Kezza's pics

[kezzafish]

Thought i'd start a thread that i can stick my pics in and come back to each time i get some new pic rather than start a new thread each time. Feel free to fill it with pointless bullshit rants but don't take the piss out of poor humps for looking like a retard... he's very sensitive

These are of me and secondfield (humpty dumpty) in tangimoana on Saturday. They're from a film camera and scanned in and resized for the net so please excuse funny contrast and blips in images... hopefully they come up OK

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[kezzafish]

and the rest...

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[tommorth]

is it just me or is the stupid window thing that pics come up in really fkn slow ????? it seems to take ages for the pics to come up in it but if I click on it while its loading pic opens instantly in a new tab bigger and easyer to see to wtf

[Ktmboy]

is it just me or is the stupid window thing that pics come up in really fkn slow ????? it seems to take ages for the pics to come up in it but if I click on it while its loading pic opens instantly in a new tab bigger and easyer to see to wtf

Yep its all good on our matrix thingy computer.

You guys look at home in the sand. Pruned trees as well, freakin luxury.

[chop]

whats with the bull dogging down the hill???:nono:

[Ktmboy]

whats with the bull dogging down the hill???:nono:

Nah, they're from Welly bro. Everything is upside down in the antipodes.
He was really pushing his bike up the hill. Even the trees grow on the piss there!!:bleh:

Turn the pic 180 deg and it looks right.

[barty5]

Oh drivin a ford best not bring that up youll end up parked up on the side of the road.

[kezzafish]

whats with the bull dogging down the hill???:nono:

hah, ask secondfield. He's just turned it around for another attempt. I believe he re mounts that bitch and crash starts it down the hill after that pic

[kezzafish]

Oh drivin a ford best not bring that up youll end up parked up on the side of the road.

ha haa, check out the wof sticker... no that isn't Febuary 2010

[Ktmboy]

Yeah sorry, but Humps the Lorry driver pic is cool, Safari at Vic tunnel was it, hunting strays?

[Reckless]

Hey kezz just outa interest did you and humpty jumpty meet via KB or is it a long time love affair LOL!!!!

Tryin to convince the wife to let me load the bikes and spend another week down my mates place in Paraparaumu over xmas. Then he can show me all the riding spots down Wellingtown way. I suppose all the fire breaks through the Hutt are outa bounds these days!! Mind you that was ferkin years ago!

Good pics guys that Tangimoana is a great place to ride and free Ktm boy!!

[kezzafish]

Yeah sorry, but Humps the Lorry driver pic is cool, Safari at Vic tunnel was it, hunting strays?

yeah except he's hunting gays not strays

Yeah reckless me and humps met on the internet lol. I get constant shit about it from the missus. She makes sure she tells everyone that we meet

[Reckless]

Yeah reckless me and humps met on the internet lol. I get constant shit about it from the missus. She makes sure she tells everyone that we meet

Oh I get that shit to! But met a few good riding buddies (and the ravishing Sammikins LOL!) through here mate! That's exactly what KB is for!!! Their just jealous of our bike bonding time mate LOL!!! Done quite a few rides with Barty and Rupe, cheese, and with my daughter with Climntie and his girls and oldschool an his crowd once. See Telliman and Gtae on the trails sometimes. 4stroke kindly bought my daughters crf down form up north. Then there's the new boys saw Jt119 at thunder last weekend. That's aside from my son and two normal riding buddies. Better than riding alone mate good crowd here!

[clmintie]

and two normal riding buddies.

Define "normal"...... :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Reckless]

Define "normal"...... :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Normal = 50ish, an eye for the girls, you look in the mirror an see a 30 year old lookin back, your really good in bed as experience an skill is everything-ain't it???, you ain't got one of them cheapo 6 pack tummies you got a full dozen, you need glasses to read the phone book, you been married so long your blessed with husbands ear and you've been enjoying buying bikes to satisfy your mid life crisis for a good many years now! Oh that's apart from the stuffed neck from the last road bike off, screwed knees and you gotta take a piss more often than the young fellas!! That's fucking normal ain't it!!:bleh:

Now back to watchin Transworld Motocross skills 2 and 3 on the computer!!!

[Patch]

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:laugh:

[laserracer]

Normal = 50ish, an eye for the girls, you look in the mirror an see a 30 year old lookin back, your really good in bed as experience an skill is everything-ain't it???, you ain't got one of them cheapo 6 pack tummies you got a full dozen, you need glasses to read the phone book, you been married so long your blessed with husbands ear and you've been enjoying buying bikes to satisfy your mid life crisis for a good many years now! Oh that's apart from the stuffed neck from the last road bike off, screwed knees and you gotta take a piss more often than the young fellas!! That's fucking normal ain't it!!:bleh:

Now back to watchin Transworld Motocross skills 2 and 3 on the computer!!!

Thank God im normal ..i thought there was something wrong:eek::msn-wink:

[chop]

Hey KTMBOY that looks a hell of a lot like the southern blocks of woody wood doesnt it??

