Morleys 6-hour Cross Country

[NordieBoy]

So...
Who's going to have a go then :scooter:

[B0000M]

details? link?

[NordieBoy]

It's in Nelson...
www.nmcc.org.nz

[B0000M]

i think ill pass then sadly

[NordieBoy]

Wimping out?
What are you?
A Honda rider or something?

:dodge:

[cheese]

Or maybe from the north island and is it worth 9 hours of driving a ferry ride and a few more hours driving to race for 6 hours then go home?

[NordieBoy]

Another Honda rider :clap:

:dodge:

[NordieBoy]

I could do this all day :laugh:

[cheese]

LOL you are a cock!!

[warewolf]

So...
Who's going to have a go then :scooter:Yeah, I'm in.

[B0000M]

LOL you are a cock!!

shall we orgainse a van and trailer full of hondas to go down and take him out throughtout thw whole race? :2guns: :clap:

[cheese]

Meh.....................

[cooneyr]

shall we orgainse a van and trailer full of hondas to go down and take him out throughtout thw whole race? :2guns: :clap:

Ask nordie what his race bike is :shutup::laugh:

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

Ask nordie what his race bike is :shutup::laugh:

Oi!
Quiet in the cheap seats.

I'm having fun here :clap:

[Buddy L]

Im pretty sure it's a XR.
Even Nordie can't get away from this brand.:lol:

[NordieBoy]

Another Honda rider.

S'pose you won't be there either :nya:

[Buddy L]

it's so true,
im going to be at my Sisters/Friends/Dog bite the postmans fishing trip.

[NordieBoy]

Looks like I'll have to uphold the dignity of the mighty Honda myself then.

What's the correct torque settings for the trainer wheel mounts again?

[Buddy L]

just firm enough, (hand tight) should do the trick:yes:

[NordieBoy]

Do they come in Honda pink?

Oops, Honda red... :o

[warewolf]

Looks like I'll have to uphold the dignitymwahahaha chortle chortle :laugh:


What's the correct torque settings for the trainer wheel mounts again?Tighten till it begins to strip then back off a quarter turn.

[NordieBoy]

I feel like a Honda rider.
Anyone else I can pass this can of dignity on to?

Looks like my brother who was going to marshall is now going to race and I'm going to be marshalling and photographererering.

Probably for the best as we'll be putting my new shocks on the bike 30mins before the start of the race and won't have any time to set them up.

Next month is pretty full on with a Classic MX on the 7th, 2-hour on the 14th, North V South Classic MX on the 21st, Final 2-hour on the 28th.

[warewolf]

Probably for the best as...there's 60mm of rain forecast.

[NordieBoy]

...there's 60mm of rain forecast.

Didn't seem to slow you down much though :woohoo:

Great ride.


Looking on the computer and saw the name "Chris Birch" amongst others.

[NordieBoy]

The perfect bike for the day...
A Super Sherpa doing the IronMan :D

Good thing it didn't rain or it could have got really messy...

[warewolf]

Didn't seem to slow you down much though :woohoo:

Great ride.Cheers, I really enjoyed it. I didn't think I'd be able to ride for 6+ hours. In the end I was disappointed to come in at 6h10m and not get another lap in! :crybaby: I was struggling to stay coordinated after about 4 1/2 hours; coming into corners carrying full-pace speed, but not being in the correct body position etc. Haven't seen my results, will they post up the spreadsheet on the web?

The rain wasn't really a problem until later in the day. The last two laps there was standing water on some of the gravel roads and they became very slippery in places - as opposed to just a bit slippery like they were all day. The boggy clay section that the ATVs were supposed to bypass was getting trickier, so I used the bypass on the last 3 laps. For the experts who could blast through the boggy clay, the long way round was a huge time penalty. I reckon for me they were about the same time, but the bypass took a lot less effort.


Looking on the computer and saw the name "Chris Birch" amongst others.Oh yes. Guest of KTM/Thunderbike, riding the new KTM 300 EXE/E. I only saw him twice; first was going up that snotty rocky pinch they later cut out. He was slithering everywhere just like me! but I dare say he went straight up it first time every lap, unlike me! :cool: The second time he passed me near the bottom of a long descent, he was flying as I was beginning to brake before the really rough stuff. The back of the bike kicked up and sideways, kinda like an mx whip, it must've been nearly vertical and on the lock-stops :gob: He commented afterwards that the bike had soft fork springs for a fast rider, touch the brakes and the front end dive was a problem, particularly on the steep descents... from what I saw, I can understand his point!

The guys commented how relaxed he seemed to be about everything, calm in the pits, disappointingly smooth from a spectator's perspective - never looked like he was going fast. He passed people easily leaving them plenty of room, even in the really tricky stuff. They were well impressed. Paul got a really neat photo of him airborne off one of the steep ramps in the last section, I'll see if I can get a copy to upload.

[NordieBoy]

For the experts who could blast through the boggy clay, the long way round was a huge time penalty. I reckon for me they were about the same time, but the bypass took a lot less effort.

Shane was saying he was going to do the bypass after lap 4 as it only needed 1 rider blocking you on the boggy clay to loose all the time and as you say, less effort.

Your group was the last up the hill before they bypassed it.

Got a good series of Simon (NMCC President) heading up sweetly, drifting left and going off into the gorse :D

[warewolf]

Your group was the last up the hill before they bypassed it.I figured that, judging by how well used the new bypass was when I used it for the first time.

Pity it wasn't before my last pass, I wasted a lot of time on that 4th lap. I helped 6 or so riders up it, then had to have a rest. Should've done like I did on the 3rd lap: rolled back down after the first failed attempt, caught my breath, then blasted straight up.

[cooneyr]

We want pictures! We want pictures! We want pictures! C'mon fullers :jerry:

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

A series of shots...
Warewolf is hiding in the first :D

[warewolf]

Pic 2: Loved that section. Hairing along a gravel road, and then the arrows point you off the side, straight down a 3m drop. Wound down through the trees with a couple of very steep bits...great fun!

Pic 3: That puddle cost me time using the bypass unnecessarily. On the first four laps the only person I saw attempting it tried to ride around the RHS edge, doing a wall of death, and fell in! Then I saw someone ride straight through the LHS and it was only axle or so deep, no ruts that I felt. Grrrr! Last two laps I went straight through.

Pic 4: That shot almost makes that steep pinch look flat! Until you look at the guy at the bottom, and realise you can't really see the ground between the bikes basically at the top flat section, and the bottom. IIRC #11 was a CRF450X that boiled trying to get up. It was blowing coolant like a steam train! It seemed like only the bigger 4Ts boiled.

[NordieBoy]

I went down that drop and through the tree section and was a bit worried the bike wasn't handeling right and seemed a bit unstable with the new shocks until halfway when I realised I was in second gear :o

Number X with the dreads bounced off the right hand side of the puddle. I've got a shot of him entering it and he was gone. Couldn't believe how fast he went through and without a splash.

100m of clay and wet round rocks. It was almost a toss of a coin wether you'd make it up or not. That guy was boiling before half way up.

Those Polaris quads with the KTM 525 engines and independant rear suspension went well.

[merv]

Great day - just showing what fun dirt riding can be and how tiring it can get when its too wet.

[cooneyr]

Awesome pics Nordie. That looks like a really fun (read tiring but fun) day.

Whoever said motorbiking is a lazy sport obviously never rode one!

Cheers R

[NordieBoy]

If it was held on the Sat it would have been perfect conditions.
I had to use the little point and shoot camera instead of my good one :(

People were blowing so hard up the top of that hill you couldn't hear the bikes :D