Thunder! 22/02

[oldskool]

I just rang Thunder and they said heaps of people were there today having a ball. No-one rode the A and B was slippery but manageable. Noobies all went to the kids track where they really enjoyed it. It rained a bit but that didn't stop the fun. On the 3 day forecast it looks like less showers are to fall tomorrow.
http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?alias=rainfcst_3daynz

Anyways Me and Fam, LittleJohn and Fam and MXHeman are all gonna give it a burl. Who else is game to get muddy!!!! I lay down the challenge :wari::devil2:

[noobi]

If someone can give me a lift from Pukekohe, I could pay their entry, then I can go and play in the mud too
PM me please if you have a space and are interested

[oldskool]

If someone can give me a lift from Pukekohe, I could pay their entry, then I can go and play in the mud too
PM me please if you have a space and are interested
Yep MXHeman sez he'll pick you up on the way thru, he'll PM you in a bit.

[jt119]

can.pick.you.up.about.10

[flyingcr250]

i accept your challenge. what time you guys heading out?? be good practice for the winter rides and the RUT 100,:Pokey:

[Hemex]

i accept your challenge. what time you guys heading out?? be good practice for the winter rides and the RUT 100,:Pokey:

We'll be leaving the North Shore around 9 mate... An hour os so from then we'll be there

[flyingcr250]

might have to put the bark busters back on, could be a few offs :headbang:

[oldskool]

might have to put the bark busters back on, could be a few offs :headbang:
I've wrapped thread tape under the perches and changed sprockets from 13:48 to 12:50. Dunno if that'll make it too low, tomorrow will tell.

[flyingcr250]

I've wrapped thread tape under the perches and changed sprockets from 13:48 to 12:50. Dunno if that'll make it too low, tomorrow will tell.

mines 13,52 couldnt be bothered putting the 14 on the front. :wari:

[LittleJohn]

Will be parked up at the learners/kids track if anyone wants to come say hello. White Subaru s/w...

[oldskool]

Weather forecast looking very promising,
http://www.metservice.co.nz/default/index.php?alias=rainfcst_3daynz
everyones still keen, should be a great day. Leaving shortly just waiting on MXHeman.

[flyingcr250]

was a wicked day to day track was slippery in the morning but dried out not too bad, met noobi and jt119

[noobi]

ah ha
was hell slippery in the morning, but it dried out real quick
hey flyincr (really a KTM) did you try the new motox track? I thought it looked like it could be quite good, we talked to James and he said he still has to extend it and expects it to be about 3.5 k long
was nice to meet jt119 again, and flyingktm and little john and oldskool and thaks MXheman for the lift
was an awesome day

[flyingcr250]

ah ha
was hell slippery in the morning, but it dried out real quick
hey flyincr (really a KTM) did you try the new motox track? I thought it looked like it could be quite good, we talked to James and he said he still has to extend it and expects it to be about 3.5 k long
was nice to meet jt119 again, and flyingktm and little john and oldskool and thaks MXheman for the lift
was an awesome day

na didnt get to try it, was busy chaseing JT119 down those slippery hills on the A-loop, good fun. :crazy:

[noobi]

na didnt get to try it, was busy chaseing JT119 down those slippery hills on the A-loop, good fun. :crazy:

hes quite fast a? lol
i found the downhills were ok, the uphills were the harder ones

[oldskool]

Pics at Thunder last Sunday

[oldskool]

More random pics

[oldskool]

Noobi in the air and bike ready for Dynamo treatment

[tommorth]

some good pics there oldskool that thunder mud is bloody sticky did the dynamo make it dissolve

[flyingcr250]

it doesnt look that muddy in those pics, my bike was caked in the shit. have to have a go at the mx track next time.

[green machine]

Hey whats the MX track like???looks like it would be pretty hard in the wet....me and a few of the lads are headin there on Sat

[LittleJohn]

The dynamo works awesome

[oldskool]

The dynamo works awesome
Took me an hour of hosing and 2 soaks of Dynamo between to get it back to sparkling again!

[oldskool]

some good pics there oldskool that thunder mud is bloody sticky did the dynamo make it dissolve
Oh yeah, it's bloody amazing stuff. Just slides the mud off the tyres and plastics and makes them like new again.

[oldskool]

it doesnt look that muddy in those pics, my bike was caked in the shit. have to have a go at the mx track next time.
Yeah most of the pics were taken by Mrs Oldskool up in the kids area, we picked up all the mud on the A and B loops.

[krad_nz]

Sweet pics mate.