[cheese]

Oh I get that shit to! But met a few good riding buddies (and the ravishing Sammikins LOL!) through here mate! That's exactly what KB is for!!! Their just jealous of our bike bonding time mate LOL!!! Done quite a few rides with Barty and Rupe, cheese, and with my daughter with Climntie and his girls and oldschool an his crowd once. See Telliman and Gtae on the trails sometimes. 4stroke kindly bought my daughters crf down form up north. Then there's the new boys saw Jt119 at thunder last weekend. That's aside from my son and two normal riding buddies. Better than riding alone mate good crowd here!

Ha ha I've met nearly all my riding buddies on her (not that I've been out much this year....)

I met Booom over the internet and I was he MC at his wedding. I made a bit of a joke about how we met on the internet in the MC speeches. Very funny.

[secondfield]

Hey Kez' how'd those other pics I took of ya come out?

FORD = Found On Rubbish Dump.

[Sammikins]

LOL I only ride with people from here! Before KB I was a lost little orphan in the world of dirtbikes....

[kezzafish]

Normal = 50ish, an eye for the girls, you look in the mirror an see a 30 year old lookin back, your really good in bed as experience an skill is everything-ain't it???, you ain't got one of them cheapo 6 pack tummies you got a full dozen, you need glasses to read the phone book, you been married so long your blessed with husbands ear and you've been enjoying buying bikes to satisfy your mid life crisis for a good many years now! Oh that's apart from the stuffed neck from the last road bike off, screwed knees and you gotta take a piss more often than the young fellas!! That's fucking normal ain't it!!:bleh:

Now back to watchin Transworld Motocross skills 2 and 3 on the computer!!!

Haha ha ha haaaaa, i can't wait to grow up (or not) to be just like that (seriousely)
Yeah you guys have it mint up there with heaps of Auckland members. I've met a couple but Humps has become a good mate. It's hard to find people who are as into spending every minute and every dollar riding!!!


Hey Kez' how'd those other pics I took of ya come out?

FORD = Found On Rubbish Dump.

They were all waaay out of focus guv. You're banned from the film camera

[crfchick]

Oh I get that shit to! But met a few good riding buddies (and the ravishing Sammikins LOL!) through here mate! That's exactly what KB is for!!! Their just jealous of our bike bonding time mate LOL!!! Done quite a few rides with Barty and Rupe, cheese, and with my daughter with Climntie and his girls and oldschool an his crowd once. See Telliman and Gtae on the trails sometimes. 4stroke kindly bought my daughters crf down form up north. Then there's the new boys saw Jt119 at thunder last weekend. That's aside from my son and two normal riding buddies. Better than riding alone mate good crowd here!
Well guys, we all have to meet up at the Sandpit next Sat!! I know a bunch of us are heading up from Welly with our bikes and would be cool as to put faces to names!

[crfchick]

P.s GREAT pics Kezz!! So wish I'd gone up there with ya's (I'd have been happy just putting around - I'll leave the jumps to you pros, tehe)

[chop]

Hey Kez' how'd those other pics I took of ya come out?

FORD = Found On Rubbish Dump.

Driver Returning On Foot

Fucked On Race Day

Do you know why they have rear window demisters? to keep your hands warm when your pushing! :)

[Hazza]

Driver Returning On Foot

Fucked On Race Day

Do you know why they have rear window demisters? to keep your hands warm when your pushing! :)

Aw my Ford don't have rear window demisters but that's ok because i never have to push it. I was kind enough to tow a guy with a broken down commodore once

So respect to you Kezz representing the Fords :niceone: Great pics by the way.

[Hazza]

It's hard to find people who are as into spending every minute and every dollar riding!!!

Where in welly are you based? There are heaps of us young ins in the Hutt valley that are always keen to ride

[Midget200]

Well guys, we all have to meet up at the Sandpit next Sat!! I know a bunch of us are heading up from Welly with our bikes and would be cool as to put faces to names!


Well CRFChick you're in for a real treat at Woodhill! Looking forward to meeting you and Kezzafish! We are lucky to have Woodhill on our doorstep! Plenty of different tracks to take you on! Looking forward to it! I'm sure that Spiked Punch is keen!

[kezzafish]

Where in welly are you based? There are heaps of us young ins in the Hutt valley that are always keen to ride

I'm in Northland in the city mate. I'll make sure i PM ya next time i go out. Gonna miss the sand country run this weekend 'cos of an injury i got having a head on with a quad up Karapoti on sunday. You going? Thinking i may head up and take some pics

[Ktmboy]

Good pics guys that Tangimoana is a great place to ride and free Ktm boy!!

Throw the hook out and yep I'll bite....:bleh:

Heres a thought though. Imagine 400 riders down there every weekend. Whooped out just like the old place. Gotta pay the dues for a good ride.

Mind you somebody could maybe do the same and run it commercially for the masses...now theres a thought, Kawasaki Sandpit Tangimoana.

