Pouto trail ride (23 September)

[Buddy L]

When: Sunday, 23 Sep 2007

Where: Rototuna Forest Pouto

District (Region): Kauri Coast/Kaipara (NORTHLAND)

Directions: Through Dargaville south on Pouto Peninsula about 40km on Pouto

Road. Signposted all the way from Dargaville.

Terrain: Forestry

Contact: Lee Anderson
Te Kopuru School 09 4391802
Pouto School 09 439 5251

Last year was a real blast as it was the first year that the trail ride has been run.
Think of it as a wood hill trail ride, but only ever been used once, so the tracks are going to be mint.
Im one of the roaming saftey marshells this year so i get to ride the track on the saturday, to make sure its all sweet, and then also ride all day on the sunday:banana: helping people out, and also get to wear a "Day Glow":2thumbsup.
All weather track with start at 9am and last loop at 2.30
Food and drinks available all day
Under 16yrs "MUST" be accompained by an adult.

[dmoney]

sounds mint. can quads ride:niceone:

[Wellyman]

When: Sunday, 23 Sep 2007

Where: Rototuna Forest Pouto

District (Region): Kauri Coast/Kaipara (NORTHLAND)

Directions: Through Dargaville south on Pouto Peninsula about 40km on Pouto

Road. Signposted all the way from Dargaville.

Terrain: Forestry

Contact: Lee Anderson
Te Kopuru School 09 4391802
Pouto School 09 439 5251

Last year was a real blast as it was the first year that the trail ride has been run.
Think of it as a wood hill trail ride, but only ever been used once, so the tracks are going to be mint.
Im one of the roaming saftey marshells this year so i get to ride the track on the saturday, to make sure its all sweet, and then also ride all day on the sunday:banana: helping people out, and also get to wear a "Day Glow":2thumbsup.
All weather track with start at 9am and last loop at 2.30
Food and drinks available all day
Under 16yrs "MUST" be accompained by an adult.
Buddy L, I'll be there! look out for a Gas Gas EC250 and rider in alpinestars gear. That will be me!crashing all over the bloody place.
WM

[cheese]

Might come along.

[barty5]

could be in for ride (on new toy) if some will just buy the old one first have the money just need to sell old one to make the difference up

[Wellyman]

Barty I think I may have met you before.... did you break down on a trail ride in riverhead one day and ride with a guy on a CRF230 around the forest adn up the road? Now I have seen pics of ya old bike,It could have been you.
WM

[barty5]

Barty I think I may have met you before.... did you break down on a trail ride in riverhead one day and ride with a guy on a CRF230 around the forest adn up the road? Now I have seen pics of ya old bike,It could have been you.
WM

not me last time i rode at river head would have been 10 years ago on an old worked XR500 in XR250 frame with CR 250 front and rear disc set up

[Boosted]

barty, im about the same as you haha, might be buyn me a new bike, 07 yz250f with few mods... just need to rebuild the 426 and flick it on:) hopefully fingers crossed will have new toy for this ride

[Pierce]

Might have to check this out. Just scored my new bike 06 CRF250r and I'm hangning out to get it out there.:2thumbsup

[barty5]

barty, im about the same as you haha, might be buyn me a new bike, 07 yz250f with few mods... just need to rebuild the 426 and flick it on:) hopefully fingers crossed will have new toy for this ride

whats up with your bike

[telliman]

whats up with your bike

for a start its a yami!

[cheese]

Think it did that same as your bike.

[barty5]

Think it did that same as your bike.

bugger that painfull on wallet that i do know even doing it all myself was still $1100- 1300 in parts and bits although i did get head ported while it was out which was only round bout 200 of it

[barty5]

for a start its a yami!

nothing wrong with a yami

[Boosted]

haha yami is da best :) hehe and nothing wrong with my bike just needs a top end rebuild, it has a brand new rear hub on the back too hehe... but can't wait to sit on a new bike...

