Mr Motorcyles ride this weekend 14th december

[cheese]

Well not many have responded to a xmas ride at Thunder the weekend of the 20th, so I think that I'll be heading down for a last ride of the year to the Mr Motorcyles ride this weekend at Paparimu

Sunday 14th December 2008

Paparimu, in association with the Paparimu School

Anyone else keen to head along?

[noobi]

I'm going down
Is the ride like most of the other ones? paddocks and hills and roads?

[barty5]

Nope not me got a deck to build (watch being built lol) and birthday party at rupes place leos 1st

[Danger]

No I'm heading to the last Waitemata Trailride of the year at Riverhead if I go riding at all.

[oldskool]

No I'm heading to the last Waitemata Trailride of the year at Riverhead if I go riding at all.
Same, if I can make it but not looking likely atm

[Sammikins]

I'm relatively new to dirtbiking, did a day with broxy rider coaching, how difficult will this paparimu ride be? :buggerd:

[cheese]

oooh riverhead!!!! that sounds like a plan!!!

[oldskool]

oooh riverhead!!!! that sounds like a plan!!!
:laugh: hijacking your own post, that's funny!!

[cheese]

Bah I'll start a new thread.... LOL

[SpikedPunch]

I'm relatively new to dirtbiking, did a day with broxy rider coaching, how difficult will this paparimu ride be? :buggerd:

I haven't done this ride specifically, but I think it's another rolling farmland type ride, so you should be sweet. My partner did a bunch of the MM rides last year for his first ones, and I had a go at one the other week, doable enough, just a few scary dropoffs :crazy:

[barty5]

there is a couple of real good down hills and good hill climb inthe forest is awsome.

[bc4eva]

there is a couple of real good down hills and good hill climb inthe forest is awsome.

doh, going to miss this one. Look forward to some next year. How often do they happen (Mr Motorcycle rides)?

[barty5]

doh, going to miss this one. Look forward to some next year. How often do they happen (Mr Motorcycle rides)?

once a month over 6 months start november

[dammad1]

Bikes in bits at the moment but if I get it back together in time i'll head down.

I heard that this one is nasty if its wet.

[scott411]

Paparimu is much steeper and more techincal than all our other rides, if is is wet this weekend it will be slippary, to be honest if you think Glen Murray had big drop offs i do not reccomend Paparimu, it is much steeper,

[dammad1]

Paparimu is much steeper and more techincal than all our other rides, if is is wet this weekend it will be slippary, to be honest if you think Glen Murray had big drop offs i do not reccomend Paparimu, it is much steeper,

Sounds like it will be good, but the forecast is for a bit of rain.

[noobi]

If dust would be a problem the rain early in the week should deal to that
The metservice rain radar is never gonna be positive this early in the week for the weekend, iv had it say torrential rainfall on saturday, go for a ride on both saturday and sunday and have brilliantly dry tracks and no rain till monday night!
So it may or not rain given what its showing at the moment, but i will still go unless it rains non stop from now till sunday :blank:

[SpikedPunch]

Paparimu is much steeper and more techincal than all our other rides, if is is wet this weekend it will be slippary, to be honest if you think Glen Murray had big drop offs i do not reccomend Paparimu, it is much steeper,
Nah not scary steep, more whoops, didn't see that coming! I'll be there with bells on. Unless it rains :baby:

[oldskool]

Nah not scary steep, more whoops, didn't see that coming! I'll be there with bells on. Unless it rains :baby:
I guess you musta got your clutch fixed! What was the problem in the end?
ps Riverhead is closer..

[chop]

This ride rocks!!! make sure you have a good edge if it rains!!! im racing wmcc 2 man in riverhead sat but if im up to it ill do this ride too!

[flyingcr250]

im heading down to taupo for the berm buster ride. i think its the last one for the year

[LittleJohn]

Love to be there, or any ride but my boy has mini motorcross this weekend.

[xen]

More technical and steeper sounds good! Shit, hard to decide this or riverhead..

[oldskool]

Love to be there, or any ride but my boy has mini motorcross this weekend.
Is that the northharbour club? I'm thinking about joining my daughter up.