[Ktmboy]

Well CRFChick you're in for a real treat at Woodhill! Looking forward to meeting you and Kezzafish! We are lucky to have Woodhill on our doorstep! Plenty of different tracks to take you on! Looking forward to it! I'm sure that Spiked Punch is keen!

Need to start a thread...The Welly Bunch meets the Jafas.

Done

[kezzafish]

Throw the hook out and yep I'll bite....:bleh:

Heres a thought though. Imagine 400 riders down there every weekend. Whooped out just like the old place. Gotta pay the dues for a good ride.

Mind you somebody could maybe do the same and run it commercially for the masses...now theres a thought, Kawasaki Sandpit Tangimoana.

piss off buddy! You clowns can have your 400 a week. I like tangi with 40 a week. Whoop sections are great stamina training. Mind you the whoops have got a lot more rugged since i first rode there a few years back. Can we borrow your bobcat?

Anyway... Kawasaki would have to pay me for the rights... MY LAND

[Hazza]

I'm in Northland in the city mate. I'll make sure i PM ya next time i go out. Gonna miss the sand country run this weekend 'cos of an injury i got having a head on with a quad up Karapoti on sunday. You going? Thinking i may head up and take some pics

Aw man guttered to hear bout the crash up karapoti. How bad are the injury's and is the bike ok? That's happened to 3 of my mates in the last month it bloody dangerous in there.

I am injured myself at the moment so will probably give it a miss to. I got a fucked ankle it's coming right should be sweet for next weekend. Gives me some time to finish my rebuild I've been a bit slack.

Yea man flick us PM if you heading out riding

[kezzafish]

torn ligaments in shoulder and a sus rib... Dunno, didn't have the chest x rayed. Not too bad considering... bike rode out ok but i'm yet to have a good look at it (it stays at a mates). The quad that i hit broke a steering arm and folded up one of the rims onto the caliper so that it wouldn't turn, smashed up plastics/headlights... so i got off pretty good lol. The other rider was KO'd on the ground face down wheezing his ass off but i couldn't move/breathe so i just lay there till my mates arrived.

Was pretty full on. I was top gear hoonin it. wasn't a sharp corner but it's amazing how fast he appeared (he was pinned too) i don't think i even touched the brake just saw blue plastic as i flew into and bounced off him in the air lol. We were only in the gorge a few mins from the carpark on our way out. Quad guy was on his way in. We have always said it'll happen there 'cos we tend to go hard as it's the last blast before the days over... no more racing through the gorge for me... I have a mate who fell into the river going through there too. choppered out etc.

[Hazza]

Sounds like your very lucky, could of been way worse.

One thing that really fu*ks me of with the council is that Karapoti is basically the only place you can legally trail ride in the Hutt Valley. They know about all the accidents and how common they are in karapoti yet they are doing nothing to help

Maybe making it a one way loop track would be better, it actually wouldn't be that hard to do. But as if that's ever going to happen.

I wish you best of luck and a speedy recovery

[Reckless]

Sounds like your very lucky, could of been way worse.

One thing that really fu*ks me of with the council is that Karapoti is basically the only place you can legally trail ride in the Hutt Valley. They know about all the accidents and how common they are in karapoti yet they are doing nothing to help

Maybe making it a one way loop track would be better, it actually wouldn't be that hard to do. But as if that's ever going to happen.

I wish you best of luck and a speedy recovery

My thoughts are, you need to self regulate! If you get the council involved that'll be when the shit all starts, an sooner rather than later, it will get to hard for them ( osh and Health and safety issues) and you will be banned from there. Even this one accident could make them close it down to MX.
Unwritten law here, keep to the left, all go the same way etc. Not that it always works LOL!!
Maybe you guys need to stay flying under the radar, don't ask the council and get hold of some old real estate agents signs and use the back of them to make some Two way slow down signs etc. And some of those red arrows to make the fast tracks one way??
Just a few ideas, no big deal?

[Blair.DRZ]

Maybe making it a one way loop track would be better, it actually wouldn't be that hard to do. But as if that's ever going to happen.



problem with a loop track is i guess you would have to include the staircase and rock garden, bit tricky for novices like myself.....or maybe I just learn to ride better.
And I agree, leave the council out of it, first thing they will try and do is shut it down cos its a safety issue.

[Ride it till the red]

My thoughts are, you need to self regulate! If you get the council involved that'll be when the shit all starts, an sooner rather than later, it will get to hard for them ( osh and Health and safety issues) and you will be banned from there. Even this one accident could make them close it down to MX.
Unwritten law here, keep to the left, all go the same way etc. Not that it always works LOL!!
Maybe you guys need to stay flying under the radar, don't ask the council and get hold of some old real estate agents signs and use the back of them to make some Two way slow down signs etc. And some of those red arrows to make the fast tracks one way??
Just a few ideas, no big deal?


Dead right there Reckless, Ever ridden Foxton Beach Hazza? Ya won't now coz it's policed and you must be adhering to road rules to be there.... Wasn't that way 5 years ago but stupidity, crashes and complaints made the council get involved and it's all over....

