Thunder Sunday

[tommorth]

headn to thunder sunday first weekend for the summer.

got a couple off new riders and gonna hire a bike for them so will be hanging around the learners area a bit . will be nice to do some relaxed rideing for a change.might take a plank and some boxes to set up some obstcles to practice some basics on

if your headn down come say hi white transit van

[flyingcr250]

headn to thunder sunday first weekend for the summer.

got a couple off new riders and gonna hire a bike for them so will be hanging around the learners area a bit . will be nice to do some relaxed rideing for a change.might take a plank and some boxes to set up some obstcles to practice some basics on

if your headn down come say hi white transit van

ill be at kimmys on saturday and at thunder early on sunday, assuming i can shake this flu :doctor:

[Pierce]

I'm off to Fells for the winter series. track is always pretty cool only prob is the waiting around.

[cheese]

I'm keen for Thunder the following weekend.

[vazza]

At the sandpit from 9-5 on Saturday! Gonna be a lonely day out =P

[xen]

thunder yep yep

[noobi]

report on the track-to-bog ratio for us...

[laserracer]

Tokoroa mx track sunday

[IIIRII]

report on the track-to-bog ratio for us...


Usually its an "Avoid like the plague" if theres been ANY rain for weeks beforehand.
Depending on how much you like pushing your bike etc:

[roy.nz]

Anyone going to thunder on 13 Sep????

[cheese]

Anyone going to thunder on 13 Sep????

Keen, but will see how things are going!

[flyingcr250]

Usually its an "Avoid like the plague" if theres been ANY rain for weeks beforehand.
Depending on how much you like pushing your bike etc:

its not that bad when its wet:bleh: me and jt went there after it was raining and we had no problems. people are just afraid of mud i think lol:devil2:. with all this nice sunshine 90%of it should be quite dry.

[roy.nz]

Keen, but will see how things are going!

Sweet.... I'l be there with 2 quadders 3 bikes plus hiring another 2 bikes. Will be there in a white double cab rodeo.
See ya

[2_SL0]

headn to thunder sunday first weekend for the summer.

got a couple off new riders and gonna hire a bike for them so will be hanging around the learners area a bit . will be nice to do some relaxed rideing for a change.might take a plank and some boxes to set up some obstcles to practice some basics on

if your headn down come say hi white transit van

Hmmmm, Just stepped off the plane from Sydney, but could be keen.

[Reckless]

Maybe?? See how work on the house goes on Sat?? Be on my own so might do a quick afternoon out the sandpit not sure??

[2_SL0]

Count me out, something called Fathers day and Wedding Anv. :whistle:

[tommorth]

haha seeing as its fathers day I've managed to make the activitys my choice :2thumbsup

am hopeing theres a bit of mud to have a play in.

Pierce " I'm off to Fells for the winter series. track is always pretty cool only prob is the waiting around."
Had been thinking about going to fells but really want some low stress rideing where I can just cruze around and stop to look at the view.
let us know how it goes

[flyingcr250]

haha seeing as its fathers day I've managed to make the activitys my choice :2thumbsup

am hopeing theres a bit of mud to have a play in.

Pierce " I'm off to Fells for the winter series. track is always pretty cool only prob is the waiting around."
Had been thinking about going to fells but really want some low stress rideing where I can just cruze around and stop to look at the view.
let us know how it goes

kimmys was quite dusty today, even the sheltered areas were quite dry, so id say thunder will be the same:2thumbsup

[xen]

Cool day, its pretty dry out there already. Got stuck in teh bogs a couple of times haha, and didnt bin at all wowee

[jt119]

Cool day, its pretty dry out there already. Got stuck in teh bogs a couple of times haha, and didnt bin at all wowee

ya that short cut didnt realy work out lol sorry for the search party thing how was the male bonding from what wyn said it sounded fun

[flyingcr250]

ya that short cut didnt realy work out lol sorry for the search party thing how was the male bonding from what wyn said it sounded fun

yea was a mint day, couldnt believe how dusty parts of it were. the bogs were fun too. the whoops werent a problem for me anymore must be all that sandpit training lol, bit dodgey the cops were there when i got there though

[Reckless]

Not to bad aye! Dusty and very hard packed was not what I was expecting. Good to have a chat JT. My mates wife done her collar bone in up at the learners track where we were piting. Came off my daughters Crf150f. Bugger!!

Do you know why the cops where there mate??

[Sammikins]

Not to bad aye! Dusty and very hard packed was not what I was expecting. Good to have a chat JT. My mates wife done her collar bone in up at the learners track where we were piting. Came off my daughters Crf150f. Bugger!!

Do you know why the cops where there mate??

Not Gill was it??

[jt119]

thats a bummer about the collar bone hope it heals fast hes a nice guy your mate hope james does somthing with acpl of them rutted up spots up the top big thanks for giving me a hand down in that bog again

[Reckless]

big thanks for giving me a hand down in that bog again

That was my mate that helped as I watched LOL!!! I was just not feeling into it on the day! The bikes great but dunno whats wrong with me lately not enough agro!!! Maybe it was the look of that really hard rutted ground, it looked like it would really hurt, got too used to sand I suppose!

