Mr Motorcycles Glen Murray Ride 30 November

[xen]

Sunday November 30th 2008 Glen Murray

Signposted from Mercer and Rangiriri Bridges

Starts at Glen Murray Hall. Easy to rolling farm land. Separate Kids Loop.
In Association with the Glen Murray Hall Committee.

Sign on is from 8.30am, There will be no riders Briefing, Ride will start Approx 9.45am close at approx 2.45pm.

Adult Riders…......... $25.00
Pillion ……………………...… $10.00 (Waaahey)
Family Concessions ……....… $60.00


This one sounds good, keen to hit this. Who else is going?

[clmintie]

We'll be there for sure. Excellent family ride, suitable for all ages. Had a ball last year, can't wait.... Got the girls booked into Broxy training on Saturday, then they can put what they learn into practice Sunday at Glen Murray. Gonna be a great weekend.. :Punk:

[laserracer]

is this a nice easy ride ?

[Adamski]

Its fairly easy going. The main teack is longish though at 35kms or so you've had a good workout after each lap. Couple of gnarly hill climb/ descents where you may have to pick your way through the fallen. Great fun and quite wide open in many parts!

[laserracer]

might be worth a shot, sounds like fun

[cheese]

Sounds like fun. Might head along.

[cr125nz]

so many rides this weekend comming bloody hard to decide esp with reparoa and glen murry but will most prob end up at glen murry as its closer to home but will no once i speak to sum mates and confirm which ride now we had few rides in the past that were good now we got shitloads and cant decide lol

[barty5]

wont be there have the gncc the following weekend got so maintence that needs to be done and some family time.

[scott411]

track looks liek it will be pretty awesome, few changes this year to the format which should speed things up, we will not be having a riders breifing as we are jsut getting to many riders to manage, so the track will just open at approx 9.45, thier will still be a lead rider but we hoep this will stop the big back log right after the start,

hope to see a few of the KBers there

Scott
Mr Motorcycles Ltd

[chop]

You leading this time scott?

[Pierce]

definately keen for this provided i get my forks back in time :-)

[cheese]

Yeah I'll be there with my jackhammer forks...... LOL

[scott411]

You leading this time scott?


no Craig is leading this one, i am doing Paparimu,

we are also going to do a morning sweep lap to get any markers that have been put down,

[4stroke]

hmm wonder if this will be my first ride back, should be a goody

[chop]

do it!!!!!!

[barty5]

hmm wonder if this will be my first ride back, should be a goody

you got your bike and self sorted yet??

[B0000M]

looks like ill be there, hopefully with another mate & the wife :shit:

[Atomic]

Whats with opening at 9:45!? Iv gotta be at Kumeu by 12:30...was considering coming for 1 lap (2 if im on form!)...all my mates are going, I dont wanna miss out!

[scott411]

Whats with opening at 9:45!? Iv gotta be at Kumeu by 12:30...was considering coming for 1 lap (2 if im on form!)...all my mates are going, I dont wanna miss out!

its 15-25 minutes earlier than ever before, since we use farms in most our rides we need to let the owners be able to shift stock in the morning,

[flyingcr250]

what sort of terrain is it?? will it be ok if its wet??

[4stroke]

you got your bike and self sorted yet??

yeah im perty close to be ready for a ride, duno bout the bike, yet to check up on that.

[dammad1]

what sort of terrain is it?? will it be ok if its wet??

It's all clay so it won't be flash in the wet, but the forecast for later in the week is looking good.

[brycrf250]

done these rides for the last 3 years, awesome,if ya want an idea of what they are like go to youtube type in wairamarama look for trail ride, it's just like this,

[mattwood]

keen as! but ive gotta go to lunch on the waipa delta.. :(

[westie]

Whats with opening at 9:45!? Iv gotta be at Kumeu by 12:30...was considering coming for 1 lap (2 if im on form!)...all my mates are going, I dont wanna miss out!