As for Karapoti it's always gonna be a case of do what ya can to prevent crashing.... But it's largely a risk you take when going in there. The permit's (which most won't have) say something about two way tracks and being sensible from memory but once your in there it's up to you. I was riding with Kez that day (although not at the time of the accident) and yeah there were some places that we were really F'n hooning and I guess it's a choice we make..... I've had some very close calls (skinned knuckles from another riders bark busters scraping my hand as I pushed my bar under his to avoid colliding) and been on a 4wd trip where we carted out a rider who plowed into the front of one of our stationary vehicles (in a place the biker wasn't allowed to be) but how much fun would it be if we all slowed down everywhere? Kez has said he'll be slower down the gorge but I bet he'll still be racing the rest of us up Rimu Road.....

And as for a loop track? There's no other legal way to get out at the Hutt side (it's possible but we won't get into that) so how could it be done? The gorge will always be two way access. Tracks cannot just be created or the Ranger, Doc etc go crazy and boot everyone out... And the complexities of making every other track in the forest one way would be huge, impossible to police and frankly irritating as you lose half the riding....

[kezzafish]

yeah flag the council. I didn't tell the hospital where it happened for my ACC report 'cos i don't want policing up there. Twas me and Glen (quad rider) to blame and we fully accept that. I was pretty hard left but it's a pretty narrow track and the quad was using all of it... I would have hit the bank to get around him (not that i had time) and he would have plunged 6 meters onto the rocks of the river below if he'd turned left. I would say that quads could be a bit more careful up there as they can't keep left like we can in most places but then maybe i'm biased.

I love getting on to the cool knarly tracks in there that ya get stuck in and what not but the by product of that is... you get onto the roads and ya just wanna race.

You go there at your own risk i say... obviousely common sense has to play a part and me and glen chose to ignore the sensible part of our brain and paid a consequence

One thing i would ask is why walkers, mountain bikers, hunters, people with little kids on pushbikes go up there... It is basically the only place dirtbikes can go and these other land users are spoiled for choice. I guess they can hear us coming but still i wouldn't go up there if not on a dirtbike and prepared for the risk of injury. the amount of people i've come around a corner and seen quivering in a bush looking like they've just seen Satan... quite funny actually.. there should be a warning at the carpark explaining that us "spawn of Satan" are in there worshiping

[Sammikins]

yeah flag the council. I didn't tell the hospital where it happened for my ACC report 'cos i don't want policing up there. Twas me and Glen (quad rider) to blame and we fully accept that. I was pretty hard left but it's a pretty narrow track and the quad was using all of it... I would have hit the bank to get around him (not that i had time) and he would have plunged 6 meters onto the rocks of the river below if he'd turned left. I would say that quads could be a bit more careful up there as they can't keep left like we can in most places but then maybe i'm biased.

I love getting on to the cool knarly tracks in there that ya get stuck in and what not but the by product of that is... you get onto the roads and ya just wanna race.

You go there at your own risk i say... obviousely common sense has to play a part and me and glen chose to ignore the sensible part of our brain and paid a consequence

One thing i would ask is why walkers, mountain bikers, hunters, people with little kids on pushbikes go up there... It is basically the only place dirtbikes can go and these other land users are spoiled for choice. I guess they can hear us coming but still i wouldn't go up there if not on a dirtbike and prepared for the risk of injury. the amount of people i've come around a corner and seen quivering in a bush looking like they've just seen Satan... quite funny actually.. there should be a warning at the carpark explaining that us "spawn of Satan" are in there worshiping


Yeah I can see how a ginga on a dirtbike could be mistaken for Satan...

[Hazza]

Dead right there Reckless, Ever ridden Foxton Beach Hazza? Ya won't now coz it's policed and you must be adhering to road rules to be there.... Wasn't that way 5 years ago but stupidity, crashes and complaints made the council get involved and it's all over....

As for Karapoti it's always gonna be a case of do what ya can to prevent crashing.... But it's largely a risk you take when going in there. The permit's (which most won't have) say something about two way tracks and being sensible from memory but once your in there it's up to you. I was riding with Kez that day (although not at the time of the accident) and yeah there were some places that we were really F'n hooning and I guess it's a choice we make..... I've had some very close calls (skinned knuckles from another riders bark busters scraping my hand as I pushed my bar under his to avoid colliding) and been on a 4wd trip where we carted out a rider who plowed into the front of one of our stationary vehicles (in a place the biker wasn't allowed to be) but how much fun would it be if we all slowed down everywhere? Kez has said he'll be slower down the gorge but I bet he'll still be racing the rest of us up Rimu Road.....

And as for a loop track? There's no other legal way to get out at the Hutt side (it's possible but we won't get into that) so how could it be done? The gorge will always be two way access. Tracks cannot just be created or the Ranger, Doc etc go crazy and boot everyone out... And the complexities of making every other track in the forest one way would be huge, impossible to police and frankly irritating as you lose half the riding....

Yea i used to ride up foxton beach all the time when i was gowning up learnt how to do donuts up there ahaha.

