Trail rides cancelled this season

[F5 Dave]

She's not looking good.

Sand country cancelled now this morning Tussock Buster which for 2nd time is a blow.

Only small sub 500 people rides for now. At least until another change reducing numbers.

Poos!

[Kickaha]

I'm registered for the Waiau ride on the 29th, decision being made today whether it goes ahead or not, I haven't done this one before so I hope It isn't

[jellywrestler]

I'm registered for the Waiau ride on the 29th, decision being made today whether it goes ahead or not, I haven't done this one before so It isn't

it won't be long before medical resources will be unavailable so get used to it....

[F5 Dave]

Actually good point Spyda, hadn't considered that. Had considered it would be a bad time to be injured.

[george formby]

Actually good point Spyda, hadn't considered that. Had considered it would be a bad time to be injured.

Indeed. There are some awful stories from Spain and Italy about accident victims being unable to receive treatment or operations.

Looks like WESS is stuffed, too. First 2 rounds, Portugal and Spain are canned. No doubt Erzberg will be, too.

This is shite. All my winter pleasure has been cancelled.

Can anyone recommend a good tyre for riding in wet clay?

[Kickaha]

Can anyone recommend a good tyre for riding in wet clay?

There isn't one

[george formby]

There isn't one

:laugh: As I suspected. Slicks on ice here we come.

[takitimu]

There isn't one

I reckon Starcross 5 Soft is decent for slippery stuff.

[george formby]

I reckon Starcross 5 Soft is decent for slippery stuff.

Do they clear in wet clay mixed with super glue? At low speeds in the trees.

[dangerous]

shit... after my 1st bash at fucking my self up at the last trail ride... I was looking fwd to another... note to self... no more enduro sections...

ps... i noted on comming out of the bush, kickaha and diesel had already left... big balls... pfffft what balls...

[Kickaha]

shit... after my 1st bash at fucking my self up at the last trail ride... I was looking fwd to another... note to self... no more enduro sections...

ps... i noted on comming out of the bush, kickaha and diesel had already left... big balls... pfffft what balls...

Two laps and one off was enough, couple of things I need to do to the IT200 to make it even better for the next one, that was just a test ride

Already raised and moved the bars forward, need another chain to put the bigger rear sprocket on as it's a little over geared

I'm actually more keen to try some of the Enduro sections on the IT200 than my RMX250

[takitimu]

Do they clear in wet clay mixed with super glue? At low speeds in the trees.

I don’t do much real slow anymore or slick to be fair, they did need a bit of speed to clear from memory, more 2nd vs 1st.

[SVboy]

shit... after my 1st bash at fucking my self up at the last trail ride... I was looking fwd to another... note to self... no more enduro sections...

ps... i noted on comming out of the bush, kickaha and diesel had already left... big balls... pfffft what balls...

You coped bloody well, better than me after my wrong turn.... gutted at all the ride cancellations. Got new front springs in the KDX. Keen to try them out.

[F5 Dave]

Was getting all excited over possible level 2 change a few days back. Esp as regional travel will be allowed.

Until someone pointed out that it will be sub 100 people for outdoor events too. Some may run invite only club events but the economics of organising for a small number will be hard to justify.

[scott411]

i think the bike parks are already opening. (moto central, flightpath, the sand put and taikorea all opened this weekend)

the big trail rides may be some time off, but come late june or july hopefully they are up and running, with teh rules changing day by day at the moment it would be hard to the organisers to plan stuff,

[F5 Dave]

Just came back from a weekend at Trail and Track north Wairarapa. Great venue, awesome food and accommodation if you want to make a weekend of it. And we did.

[SVboy]

Suzuki trail ride at McDonald Downs last Sunday. Well organised, CV19 safe and fun. Gnarly wee hill climb too!

[F5 Dave]

How did they get around the gathering of 10 people?

[Kickaha]

Suzuki trail ride at McDonald Downs last Sunday. Well organised, CV19 safe and fun. Gnarly wee hill climb too!

Unless you were riding a 1984 IT200 then it was no more than a bump in the track

[Kickaha]

How did they get around the gathering of 10 people?

Fuck knows, I wondered about that myself, they had several separate car park areas and vehicles 4m apart, everyone had their temp checked as they entered and each car park had it's own sign in area

But there considerably more than 10 people at it as there will be on the 7th and 28th of next month for the next ones

[F5 Dave]

Well at their risk of getting spanked. From Friday 100 is new level 2 number likely for another 4 weeks.

[Kickaha]

Well at their risk of getting spanked. From Friday 100 is new level 2 number likely for another 4 weeks.

