NordieBoy
19th December 2004, 19:13
Well it was a lot of fun last weekend (12/12/04) out at Glenhope for the Nelson Classic MX Club Xmas fun day.
The track was natural terrain and had berms, tabletops, drop offs and everything..
Some light showers/wind/sun combined to keep the sandflys at bay for most of the day the day and kept the track in great condition.
A 90 degree right just after the start and then a hairpin left led on to the track proper and proved to be the best places to fall off all day (hmmm, slow start and ride around the carnage :laugh: )
My XR250 is still standard and I spent the first few races gaining confidence (I have more of a problem with right than left hand corners for some reason).
The track was a bit bumpy but that made me stand up more and only sit into the tighter corners which was probably a good thing to learn.
The drop off caused a few brown pants moments until you realised it had to be taken very slowly so your seat didn't hit you in the arse and threaten to catapult you over the bars.
Unfortunately the little 250 didn't quite have the legs of the bigger bikes and they would pull away on the 2 longer straights and undo all my good work in the twisties up till then.
I was really getting in to it in the last few races, actually going to full throttle several times per lap :2guns: chasing others down but catching them and passing them are two totally different things :)
I have got to get the 21" front built up to sharpen the steering and acceleration wise another 50cc wouldn't go amiss but I'll settle for a tune up.
I've got some pics up at http://classicmx.nelson.geek.nz
I would like to take more pics but actually riding provides some small compensation :D
I still haven't fallen off!
The track was natural terrain and had berms, tabletops, drop offs and everything..
Some light showers/wind/sun combined to keep the sandflys at bay for most of the day the day and kept the track in great condition.
A 90 degree right just after the start and then a hairpin left led on to the track proper and proved to be the best places to fall off all day (hmmm, slow start and ride around the carnage :laugh: )
My XR250 is still standard and I spent the first few races gaining confidence (I have more of a problem with right than left hand corners for some reason).
The track was a bit bumpy but that made me stand up more and only sit into the tighter corners which was probably a good thing to learn.
The drop off caused a few brown pants moments until you realised it had to be taken very slowly so your seat didn't hit you in the arse and threaten to catapult you over the bars.
Unfortunately the little 250 didn't quite have the legs of the bigger bikes and they would pull away on the 2 longer straights and undo all my good work in the twisties up till then.
I was really getting in to it in the last few races, actually going to full throttle several times per lap :2guns: chasing others down but catching them and passing them are two totally different things :)
I have got to get the 21" front built up to sharpen the steering and acceleration wise another 50cc wouldn't go amiss but I'll settle for a tune up.
I've got some pics up at http://classicmx.nelson.geek.nz
I would like to take more pics but actually riding provides some small compensation :D
I still haven't fallen off!