I agree that the council shouldn't be involved i wasn't suggesting the we should get them involved. I just thought they would of done something to make it safe i don't want to see another fellow rider die in there. The last thing id like to see is them take karapoti away from us like the the fire breaks.

[Hazza]

One thing i would ask is why walkers, mountain bikers, hunters, people with little kids on pushbikes go up there... It is basically the only place dirtbikes can go and these other land users are spoiled for choice. I guess they can hear us coming but still i wouldn't go up there if not on a dirtbike and prepared for the risk of injury. the amount of people i've come around a corner and seen quivering in a bush looking like they've just seen Satan... quite funny actually.. there should be a warning at the carpark explaining that us "spawn of Satan" are in there worshiping

Fully agree with you there Kez

[kezzafish]

Well i went against all that i said about walkers in Karapoti! went for a hike up there on Sunday cos i can't ride. Took the dog and the camera. I can't believe how fucken far it is when ya don't have motorised transport!

I headed in there 1.5 hours before the boys were due to get to the carpark and still didn't get to the little hillclimb that i wanted to photoshoot before them. To make it a bit more fun it was hailing and raining as i walked the gorge and when i got up the hill it was fucking snowing! Got some ripper pics of the boys tho so here yaa

130791 wrong rut frenchie, keep your feet on the pegs frenchie, "fuck this hill guys, i'm riding up the road" ok frenchie

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[kezzafish]

130798 Buster the mutt sitting on the edge of the gorge road thinking.... "fuck falling down there on a dirtbike"

130795130796130797karapoti gorge road (the only way in from the Hutt valley)somewhere around here i had my head on with the homochariot

[Blair.DRZ]

Hey Kezza, where abouts in Karapoti were those first few photos taken ? Must have been bloody slippery up there in the weekend.

[kezzafish]

They were taken not far up the hill on the pram track. after ya cross the river go up about 700-900 metres and theres a track off to the left ya have to jump a little ditch to go up... you know it? it's just a little deviation off the main track... only takes a couple mins and your back on the main track.

Good fun. Those ruts have got bigger and bigger over the time we've been doing it. came across some 4WDS trying to get up it once... fail.

It was wet as up there but the most noticeable thing was the cold... man it was unbelievable, fuckin snowing!

[pete.ktm]

i was watching my son and his mate tool around near the mangatuk side car park on sunday. 3 fuck'n degrees, near snowing and in the hour we were there about 3 or 4 groups went in and a couple came out. krazy.

but they were all lovin it!

and i was under a tree watching a honda 100 go round and round and round and...

[Blair.DRZ]

They were taken not far up the hill on the pram track. after ya cross the river go up about 700-900 metres and theres a track off to the left ya have to jump a little ditch to go up... you know it? it's just a little deviation off the main track... only takes a couple mins and your back on the main track.

Yeah I think I know where you mean, might have to check it out this weekend if I get out hopefully, havn't ridden in over a month so gaggin to get out on the bike!!

[kezzafish]

couple clips and a couple pics i took today with the new Still camera. We walked up there with machettes today and cleared an old track... can't wait to ride it... fucken ligament shit. I'll tell you wellington folk where it is once i've ridden it lol and for anyone who's been going up there for a while i believe the track used to be called "siberia". It's gonna be the loop used in my illegal cross country race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8k4KbCgfpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShfzo-KYbw

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[Ktmboy]

Can't see the bloke with the Stop/Go sign.

Good that you guys are doing the hard yards as most these tracks just get over grown and sieze(yeah I know,spell check) to exist.

[Ride it till the red]

couple clips and a couple pics i took today with the new Still camera. We walked up there with machettes today and cleared an old track... can't wait to ride it... fucken ligament shit. I'll tell you wellington folk where it is once i've ridden it lol and for anyone who's been going up there for a while i believe the track used to be called "siberia". It's gonna be the loop used in my illegal cross country race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8k4KbCgfpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShfzo-KYbw

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Looking forward to it mate, I think I've got a fair idea of where it may be although I thought "Siberia" was more of a name for an area than a specific track.

Had a cracker up Tangimoana today, managed to make a bit of a vid that I'll get round to uploading sometime. Unfortunately missed alot of it due to helmet cam pointing everywhere but the track! And ran out of space about 5 mins before a hilarious episode of Secondfield repetitively trying and failing to pick up his bike on a slope which ended up with the bike being dragged to the bottom on it's side :lol:

[secondfield]

Hey' Twas bloody steep that one ... brand new climb, kinda relieved I buttoned off at the top not knowing what fate awaited me the other side.. after I saw it felt relieved.

[barty5]

couple clips and a couple pics i took today with the new Still camera. We walked up there with machettes today and cleared an old track... can't wait to ride it... fucken ligament shit. I'll tell you wellington folk where it is once i've ridden it lol and for anyone who's been going up there for a while i believe the track used to be called "siberia". It's gonna be the loop used in my illegal cross country race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8k4KbCgfpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShfzo-KYbw

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Love to comment at the fuck i got wet shit you stand next to puddle with bikes going past your going to get wet really what did you expect i would have come back to dish out seconds hahaha.

