Totara Park Ride - This up-coming weekend (26-27 September)

[pete.ktm]

I didn't get finished my first round til about 1:30 and by then all the food was gone

that sux, the sausages and oj were nice!

you just going slow or did you get stuck on the hills?

[Fryin Finn]

I was a busy lad looking after the carpark, signing latecomers in and general marshall duties. Didn't get up the hill till 12:00 just in time for a sausage. Managed to squeeze off a few photos though.

[Fryin Finn]

Heres a couple more piks.
I was chatting to one of the army blokes and said I had told some of the riders, the army was going to use them for live target practice. But he said "Nah - we can't afford to spend the money on ammunition."

[motor_mayhem]

that sux, the sausages and oj were nice!

you just going slow or did you get stuck on the hills?

A mate and myself were giving some people a hand to push their bikes up the mud hill. It was the other guy's first time on a trail ride so I was keeping an eye on him. We did a fair few of those A extensions and I did the large B loop bit as well

[Phil B W]

Sooo who went?

I got up there a bit late but got a couple hundred pics so if ya saw me and or saw the camera flash have a look through my pics and let me know.

Different trails used again huh. he loves than knarly shit doesn't he!

Anyone else hear those army boys shooting at each other and exploding stuff?

Hi kezza. I jumped onto you website to have a nosey at ya photo's. I must say I like the photo of the out of control freak in the photo on your front page, that links to the Totara park ride. that twit is me!!!!
looking at all the other photo's of guy's coming down that same section, they are all straight, up right and in control .... But that's no fun in my book

After seeing those army boys with their Styers and giving them a roost (or at least trying to, its a bit hard when ya on a dirty old DRZ that's already full tapped out) and then a couple of minutes later having a flash of light in front of me, i thought your camera flash was a muzzle flash and the soldiers were getting pay back lol

Anyway after a change of dack's and a few more loops, It was a very enjoyable day, although a bit greasy in places....

Plus - those sausages were really really good!!!!!

[pete.ktm]

A mate and myself were giving some people a hand to push their bikes up the mud hill.

it's good to have guys helping on the hills, good work!

i usually do a bit of pushing. but after i take a pic of them on the ground, lol.

[kezzafish]

ha haaaa good stuff phil.... You gave me the shits! you and a guy on a quad were the only two to make me move but you were the scariest... was sure you were gonna fall on me. Ha haa that'll teach me for getting in the way!

I've found the pic of you at Pumice blast too pete... thanks to your mate David! I tried to get into photoshop and get your pic sorted to post up on KB for all to have a laugh but my damn PC is viral... again. Gonna go look at HPing a Mac tomorrow... fuck Windows and the rabid ship it came in on

[kezzafish]

Right... got yaaa

[pete.ktm]

I've found the pic of you at Pumice blast too pete... gonna go look at HPing a Mac tomorrow...

the one that makes me look like a tool? it would be nice if you could post that. lol.

if you care about having the latest theres probably new imac models coming out soon.

you gonna be at the tangimoana ride? i'll practice my wheelies.

[kezzafish]

As requested lol



Yeah i'll hopefully be there mate. I recon you should flag the wheelies and work on enhancing your "nose down jump" technique. Out with the old, in with the new. i say

[pete.ktm]

I recon you should flag the wheelies and work on enhancing your "nose down jump" technique.

maybe if some wanker hadn't freaked me with his FLASH....

saw the prints dave did of your shots, pretty sweet!

[andy mac]

Good photos guys, they capture the day. Looked thru hoping to see myself in some dirt action & there I was in the BBQ queue
This was my 1st trailride & lessons learnt are knobblies are esssential & draw the course map for reference. Cheers

[Phil B W]

Hey Thanks Kezza for putting up the high res photo. Printed it out and now in pride of place on the garage wall.......

Andy, I wouldn't be ashamed of being in that BBQ queue. Those sausages were one of my highlights of the day, Along with losing the front end when coming down one of the long down hills on the B loop. Bike hit neutral, front end slipped into a rut, Phil became "Flying Phil" and went over the bars only to "Rollie Pollie" down a 15m drop !!!!!
After a hard slog back up to the trail, my bike was lying in the middle of the track on its side idling happily away, while a small queue had gathered behind it.

Its all part of the fun I suppose !!

[pete.ktm]

This was my 1st trailride & lessons learnt are knobblies are esssential

if you did that ride without good tyres all the other rides will be a piece of cake.

the tangimoana ride coming up is a pretty easy open ride, although it rained last year and had a few bogs.