Are you going to make it? I might be coming with neet416 and bc4eva(on his pink bike:laugh:)

[bc4eva]

Are you going to make it? I might be coming with neet416 and bc4eva(on his pink bike:laugh:)

Shut up, only the seat is Pink......and the grips, oh and the back suspension...but thats it! I'll still beat you blind folded as well, with a flat back tyre too!

[cheese]

Did Yamaha do quite a few bikes in pink? (not being a smart ass) My dad had a WR200 in pink trims.

[bc4eva]

Did Yamaha do quite a few bikes in pink? (not being a smart ass) My dad had a WR200 in pink trims.

apparently thats the syle they liked back in the early 90's....still trying to figure out why? I had a lady with her baby boy comment on how nice the 'ladies' bike is at wash world last Sunday......

[Hemex]

Did Yamaha do quite a few bikes in pink? (not being a smart ass) My dad had a WR200 in pink trims.

If you notice heaps of retro gear has pink on it as well... Of course now you have Bubba Stewart who has pink too... but he's just cool...:shifty:

[bc4eva]

If you notice heaps of retro gear has pink on it as well... Of course now you have Bubba Stewart who has pink too... but he's just cool...:shifty:

that doesnt make pink on a bike any cooler.....

[Hemex]

that doesnt make pink on a bike any cooler.....

Not his bike...fortunately.. Only his gear... doesnt matter that he's #1 in the world of MX its still not cool to have pink...:lol:
Previous post was covered in sarcasm...:niceone:

Anyway..im going :Offtopic:

[green machine]

Not his bike...fortunately.. Only his gear... doesnt matter that he's #1 in the world of MX its still not cool to have pink...:lol:
Previous post was covered in sarcasm...:niceone:

Anyway..im going :Offtopic:He said in an interview he wore the pink gear in support of Breast Cancer awareness

[bc4eva]

He said in an interview he wore the pink gear in support of Breast Cancer.......

Well thats definitely a worthy reason to wear pink...

[honda_power]

Well thats definitely a worthy reason to wear pink...

i wear pink. i have bright pink retro armor. why? because i can. every other guy has a crf, so gotta do something to look diff. i also have bright pink grips. pink is the shit.

if anyone knows where i can get bright pink plastics for my crf... lemme know! haha

[krad_nz]

haha, nice! :shifty:

[A&R]

We'll be there for sure. Excellent family ride, suitable for all ages. Had a ball last year, can't wait.... Got the girls booked into Broxy training on Saturday, then they can put what they learn into practice Sunday at Glen Murray. Gonna be a great weekend.. :Punk:

yep will be busy for us too!:banana::woohoo:see you there:grouphug:

[Hemex]

He said in an interview he wore the pink gear in support of Breast Cancer awareness

He just went up the cool meter again then :)

[bc4eva]

Pink or no pink this ride should still be mEGa, looking forward to it...though i'm still a learner so you'll probably see me picking up the bike more than riding it haha....

[oldskool]

What is so good about this ride compared to the one at Matatangi last week? That one was a fast open hilly track with hardly a blink of technical in it. Is this similar?

[bc4eva]

What is so good about this ride compared to the one at Matatangi last week? That one was a fast open hilly track with hardly a blink of technical in it. Is this similar?

Not sure, this will be my first ride (apart from going to woodhill) so its mEGa for me...

[oldskool]

Not sure, this will be my first ride (apart from going to woodhill) so its mEGa for me...

Last weeks ride at Matatangi was my first on clay since '93 and I really enjoyed it, well apart from being roostered by the big barrel KTM's on the hill climbs!:shake: My little 200 was game but. I was dog tired afterwards.

Thinking of doing this one but no fun travelling down on my own.

[Hemex]

Not sure, this will be my first ride (apart from going to woodhill) so its mEGa for me...

If I get to come...this is going to be my 4th ride.. :) so like you... I end up picking the bike more often than riding it :lol:

[barty5]

If I get to come...this is going to be my 4th ride.. :) so like you... I end up picking the bike more often than riding it :lol:

Where you going to come to the next round of the gncc as camera man??? going next friday back saturday afternoon early evening.