Well if you wanted to come down for one I'll lend you the big block DR143 although it may be too much bike for you

[F5 Dave]

Me, on a 4 stroke? Not gonna happen.

[Kickaha]

Well I guess I could ride it and you could take the IT or talk nicely to Diesel Pig, he has a spare KDX200 since he's gone Eurotrash

[diesel pig]

Well I guess I could ride it and you could take the IT or talk nicely to Diesel Pig, he has a spare KDX200 since he's gone Eurotrash

If Dave makes all the way down here, he can ride my Husqvarna WR300 and I can putt along on the KDX since he is a top two stroke broke.

[F5 Dave]

Cheers guys. Just used my allotment of time away, so wife is doing girlz weekend while I have to stay look after kiddies soon:shutup:.

But I'd like to get down that way for a decent ride sometime. I'd bring the van and we'd have our own eurotrash 300s anyhoo. Huski 300 wouldn't mind a try mind:yes:

[diesel pig]

But I'd like to get down that way for a decent ride sometime. I'd bring the van and we'd have our own eurotrash 300s anyhoo. Huski 300 wouldn't mind a try mind:yes:

I am still getting the huski set up, working on the gearing at the moment factory gearing on the first trail ride was way too high and the lowest I could do with the sprockets I have were way too low on the last ride so I will try the factory WR250 gearing on the next one which is about half way between the two. Also I was talking to Linton at dirt action about getting springs with better rates for my fat arse before the lockdown and he mentioned a rider needs to take into account height as well as weight when setting up spring rates on dirt bikes, I did not know that interesting stuff.

[F5 Dave]

Linton will talk the legs off a table but hes done some good work for us.

[SVboy]

Unless you were riding a 1984 IT200 then it was no more than a bump in the track


Yes, I noticed.....as you rode past my postrate body, lying halfway up. can you still buy those ITs new anywhere......?

[Kickaha]

Yes, I noticed.....as you rode past my postrate body, lying halfway up. can you still buy those ITs new anywhere......?

They're only available to a select few, you're not one of them as you ride a filthy four stroke diesel

[SVboy]

They're only available to a select few, you're not one of them as you ride a filthy four stroke diesel

Since when has a KDX200 been a 4 stroke? I suggest the fine for this transgression, obviously brought on by senility and poor eyesight should be the immediate handing over of the IT to my good self for proper evaluation and testing.

[Kickaha]

Since when has a KDX200 been a 4 stroke? I suggest the fine for this transgression, obviously brought on by senility and poor eyesight should be the immediate handing over of the IT to my good self for proper evaluation and testing.

I thought you would have been on the yellow thing, the fact you couldn't get up that hill on a KDX200 really brings the question of your ability into focus

I should be doing the ride on the 7th and 28th so if I see you on those you can have a go on it while I ride your lesser machinery

[SVboy]

Lol! I think there is no question about my lack of ability!

[F5 Dave]

Well Berm Buster this weekend, wasnt going to go but. . . , well I need an excuse to test the new water blaster and. . . Well I had to, just for that you see?

[Kickaha]

Meanwhile Lowry peaks this Sunday has been postponed, hope the next one isn't

[Kickaha]

Haven't been to a ' Trail Ride ' event for a few years, done a few on the KX500's I've owned, remember the good times. Hope they get started soon for your guys sake too. I'm in Canterbury .

Wondering if an electric MB e.g, a Sur- Ron is allowed to participate in the TR's ? Looks like they go like fuck. Just the bike for me now.

Appreciate your input. Haven't bought one yet, testing the water.

Already done one, next one on the 28th

Looks more like an MTB than Motorcycle, you'd have to ask the organisers

It'd need at least a 40km range, maybe more depending on the loop

[SVboy]

Gowanlea, mudfest! Didn't even do a full lap let alone get up the greasy hillclimb, but had fun....

[Kickaha]

Gowanlea, mudfest! Didn't even do a full lap let alone get up the greasy hillclimb, but had fun....

Didn't bother, guys I ride with were both crook and I couldn't be arsed getting wet and cold and covered in crap

[SVboy]

Didn't bother, guys I ride with were both crook and I couldn't be arsed getting wet and cold and covered in crap

Very wise..

[scott411]

first Tarawera trail ride this weekend, sign posted from te teko, amazing area for riding,

[Kickaha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuOUFbg90r4&fbclid=IwAR3I0sX9TcxIeL4_4OesSx3vhipPQPQW51i3qcMaL yIJ4HNBKN2PNZ_h5zs

Definitely not me, I'm not that smooth or fast, I see some guys saying they left their bikes and walked out and were looking at a helicopter to get them out, probably on the enduro loops

[F5 Dave]

Young man in a hurry I'd venture, considering how fast he was prepared to go down hill. Impressed how often he remembered to wipe the lens.
Hippo hands on a dirtbike are a new one on me. How cold is it down there?

