after wood hill.

Found it real tuff in places. Didn't help that my front brake died about 2/3s through! So I was probably the guy you went passed who seemed to be stuck in first gear. :P After a fall and with a bit of help we fixed it up again.

Managed to drop the bike numerous times, but I got back in the end. Well.... with the help of two others A couple of times I was completely exhausted, had to sit down for 5-10mins. Why you ask? well try dropping your bike about 10 x more often than any one else + not eating enough that morning.
I was f**ked.

That initial up hill was the first time I've ever been up an actual hill! With a few pointers after a half assed attempt I managed to get up there. Weight forward etc etc etc.

So I came away from the ride sore, grazed and well and truly tired. Proud that I did it though, but feel guilty that I slowed my two more experienced mates down. Couldn't have done it without them though.

Put my helmet to the test, and glad I had some body armour on, I needed it. Started to get into the swing of things about 1/3 in, but after my brake failing and having a scary off down a steep hill I lost a bit of confidence.

Was that a 'hard' trail?

Really enjoyed it when I realised I was nearly back to the car park :P

Some amazing scenery on some of the peaks huh!

[clmintie]

Wow that was a fun ride..... Did anyone notice the dust, or was it just me????

A few pics....

The photos of the dusty uphill thru the forest don't do justice to the grade. A really good test of skill (one day I'll get some)

Grace did two laps of the main track and countless laps of the kids loop, got home and has totally cleaned and serviced her CRF100 and is now comatose in bed. I bet I know what she's dreaming of... KX85 big wheel... and soon.......

Thanks guys for a great day out, and Grace gives the kid's loop the big thumbs up, best yet...

[clmintie]

A few more................ I didn't take many, too much riding.....

[oldguy]

Awesome ride guys, the young fella enjoyed himself, he had some fun getting to grips with his KX65, stalling in some of the tight turns, didn't do to bad, was flying along on those long uphill forestry section, I lead the first time round, was glad as there were some very tight turns that if you missed them you could have gone over the bank and along way down. spent a bit of time waiting at the tops of hills and clearings, or having to walk back down the hill to check if he was OK.
Thanks to the guys that help him out when he got stuck, on the way back he ran out of gas, about 200 mtrs from the car park so I carried on grabbed some gas and shot back.
The second time around I had a big off, the first bit of the down hill forest section where all the marked stumps are, just going to fast, glad I didn't hit any of them stumps, I hit the ground real hard though, got sore ribs now.
Apart from the the bottle neck in the early part of the forest up hill section, the ride was a lot quicker and more enjoyable, and the little fella didn't run out of gas.

Cheers John

[oldguy]

few more pics.

[oldguy]

didn't take the camera the second time round, missed some good Photo opportunities.

[scott411]

thanks for the nice comments guys

484 riders, and i noticed the dust a alot, really cool loop, would agree that ride was on the difficult side in places, espcailly later on when the day when the hills got cut up,

track was really cool, bit of everything, and not to many flat sections, awesome bush sections and the farmland around thier is always awesome for riding, would love to ride that loop when their is come moisture in the ground,