[cheese]

Well you better sort us a trailer then mate!

[Hemex]

Where you going to come to the next round of the gncc as camera man??? going next friday back saturday afternoon early evening.

Ohhh fark!! I have an exam on the 6th mate!! Surely not this one coming up...
But after that I'm free for ages... What say I come for the next round? 10th Jan yeah? You going for that?

We can even go for a ride any other day and I can get some footage from that too...

[Hemex]

Well you better sort us a trailer then mate!

Aye aye cap'n!!:yes:

[cheese]

Long way for you to go to do a single Lap. You better ty to do two and get your moneys worth. LOL

[Hemex]

Long way for you to go to do a single Lap. You better ty to do two and get your moneys worth. LOL

hahahahaha.. bastard!!
Wait till the day im quicker than you!! :shifty: ( a few years away)

Imagine how stale my fuel must be.. :whistle:

[barty5]

Ohhh fark!! I have an exam on the 6th mate!! Surely not this one coming up...
But after that I'm free for ages... What say I come for the next round? 10th Jan yeah? You going for that?

We can even go for a ride any other day and I can get some footage from that too...

yeh doing them all there is a ride on the 2 of jan as well
and there will be the xmas kb ride as well

[Hemex]

yeh doing them all there is a ride on the 2 of jan as well
and there will be the xmas kb ride as well

Oh yes ofcourse!! I forgot about the xmas ride!!
SUPER!!!

This weekend is definitely ruled out for you??

[4stroke]

at this stage im heading down to this ride with a couple mates, going to be my first ride out so its not going to be a fast day lol

[krad_nz]

Brother, girlfriend and I are all going to attend this one.

My brothers third ride. Should be interesting :)

Any gnarly hill climbs or decents on this one? Or is it pretty much rolling farm land? My brother could be in for a surprise if it gets tough. :devil2:

[oldskool]

Brother, girlfriend and I are all going to attend this one.

My brothers third ride. Should be interesting :)

Any gnarly hill climbs or decents on this one? Or is it pretty much rolling farm land? My brother could be in for a surprise if it gets tough. :devil2:

If it's anything like the Mangatangi event I did last week, and by all accounts so far I think it is, you'll enjoy it. Steep jack hammer hills and rolling paddocks with not a lot of tight stuff. A fast open track more suited to bigger bikes. But perfect for all levels.

Having said that, last week at Matatangi there were 4 casualties I heard of. One broken jaw, one broken wrist, one broken elbow (ouch) and some cracked ribs. As you rode around you could see sadly abandoned bikes. So yeah ride to his level not his (your) bike and (s)he'll be right!

[4stroke]

hows the track looking scott?

[oldguy]

Would love to do this ride, but got no bike, Hey Scott got any demo's, nice little KLX450 maybe.

[Atomic]

Are you going to make it? I might be coming with neet416 and bc4eva(on his pink bike:laugh:)

Hey Fynn
Looking like I will beable to make it on Sunday...fingers crossed.
I just sent you a facebook message with my number, text me and we will meet up if your keen.

[Atomic]

Doesnt sound all that exciting though..."easy to rolling farmland".
I hope there are some decent hill climbs?.........

[oldskool]

Would love to do this ride, but got no bike, Hey Scott got any demo's, nice little KLX450 maybe.
I could bring down an extra XR100 you're welcome tah ride! :gob::scooter:

[oldguy]

I could bring down an extra XR100 you're welcome tah ride! :gob::scooter:
Haha,:laugh:or I could just ride my girls DRZ125, have done that before. but no will stay at home

[oldskool]

What a bloody awesome day it is up here in Auks so far, hope it extends thru to tomorrow!
Question: Is there a breakdown service on this event?

