Anyone been to a Power Adventures/Botany Honda Family Fun Day?

[Qkchk]

Family Fun Day held up at woodhill Forest - Info found HERE (http://www.poweradventures.co.nz/page.asp?id=222)

Just want to know a couple of things:

1. How suitable is it for a DR650? Too big?
2. What is your general thoughts on the event.

Thanks

[WRT]

I think you'd find it hard work on a DR650. Do-able for someone who is experienced, but for anyone else it would be slow going/hard work, and you'd probably annoy a lot of people who want to get past. Power Adventures do a lot of events, no probs there, although $40 is starting to get a bit steep for a days riding. Especially if your going to just stick to the easy tracks, which I think you'd need to on the DR.

If you want to use the DR on trail ride, best to find one mostly in open farmland. The ones in Woodhill have a large amount of sand involved, which is hard to ride on even on light bikes. It's not too bad when you are used to it, and this time of year is quite good as a bit of rain helps dampen things down - dry sand is really soft which makes it horrible to ride on. The down side of the rain is that Woodhill also has a lot of exposed tree roots (being pine forest), and these get EXTREMELY slippery when wet.

HTH.

[jimmy 2006]

slippery when wet :whistle:

[Buddy L]

you should be fine, as long as you have decent knobbles on your bike, worn out dot approved are no good, neither are jack of all trades cross over tyres.
You real want nice fresh Sharp edged tyres, and if you head out make sure you drop down your trye pressures from road use, down to about 10-12psi. will make a world of differance.
I go riding with a guy and he has a XR650 and he plodes along just fine.
Make sure you not wearing heavy road touring gear or anything like that, as it will get real hot.
And take off your mirrors and indacators or the forest will do it for you. :)
Other then that have fun.

[barty5]

i use to do woodhill on an old XR500 with some major mods done to it only probs i had was the real tight stuff got a bit heavy going after you had been out for an hour or two.

[Danger]

Gregs trails are pretty easy usually but I think he is using the same trails as used in the two man race a few weeks back so it might be cut up a bit. I reckon you would still have a blast regardless. Woodhill is not that difficult at this time of year.

[D dub]

Why not try The Sand Pit its cheaper and if you do fine there then you can come out to the wmcc trail ride in woodhill next weekend. A much better ride any way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Danger]

Personally I think that Greg,s trails will be easier than many of the trails at the Sand Pit, except of course the flat straight ones but that will soon get boring. A lot of the trails at the sand pit are quite tight for a big bike like that and the sand is quite soft due to the amount of use (was out there today). Greg goes out of his way to make his trails easy to ride, too much so for some of us. And you can ride the Sand Pit any other time really.
Greg usually has a loop of around 20-25km with some gravel and short cuts home and a loop of around 8-12km. Warm up on the short loop, then tackle the longer loop. I'm sure you will be ok.

[A&R]

Not that I'm an expert but I've been on about every power adventures family ride at woodhill for the last two years and the WMCC rides (which are basically the same) with 4 kids ages 11 to 17 and reckon you'll be ok.
Power adventures rides ( greg) usually has 4 tracks, kids loop, green 2km loop a yellow say 10-15km loop and then a red expert ~40km loop. So you can work ur way up. What danger and buddyL have said above is good advice.

[knobby clark]

don't bother - he doesn't put the work in and now charges $40.00.

[dammad1]

don't bother - he doesn't put the work in and now charges $40.00.

Thats just to expensive.

[Danger]

Curious if anyone did this ride. I gave it a miss.

[chop]

I did it. Was a good ride the loops hucked out good towards the end. You would of liked it danger and only road crossings no road sections all bush! Had a good mix of tight and open. The longer loop was good and the shorter loop was good also. In this instance he did put in some work i think, was one of the better ones i have done of his.

[clmintie]

My girls loved it.... They reckon I have to take them to the Waitamata version this Sunday, so they can compare them........Tough job, this being a parent......

[A&R]

Curious if anyone did this ride. I gave it a miss.

I did it to. Several sections I hadn't been on before. I just needed the practice for the two man on the 1st june the yellow and green loops were the same as usual went round couple times with the kids. The red track was getting nicely cut up by the end with some good old knarly roots about. what ride do u do greg?

[Danger]

I rode Sandpit on Friday arvo and needed to do some service work on the RM before riding again. Missus had the day off so we went house hunting. Was still a little sore from my Friday ride so didn't mind.
Wonder how Qkchk went?

[cheese]

Looking for a new house Greg?

[Danger]

Just keeping an open eye on opportunity's. Nothing serious at this point. Need a little more room though. And a test track lol!

[Crisis management]

I rode on sunday, interspersed with lying down, looking at the scenery and trying to catch my breath.....
Being a complete noob at this I have no idea whether it was a hard or easy trail but I enjoyed the red loop which was tight in places and had plenty of variety for me, what more could I want?
Well actually, I would like to actually pass someone rather than being mown down by all these faster riders....
I'm surprised at the comments about the $40 charge, it seems ok to me, the waitemata club ride this sunday is $35 for non members so it's hardly a lot more money.

Anyway, lots of fun and I survived, thanks to power adventures!

[Buddy L]

$35 including lunch, what more, can i say.

[A&R]

$35 including lunch, what more, can i say.

Hey! but Cam, there is a lolly scramble!!! you don't get that at the sandspit!! though and free BBQ ( sauasge and a bit of bread) usually. Although I missed that this time. There's not much difference in the cost for me with 4 kids. $85 for Power Ads ride ( I get the older one in as a kid) or $85 for sandspit as there too smart there to let the older one in as a kid!!:shifty: and then ther's the demo bikes! Actually Botany honda brought along a new 250x this time so had a go on that to.
Having said that I think the sandspit is great and they've done a nice job to the tracks. I must admit I love hooning aound the superbowl.:niceone: Would like to go on the WMCC this week but I'm down south for the company!:blank:

[A&R]

I rode Sandpit on Friday arvo and needed to do some service work on the RM before riding again. Missus had the day off so we went house hunting. Was still a little sore from my Friday ride so didn't mind.
Wonder how Qkchk went?

What was the Friday ride then? sandspit or further a field?

[Danger]

Sandpit like I said.:bash::clap:

[Factoryjohn]

You're on the money there Dub, those Waitemata rides rock!!!! and they've got the best sausages.

[4stroke]

You're on the money there Dub, those Waitemata rides rock!!!! and they've got the best sausages.

specialy when they are in riverhead forest after its rained alot :first:
cheese and i had a good ride on sunday at the sandpit, took him through all the trails you like danger, all the john nic and mick brenan ones.

[cheese]

THey are fucking mint. Good to go one somethign different. How about that fuck off hill we found at teh end. I thought my poor old bike was going to cook!

[tommorth]

wheres this big hill cheese im always looking for a new place to get stuck

[4stroke]

wheres this big hill cheese im always looking for a new place to get stuck

out at the sandpit at woodhill, after the exit from the big dipper the tracks split, the main track goes strait, a red track goes off up a hill on the left and theres a track the runs off to the right just before you hit the bush on the main track, follow that and towards the end there a red section which has a steep lil sandy hillclimb, if your out there talk to tony (ktmboy on here) or steve and they will probly know the one im talking bout.

[cheese]

Its quite baddly rutted out no as I dug a mean hole all teh way up it.....