Wires - not for the faint-hearted... [Archive]

cheese

9th August 2009, 21:36

So I went to wires for the fist time today. My god what a wicked place. On the downside, I'm feeling fucking knackered now. We even did the wires track in reverse! that was hardout! took us an hour to get 3 bikes up the rock garden. I had the tyre on my CR smoking!

jt119

9th August 2009, 21:42

So I went to wires for the fist time today. My god what a wicked place. On the downside, I'm feeling fucking knackered now. We even did the wires track in reverse! that was hardout! took us an hour to get 3 bikes up the rock garden. I had the tyre on my CR smoking!got a bit of you doing it on vid its a good place a

xen

9th August 2009, 21:44

Haha thats not a downside! Yea was a fukin mint ride, doing it in reverse was way harder, harder than gutbuster! Glad we got out in 1 piece after dark I really have to sort my headlight asapp lol

cheese

9th August 2009, 21:45

Yeah its cool, but you really need to get there really early. Not a fan of getting home at 830 at night.......

My god there is some almighty fuck off bog holes there too.

Nice to meet you Xen.

xen

9th August 2009, 21:46

Likewise Cheese :)

Post it up jt

Rupe

9th August 2009, 21:50

Haha thats not a downside! Yea was a fukin mint ride, doing it in reverse was way harder, harder than gutbuster! Glad we got out in 1 piece after dark I really have to sort my headlight asapp lol

yeah mint ride, looking forward to the next mission allready. Wasn't sure we were going to get up that rock hill bit.

xen

9th August 2009, 21:56

yeah mint ride, looking forward to the next mission allready. Wasn't sure we were going to get up that rock hill bit.

Good shit, pretty soon no doubt. Ye that hill was tough as but u got up a good way with no help

cheese

9th August 2009, 21:56

Yeah I couldn't see shit on the way out and crashed about 6 times. I was just so fucking knackered after pull bikes out of bog holes and up hills all day that I could hardly move my hands.

Lets not do wires backwards again. I've done it now. not keen again LOL!!

vazza

9th August 2009, 22:07

Seriously flag doing anything involving wires/gutbuster on a Sunday. Never again haha, only saturday!!!

Sounds like you had a blast cheese & co :D! Did rupe go to?

Rupe

9th August 2009, 22:11

Seriously flag doing anything involving wires/gutbuster on a Sunday. Never again haha, only saturday!!!

Sounds like you had a blast cheese & co :D! Did rupe go to?

yep was choice

vazza

9th August 2009, 22:16

Cool mate, im keen as for another gutbuster mission sometime, will have to hookup with you @ cheese as well =D! will be sweet!

You guys get any photos =)?

Reckless

9th August 2009, 22:29

There's nothin like it aye cheese but I didn't know you guys where goin?? I ended up at the sandpit! Buggers!!!

xen

9th August 2009, 22:54

some jt hcam action (u shoulda got it in reverse ya pansey ;P)

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jt119

9th August 2009, 23:05

have a look at the end of the river1 when yous were off doing it. youtube.com/watch?v=q5VKuWcWuNs

tommorth

10th August 2009, 18:45

bloody hell that hill at the end off the rock garden would have been a mish in reverse

jt119

10th August 2009, 18:54

bloody hell that hill at the end off the rock garden would have been a mish in reverselol rich went up it in one go would of liked to of got that on vid

Rupe

10th August 2009, 19:22

couldn't resist putting this little clip of cheese trying to get up the rock garden bit (I think it is). It was very slick, a lot steeper than it look, and he was on a Honda.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJIbIi5ScIc

Don't know how to get it on screen like Xen did, doh

xen

10th August 2009, 19:32

lol rich went up it in one go would of liked to of got that on vid

haha no way I'm not that good, na it was the log bit I got up. Ye Rupes vid was the killer hill which took awhile to get up with the tow rope.

Nice drown jt so did you hydro lock it? Good practice for when we go right down the river ;)

jt119

10th August 2009, 19:36

haha no way I'm not that good, na it was the log bit I got up. Ye Rupes vid was the killer hill which took awhile to get up with the tow rope.

Nice drown jt so did you hydro lock it? Good practice for when we go right down the river ;)ya had to push it all the way back pull the plug drain the carb so nun of yous new lol

xen

10th August 2009, 19:51

ya had to push it all the way back pull the plug drain the carb so nun of yous new lol

lol nice try

Rupe - just copy the Embed link from youtube and paste all that into a message

jt119

10th August 2009, 20:00

lol nice try

Rupe - just copy the Embed link from youtube and paste all that into a message

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flyingcr250

10th August 2009, 20:11

jt119

10th August 2009, 20:38

ha ha ha ha loser:stupid:

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cheese

10th August 2009, 21:46

Thanks Rupe, pity you haven't posted the bit where went well up there!! LOL

BTW alot of that smoke is off my tyre!

Its a funny place wires, there was places one of us would get stuck and the rest would blast through.

Need to make a sign up for Rupes 180 corner aye! LOL

A&R

10th August 2009, 22:06

Ok next time anyone goes to the wires give me a call. Haven't done it yet and keen as now.

Reckless

10th August 2009, 22:16

Ok next time anyone goes to the wires give me a call. Haven't done it yet and keen as now.

Must be an exclusive club they didn't call me!! LOL!!!:stupid:

cheese

10th August 2009, 22:20

Wasn't like that Rick. We all love you in a completely non gay way.

Reckless

11th August 2009, 11:05

Wasn't like that Rick. We all love you in a completely non gay way.

Haha Kness still a bit knackered anyway mate just giving you stick, in a completly no gay way of coarse!!! :crybaby:

Great track aye mate can't wait to do the gutbuster!! Hard on the bike though ain't it!

xen

11th August 2009, 11:08

Well Reckless I did let you know, the day changed but thought you were going to the sandpit??

Reckless

11th August 2009, 11:12

Well Reckless I did let you know, the day changed but thought you were going to the sandpit??

Yes you did too!! :Oops: I stand corrected but I still would have given you all a bit of stick anyway!!!!

Went to the sandpit though was a good ride! Cracked a chat with Ktm boy after as well!

camchain

11th August 2009, 15:44

All you toughened up Coro adventurers are causing a problem with my self esteem. I may need some counselling.

xen

11th August 2009, 16:07

All you toughened up Coro adventurers are causing a problem with my self esteem. I may need some counselling.

Hahaha, how many positions up from me did you get in the 2man lol? You'd be sweet doing wires man

Oscar

11th August 2009, 16:19

There was an Enduro through there about 20 years ago.
Really short, but 'kin hard.

tommorth

11th August 2009, 20:16

vazza

11th August 2009, 20:17

All you toughened up Coro adventurers are causing a problem with my self esteem. I may need some counselling.

You'll have to come to the next one mate, you'll have a blast :D!

Hey are you doing the deadtoad? Will be good prac for the 2man :P

cheese

11th August 2009, 20:40

well we should sort out a group ride sometime soon so Rick doesn't get the grumps.... LOL just kidding Rick.

tommorth

11th August 2009, 21:07

agreed one thats not a race so I can putt around

B0000M

11th August 2009, 21:31

id like to come along, the more notice the better!

Reckless

11th August 2009, 21:39

well we should sort out a group ride sometime soon so Rick doesn't get the grumps.... LOL just kidding Rick.

HAha! I'm just a grumpy old bugger at the best of times LOL!!!!

id like to come along, the more notice the better!

You'd love it mate! It was bucketing down when we went and it was great fun!
Well worth a trip for you I reckon!

camchain

12th August 2009, 11:41

I reckon thread title says it all. Faint hearted will baulk at big bogs, deep rivers, steep slippery rocky climbs & tow ropes, getting back to car absolutely exhausted etc (In the dark FFS?). Excellent stuff. All you guys are raising the bar by taking this on, well done.
(cheers Xen, Vazza, theoretically really like the idea of it, but money & motivation lacking, so might be out of toad as well. Still paying off last years tax! I'm going for 1st place in grumpy bastard championship)

roy.nz

5th September 2009, 18:41

Wire sounds pretty fun just one question?? where is it????

xen

5th September 2009, 18:53

coromandel, off maratoto rd

EXCDirt

26th November 2009, 20:00

Is anyone planning on doing the wires track over summer?
Really keen to do it (well...try)
I'm sure I can find my way to it but the trail is another challenge.
Any takers?