[kezzafish]

Can't see the bloke with the Stop/Go sign.

Good that you guys are doing the hard yards as most these tracks just get over grown and sieze(yeah I know,spell check) to exist.

cease was the spelling you were after there mate lol. Thanks for the ups bro. It's actually good fun. Obviousely i'd rather be riding but you see sooo much when on foot ahhh how's the serenity?


Looking forward to it mate, I think I've got a fair idea of where it may be although I thought "Siberia" was more of a name for an area than a specific track.

Oh ok, where do ya think it is then? It's gonna be coool mate. Theres a couple of rutted techy climbs on clay then it opens up to a couple of sections of big wide pine needled blasting roads. it won't be very long but there's multiple possibilities for exploration at the top of it. Someone has felled a whole heap of trees over the track but we found a way around. i'm hopeing i can make an alternative route out to Karapoti carpak (dreaming i know) just need a chopper to figure out the route!


Love to comment at the fuck i got wet shit you stand next to puddle with bikes going past your going to get wet really what did you expect i would have come back to dish out seconds hahaha.

hah, yeah it made me laugh too. Although it was possible to avoid the puddle. I was sitting next to the puddle with a brand new, uninsured, 3200 dollar camera. lol... dumb fuck

[Ride it till the red]

Up to the right as ya shoot in from Karapoti? As ya head up towards the Rock Garden? I've blasted a couple of the open tracks but never actually mucked round with the one or two knarlier options. Not exactly sure which of them you'd be heading up (or if I'm even remotely close) but that area has been referred to as Siberia by the 4wd guys for years. I really must get a copy of that map uploaded and sent to ya, theres a couple of other bike only tracks that the old man has some stories about which I'd like to take a look at.

As for back down to Karapoti? I think you'd be rather hard pushed but ya never know... enough time off the bike and you might get it sorted. Maybe we all pitch in and buy you a chainsaw to speed up the process!

[secondfield]

Check this out Kez' - its fuckin mint eh.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Dirt-bikes/auction-223260409.htm

[kezzafish]

yeah that looks nice in black humps and low hours too. I wonder if he'd be keen to trade my 07 450sx?

RITTR. i know where you're talking about but naaaarp. those climbs your talking about are fukken phat. theres one with the mighty twin ruts of hell. You have to cross both ruts at pace to get to the top... reeeal tricky cunt... i haven't made it to the top yet.

Where i'm talkin about is at the Hukinga/karapoti/pram track intersection (the main intersection before the first river) right under your nose. I would have ridden within 2-3 metres of the entry to this track about 50 times but have never seen it until i went past on foot. We got far enough along it to join up to a road off Hukinga road but there is scope to make it join onto another sneaky little track that we've tried before but it got too overgrown... Once i've completed the loop with no main roads in it i'm gonna stage a race through it lol can't wait

PS a chainsaw would only slow me down but i am kinda unco' using my left arm so don't stand near when i'm a whakkin' and a slashin'

[secondfield]

Dunno, but its got the perfect setup for x-country/enduro. Dual ignition curve (aftermarket), re-valved suspension, devol radiatior guards. And its black too. Just like our national colour.

[kezzafish]

some piccies of Ride it till the red, secondfield and a non KBer named Pat Ma'groin. hooning round in Tangimoana on saturday

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[secondfield]

Fuck' awsome pic's Kez ... I think youv'e got a knack for photography bro...

[kezzafish]

continued from previous page:

the first 4 of these are of a short, steep, soft and sandy hill climb made by a sand drift at the edge of the sand bowl at the himatangi end of the forrest. she's a bit tricky and the guy who endos his WR250 at the bottom of it discovered the horrible tree roots at the base. And after a couple attempts at the climb pat ma'groin looses his rag and starts trying to wheelie attack innocent bystanders

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[SpikedPunch]

Awesome action shots! Especially like the first one through the trees.

[kezzafish]

Fuck' awsome pic's Kez ... I think youv'e got a knack for photography bro...

been doin it for a while now ha ha it was the only 6th form subject i turned up to.

Thanks for the ups bro... now to try to pay off this latest camera... want prints boys???...$$$

[honda_power]

that 4th one of the guy on the older rm is great

[barty5]

should be sell the second one back to the guy in it priceless.

[secondfield]

That was a choice day... mmm the ole kato killer sand climb eh? yeah that root was barley visible, no matter how much you tell the next guy up there to look out for it - he has to taste the pain at least once on it. Full marks for being keen though, he wouldn't give up.
Ole' Pattus McGroinus is still a bit peeved about his busted plastics, happend at the top after he tried to mow James down... Lol the look of anger in his eyes..

[Ride it till the red]

Haha I'm still recovering from Pat's attempt to kill me! Suppose I deserved it for sending him down for a go at that bastard of a hill tho....

Any good shots of that dune jump mate? Needa catch up to see the rest of them fullsize sometime.

Did you price up prints? Still pretty keen on a biggy of that puddle wheelie from the other side if it turned out nice when big? And my wheelie roost too.... And digital copies of the rest for memories would rock. Gizza text once you've sorted it all maybe?

Again next Sunday boys? Any others keen to join us? Got a couple mates that should be up for it too

[secondfield]

Yep' im in. I think CRF chick and Nick are keen as well. Wish ole Kez hada captured the hard core swap outs you were pumping there over the whoops bro'
:-o

[kezzafish]

there yaa gaylord. not the most beautiful pic but ya get the idea i guess. was gonna be difficalt to get anything decent once i fucked that good lens. A $20 donation will get ya full res copies of all pics (theres at least 50 of you). I'll get back and post here print costs... they'll blow up as big as A2 at that quality i recfuck

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[Ride it till the red]

Wicked should be another good one, have to get both helmet cams up for it? With any luck the CR will be ready to test out too

Haha yeah was getting pretty loose at times huh? Long as I kept it pinned I could fly over em but soon as I buttoned off it did it got choppy! Should really have the springs changed front and rear, sprung far too hard for me!

[kezzafish]

Yep' im in. I think CRF chick and Nick are keen as well. Wish ole Kez hada captured the hard core swap outs you were pumping there over the whoops bro'
:-o

yeah i've come to the realisation that it's too difficult to do photoshoots of dirtbikes when on foot... i'll get back on the bike soon fellas

[Ride it till the red]

there yaa gaylord. not the most beautiful pic but ya get the idea i guess. was gonna be difficalt to get anything decent once i fucked that good lens. A $20 donation will get ya full res copies of all pics (theres at least 50 of you). I'll get back and post here print costs... they'll blow up as big as A2 at that quality i recfuck

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Mint sounds good mate, once I've got that I can sort out prints myself. You in for next week? If so I'll sort ya some cash then. Yea fingers crossed it's a cheap easy fix on the mounting of that lense!

[secondfield]

Dirty ole Kez' can retire at 25...

Will take photos of young male dirtbike riders and those memorable moments at swingers partys. :woohoo:

We all know you'd rather be riding tho mate :rockon:

[kezzafish]

Mint sounds good mate, once I've got that I can sort out prints myself. You in for next week? If so I'll sort ya some cash then. Yea fingers crossed it's a cheap easy fix on the mounting of that lense!

nah i won't be riding next week. got a fair bit to sort out on the bike before i'm happy with it and without a flatmate i'm financially fucked... had a knob rotter come round this evening for a look tho so fingers crossed.

[crfchick]

FANTASTIC photos Kezz!! They're brilliant!! Looks like you guys had an awesome day!!
I'd be KEEN AS for riding there this weekend Humps (even dreamt about the place last night, haha!)

[crfchick]

Just a question re body position for sandy hill climbs (I guess following on from the cornering in sand thread yesterday), I notice in one of the pics Humps is sitting down when he is heading up that steep hill climb, is that how it should be done? Excuse my ignorance (!) but what is the logic behind that?

[L Rider]

AWESOME photo's - love the 2nd photo in the 2nd lot you put up. Great shot.

[secondfield]

I was sitting down so i didnt twat my head on the branch you see :laugh:

got up first go 2...

[Ride it till the red]

Where as I also climbed it first go but I hit it standing up (with a quick duck for the branch)....

Alot like the cornering in sand I'd say it's down to the rider and the hill, I generally try and stand when climbing to get a good view, make sure the front doesn't loop on me and just coz it feels right.... for me!

Come up for a play on Sunday and after a bunch of climbs you'll get to see what feels right in what situation

[kezzafish]

righto the whole lot is up on my Web album now humps and rittr so have a rook. The vids are there too at around image number 170. All in super low res but ya get the idea.

Also the Kuratau pics are on there too so if ya know anyone who got snapped by me direct them to here.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kezzafish

Help a poor boy out! at only ten bucks a pic ya can't go wrong

[secondfield]

Hey' choice mate! spot ya soon.

[cheese]

Just a question re body position for sandy hill climbs (I guess following on from the cornering in sand thread yesterday), I notice in one of the pics Humps is sitting down when he is heading up that steep hill climb, is that how it should be done? Excuse my ignorance (!) but what is the logic behind that?

If you got momentum, you can do anything how you like. But as I was taught. for a hill climb, stand up with weight forward but try to keep some weight to the rear for traction.

As always with dirtbikes, its all a fine balance in riding on the edge of the bikes limits and falling off. I like to think thats why I fall off so much anyway.... Yeah right!!

frontal lobotomy time?

[kezzafish]

Righto no pics from this weekend yet as my illegal copy of photoshop has turned to shit and i can't figure out how to resize my pics to my liking with any other program. But heres a couple of vids of Dave and Secondfield trying a tricky little sandy hillclimb with 2 un avoidable roots a bike length apart to get over. Tangimoana.

Notice my missus' little suzuki jeep in the background. Twas good fun getting that sukker through the dunes and into the forrest... what a laugh, better get all the sand out before she gets home lol


Dave's first attempt... fail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC623HJRHOk
Dave's second attempt... lucky fluke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmZ_ee1QBB8

And the Famous secondfield
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[flyingcr250]

Righto no pics from this weekend yet as my illegal copy of photoshop has turned to shit and i can't figure out how to resize my pics to my liking with any other program. But heres a couple of vids of Dave and Secondfield trying a tricky little sandy hillclimb with 2 un avoidable roots a bike length apart to get over. Tangimoana.

Notice my missus' little suzuki jeep in the background. Twas good fun getting that sukker through the dunes and into the forrest... what a laugh, better get all the sand out before she gets home lol


Dave's first attempt... fail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC623HJRHOk
Dave's second attempt... lucky fluke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmZ_ee1QBB8

And the Famous secondfield
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ha ha ha daves first attempt.

[kezzafish]

hee hee heee yeah

[kezzafish]

http://picasaweb.google.com/kezzafish/HimatangiJuly52009DaveHumpsJoelJames#

All pics and vids here now for ya humps and RITTR

[crfchick]

As usual great pics and vids Kezz! Wish I'd bloody been there!

[kezzafish]

As usual great pics and vids Kezz! Wish I'd bloody been there!

yeah what happened to you....... AGAIN! lol, just fuckin with ya

[crfchick]

yeah what happened to you....... AGAIN! lol, just fuckin with ya
It's getting like that isnt it! Bloody terrible! And after seeing you guys ride I feel waaaaaaaaay intimidated (I'm so un-co!) and nowhere near as fearless/crazy as you guys, lol!!

[kezzafish]

It's ok... Humps is Un-co too. LOL LOL

[secondfield]

LoL Un cO CItY Out THEre.

[crfchick]

Haha!! If you are un-co then I dont even wanna know what I am! Hope you wont be having too much fun in Oz to keep up with the goss on k.b Humps, LOL!!

[kezzafish]

righto... been a while... I've been a bit slack

Pumice blast on the weekend. The boys had a blast and i sat in bushes blinding people with my flashing. Let me know if you were there and i'll post up your pics. Find yourself in the pumice blast folders on my pic page (in my signature)

Took in excess of 1600 photos but here's a few i liked. Thanks to the folks who did wheelies for me and those that made a hash of acting up for the camera!... they kept me entertained. oooh that second one is a bit compressed and ugly but fuck it i'm not uploading it again

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[pete.ktm]

good pics kezza.

you got my mate looking good but i look like a real c-grader, not sure how thats possible!

[kezzafish]

good pics kezza.

you got my mate looking good but i look like a real c-grader, not sure how thats possible!

ha haaa, photo's never lie!

what photo numbers are they (from which day/folder)? did ya look through both days?

[pete.ktm]

tell you the numbers so you can post them here? i don't think so! my protective gear makes me look like a porker :)

dave hurt his back about 10k's in so it was a slow ride back on sunday, you saw us in the car park about 5 minutes after we got back so we didn't get into the sunday pics.

[Armitage Shanks]

ha haaa, photo's never lie!

what photo numbers are they (from which day/folder)? did ya look through both days?

Good thread Kzz ...I'm a Geon man too as of recently, take it easy ...:calm:

[Ktmboy]

good pics kezza.

you got my mate looking good but i look like a real c-grader, not sure how thats possible!

Is that a SX65 you're on? or are you just a big bastard?

Hey Kezza, those square shots always make the bikes look small as. Is it the lense or the angle?

[green machine]

righto... been a while... I've been a bit slack

Pumice blast on the weekend. The boys had a blast and i sat in bushes blinding people with my flashing. Let me know if you were there and i'll post up your pics. Find yourself in the pumice blast folders on my pic page (in my signature)

Took in excess of 1600 photos but here's a few i liked. Thanks to the folks who did wheelies for me and those that made a hash of acting up for the camera!... they kept me entertained. oooh that second one is a bit compressed and ugly but fuck it i'm not uploading it again

142397142398142399142400 our own...: 4stroke
Hiding in the bushes alright Kezza.....gave me a hua of a fright lurking in there when you took a photo.....can't find it in your collection tho

[kezzafish]

Is that a SX65 you're on? or are you just a big bastard?

Hey Kezza, those square shots always make the bikes look small as. Is it the lense or the angle?

Do ya mean the shots like that 1st one of the ones i posted? If so then yeah wide angle lenses kinda exaggerate perspective all crazy like and the close stuff looks huge


Hiding in the bushes alright Kezza.....gave me a hua of a fright lurking in there when you took a photo.....can't find it in your collection tho

Oh damn... you must've been one of the many who's heads i cut off! Was a bit of a bastard on saturday with the rain... had to find a spot where i could shelter under a tree to keep the rain off the camera so my posi wasn't ideal. Sorry man

[4stroke]

then some mupet on a 450 showered u in shit, lol, i knew you were there too....