[Buddy L]

sounds mint. can quads ride:niceone:

Yep Quads can come as long as you pull over if your holding up anyone:clap:

[dammad1]

I'll be down that way that weekend so if I have my new bike by then i'll go as well.

[Buddy L]

I'll be down that way that weekend so if I have my new bike by then i'll go as well.

You will have passed the ride if you went down from east auckland
You might what to head UP:nya:
You can see where you ride from the Bombing range if you look across the harbour to south head.

[Danger]

Might be quicker to take the bikes across in a boat rather than drive all that way eh?

[Buddy L]

well my parents live in Dargaville so im sorted for the weekend, Their used to be a ferry that went across but that was like in the 1960's.

[cheese]

Bah I can't go now. My family are coming up.

Sorry have to go to the next one.

[dammad1]

You will have passed the ride if you went down from east auckland
You might what to head UP:nya:
You can see where you ride from the Bombing range if you look across the harbour to south head.

Doh!! I saw the Rotuna part and somehow got Rotorua in my head. I guess I wont be going after all.

[Boosted]

Ill be coming up sat night, riding sunday, Buddy im stayn at yours :) chur ahaha

[Buddy L]

sweet as i have taken monday off work, as i will be helping out after the ride as well, taking down arrows and Tape and picking up the broken bikes.

[Azzman]

I will be staying with my folks in Whangarei for the weekend so me and a couple of mates will be headin over...will be good to get out again after a month or two of no riding...

[Boosted]

yeh haha that was my first ride on sunday and shows how unfit i am, so can't wait for this ride anyway, will help me out when i head to ardmore next :)

Will keep an eye out for ya Azzman, always good to catch up with people from KB

[Buddy L]

bumper-de dump. this is on this weekend.

[Steen]

This looks good what can we expect anything major egmonster rutted slippery clay hillclimbs?

[Buddy L]

No clay, just prefect soil/sand in pine forest.

[Boosted]

Seeya 2mola cam!!!! can't wait haha

[Jacks]

Well that was interesting.. If anyone saw a dude in fox gears on an old kdx200 try to ride up the hill at the bottom carpark/paddock and gumby over that was me.. :doh: accelerator cable was sticking and when i tried my front brakes my back wheel took off from underneath me :clap: also had the escudo slide down the hill into the dudes beside us trailor and brand new rmz!! missed our truck by about a foot !

So my bike cakked itself after i spent half an hour in the rain fixing my throttle cable, giving me a nice $35 spectator day, anyone else enjoy it as much as me? :lol:

[Boosted]

hahaha i had soooo much fun cept till the rain came

[Buddy L]

I did too laps on the saturday checking the tracks out, and then also too of the big laps on sunday and too of the small laps. Oil fould my bloody pug on the way back to the car park on the road section, trying to keep slow as i was one of the roaming marshells out their.
And it was only just turned 1pm so:(
Got cover in mud trying to push out GTAe in his van.

And if you didn't read the sign at the exit
Their is another trail ride in the same area but brand new tracks on labour weekend
So thats one month away.:)

[Boosted]

hahahaha yeh that was sooooooo funny watching people try and get out :) and thanks cam for letting me stay, say thanks for ya parents aswell mint dinner haha mmmm but all in all had a awesome fun, had so much ride time:)

[Azzman]

Hey Jacks I think I maybe talked to you...I was the Silver Caldina parked next to you on the left (I have a KDX and my mate was on an old DR250), I watched that Escudo slide into the guys on the RHS of you...

Great ride, very fast and not all that challenging really tho...a bit more single track would be good.
I finally got a tow out after helping the guy with the tractor tow other people out for half an hour or so!

[Jacks]

Yeah I think I remember you, dont remember alot of the bike, there were so many kdx's out! that thing was heading right for us eh then the front slid around and went right into them, feel sorry for the guys!

Wish I couldve ridden :p