[cr125nz]

yeah i say there would be as most rides have marshalls to help you out

[oldskool]

yeah i say there would be as most rides have marshalls to help you out
yeah last night I noticed a wee crack, amongs the rust, in my subframe, got a spare subframe but that would take my whole weekend up swapping them over. It would be reassuring to know if their quads are equipped to return the bike back to base should anything happen.

[cr125nz]

ratshit to hear about that yeah there is usally 2 or 3 quads to help out if not im sure they can track 1 down and get you back to base can you get it welded just for the weekend and then u no it will be ok and after the weekend do the change over then.

[oldskool]

yeah it would be nice to just throw a bit of bird shit on it but it's right on the mounting bracket and hard to get at. The one that supports the motor casing nearest to the front sprocket. All the other mounting brackets are sweet and normally I wouldn't worry but seeing as it is so close to where all the power is sent out the bracket must go through a bit of stress.

[westie]

yeah it would be nice to just throw a bit of bird shit on it but it's right on the mounting bracket and hard to get at. The one that supports the motor casing nearest to the front sprocket. All the other mounting brackets are sweet and normally I wouldn't worry but seeing as it is so close to where all the power is sent out the bracket must go through a bit of stress.

Weld it up...

[scott411]

track is 40km long, pretty good loop so i am told,

[westie]

ring a ding ding:2thumbsup

[oldskool]

Okay all sorted. Added some side rails to the trailer and sourced a spare tyre for it. I've got room for one more if anyone wants a lift with a mad bastard. I'm in Birkenhead.

[cheese]

I'm not going now and I think that MXHenman needs a ride. I've go some shit to do some shit tomorrow so I'm just going to head out to woodhill for a few hours.

[oldskool]

I'm not going now and I think that MXHenman needs a ride. I've go some shit to do some shit tomorrow so I'm just going to head out to woodhill for a few hours.
Well if the mxHENman isn't a sof CHOOK and promises he won't ROOSTER me then he's welcome to ride shotty.
He can txt me on oh-two-one 123 0 432 if keen. I aim to leave around 8:30/9.00ish

[alistair1]

it was a good track,unfortunantly someone (ie me)didnt fill the bikes before we left,so only had enough gas to do 0ne loop...grr

[oldskool]

What an awesome day, what an awesome ride!! Big loop, long enough for my 40ish body to endure anyway! Some of those sudden drops gave me a surprise, faaark... what the...hang on... and somehow I didn't fall off, got whiplash on one of the landings tho', startin to feel it now. Loved the bogs, got the bike up to the tank in crap, the XR was like a pig in mud. Absolutely fell in luv with my supertrapp tractoring up those hills. Kinda got lost listening to the snarling.
Yep all in all had a great day!!

[xen]

Yeah was a sweet ride, fast and easy . Only bugger was the long loop was closed by 12, would have done it on my first lap if knew. Heaps of peeps showed up, was fun to try & keep up with faster guys.

[4stroke]

wasnt ride at all, what was with all the dead bikes around the track, even a 09crf450??????? and chop with a flatty, did ya get that fixed mate?
scott how was that lady with the bashed up arm, she didnt look well at all when i stoped. busted out 3 laps was toast by the end, and shoulder didnt hurt all day........ mint!! the was some nice little jumps and some nasty stepdowns. good ride, roll on paprimu.

[westie]

Wow awesome day.
Was so funny seeing all the bikes scattered everywhere at the ditch crossings.
great track.
Go bc4eva first big trail ride and he made it twice!

[cheese]

Hmm there was a dead 09 CRF450 out at woodhill today as well. I think that they might have a common fault with them...... It only had 8 hours on it too!!!

[scott411]

832 riders today, thanks to all that turned up, was a heap of dead bikes today for some reason, must not like the heat,

Girl i think had a broken wrist 4stroke, was not happy,

[4stroke]

damm thats a few riders scott, yeah it was pretty was bloody hot.
oh bugger she looked pretty sore, many other injurys scott?