[4stroke]

Paparimu is much steeper and more techincal than all our other rides, if is is wet this weekend it will be slippary, to be honest if you think Glen Murray had big drop offs i do not reccomend Paparimu, it is much steeper,

i love this ride, had so much fun last year, aparently alot of people didnt think so, we went with the first bunch and buy the time we got back on second lap, the carpark was near empty, i think we did 4 or 5 laps i think, blackbuel, a&r, buddyL and i were the last to leave the carpark, and i hope like fk it rains heavily.............. we had a ball

[4stroke]

This ride rocks!!! make sure you have a good edge if it rains!!! im racing wmcc 2 man in riverhead sat but if im up to it ill do this ride too!

still thinking bout this too, hmmm at the more bank accnt dont allow it, but we'll see, might get alex giddy on his bike then his old man can pay for it all lololol

[LittleJohn]

Is that the northharbour club? I'm thinking about joining my daughter up.

Yeah it is. Our boy is on a LT50 quad. He started in March this year. Just turned 5 end October. He loves it. Its a great club.

[Ktmboy]

According to the forecast it looks like rain, so your options could turn out like this....

- Paparimu, steep, drop offs, good slippery down hills and bogs.
- Riverhead, same stuff but with trees.
- The Dome practice MX, same stuff but racing through it at speed with the odd double and table top thrown in.

All in all a bloody good weekend coming up really.

[Buddy L]

i love this ride, had so much fun last year, aparently alot of people didnt think so, we went with the first bunch and buy the time we got back on second lap, the carpark was near empty, i think we did 4 or 5 laps i think, blackbuel, a&r, buddyL and i were the last to leave the carpark, and i hope like fk it rains heavily.............. we had a ball

Im out this time, was by far one of the better rides of last year. If i wasn't busy this coming weekend i'd so be their.
Remember new tyres and low pressures maybe 8-10 psi.
And its going to be muddy no matter what.

[cheese]

Oh shit! I've got a Xmas thing at the Father in Laws on Sunday. Dam it Forgot about.

[Reckless]

Paparimu is much steeper and more techincal than all our other rides, if is is wet this weekend it will be slippary, to be honest if you think Glen Murray had big drop offs i do not reccomend Paparimu, it is much steeper,

Sign posted from where Scott your web site doesn't give out to much direction info on the best way to head out there. Maybe a street address for those Navman owners! Cheers Mate!!

[barty5]

Sign posted from where Scott your web site doesn't give out to much direction info on the best way to head out there. Maybe a street address for those Navman owners! Cheers Mate!!

Turn left at bombays straight through roundabout at the caltex and just keep following the road.

[cheese]

Sunday will now be

Leos Birthday
Father in Laws for Xmas lunch
BBQ at a mates house for dinner

LOL what a busy day!

[xen]

Hey Scott, how much will the fire extingushers be on the day?

[Ktmboy]

Hey Scott, how much will the fire extingushers be on the day?

Hey Xen. Go to Mt Smart Marine and they have them for about $20. Then you will always have one as they will be asked for more and more in the future.

[JohnM575]

looking forward to this one.turned up last year with bald tyres and a gear lever which stripped itself half way through and had a blast up until then so can't wait to give this trail a good crack since I am well prepared this time

[scott411]

they will be $25 on the day,

ill try to get the street address, but it starts at the paparimu school, signposted from the Bombay off ramp, and from SH2 Lyons road, Mangatawhiri

[oldguy]

Is that the northharbour club? I'm thinking about joining my daughter up.

Its a good club, she would love it, I will be there also, my grandson races in the 65s, thou I know if I asked him, which he would rather do, it would be the Paparimu trail loves the Mr Motorcycles trail rides.

[4stroke]

farrk what a day, mean ride, i banged out 6 laps including all A loops, but had a blast, loved that muddy first A loop, was nothing hard about the hill climb tho, bloody good job scott n co i could see carnage unfold if it pissed down in the middle of the day tho.

[JohnM575]

+1 with 4stroke.had a absolute blast , did 4 laps , with mixes of A and B routes (found the 2nd deviation of the A route a little "TIGHT" for a quad) but enjoyed all the rest of the terrain.no problems getting a big 500cc 4 stroke quad up those hills, just had to weave my way through the odd person having trouble on a couple of the greasy parts.counting down to next year already!:2thumbsup

[dammad1]

Yep that was an excellent ride, fast and flowing through the trees with some good variation, really enjoyed it.