[leehoon]

At the sandpit from 9-5 on Saturday! Gonna be a lonely day out =P
Me and redrider will be there mate... Catch up with you then for some 2 man practise aye?

[vazza]

That was the saturday just gone lee! I'll be heading to the WMCC trail ride at woodhill on Sunday if you and daryl are keen! =D Will be a few of us, blackbird & flyingCR.

[barty5]

Me and redrider will be there mate... Catch up with you then for some 2 man practise aye?

ooh ill chase you down ill be there this saturday

[tommorth]

had a good day yesterday didn't do a huge amount of riding played around on the mx track good fun but is pretty narrow and can catch you out if not paying attention like jumping staight past the odd corner some good drops to buzz off though . All the sand rideing seems to have made me lazy with my gear changes.

The new riders had a great day and have decided we will be going back again soon which is cool Grace is getting the hang of her ds80 has no trouble starting it now and starting to change gear a bit which is awsome. was good to see a few of you there.



Not haveing a 4wd made being in the learners paddock a pain with all the ferrying gear and people up and down the hill , so I have decideed the next thing I will make is a small trailer for my bike , should also be good for stuff like the two man etc where the pits are a bit of a hike from van .

[Rupe]

Cool day, its pretty dry out there already. Got stuck in teh bogs a couple of times haha, and didnt bin at all wowee

Was there much mud to play in? Whats that bog like?

[xen]

The new riders had a great day and have decided we will be going back again soon which is cool Grace is getting the hang of her ds80 has no trouble starting it now and starting to change gear a bit which is awsome. was good to see a few of you there.

Nice one, yea they'll be ready for trail rides soon.. need to convince them to get bikes :)

[xen]

Was there much mud to play in? Whats that bog like?

Not enough man, they could of had it open weeks ago, it's really really dry. That bog at the end still gives jt trouble & then theres only 1 other on the A loop with the pallet bridge that is abit tricky

[Reckless]

Was there much mud to play in? Whats that bog like?

Pretty dry all round Rupe. The bogs pretty near unpassable (through the middle) you have to go up a bit and around. But the rest is pretty easy even the big hill with the massive rut up it.
Dry, rutted, corrugated and hard mate! could do with a bit of wetting down to be honest! But that could all change by next weekend LOL!!

[noobi]

Not enough man, they could of had it open weeks ago, it's really really dry. That bog at the end still gives jt trouble & then theres only 1 other on the A loop with the pallet bridge that is abit tricky

the pallet bog was easily rideable at the start of the day, but after a huge number of 450 mx hoons ( and jt ) had been through it, the ruts were getting a bit deep.... unless you were game to try ride the pallets which kinda involved bouncing your bike off a tree after having the rear end slide of a slippery piece of wood..

and the bog at the end was just how it was left before winter... i rode round it...

but it was really quite dry, lots of ruts that need cleaning up though...

took me a while to get used to the traction, had trouble keeping the front end down, funny for a 125 i know but sand is just open it up and point
:Oops:

[Reckless]

had a good day yesterday
Not haveing a 4wd made being in the learners paddock a pain with all the ferrying gear and people up and down the hill

Where you up top mate?? I should start putting up the KB flag again. We where up there Grey Mazda ute and the blue gazebo! 2xKtm 200's and a Crf150f Had we hooked up I would a gone down and towed your trailer up the hill!
ah well next time!

[xen]

Yea you were flyin around noobi

[Reckless]

Yea you were flyin around noobi

I musta missed all of ya except for Jt119. Its a bugger havin to be up the learners track?

[xen]

Yea I was up the top with Tommy some of the time, yea fly the flag man! I saw the gazebo but didn't know it was you

[IIIRII]

Pallet Bog,
I agree with the noobie
Ill go through ....here ....
Splat / Face plant into 300mm slushy wet stickey clay ....
Wheres my bike, its seems to have vanished...
Oh here it is / submerged ...
Nothing like an extra 20kgs of ballast for the rest of the loop.
Nothing else too major

[jt119]

Pallet Bog,
I agree with the noobie
Ill go through ....here ....
Splat / Face plant into 300mm slushy wet stickey clay ....
Wheres my bike, its seems to have vanished...
Oh here it is / submerged ...
Nothing like an extra 20kgs of ballast for the rest of the loop.
Nothing else too majorlol it just got better as the day went on that bog

[tommorth]

Where you up top mate?? I should start putting up the KB flag again. We where up there Grey Mazda ute and the blue gazebo! 2xKtm 200's and a Crf150f Had we hooked up I would a gone down and towed your trailer up the hill!
ah well next time!

we were hanging around the water trough saw the gazebo and ktms but didnt know who it was should have gone for a closer look yep fly that flag
what gearing are you runing you your 200s? mines 13/48 think that may be part of why its so touchy in the lower gears will have to have a play with the pv to.