[SpikedPunch]

Had a really good ride today! Until of course, I killed my bike :clap:
Clutch is rooted :( Oh well, at least the ride back was fun. I'm gutted though, didn't even get to finish the whole loop once.
I did learn today not to stay with your bike if it dies though! :third:

[westie]

Had a really good ride today! Until of course, I killed my bike :clap:
Clutch is rooted :( Oh well, at least the ride back was fun. I'm gutted though, didn't even get to finish the whole loop once.
I did learn today not to stay with your bike if it dies though! :third:

Ah was that you I checked on. Was riding bike with pink seat(but dont tell anyone)

[green machine]

Was hot alright......awesome day,even with a trip over the handle bars on one of the downhills(a young fella decided to change his line and slow right down in front of me)knocked the wind right out of me but no real harm done.Got stuck in that big bog section after the digger....couple of good young lads helped me drag the bike out,hard work when you're sinking up to your knees....barbie and a beer or three to end the day.Thanks to the MR boys and all the volunteers for a top day

[bc4eva]

Yes on that note, thanks to all that helped organize and run the event. It was the first one I have been to and had an O for awesome time!!!!!

No major bails, did my first wheelie while taking a sharp left corner and did a jump up hill which got me 1 - 1.5m of air.......I traded the pink seated YZ250 for a much more tame RM 125 (yellow bike) which made the ride a whole heap more enjoyable.

Again thanks to all for the awesome day :) And westie for taking me out there!

Cheers..

[oldskool]

Was hot alright......awesome day,even with a trip over the handle bars on one of the downhills(a young fella decided to change his line and slow right down in front of me)knocked the wind right out of me but no real harm done.
Maybe that was you I saw disappear over a hill. Someone changed line and I followed then saw him suddenly go over his bars!

[chop]

wasnt ride at all, what was with all the dead bikes around the track, even a 09crf450??????? and chop with a flatty, did ya get that fixed mate?
scott how was that lady with the bashed up arm, she didnt look well at all when i stoped. busted out 3 laps was toast by the end, and shoulder didnt hurt all day........ mint!! the was some nice little jumps and some nasty stepdowns. good ride, roll on paprimu.

Yup got a tube and got it sorted.... Was a good track i got quite excited when i saw the trees!!!

[krad_nz]

I got caught out by a couple of the random drop offs. Although I cleared them all cleanly for some reason I decided to grab a handful of front brake after wards and washed out the front end. Only did that once.

Doh. That dry clay ground is pretty hard :P

Fun ride, but only got in one lap as SpikedPunch's bike decided it didn't want to go up hills anymore. Or anywhere else for that matter.

Bumped into Climintie and Sofie(?). Was a good ride, and now I have a slightly sun burned neck.

Apparently one or two people suffered a bit of heat stroke, which is hardly surprising. A few people in slings too.

I managed to empty my 2L camel back pretty easily.

[scott411]

did any one take any photo's of hte weekend, i need some for a publication,

[oldskool]

I thought about bringing a camera but there was someone taking pix with a sign saying do a wheely after one of the road crossings.

[4stroke]

I thought about bringing a camera but there was someone taking pix with a sign saying do a wheely after one of the road crossings.

they had a video cam too, i did a couple resonable ones for them,

[green machine]

Maybe that was you I saw disappear over a hill. Someone changed line and I followed then saw him suddenly go over his bars!

Haha maybe mate,managed to bring the guy riding behind me down as well.....

[SpikedPunch]

Ah was that you I checked on. Was riding bike with pink seat(but dont tell anyone)
Oh, hello!:wavey: I chatted to a few people while hanging out there. I felt much better about crapping out and killing my bike after watching a ton of other people stall going up that hill, hehe.:whistle:

[bc4eva]

Oh, hello!:wavey: I chatted to a few people while hanging out there. I felt much better about crapping out and killing my bike after watching a ton of other people stall going up that hill, hehe.:whistle:

It may have been Westie and me, I had the yellow Suzuki RM and Westie had the YZ with the pink seat? Is your bike sweet or KO'd for a while?