[Kickaha]

Young man in a hurry I'd venture, considering how fast he was prepared to go down hill. Impressed how often he remembered to wipe the lens.
Hippo hands on a dirtbike are a new one on me. How cold is it down there?

If you consider 54 young, I'd say that day with windchill you be getting close to zero

[SVboy]

Richard Streeter is the MAN! Thats a YZF 450! None of that soft WR450 stuff. Electric start? Who needs it! He stalled about the same place as I made it to, before realising that that I chose life and went back down.......

[Kickaha]

Richard Streeter is the MAN! Thats a YZF 450! None of that soft WR450 stuff.

Imagine how fast he would be on a real bike like an IT200

[F5 Dave]

Way too fast for a young man like me. Uphill yes. . . Or rather fictitious God willing, but downhill, that's another kettle of calamari.

[Kickaha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyXOxTRBy98&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2XQxKoevSJeXOZnMnZ85YAP1asFl2HQTO7zQCvv sfouulO1OAbU7aCEAI

Just watch the second half, 5 hours to do an enduro loop :2thumbsup

[reasonable]

Hey great vid , looks like a whole lotta fun .

Shoulda packed a Stihl MS 201

[F5 Dave]

Nah, that looked like no fun at all:baby:

[Kickaha]

Way too fast for a young man like me. Uphill yes. . . Or rather fictitious God willing, but downhill, that's another kettle of calamari.

Last time I tried to be a smart arse on a downhill I got a Helicopter ride, some titanium bits to hold my rib cage together, a torn aorta, a punctured lung, a broken collarbone, an induced coma and a stint on a ventilator and I was going a fuck sight slower than him

[Kickaha]

Pity they didn't cancel todays ride, it would have saved me standing in the rain for 4 hours waiting for the trail to close so I could be towed out after cooking the clutch on the mighty IT200

[Kickaha]

Gowanlea, mudfest! Didn't even do a full lap let alone get up the greasy hillclimb, but had fun....

Same at Lowry Peaks, I should have stayed at home and got drug fucked instead

[SVboy]

I heard reports the mighty lT was seen having a break! And that the mud was epic! I was scared off by the forecast but apparently it wasn't that bad.

[diesel pig]

I will not lie, I am happy to be a fair weather trail rider. I have road ridden 4 hours in the pouring cold rain and done the same ride when the temperature was 0 degrees.
ridden through porters pass wiping snow off my visor every 10 seconds. I have even road raced with snow on the ground but I find nothing more soul destroying than
being wet cold covered in mud and stuck in a gully on some cockies farm.

[F5 Dave]

Looking forward to Orura Downs next week. Its sandy country which is nice mid winter. Deep mud or clay in general sucks.

[Kickaha]

Sent these to another friend of mine, on a scale of 1-10 he scored me a 73 "cunt's fucked"
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[F5 Dave]

Hmm, wonder if they are same as RZ. Should have a spare set at least.

[diesel pig]

Sent these to another friend of mine, on a scale of 1-10 he scored me a 73 "cunt's fucked"
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I know I have said it before:no::no:but wal's hard on the gear.

[Kickaha]

I know I have said it before:no::no:but wal's hard on the gear.

Says the guy who broke his clutch cable on the last one


Hmm, wonder if they are same as RZ. Should have a spare set at least.

They aren't, I have others here but I'll just buy a new set of steels and fibres as they're not that expensive

[SVboy]

'The Peaks' ride today out the back of Hawarden today. Stunning ride. Weather mint, track mostly dry. Mid winter rides don't come any better.

[Kickaha]

'The Peaks' ride today out the back of Hawarden today. Stunning ride. Weather mint, track mostly dry. Mid winter rides don't come any better.

I stayed home and got drugfucked instead

[SVboy]

Another great ride at the Flagpole trail ride yesterday. Also BETA demo rides. I now need a BETA 2S in my life. Xtrainer anyone?

[george formby]

Another great ride at the Flagpole trail ride yesterday. Also BETA demo rides. I now need a BETA 2S in my life. Xtrainer anyone?

I'm torn between the 200rr, X trainer or a 200cc full comp trials bike.

Which bikes did your ride?

What's best for an elderly gentlemen who can't ride for shit but really likes technical riding?

Is their a cure?

