Paeroa Trail Ride

[noobi]

Rotary Club of Paeroa Charity Trail Ride

Sunday, 08 Nov 2009
Top of Strange Road
Off the Paeroa-Thames road
Start Time: 10:00

Terrain: Everything ... rolling hill, stream, forest tracks, bush and open farm. A selection of courses make this day suitable for everyone


this is an awesome ride. well worth the trip. first of the farm charity rides I believe.

:rockon:

[flyingcr250]

Rotary Club of Paeroa Charity Trail Ride

Sunday, 08 Nov 2009
Top of Strange Road
Off the Paeroa-Thames road
Start Time: 10:00

Terrain: Everything ... rolling hill, stream, forest tracks, bush and open farm. A selection of courses make this day suitable for everyone


this is an awesome ride. well worth the trip. first of the farm charity rides I believe.

:rockon:

hmmmmmmm..... i think i might go.......maybe

[civil]

Charity Trail Ride


What is the Charity that is being supported?

[green machine]

What is the Charity that is being supported?

Look back to your posts from last year on this ride Civil................no need to go over it again!!

[cave weta]

What is the Charity that is being supported?

I think you should come this year!- just so we can all roost you when you ask stupid questions again!:bash:

[civil]

I think you should come this year!- just so we can all roost you when you ask stupid questions again!:bash:


So in your world knowledge = stupidity.

In my world I have found that ignorance creates stupidity. For example, take yourself :blink: for instance.

Which is why I prefer to be informed.

[cave weta]

So in your world knowledge = stupidity.

In my world I have found that ignorance creates stupidity. For example, take yourself :blink: for instance.

Which is why I prefer to be informed.

You are just getting deeper and deeper down the wrong track. stop now and ask someone if this is so important to you. for example- the organiser Mark Whyte 021 729 012 or the Rotary Club of Paeroa phone Rod 07 863 6460.

Then you can make an intelligent post on here and tell us why you have such a problem with what they are using the money for.

(that should be a laugh)

[fergie]

looking forward to sunday, was a great ride last year.bikes ready,gears ready,rider ready, bring it on!

[Pierce]

Definately worth checking out this ride. Came down from Auckland for the last one and it was probably the best trail i've done. Huge variation of landscape and terrain. Huge uphills and downhills but nothing too hard. Good fun day out.

Now i gotta find someone else keen to ride

[IIIRII]

Peirce, Noobie / Phil / Me / Speedy will be going.
Did it last year was a "definate do next yr" on our rides list, as are all those charity rides.
This one had 960 riders last yr I think from memory.
I believe the track has been changed ,but anticipate another good ride.

Ill see if I can talk Gary and co into going.

[Taz]

Do they have a mini track?

[noobi]

Do they have a mini track?

im not sure but this guy might.
Mark Whyte. mark@whyteline.co.nz 078628783 021729012

[Keithf]

with the new bike and training fresh under your belt you'll be smoking everyone

[QUOTE=IIIRII;1129495907]Peirce, Noobie / Phil / Me / Speedy will be going.
Did it last year was a "definate do next yr" on our rides list, as are all those charity rides.

[daddycool651]

DAMN ... im keen on this ride , myself and Greenmachine did it the last two years , was awesome ... but with a broken collarbone he's out ... suppose I could be neville-no friends and just do it by myself ( not as fun though ) ... I'll try rent a crowd ... lol

[green machine]

DAMN ... im keen on this ride , myself and Greenmachine did it the last two years , was awesome ... but with a broken collarbone he's out ... suppose I could be neville-no friends and just do it by myself ( not as fun though ) ... I'll try rent a crowd ... lol

Sorry Baye.....wish i could be there for ya.....but as much as a wish i don't think it's gonna happen:weep:

[jt119]

DAMN ... im keen on this ride , myself and Greenmachine did it the last two years , was awesome ... but with a broken collarbone he's out ... suppose I could be neville-no friends and just do it by myself ( not as fun though ) ... I'll try rent a crowd ... lol

take Greenmachines bike drop it back off dirty and out of gas then let him no how good it was and what he mist

[daddycool651]

take Greenmachines bike drop it back off dirty and out of gas then let him no how good it was and what he mist

I thought of that ,but it will be at Mr Motorcycles for a couple of weeks ... (hopefully ready for Mangatangi or Glen Murray ) ... I better start bribing him now with some "Casa especial" ...

[charles23]

What is the Charity that is being supported?

erh what a cock, probably the same charity as last year ah, dick

[camchain]

There's a 50/50 chance I'll be heading down to this one by myself tomorrow, so MIGHT have room for another if anyone needs a ride. Will find out if my mate is coming late this afternoon. I'm in Mt Eden.

[flyingcr250]

well in only managed 1 good lap, and a 1/2 lap with a flat front tyre.:bash: hopefully that video footage of me having a silly little off doesnt come out so good:innocent:

[jt119]

well in only managed 1 good lap, and a 1/2 lap with a flat front tyre.:bash: hopefully that video footage of me having a silly little off doesnt come out so good:innocent:na it came out clear i got the same but flat back good track thow

[flyingcr250]

na it came out clear i got the same but flat back good track thow

yea even the slippery parts were cool, the rooty, rocky, steep hill climbs were real good

[fergie]

great day! loved the long grassy uphill sections,they would have been hell in the wet,body is a bit sore today,i think i need a better bike!

[jt119]

well in only managed 1 good lap, and a 1/2 lap with a flat front tyre.:bash: hopefully that video footage of me having a silly little off doesnt come out so good:innocent:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5GT__JUDKac&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5GT__JUDKac&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

[green machine]

Haha nice work on the Hillclimb JT........guess 4 strokes are good for something aye

[jt119]

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[camchain]

some info for next year:

Well run, and apparently popular ride. Supposed to be around 500 riders yesterday.

