Mr Motorcycles Trail Ride 5th April Waeranga

[scott411]

fundraising for the Wearanga School,

Signposted from Smeeds Quarry Maramarua, (SH2)

and from SH1 at te Kauwhata,

map

http://www.wises.co.nz/l/waipuna+road/#c/2t50w/6tx1v/0/

link with full prices and conditions,

http://www.mrmotorcycles.co.nz/trailrideseries08-09.pdf


last one of the season, over 3000 riders already this season at our rides,

also we will have a full size range of EVS Evolution Neck Braces for test rides



** Kids track, i will try on friday to put the approx 5km kids loop in as well (like Naike), can not gurantee it at this stage but will update this post on friday night), we will definatly have the paddock mini track *****

[JohnM575]

looking foward to this one!last one I did was Paparimu and wouldn't mind a heavy downpour the night before just to make it a bit more of a challenge on those steep uphills and downhills:niceone:

[oldskool]

If I can sort my shit out re: bike and trailer, I'll be there. :Punk:

[Atomic]

Yep, we got a few going, meeting at BP Papakura Autobahn around 7:45-8:00

[camchain]

Will the course be the same as last year Scott? Was going to do Riverhead but Waerenga last year was megachoice.

[scott411]

just got back, track is 30km long, it is on the otherside of the valley from last year, we can not do the longer kids loops as the first and last bit of the ride are pretty steep, so it will be the normal couple of paddocks for the kids,

i think the track is pretty cool, more up and down than most of our rides so should be a bit more technical,

[krad_nz]

Aww, I was really looking forward to doing the same loop as last year. Marks 1 years worth of riding a bike! The first time I did this loop it nearly killed me. I think it was a mixture of rider ability and an old heavy dunger of a bike. Front brake failing half way round wasn't fun.

[oldskool]

Aww, I was really looking forward to doing the same loop as last year. Marks 1 years worth of riding a bike! The first time I did this loop it nearly killed me. I think it was a mixture of rider ability and an old heavy dunger of a bike. Front brake failing half way round wasn't fun.
Does that mean you're gonna pike?

[jt119]

me and three others will be there and my to sons will like the paddocks to ride in

[flyingcr250]

me and three others will be there and my to sons will like the paddocks to ride in

ill be there. the last mr moto ride i went on was pretty good even with the blinding dust. lol:chase:

[oldskool]

ill be there. the last mr moto ride i went on was pretty good even with the blinding dust. lol:chase:
Couldn't be as bad as Tussock surely, had a few hairy moments where I couldn't see a thing and banged into a deep rut!

[Reckless]

I may take my daughter to Thunder although I'd love to do the more technical main loop on this ride. Bugger there's no learners loop this time when the riding for me would be the best of all the rides by the sound of it! Ah well a small sacrifice to get my girl into riding!!

[scott411]

hot dusty day, a couple of ambluences and a Helicopter needed unfortunatly, track was a bit more technical than the rest this year, big hills and awesome veiws to be had, 431 riders today, got really dusty near the end of the day,

thanks to everyone who turned up this season for all our rides, we will be back again next year,

Scott
Mr Motorcycles

[barty5]

hot dusty day, a couple of ambluences and a Helicopter needed unfortunatly, track was a bit more technical than the rest this year, big hills and awesome veiws to be had, 431 riders today, got really dusty near the end of the day,

thanks to everyone who turned up this season for all our rides, we will be back again next year,

Scott
Mr Motorcycles

yeh was a good ride and some of those offs were in strange places kinda had you thinking how the hell did you end up there.

[scott411]

the really bad guy with a femur that needed a choppa had no idea either, then someone hurt there hip in teh same spot looking down to see where he had added up, and ended up down the same spot, not the smartest thing,

that area has some big hills and some long drop offs if you get off the track, you have to ride to what you can see, unfortunatly it is part of the risk we take doing these rides,

[oldguy]

Cheers Scott and the Mr Motorcycles Team and helpers for another great ride

F**kun awesome took the camera on my first loop, then did it another 2 more times:woohoo: ran into Barty5, clmintie, yamahaR6forlife, saw oldskool, didn't get the chance to catchup with him,

The rest of the pics are in my flicker link.