[scott411]

thanks to all that turned up (562 riders) a record number for this ride,

was awesome to have a dry Paparimu ride for once, although there was mud in the a loops,

[4stroke]

thanks to all that turned up (562 riders) a record number for this ride,

was awesome to have a dry Paparimu ride for once, although there was mud in the a loops,

lol just kick me, i just rememberd what u said in that A loop, "if you fall off ill just kick ya and tell ya to get on with it lol"
was mean man, you should do 2 rides at this a year.

[dammad1]

lol just kick me, i just rememberd what u said in that A loop, "if you fall off ill just kick ya and tell ya to get on with it lol"
was mean man, you should do 2 rides at this a year.

Yeah it would be good to be able to ride there more often.

[camchain]

Absolutely stoked with the ride today. Found last year a real battle (on rear tire past it's best), this time was just a total blast. Struck a long 'waiting list' to get up first climb in the morning but no traffic jams after that. My 'new' EXC200 really blew me away today with what it could do.

Riding buddy head-butted a fence post and ended up with a 'time out' in the ambulance. His short term memory was out of whack for a while! Keith M (on a farm quad) was a real gent bringing him out and then getting me back up the hill to pick up his bike. Thanks Scott and team, very much appreciated. Best day I've had all year, I really needed that.

[Reckless]

Yep great ride also did 4 laps mix of A and B loops. 4 riding buddies and me. Also good to catch up 4stroke glad your fit and well again and to meet JYT.
The young guy had the tape up at 3:30ish to close off but he put it down and let us through! Much to the disgust of one of the guys on a quad on the way through. But we where back and packed way before the last third of the car park was empty!! So 4 of us did a "flat out" last B loop that was a rush. Was getting a bit chewed up by then but we just nailed it. No one in the way great loop, great day, great coarse, much better than those open fast nontechnical ones.
Good job Scott!! Twice a year sounds good to me mate!

[scott411]

i was the guy on the quad ;), and it would have been a bit earlier than 3.30, was mroe like 2.45, i tend to start being quite grumpy around that time,

bit of drama at the end when one of the sweep crew ended up in a creek and needed a helicopter, in one of the last paddocks from home, made for a long day

the Paparimu School are looking at running thier own trail ride in approx april/may for more fundraising, it will not be part of our series or run by us but i will post the date up here,

[xen]

Was a very cool ride. Got in that traffic jam by that hill climb and had a bit of trouble with the start of it. Good ridin with Courts, made me keep my pace up. Was exhausted by the end of the day and tried the jump at the end not realising it was over a creek, went way too slow and hit the bank. Only some brusing tho and got help to lift the bike out of the creek. Thanks to Scott and the crew for a sweet day

[camchain]

Ha! Did the same thing at that drain, xen. Slowed right down for a better look and only saw the distance to cross at the last moment. Gassed it, but landed on the edge of other side.

[Motoworld Powersports]

Yeh that was a good ride and well done to the school and Mr Motorcycles for a well run day. Im normally following my son around the Motox tracks around the country so it was great to fit a trailride in with the young fella. If i beeped you with my horn i apologise.

[courts]

Thanks to Scott and the team for a great day, good mix of terrain plenty of climbs and downhills, way to check out the revalved forks-thanks danger- is awesome.
Xen found the ditch on the last lap , bugger, but no damage and all left exhausted and happy.

[Reckless]

i was the guy on the quad ;), and it would have been a bit earlier than 3.30, was mroe like 2.45, i tend to start being quite grumpy around that time,

Haha Grumpy!!! we made it ok mate, good ride cheers!!


bit of drama at the end when one of the sweep crew ended up in a creek and needed a helicopter, in one of the last paddocks from home, made for a long day,

Was that the last two smooth paddocks, first one long enough to pin it through 4 gears. Hold on for the speed wobble as you went through the ruts at the gate, in to top and flat out through second paddock then hard on the brakes for that dusty left hander before the hill up to the pits. That was fun mate!