Note: Get there early for good parking especially if front-drive car & trailer. Car park paddock was high up on ridge that got narrower and steeper towards the end. Saw two guys slip off over the side, needed tow. Fresh cowpies be slippery!

A lot of steep country and stream crossings, so maybe not the best ride for a beginner. One drain crossing on main loop was getting well trenched on the other side & plenty getting stuck (although there was a narrow wee track off to the side that many seemed not to spot).

I reckon this ride was up there for the most creek crossings I've ever seen on a farm ride. Nothing too garly though, the creek bottom rocks not too big, so easy enough to hold your line through. (I'm a blouse who doesn't like getting his wet feet, managed to avoid need for a wet dab)

Main 'red' loop was a nice long excursion off main track (In pine forest). Lots of steep stuff with tight switchbacks. Mostly medium to fast type trails. Some v slippery and long downhill sections needed respect, saw some decent tree dings and skid marks heading off into the scrub.

Clay with lots of rocks & tree roots together in the trickiest places. Was tempted to drop tire pressures but potential for flats. The last climb just kept going up and up, my ears popped each time. Pretty cool I thought.

PS, don't want to be a 'boy scout' here, but with all the farm rides coming up, keep in mind these wouldn't happen without the continued goodwill of landowners and folks who organise the events. A wave/thumbs up to marshalls etc lets them know you appreciate what they're doing. I saw a cocky and pulled over for a moment to thank him for letting us use his property. Parts of farm tracks would have required a fair bit of work with spade or bully to put back into useable shape. A few thousand knobly-shod horsepowers sure chews things up.

[cave weta]

Bwaaahaaahhhaahhaa!:bye: - I missed it for the first time in 5 years!

I rode the day before with a tour and had to spend the day working on business stuff to catch up- it sucks when you have to miss your fave.

I hope the rescue helicopter didnt get called this time? - and I hope Whytey's wife got the coffee cart? - she was working till the last minute to secure one!

great to read the write ups- CIVIL- did you make it in the end or where you stuck on the moral highground?

[civil]

No never made it as I was required as Steward at a club race meeting.

Do you know what 'charity' you were supporting ?

[green machine]

No never made it as I was required as Steward at a club race meeting.

Do you know what 'charity' you were supporting ?

I'm sure some people know......tho i think it would be safe to say that no one really cares.

[IIIRII]

with the new bike and training fresh under your belt you'll be smoking everyone


I think speedy got a fright when his yz250 didnt drag me off up the hills....
But not as much of a fright as I got when I got the new bike angry ....

The ride was quite a bit more challenging for me than it was last year but not so much that it was hard.
Really good ride.
Noobi's bike developed an effection towards wanting to be ridden like a mx bike ....for some reason lost its bottom end so had to be ridden like full noise everywhere....

Another good ride this coming weekend down the road by the red fox ...

[cave weta]

No never made it.
Do you know what 'charity' you were supporting ?

Same Charity as they have always supported- Spinal column repair research.:gob:

And your problem is?......

[noobi]

Noobi's bike developed an effection towards wanting to be ridden like a mx bike ....for some reason lost its bottom end so had to be ridden like full noise everywhere....


not just bottom end, all throttle response between just off idle and just before the limiter. it made slippery rooted out hills more than interesting trying to keep up with JT, CR, K6K, and Xen.

i like to think of it as a taste of a 1960s 125 mx'er

[oldskool]

not just bottom end, all throttle response between just off idle and just before the limiter. it made slippery rooted out hills more than interesting trying to keep up with JT, CR, K6K, and Xen.

i like to think of it as a taste of a 1960s 125 mx'er
haha now you had a taste of what I always felt on the little KX125

[noobi]

haha now you had a taste of what I always felt on the little KX125

nah, it was worse than that. any thing slightly above idle and it would bog and burble all the way up the rev range until it came on the main jet then it was all over the show.

the culprit being a blocked pilot jet, easy to fix. could have done it while the carb was still on the bike if i knew what i was doing.

[camchain]

Think I saw you in the carpark Noobi but wasn't sure as I thought you had blue riding gear? Mine was refusing to idle and blubbery off bottom, initially thought maybe due to altitude but I reckon blocked jet for me too. Couldn't be arsed sorting it, but was great fun getting the 2 strokes singing. Don't normally get off on the open stuff but enjoyed stretching the 200s legs.

[noobi]

Think I saw you in the carpark Noobi but wasn't sure as I thought you had blue riding gear? Mine was refusing to idle and blubbery off bottom, initially thought maybe due to altitude but I reckon blocked jet for me too. Couldn't be arsed sorting it, but was great fun getting the 2 strokes singing. Don't normally get off on the open stuff but enjoyed stretching the 200s legs.

i do have blue gear, and a crazy fox helmet. but there were a few gassers that looked the same as mine. including a whie sixdays one with full ohlins package..... :gob: drool

i did enjoy thrashing the bike up some of the hills, holding on for dear life.

anyway the carbs sorted now, all ready for mangatangi next weekend.

[xen]

Cool ride that, nice and long loop that had quite a bit of varied terrian. That real long uphill was sweet, had a proper go of JT's crf makes me rethink my stance on 4T's at least in the open stuff hahaha

[Keithf]

Your bike sounded like a frog in a blender when I went past you



not just bottom end, all throttle response between just off idle and just before the limiter. it made slippery rooted out hills more than interesting trying to keep up with JT, CR, K6K, and Xen.

i like to think of it as a taste of a 1960s 125 mx'er

[gasmonkey]

Yeah Noobs was pretty bummed about his ride on sunday.He'll learn from it and have a good go next sunday.