[flyingcr250]

some parts werent my cup of tea, like the part with the huge drop offs to one side. but i enjoyed 95%of it. pitty about the guys not riding to the conditions and having some good get offs, theres no shame in slowing down.:scooter:

[oldskool]

Cheers Scott and the Mr Motorcycles Team and helpers for another great ride

F**kun awesome took the camera on my first loop, then did it another 2 more times:woohoo: ran into Barty5, clmintie, yamahaR6forlife, saw oldskool, didn't get the chance to catchup with him,

The rest of the pics are in my flicker link.

:clap: Love the Gorse Bush shots!

[oldguy]

Sorry missed you. came across to say hi, you had gone to get something to eat.

[oldskool]

Sorry missed you. came across to say hi, you had gone to get something to eat.
Yeah shame woulda been good to catch up, after we found grub noobi and I then detoured and gasbagged with JT and Flyingcr250, and then with Clmintie and then with Krad...whew sure did the rounds! Was an awesome time tho' ay!

[JohnM575]

Enjoyed the first and last 10k's , found the middle of the trail where there was rough pugging a little hard on the arms since I was on a quad without a steering stabilizer.

I had a faulty alternator so only completed 1 lap as it rose to a head about 23-25 k's through when the battery had no juice left and caused the bike to shut down.Managed to get it going again and limped it back but that was it for the day.

Enjoyed this seasons rides and looking forward to 09/10's!

[Cr1MiNaL]

Hey guys it was a good ride. Dusty but good. Aside from Oldguy who is really not that old lol and the mates I came with, I didn't meet any other kbers.

Anyone do the amazing goat track along the side of the cliff face instead of following the sign pointing upwards? It was crazy narroe like 1/4 foot wide ! MEAN !! was thining man my R6 would die if she got this high lol, I even ran into a stray sheep and chased him up a hill :D

[barty5]

:clap: Love the Gorse Bush shots!

That was simon 1st time out in bout 6 years he got the hang of it in the end i was the one come up behind him ended up havin to ride it up there for him.

[jt119]

really.injoyed.that.ride.shame.thats.the.end.of.th em

[IIIRII]

Good Ride
Cheers

[clmintie]

Bloody good fun.....

I usually follow Sophie on these rides while Grace zooms on ahead, but with Sophie not there today I got to hoon a bit behind Grace. Boy has she got faster... Today marked the 1st anniversary of her trail riding and with 80 hours on the KX, she sure has improved...

Here's a few random pix, have to confess the riding was too good to stop with the camera much... Missed out on a fourth loop by 5 mins.....:weep:

[SpikedPunch]

That was pretty fun :woohoo: Had some problems on a couple of the uphills, getting the hang of them a bit better now tho. Agreed with flyingcr250, I'm a bit cautious on the cliffy drop off bits, but the fast open parts near the middle/end were really fun. Would have liked another go around but oh well that's how the cookie crumbles! I was kinda tired anyway :o That bumpy stuff is hard on your hands.
Can't wait to get another year of riding under my belt and come back next year!

[clmintie]

A few more,

I think Grace was telling him to harden up, prayer's not going help....

We had to wait wile the chopper landed, so Grace handed out jelly worms........

[clmintie]

Last ones, with an "arty" to finish.....

Looking forward to next year.............

[Buddy L]

More great photos, how do you manage not recking your cameras while riding,
A) not falling off
B) Falling carefully
c) just take a older camera around with yourself and not worrie about it.