[honda_power]

looks good... never been there, will have to go soon i think. I allways heard it was pretty shit but i dont know now

[noobi]

Good photos :clap: thanks for the first one of me...
I just let most of the mud dry out overnight then cleaned my bike on Monday evening after school and most of the mud just fell off because it was dry, then the dynamo and water treatment to deal to the rest and shes quite clean now :doctor:
Although I do have about 8kg of thunderX mud outside now :banana:

Honda Power, it depends what you like riding, its clay trails about 10k long and some of its quite tight, not as tight as kimmies, and it does get greasy after the rain but we went the day after what seemed like a tsunami and it was all rideable, except only the worst hillclimbs and it ALL dries out after probably a couple of days of sun, and theres the new motox track thats being built

[flyingcr250]

looks good... never been there, will have to go soon i think. I allways heard it was pretty shit but i dont know now

might be a bit hard on the honda ;)
its ok quite rough sometimes, good fun though.

[CRF119]

New mx track has my attention i hope it has some good 80ft+ jumps unlike kimmys and other tracks. Good looking layout

[jt119]

cr.seems.to.like.it.ther

[honda_power]

New mx track has my attention i hope it has some good 80ft+ jumps unlike kimmys and other tracks. Good looking layout

wishful thinking. It wont :weep:... if people start hurting themselves they cant get insurance. Look what happened to Black Duck Valley in Aus

[honda_power]

cr.seems.to.like.it.ther

whats with you and full stops? every post of yours has a full stop where spaces should be

[flyingcr250]

wishful thinking. It wont :weep:... if people start hurting themselves they cant get insurance. Look what happened to Black Duck Valley in Aus

theres no point having big jumps on tracks like kimmys and thunder, the tracks dont get groomed often enough to keep the jumps safe. they are family oriented parks were you go to have fun, and push your own skills and develop new ones. although bigger jumps would be nice.:headbang:

[jt119]

space.bars.fucked.rather.by.bike.bits.tham.key.boa rd

[cave weta]

space.bars.fucked.rather.by.bike.bits.tham.key.boa rd

fuckin GOLD!:laugh::laugh:

[honda_power]

space.bars.fucked.rather.by.bike.bits.tham.key.boa rd

heh. good shit

[Ktmboy]

space.bars.fucked.rather.by.bike.bits.tham.key.boa rd

Classic. I thought that you had a speech impediment. A stuuuuter with the mouse.

[LittleJohn]

space.bars.fucked.rather.by.bike.bits.tham.key.boa rd

Noobi, Oldskool & myself at Thunder on Sunday were discussing about the dots & some different scenarios of why jt119 uses them

[jt119]

lol.sorry.never.made.it.up.to.say.hi.from.the.pics .looks.like.you.guys.were.having.a.ball

[kezzafish]

ha.ha.haaaaa,that.is.funny.as.fuck.Me.and.the.well y.boys.had.a.yarn.about.this.the.other.day.too!
Bling.well.earned.and.deserved

[Hemex]

space.bars.fucked.rather.by.bike.bits.tham.key.boa rd

Tell me if you want to come collect one... Ive got about 30 spare keyboards and mice ( or is it mouse's as its not an animal?)

[Pierce]

how long has the mx track been there? so it's more of a natural terrain type circuit?

[xen]

haha.dot.crew.stand.up

[noobi]

how long has the mx track been there? so it's more of a natural terrain type circuit?

Hasnt been there that long, at most a month or so, at the least I think a week or two, and its still not done yet, James said it still has to carry on up the hill and along to the left in oldskools first photo

[cheese]

Man fix it you slack ass. New KB if like $15!!

[Hemex]

Man fix it you slack ass. New KB if like $15!!

I've even offered a free keyboard... :Punk:

[kezzafish]

nah fuck that. keep up the dots, they're classic. I might even take up the style

[oldskool]

lol.sorry.never.made.it.up.to.say.hi.from.the.pics .looks.like.you.guys.were.having.a.ball

I think we saw the tail end of yah on the A track. You went flying past us and made going fast in the mud look easy.

[honda_power]

nah fuck that. keep up the dots, they're classic. I might even take up the style

yeah. keep em theyr classic now that we know why you use em :)

[flyingcr250]

anyone heading out there today 1/3??????

[jt119]

ya.just.got.home.from.ther.just.like.last.sunday.g ot.stuck.on.that.same.hill.as.you

[flyingcr250]

ya.just.got.home.from.ther.just.like.last.sunday.g ot.stuck.on.that.same.hill.as.you

i was all packed and ready to go, then i realised i didnt have any oil. :doh: