Maramarua annual Possum Trapper Trail Ride on 2 & 3 Jan.

[xxblackbirdxx]

Hey All
Two day trail ride at maramarua on friday and saturday, Campings free and they will be using the same tracks that are to be used for the GNCC on the 10th. i went down there last week for the twilight ride and it was fun, Kinda dry , but with this rain it should be a handful on friday...So, Who's going?..:clap:

[Crisis management]

I'll be there for one of the days, trying for friday but it may end up being saturday....don't rut it out too much for me, ok?

[barty5]

myself and rupe will be there want get a look in at the gncc track pre race on the 10th

[vazza]

Ill be there!

[Rupe]

myself and rupe will be there want get a look in at the gncc track pre race on the 10th

what day are we going????

[noobi]

Ill be going down, dont know what day though?
I would have said both but dad says we couldnt ride for two days :doh:
Long range weather says some rain on wednesday and then fine for the rest of the week

[barty5]

what day are we going????

was thinking friday have allways done it on the 2nd but dont mind can go either day.

[krad_nz]

This sounds like fun.
I see fire extinguishers are required for this ride. Might try and get down there for a day.

[vazza]

Where do you buy those mini fire extinguishers from?! Mitre 10 have em?

[xxblackbirdxx]

they usually sell them at the events, I bought mine from a trail ride but my friends have picked them up from repco or supercheap . I have a spare one Vazza . Let me know if you want me to bring it along for the event.

[krad_nz]

Where do you buy those mini fire extinguishers from?! Mitre 10 have em?

Have a look in the Desert Storm thread. I posted a link to some. $20/each.
I ordered 3 and got them delivered. They turned up about 3 days later.

[krad_nz]

So, are new tracks opened up on Saturday?

[xxblackbirdxx]

I was speaking to Greg power at the trail ride and he didnt suggest anything to that effect. So i believe its going to be the same tracks for both days. However the friday ride will stretch on for longer in the evening than the saturday one.
Just checked the Met service and there is heavy rain forecasted for saturday. I reckon friday is the day for me...and saturday is for the guys who love the slippery stuff and like a challenge

[LittleJohn]

Don't think we will make this ride but can still be hopefull. Can someone tell me the best place to mount the extinguishers required for many of the trail rides????

[Rupe]

Don't think we will make this ride but can still be hopefull. Can someone tell me the best place to mount the extinguishers required for many of the trail rides????

I've got mine attached to some bits on the front of my camal-pak thing. I also wear body armour with back protection so should be ok if I fall.

Other than that most tape them to the front fender, but a few fall off like that.

[B0000M]

Don't think we will make this ride but can still be hopefull. Can someone tell me the best place to mount the extinguishers required for many of the trail rides????

the ones we use have a bracket which we have drilled 2 small holes thru the front guard for mounting bolts. then just a cable tie or a bit of tape to make sure the extinguisher doesnt come out of the cradle on the rough stuff.

so far no damaged guards.

[xxblackbirdxx]

Don't think we will make this ride but can still be hopefull. Can someone tell me the best place to mount the extinguishers required for many of the trail rides????

I have taped my extinguisher to the crossbar pad onthe handlebar. It sits fine there and i've never had any problem with it being there. You need to watch that it dosen't interfere with the cables. No bad experiences so far but others may have something to add to that. I like the idea of bolting it to the front fender with the provided clamp for mounting.

[A&R]

was thinking friday have allways done it on the 2nd but dont mind can go either day.

If you go on the saturday I will probably see you there so I can get at least a preview for the 10th jan

[mattwood]

should hopefully be going.
Can you buy fire extinguishers there?

[vazza]

Nah you cant. Call in to repco or mitre10

[noobi]

does anyone know how much it is?
were going down tomorrow, ill be looking for the shirts

[kevfromcoro]

oi!!!!!!! you lot wait for me..:niceone:

[barty5]

caltex bombays anyone who want to join up bout 9.30

[kevfromcoro]

iam over in whitianga,,,
wont get acces to a puter for a while.
can someone pop a start time or contact for sat.. cell or txt.
heres mine 0212661077.
Cheers Kev

[vazza]

How was the ride today? Didnt manage to get out there.. Keen to go tomorrow but im unsure about the weather... Did it round out there today?

[krad_nz]

Yeah do tell. We are thinking of checking it out tomorrow.

[barty5]

How was the ride today? Didnt manage to get out there.. Keen to go tomorrow but im unsure about the weather... Did it round out there today?

It was wet, sloppy, slippery as hell greasy lot a people went home early hill climbs where pretty tuff due to the weather. Other wise appart from smaking head on fence post and smasing my knee on something and putting kick start right through boots ( I need new ones now) was a good day out .

[barty5]

Yeah do tell. We are thinking of checking it out tomorrow.

make sure you have good tyres keep an eye on weather if it dosnt rain over night it should be better than today wa starting to dry out.

[Crisis management]

Wot barty said....

The morning wasn't too bad but by 2pm the surfaces were as greasy as hell and I was not getting up slopes that I had earlier, Hopefully it will dry out for tomorrow but otherwise it's good tyres and be prepared to give it heaps to get through some of those uphills.

On a side note, the clay colour goes well with KTM orange, I have about 50kgs of the stuff if anyone wants some.

[krad_nz]

Well we checked out the ride today and it was a minter. Lots of dragon flies around too which was kinda interesting. You don't get many in Auckland.

Anyway, did 3 loops and checked out some of the expert tracks too. Some really nice views from the FFM loop I think it was called. Decided it would be best if I avoided 'suicide drop'. :whistle:

[vazza]

Awesome, sounds like you had a good time. Did you manage to check out the GNCC route!? Or is it the same?

[krad_nz]

No idea if I didn't part or all of the GNCC loop. :innocent:

[SpikedPunch]

Well I had a bit of a bum ride due to dodgy breaks and a dodgy clutch (started out okay but got worse through the day) probably shouldn't have gone out with the bike like that but I wanted one last blat before work starts on monday :weep:
It was pretty cool though. Some slipperyness, but not too bad. Made it over everything (after a few goes), we were doing the yellow/reds. Was forced to take a scenic detour home from krad and his bro my second/last time attempting to go out because the clutch was slipping and was making hideous noises when I tried to go quick, just nana'd along the flat roady stuff, at least there was nice stuff to look at!
Poor little bike is going to bike hospital on monday, I've been a bit mean to it. :rolleyes: