Mud Bog

[marks]

Went for a ride this afternoon with my two boys. Got kicked out of our normal area so we found a great new track ...

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1123.jpg>

As usual it was a bit wet in places...

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1114.jpg>

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1119.jpg>

A few little hill climbs..

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1124.JPG>

And a brilliant mud bog...

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1144.JPG>

And as usual a few ooopses...

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1134.JPG>

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1152.JPG>

And a chain that will need a clean...

<img src=http://webcoda.com/images/bike/PICT1171.jpg>

It was fun ... and I hurt every where

[MyGSXF]

AWESOME pics!!!!!!!! :Punk: That looks like SOOOOOOOO much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana:

[Steam]

THAT is why my next bike will NOT be a road bike. Awesome fun.

[duckaddict]

wow! I want to have go!!

[SDU]

:drool:The best tracks are mud

[tri boy]

You are having waaay too much fun.
I sentence you to a week listening to Parliament question time.
Take him away!

[shafty]

FAB pics Mate - cheers for sharing :sunny:

[FlangMasterJ]

So where abouts is this track? How are the Chinese bikes holding up?

[marks]

So where abouts is this track? How are the Chinese bikes holding up?

the track is at the very end of the Mangautukutuku Valley Rd on the right up the hill after the first stream crossing. Its not very long and it sure is slippery...

the mud bog is about half a km before that on the left.

The bikes engines/gearboxes are wearing well - just about everything else is pretty stuffed but they have been ridden pretty hard in the 12 months since we brought them. The larger 2 are 2004 vintage that we brought as new/old stock in 2006. I think the build quality has improved significantly since then. I am about to 'merge' the two older ones into one as too many bits are broken at the moment.

If I had known how much we were going to enjoy trail riding I would have brought jap bikes to start off with but as a cheap way to 'stick our toes in the water' they have been brilliant.

[cave weta]

Hey Marks- im a newbie here but have ridden in the dirt for 30 years.
Im a big defender of the Chinese bikes ( the new generation ones). I have 5 of them and use them in my rental fleet for first timers.

What have you bought? mine are honda CRF copies made by Cavallo and even though my own bike is a brand new KTM 525 I have no problems with spending a day on these things!

give us some feedback on how they are going eh!:hug:

[marks]

give us some feedback on how they are going eh!:hug:

Hi Cave Weta - have a look here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=58390) as I posted in some detail as how our thrash toys were going.