[SpikedPunch]

More great photos, how do you manage not recking your cameras while riding,


Don't know about these guys with the nice cameras, but I carry around an average quality digital point & shoot in my camelback, inside a ziplock bag (in case of river crossings or rain I guess) haven't broken it yet and I always have at least one off per ride :third:
Thx for the pic Climintie, new facebook avatar, yeah :clap:

[clmintie]

I'm not allowed to fall off, my wife said so...........

Today I only took a point and shoot Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 8.1mp. All wrapped up in bubble wrap in my camel pack........ Sophie had the Canon at the photo shoot, the results of which are stunning.............

[daddycool651]

awesome ride :woohoo: , the dust made for a bit of excitement , :argh: except for on the hills when you couldnt see a corner coming up , saw phil and his daughter taking photos (at the last minute , whilst chasing a mate) sorry for the snobbery ... nice photos clmintie keep it up ..wicked , bit of excitement with the helicopter ... unfortunately at someone elses expense .. hopefully they are ok ..... till next year , good work MR'S....

[oldguy]

Don't know about these guys with the nice cameras, but I carry around an average quality digital point & shoot in my camelback, inside a ziplock bag (in case of river crossings or rain I guess) haven't broken it yet and I always have at least one off per ride :third:
Thx for the pic Climintie, new facebook avatar, yeah :clap:

I only took my camera on the first loop it was a slow ride with helping alot of
fallen riders pick there bikes up, and make sure they where Ok.
The next 2 trips out I had a blast, at times I felt like I was on my own, couldn't see anyone in front or behind me for what seemed like miles.

[gordons]

Awesome ride! Enjoyed it very much. Thought it was a good mix with a bit of everything, downhills, hills, slow, fast, technical etc. Hope the casualty(s) of yesterday is ok though that got airlifted.
Thanks Mr. Motorcycles for an awesome day, the BRP (Big Red Pig) and myself enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.

[barty5]

Don't know about these guys with the nice cameras, but I carry around an average quality digital point & shoot in my camelback, inside a ziplock bag (in case of river crossings or rain I guess) haven't broken it yet and I always have at least one off per ride :third:
Thx for the pic Climintie, new facebook avatar, yeah :clap:

Hey was that you i passed havin a lay down facin the wrong way just near the end some one was helpin turn bike back round to have another go up the hill was round middle of the day.

[SpikedPunch]

Probably, was that the hill somewhere near the 20k mark? I had to try it twice... all the while getting passed by kids on 65s :eek:

[barty5]

Probably, was that the hill somewhere near the 20k mark? I had to try it twice... all the while getting passed by kids on 65s :eek:

Yeh came up a road did a hard left up the hill then opened in to nice long 5 gear up road went for ages.

[Brian d marge]

Those helio copter things cost a bit of money , and I assume they aint going to give yoou a lift for aching arches

were the people ok , ? can someone confirm

Stephen

[IIIRII]

I attach my Ixus 90is bag to my armour so its easy to grab quickly.
I did 3 laps and only fell off once, which was when I can to a stop and went to put my foot down on the side that dropped away ......waaaaaa splat ...

[oldskool]

I did 3 laps and only fell off once, which was when I can to a stop and went to put my foot down on the side that dropped away ......waaaaaa splat ...
Me too! 3 laps and one soft fall. I did the same thing but going up that steep hill and the little KX125 went off the boil, put my foot down on the side that dropped away and ended up cartwheeling 10mtrs down the hill with the KX bouncing after me. No broken levers tho'! Feeling a sore shoulder, ribs, wrist and knee now but!

[camchain]

pitty about the guys not riding to the conditions and having some good get offs, theres no shame in slowing down.:scooter:

So true. Not to kick anyone who's already down but my golden riding rule has always been 'don't go fast where you can't see the track' (dust, blind crests etc.) Obviously not a panacea but it's saved a me a few bone breakers for sure. I reckon risks like that are for guys chasing championships!

The ambulance and helicopter incidents are always a sobering reminder of what can happen, and can seem like a negative thing, but having had a ride on that chopper, it's a great feeling of relief being loaded into it (especially when they start pumping the morphine in). The people who do that type of work amaze me.

[scott411]

Those helio copter things cost a bit of money , and I assume they aint going to give yoou a lift for aching arches

were the people ok , ? can someone confirm

Stephen

One with Broken Femur, will give him a call in a few days if i do not have any other information make its way to me, he is a customer of mine,

ACC will pay for the helicopter, it is a bit of a drama to get one, you need a Paramedic to order one for you, i tried everything to get one direct for him to save the weight but could not get it sorted,

other two were not to bad, i am pretty sure they would have been released that night,

[scott411]

a really cool photo that Damian Toman sent me,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/3416705762/sizes/o/

[SpikedPunch]

a really cool photo that Damian Toman sent me,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/3416705762/sizes/o/

That is soooo cool, I'd love a big poster of that.

[oldskool]

a really cool photo that Damian Toman sent me,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/3416705762/sizes/o/
primo shot. I'll stick this one on my wall for those winter blues :clap:

[krad_nz]

Yeah really enjoyed this one. Caught up with the usual suspects.

Didn't see you Barty but sounds like you may have seen us as you went by.

[oldskool]

Yeah really enjoyed this one. Caught up with the usual suspects.

Didn't see you Barty but sounds like you may have seen us as you went by.
Yeah Barty is silent but deadly, didn't hear a peep from him except he was thinking of going to Thunder. I think I passed him on a straight when he missed a gear...heehee ...nah just kidding, I wouldntna seen him for his dust!

[noobi]

I did 3 laps and only fell off once, which was when I can to a stop and went to put my foot down on the side that dropped away ......waaaaaa splat ...


Me too! 3 laps and one soft fall. I did the same thing but going up that steep hill and the little KX125 went off the boil, put my foot down on the side that dropped away and ended up cartwheeling 10mtrs down the hill with the KX bouncing after me. No broken levers tho'! Feeling a sore shoulder, ribs, wrist and knee now but!

id put that one to practicing ones bail out technique oldskool...lol

i did the same thing tho, went to stop by my mate and was on a hill and over balanced and dropped the bike right beside him, looked like a dick, but managed to pick it up before the others turned up

[IIIRII]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/IMG_0130.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/Project0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/IMG_0164.jpg

[oldskool]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/IMG_0130.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/Project0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/IMG_0164.jpg

Hey that's a really surreal one of Noobi surrounded in dust. Nice!

[IIIRII]

Yeah cheers os, its really high res too, you can see stuff miles away when zoomed in.
I think photobucket resize them smaller

Quite gnarly terrain
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/IMG_0167.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v20/IIIRII/IMG_0112.jpg

[flyingcr250]

heres a bit of helmet cam footage JT119 took of him following me.
more to come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69NNaWHGxlk&fmt=22

[jt119]

heres a bit of helmet cam footage JT119 took of him following me.
more to come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69NNaWHGxlk&fmt=22

dust bank thud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzuFwv-ZJA0&feature=channel_page

[oldskool]

heres a bit of helmet cam footage JT119 took of him following me.
more to come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69NNaWHGxlk&fmt=22

Nice. Thanx for that, takes me right back there!

[Taser]

Nice cam footage jt,that was a fun ride,ha flyingcr im the guy you brought the ktm off,hows the ol girl going?one of the guys that hurt himself was riding in our group i think he broke his pelvis or something and another came off and broke his little finger but some of these guys need to slow down a bit.anyways may catch up on a ride sometime soon cheers.

[flyingcr250]

Nice cam footage jt,that was a fun ride,ha flyingcr im the guy you brought the ktm off,hows the ol girl going?one of the guys that hurt himself was riding in our group i think he broke his pelvis or something and another came off and broke his little finger but some of these guys need to slow down a bit.anyways may catch up on a ride sometime soon cheers.

yea its going well, those guys were so close to the pits pretty hardcase to crash there.