[SVboy]

I have previously ridden the xTrainer and it was very good. I went to ride the 200rr but it was simply too tall for a shortarse like me so I rode the xtrainer again. This has cemented it for me-xtrainer will be my next trail bike if I can sell my Triumph. A very capable bike given the shortcomings of its suspension.

[george formby]

I have previously ridden the xTrainer and it was very good. I went to ride the 200rr but it was simply too tall for a shortarse like me so I rode the xtrainer again. This has cemented it for me-xtrainer will be my next trail bike if I can sell my Triumph. A very capable bike given the shortcomings of its suspension.

Crikey, I expected the 200rr to be a bit lower.

I rode with 3 guys on 300's a few months ago, well, I spoiled 3 guys day as they waited for me to catch up every time I rolled off. 2 KTM's and a Sherco.

They made everything look easy and could not praise the bikes highly enough, proper tractors and very agile. Some very challenging riding and well above my fitness level.

[F5 Dave]

I'm stuck in a timewarp. My GG300 is fantastic I reckon. But its an 07. Newer ones got bigger and are really too tall. For my 5'8 of beautiful manhood. This is where evolution stopped baby. Me, not bikes of course.

But without increasing travel they got taller. Annoying.

[george formby]

I'm stuck in a timewarp. My GG300 is fantastic I reckon. But its an 07. Newer ones got bigger and are really too tall. For my 5'8 of beautiful manhood. This is where evolution stopped baby. Me, not bikes of course.

But without increasing travel they got taller. Annoying.

I consider a solid dab to be very important.

[F5 Dave]

I employ a flailing leg style from time to time. A bit like trendy MotoGP corner entry, but not really.

[SVboy]

Look at you two bragging about being able to touch the ground to dab! My 5'6" make it a bit challenging! I specialise in the shoulder dab!

[Kickaha]

I consider a solid dab to be very important.

I did a solid full body dab, it didn't end well

[george formby]

Lol's, different dabbing techniques.

Last time out I used a tree, first with my hemlet and face, closely followed by my shoulder.

Still went down....<_< Quite a long way, had to use my rope for the first time to get out of the gully.

If I ever suggest going for a ride, decline. You are not company, you're offroad AA.

Any hoo, new Betas.... :laugh:

[SVboy]

Amberly trail ride yesterday. Considering how dry it was, it was hard work. Missed an arrow and ended up in an enduro section with a nasty climb; fell off four times there alone!
The forestry sections quickly turned to low traction dust. The climbs got tricky. Fired myself into a wire fence/rider/bike sandwich at one stage..... Feeling my age today.

[Kickaha]

Amberly trail ride yesterday. Considering how dry it was, it was hard work. Missed an arrow and ended up in an enduro section with a nasty climb; fell off four times there alone!
The forestry sections quickly turned to low traction dust. The climbs got tricky. Fired myself into a wire fence/rider/bike sandwich at one stage..... Feeling my age today.

I think everyone missed that arrow, there was a pretty big queue for the little climb at the end of the gully, got out of there ok, lap two of two a couple of the hill sections were a bit of a challenge, cut up badly, big tree roots and I bypassed the third one because it was total shit, the early nineties KDX200 I was on was brilliant

Towed a 2020 Beta 300 out on the first lap as it had done a main bearing at 25 hours

[george formby]

Amberly trail ride yesterday. Considering how dry it was, it was hard work. Missed an arrow and ended up in an enduro section with a nasty climb; fell off four times there alone!
The forestry sections quickly turned to low traction dust. The climbs got tricky. Fired myself into a wire fence/rider/bike sandwich at one stage..... Feeling my age today.


Great innit?

I did a vinduro last year and wedged myself and bike into an electric fence 20 mtrs from the start line. With an XR 250 jumping on top for a hump while I was down. Pretty sure I was speaking fluent French trying to extract myself. Great day!

[takitimu]

Great innit?

I did a vinduro last year and wedged myself and bike into an electric fence 20 mtrs from the start line. With an XR 250 jumping on top for a hump while I was down. Pretty sure I was speaking fluent French trying to extract myself. Great day!

Martinborough Enduro, steep hill, special test, I looked at the electric fence, got tangled in it for an hour. It took a sweep holding the rear tire up so I could untangle the wire from the footpeg & get it out, it was quick with 2. Wiser in hindsight to take the slightly slower line away from the fence & not be chasing the rider in front :facepalm:

[Kickaha]

FlashG on his Beta


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRdJku6EM0

[takitimu]

FlashG on his Beta


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTRdJku6EM0

really nice looking trail ride !