The Sandpit trails?

[Reckless]

So whats their?? I can never remember and I always get blimming well lost so I thought I'd take the map up tomorrow and do them all!!

So Post them up guys an I'll add them to the list an try an mark them off as I go??

Track Name (Difficulty)

T = The Twister (Red)
W = The Woodchopper (Red)
C = The Convict (Red)
BD = Big Dipper (Red)
OB = Outward Bound ?
TF = The Fallen (Red)
SB = Super bowl (Yellow)
Mount Something????


Be nice if Ktm boy could mark them on the map 4 us?? ok So I'll give them a code as well like a plan key to make it easier for him!

Ktm boy can post to this thread when he makes a new one and we'll all know as it will pop up in the new posts for that day!

[tommorth]

would be great if the track names were on the map dont think all trails are named though
outward bound ends up at hillclimb fun (not always fun)
quite like the loop track

[Reckless]

Ah ha! Outward bound that's the one with the try harder sign on the hill, Soft sand that isn't it!
I'll add it to the list!

[vazza]

Theres another awesome red trail I found today its called The Fallen or something like that.. not sure, but its tight as with a huge tree you gotta jump over haha. Epic track!

[Reckless]

ok Vazz I'll add it
Ktm boy will probably log on sooner or later and correct our list anyway.

I'll look for it tommorrow where abouts is it mate?

[telliman]

ill join you tomorrow rick, be there 9.30-10ish!

[REDRIDER]

Hey Reckless, are you still heading up to the sandpit tomorrow, someone to ride with would be good... what time were ya thinkin... on another note I fixed the cable and still had a flat spot, so replaced the spark plug and viola, so riding tomorow is in.
There is a new temporary map up the sandpit all tracks are named and colour coded, heres a smaller version for your fridges.....

Youll note a clminte pic bottom left "with credit" thanks phil.

sorry large file, can email a better one if ya want it

[Reckless]

Ah shit I went to their web site today and got the one I posted earlier!
Where did you find that one??? yeh email it to me I'll pm ya! Can't read that one?

I can scan it or enlarge it and post up one here big enough that you guys can print it.

Well that put an end to this thread LOL!!!!

[vazza]

ok Vazz I'll add it
Ktm boy will probably log on sooner or later and correct our list anyway.

I'll look for it tommorrow where abouts is it mate?

Ahh I just remembered, im 95% sure its called The Failure.. Yeh thats it.

Go alone the maintrack down to where the fences block the road on both sides.. keep going straight through just about to the end of that main track where you can either veere left or right, its probably 50 metres before that, you would never notice it as you ride past, its red sign on the right of the track. It starts as a little climb which is actually quick tricky haha.

So yeh, way down that main track and keep your eyes to the right! Its hidden :)

I'm tempted to ride tomorrow as well but I better not.. Haha. The new KTM was simply amazing, absolutely loved it. Wicked control, so light and nimble but surprisingly alot of power. Look forward to racing it _b.

I also found some gnarly hillclimbs that Ive never seen before, this one was huge!

[REDRIDER]

Ah shit I went to their web site today and got the one I posted earlier!
Where did you find that one??? yeh email it to me I'll pm ya! Can't read that one?

I can scan it or enlarge it and post up one here big enough that you guys can print it.

Well that put an end to this thread LOL!!!!

Ive been redrawing this for a while now, KTM Boy should have updated the website, it was spose to be 2m x 1m but "given the current economic situation" that got scaled down, still the map is there 1 at signon and 1 in the smoking/covered area. how big do you want it, its currently 2m x 1m lol. You should be able to download the one i posted and zoom to 100%. should be readable.....

[REDRIDER]

Ahh I just remembered, im 95% sure its called The Failure.. Yeh thats it.

The finisher bro..... its a goodie. can we talk you into coming tomorrow...cmon

[Reckless]

That printed ok on A4 I'll laminate one 4 tommorrow! thanks mate!
Did one A3 still need my glasses though lol!!!

Try an head there about 10ish depends on the misuss and my job list. But 10 should be ok! See ya there guys!
Grey Mazda proceed 4x4 I'll put the KB flag up.

Haha Telli you'll have to wait for me to much mate I can't keep up with you an you'll get sick of waiting for me to have six goes at the bloody hills then find the old mans way round it!!

[REDRIDER]

ill be there at 9.00, gold rodeo, next to the smoking area, rain damit

[telliman]

its not always abt going fast mate!haha
iv never done a red or blue trail so you might have the wood over me!

[REDRIDER]

its not always abt going fast mate!haha
iv never done a red or blue trail so you might have the wood over me!

im the opposite, love the blues and reds not so good on the high speed whoops,

[Reckless]

Given the old girl an oil change an cleaned the filter! So she's ready!

Just been invited out on the piss so not to sure how ready I'll be!! :Pokey:

Should still be there though 10ish.

[REDRIDER]

For those that dont know..... there is a map at the sandpit 1000x600 pretty sure there is one at the sign in shed, the other is in the middle of the carpark "the smoking area" theres 36 trails named and plenty more to come, there all colour coded from easy, enduro or Expert and really opens up the forest rather than following the same old trails.....
Download the attached file below then open it, it will be much more readable.

[warewolf]

Where's the old carpark/signon, down near #5 on that first map?

[Buddy L]

#16 on red riders map is were the old car park is, and old entrance to the beach.

[warewolf]

Ta, that's where I thought.

Sometimes I wish I still lived in AKL, but not for the traffic that's for sure!

[Reckless]

The rollercoaster is not on that map I'm pretty sure I passed a sign saying it was the track name??

[REDRIDER]

The rollercoaster is not on that map I'm pretty sure I passed a sign saying it was the track name??

You may be quite right, not every track has been named, adopt it , shape it, prune it and give it a name....call it RECKLESS...

[Reckless]

Haha Reckless's Route! or Root. LOL!!!
Danger spends much more time out there than me so one called Danger's Destiny?? :2thumbsup

[REDRIDER]

The Trail of Doom as the name suggests is a neverending nightmare, hense I keep going back for more, Pretty sure this is one of danger's masterpiece's..

[telliman]

haha, i stalled three times and went into the bush once on the woodchopper, the trail of doom sorta scarce me !

[tommorth]

The Trail of Doom as the name suggests is a neverending nightmare, hense I keep going back for more, Pretty sure this is one of danger's masterpiece's..

thats the one with the warnings about it getting harder aye ??pretty sure found it last time I was there great trail had some proride signs near the start

[vazza]

trail of doom is so sweet.

[chop]

Think from memory Trail of doom is Johnny Nick's... Finisher is mine

[takitimu]

"tree hugger" is one tight track, will have to try finisher.

[Danger]

Don't give me any credit for any of the tracks they are not of my doing, although some tracks that AJ and I did start off by just free riding to link different parts are now established tracks, we did little other than just weave our way through the trees in the early days of the current regime and the Sandpit guys have done the work to open them to the masses and they have done a great job.
I have a sponsorship deal with the Sandpit, that is why my stickers can be found in various parts. I preferred this option to having naming rights to a track and having large signs put up.

[takitimu]

although some tracks that AJ and I did start off by just free riding to link different parts are now established tracks

Which raises an interesting point, is it ok to free ride in the sandpit, not that we would have last time we were in there :msn-wink:

[Ktmboy]

Which raises an interesting point, is it ok to free ride in the sandpit, not that we would have last time we were in there :msn-wink:

A good place to free ride is the Dead forest, both north and south but heading in the right direction.

Free riding is cool but because our part of the forest is young its a bit of a mission due to the pruning waste and under growth. Take a pruning saw with ya next time:clap:

I suppose the main thing is to ensure that when you get back onto a track you are heading in the right direction. So unless you are totally familiar with all the tracks I wouldn't recommend going off piste. I got lost yesterday and ended up going around in circles for 30 minutes. Made a freakin cool track though.

[cheese]

that trail of doom is poo. Its just a long twisty boring trail. I really rate the woodchopper and that new one Blakes one??? and that one that starts off at the end of blakes one with the hill climb to start off. Can't wait to get out when I get back! Been months since I been on my bike!!!

[EXCDirt]

Did a bit of free riding last thursday, nobody but 2 of us in the whole park. Out in the Dead forrest and even made it thru/ around the tussock to the superbowl. There's even some cool little climbs that go fairly steep and technical.... Fell off lots:laugh:
Found an interesting new track that is marked 33 on the new map. Goes out by the farmland and if you miss the last right turn (hard right up hill) you end up crashing thru the cutty grass and back out onto the road. Simple two wire fence to cross then back down the road into the park!
You can scare the sh1t out of the person who saw you dissapear in the oppisite direction about an hour earlier just to come back thru the front gate. Good fun!

[Ktmboy]

that trail of doom is poo. Its just a long twisty boring trail. I really rate the woodchopper and that new one Blakes one??? and that one that starts off at the end of blakes one with the hill climb to start off. Can't wait to get out when I get back! Been months since I been on my bike!!!

New bike Cheese? I had the AG185. ported and polished.:drool:

[Ktmboy]

Did a bit of free riding last thursday, nobody but 2 of us in the whole park. Out in the Dead forrest and even made it thru/ around the tussock to the superbowl. There's even some cool little climbs that go fairly steep and technical.... Fell off lots:laugh:
Found an interesting new track that is marked 33 on the new map. Goes out by the farmland and if you miss the last right turn (hard right up hill) you end up crashing thru the cutty grass and back out onto the road. Simple two wire fence to cross then back down the road into the park!
You can scare the sh1t out of the person who saw you dissapear in the oppisite direction about an hour earlier just to come back thru the front gate. Good fun!

Ah yes...problem solved on that track. Its knarly in there but worth puttin some track through tho.

[cheese]

New bike Cheese? I had the AG185. ported and polished.:drool:

LOL I changed that nearly a month ago. Took that long for someone to notice!

[sxyrx7]

i like the short track that comes out just behind the toilet in the carpark, not on the map but it have a great uphill on it. just watch the tree stump in the center of the track at the base to the hill. bent my rear brake rotor on it a couple of weeks ago.

[tommorth]

sxyrx7 where abouts does that track start?

[vazza]

Starts just up the road a bit, by the cones I think..

[sxyrx7]

Starts just up the road a bit, by the cones I think..

yer thats the one