[SpikedPunch]

It may have been Westie and me, I had the yellow Suzuki RM and Westie had the YZ with the pink seat? Is your bike sweet or KO'd for a while?

Ooh yup, you two! I don't think it's too munted, it's just like the clutch won't disengage. So it starts fine and I can go up and down the gears but it's got no drive. I'm gonna fiddle for a bit and see if I can get it going, otherwise I might just take it into spectrum or wherever later this week and let them work their magic. Unless of course one of you KB gurus has a bright idea about what can be done, those are always welcome :sweatdrop
Good thing I'm busy this upcoming sunday anyway, I guess...:rolleyes:

[barty5]

A new clutch is no big deal to install.

[krad_nz]

Sounds like you should give it a crack Punch.

Try fiddling with the clutch lever adjustment. I noticed it didn't have any free play which is a bit dodgy. So it may not have been getting full clutch pressure to the fly wheel and therefore had been slipping a bit all along. This may explain why it gave up the ghost.

Another theory is that its probably had a bit of abuse from a couple of learners :P

We did an oil change on it about 3 rides ago, wonder if we got the wrong oil or something? :doh: 4t wet clutch bike oil should be sweet. 10W-40 as spec'd.

Any special tools required for replacing the clutch? Torque wrench and a socket set?

[barty5]

Any special tools required for replacing the clutch? Torque wrench and a socket set?[/QUOTE]

no not really

[4stroke]

by the sounds it just wants adjusting, i didnt see you guys out there tho, normaly i stop when i see people i know lol coulda had ya going for the rest of the day.

[westie]

watching a ton of other people stall going up that hill, hehe.:whistle:

Ah ah no but oh crap. Really that wasn't me.
:cool:

Found a few of those hills dropped away quite quickly yesterday.
Landed with both legs on one side of the bike on one then bounced back on(no skill just plain luck).

Great riding with atomic and co too. Bummer bout the flatty

[westie]

Ooh yup, you two! I don't think it's too munted, it's just like the clutch won't disengage. So it starts fine and I can go up and down the gears but it's got no drive. I'm gonna fiddle for a bit and see if I can get it going, otherwise I might just take it into spectrum or wherever later this week and let them work their magic. Unless of course one of you KB gurus has a bright idea about what can be done, those are always welcome :sweatdrop
Good thing I'm busy this upcoming sunday anyway, I guess...:rolleyes:

Oh crap never thought about having a look at it. Something to do with almost dying on a jump a minute before hand.
Is the gearbox fluid separate from the engine sump oil? If it is then only gearbox oil would do. Most other oils would make it slip.
Spectrum are awesome or if you want a hand give us a pm

[chop]

Ooh yup, you two! I don't think it's too munted, it's just like the clutch won't disengage. So it starts fine and I can go up and down the gears but it's got no drive. I'm gonna fiddle for a bit and see if I can get it going, otherwise I might just take it into spectrum or wherever later this week and let them work their magic. Unless of course one of you KB gurus has a bright idea about what can be done, those are always welcome :sweatdrop
Good thing I'm busy this upcoming sunday anyway, I guess...:rolleyes:

Clutch shouldnt have fried theyre pretty hardy.. Have you tryed adjusting the freeplay on the lever or engine casing? Then dump the oil and have a sniff youll soon know if its fried.. Or give us a yell if you need a hand

[Atomic]

Ah ah no but oh crap. Really that wasn't me.
:cool:

Found a few of those hills dropped away quite quickly yesterday.
Landed with both legs on one side of the bike on one then bounced back on(no skill just plain luck).

Great riding with atomic and co too. Bummer bout the flatty

Yeah good to get a ride in with westie and to meet BC and Mynx.
Front tyre went flat on my 3rd loop...but had a good strop before hand so all good.

Till next time!

[bc4eva]

Yeah good to get a ride in with westie and to meet BC and Mynx.
Front tyre went flat on my 3rd loop...but had a good strop before hand so all good.

Till next time!

Yeah bro for sure!