I'll post here and then maybe make another thread with a poll and date maybe?

Just itching to ride. Thinking if I should go and night trail ride around the local bushes in the dark, by myself at 9pm.....
Or riverhead?
Woodhill? muriwai? anywhere?
I'm picking if you are there in the dark and keep yourself safe and "responsible" you could do lots in summer when it's not too cold.

Pm me if you have any ideas of unusual riding places..... I'm down for anything.

vazza

26th November 2009, 20:11

Wanna ride tomorrow mate?

I'll be out at the sandpit for the day, gotta train for the 3day enduro

But im keen as for another wires/gutbuster mission. Great fun :D

K6K

26th November 2009, 20:15

I was thinking about doing the wires/gutbuster next week. Not much on silverbullet so it could be a good weekend for it.

jt119

26th November 2009, 20:21

I was thinking about doing the wires/gutbuster next week. Not much on silverbullet so it could be a good weekend for it.did it with rich acpl of weeks ago and man the wires is fucked

flyingcr250

26th November 2009, 20:24

did it with rich acpl of weeks ago and man the wires is fucked

how about taking a pickaxe and a shovel up there next time and fill in some of those canyons ya lazy fuckers ha ha ha :oi-grr:

tommorth

26th November 2009, 20:40

bloody hell you lot have made a mess of those trails

would have thought it would be pretty dry in there at the mo

cave weta

26th November 2009, 21:36

Is anyone planning on doing the wires track over summer?
Really keen to do it (well...try)
I'm sure I can find my way to it but the trail is another challenge.
Any takers?

I'll post here and then maybe make another thread with a poll and date maybe?

Just itching to ride. Thinking if I should go and night trail ride around the local bushes in the dark, by myself at 9pm.....
Or riverhead?
Woodhill? muriwai? anywhere?
I'm picking if you are there in the dark and keep yourself safe and "responsible" you could do lots in summer when it's not too cold.

Pm me if you have any ideas of unusual riding places..... I'm down for anything.

FFS dont go up there alone, PM me when you want to go- Ill follow you and pick up the bits. In fact Ive got a couple of Aussies coming over first or second week of December- they could do with a good workout- I will post up a thread and we can make a day of it!

xen

26th November 2009, 21:48

FFS dont go up there alone, PM me when you want to go- Ill follow you and pick up the bits. In fact Ive got a couple of Aussies coming over first or second week of December- they could do with a good workout- I will post up a thread and we can make a day of it!

Haha sounds good, yea its much harder now then in winter cause a lot of the ruts are pretty deep.

jt119

26th November 2009, 21:49

how about taking a pickaxe and a shovel up there next time and fill in some of those canyons ya lazy fuckers ha ha ha :oi-grr:some of it needs it you ever going to come do it

tommorth

27th November 2009, 18:37

needs a bulldozer from the looks of things pity coz it was a decent trail at the start of winter those big ruts will just get worse with the water running down them

xen

27th November 2009, 18:58

ye bulldoze that bitch.. must of had a lot of bikers through it
think a bulldozer could get to a lot of it but just not down the log bank or up the steep as rocky part goin round other way
Its still a mint trail, maybe even better cause it takes much longer now haha

cheese

27th November 2009, 19:02

Who is going to pay for a bulldozer!

xen

27th November 2009, 19:16

ol Blacksmith was offering before

richyrich

27th November 2009, 20:08

where is that track for the benefits for our far south riders and me

B0000M

27th November 2009, 20:13

Who is going to pay for a bulldozer!

everyone who'se been riding there should

cheese

27th November 2009, 20:15

ol Blacksmith was offering before

Oh true!

Oh blacksmith, so how much money do you think it would cost? Lets start fund raising! LOL

flyingcr250

27th November 2009, 20:17

everyone who'se been riding there should

agreed, what happened to the labour day fix up??

jt119

27th November 2009, 20:29

agreed, what happened to the labour day fix up??that would be the one you said youd help out with lol id say ther wil be a nuther one what happens to the 5$ we pay each time we go

barty5

27th November 2009, 20:55

that would be the one you said youd help out with lol id say ther wil be a nuther one what happens to the 5$ we pay each time we go

that goes towards some bums dole money lol or some local that knows how to pick the lock

xen

27th November 2009, 21:05

that goes towards some bums dole money lol or some local that knows how to pick the lock

lol ye have seen it pretty full
what about volunteers getting paid to do DOC's job for them :yes:

EXCDirt

27th November 2009, 21:13

$5.
That'll keep the bros happy.
Do you get your car broken into for that?
Hell.... 5 bucks to go get stuck in the mud! Hell yeah!

Cmon, when is everyone wanna go ride or dig/ride?
Maybe we make a biggish double jump to stop some 4wds?

Next weekend, sunday the 6th maybe?
Not much on Silver bullet and nothing else that looks better than getting Muddy.

jt119

27th November 2009, 21:16

$5.
That'll keep the bros happy.
Do you get your car broken into for that?
Hell.... 5 bucks to go get stuck in the mud! Hell yeah!

Cmon, when is everyone wanna go ride or dig/ride?
Maybe we make a biggish double jump to stop some 4wds?

Next weekend, sunday the 6th maybe?
Not much on Silver bullet and nothing else that looks better than getting Muddy.cars are safe down ther and the tracks not that bad last weekends wmcc ride was harder

EXCDirt

27th November 2009, 21:51

Oh, ok.
That WMCC trail was awesome! Real slippery but a good challenge.

Next sunday?

xen

27th November 2009, 22:08

where is that track for the benefits for our far south riders and me

O yea look above abit mate I said -

coromandel, off maratoto rd

cars are safe down ther and the tracks not that bad last weekends wmcc ride was harder

wires is harder than that wmcc man, we were goin faster there

Next sun shd be good

heres som from the other week cheers to jt

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vazza

27th November 2009, 22:24

man i gotta get back there!! so much fun :D

fergie

28th November 2009, 07:14

bloody awesome vid! the camera doesn't show the steepness.but from memory it is?

tommorth

28th November 2009, 08:32

steep slippery and fun kinda like the riverhead ride but not so much tree roots , the rock garden in there is mean
its the 4wds that make those massive mud holes

vazza

28th November 2009, 13:42

There was a really bad injury at the riverhead race, julie greenslade and 2 other guys got lost, they went on a BMX track with insane drop offs, a guy with a 525EXC screwed himself over real bad.

Boosted

28th November 2009, 19:32

Never ridden there but i'll be keen to help out :)

Looks quite cool will have to have a ride there

cave weta

28th November 2009, 22:36

that goes towards some bums dole money lol or some local that knows how to pick the lock

Actually - There are four riders who live right at the end- the money goes to them. One has a 12 tonne Hitachi and he goes in and spends about a week in there. Last spring they did mega work on that section just before ABC rock.
sand bags, cement, retaining wall. Lots of filling and blading. the digger owner is a 4WDer. he freely admits its them who fuck it!- they are not happy unless they are winching each other up the greasy bits.:blank:

They do put a lot in to it- and thay are bloody good to ride with.:first:

cave weta

28th November 2009, 22:52

[QUOTE=xen;1129539500]O yea look above abit mate I said -

coromandel, off maratoto rd

wires is harder than that wmcc man, we were goin faster there

Next sun shd be good

heres som from the other week cheers to jt

Ha ha ha!- I watched it and was enjoying my little vitrtual ride- then you got to the bottom of the Rock Garden and endoed down into the creek off that log at the bottom! - we didnt get to see you going up the rocks. did you turn around and go home?:clap::Pokey:

jt119

28th November 2009, 22:59

[QUOTE=xen;1129539500]O yea look above abit mate I said -

coromandel, off maratoto rd

wires is harder than that wmcc man, we were goin faster there

Next sun shd be good

heres som from the other week cheers to jt

Ha ha ha!- I watched it and was enjoying my little vitrtual ride- then you got to the bottom of the Rock Garden and endoed down into the creek off that log at the end! - we didnt get to see you going up the rocks. did you turn around and go home?:clap::Pokey:

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tommorth

29th November 2009, 09:16

haha that was classic pity my bike decided to have a rest at theat point

EXCDirt

29th November 2009, 21:17

Next sunday?... 6th of december.
I'm down for some mud chucking.
That rocky bit looks hard.