Nordie's adventure vids

**NordieBoy** · 26th August 2012, 21:36

A little loop I found...

**NordieBoy** · 10th March 2013, 17:37

Better add these to this thread...

**madmartin** · 10th March 2013, 18:47

Hahaha, you're a legend

**NordieBoy** · 10th March 2013, 19:04

Originally Posted by madmartin

Hahaha, you're a legend

And, as I'm not an XR650 rider, I didn't fall off. Not once

**madmartin** · 10th March 2013, 21:43

it's a cheap shot, but it has it's elements of truth

**NordieBoy** · 25th March 2013, 13:45

Some more scouting of tracks in Hira. Includes an all new track (@6:30 on the vid) with not much gorse, but a lot of blackberry at the start

**ADVGD** · 25th March 2013, 16:24

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

all new track (@6:30 on the vid) with not much gorse

Sounds good...

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

but a lot of blackberry at the start

Sounds shit

Good vid, I like the nipple mounted camera view

4ish more weeks and the fishing season ends, then, the adventure riding season begins

Looking forward to heading up your way for a few rides and teeing up with the NADS lads at some stage, preferably on a gorse free route

**NordieBoy** · 25th March 2013, 17:33

Originally Posted by ADVGD

Looking forward to heading up your way for a few rides and teeing up with the NADS lads at some stage

Yay

Originally Posted by ADVGD

preferably on a gorse free route

In 4ish weeks the gorse will be waterlogged and harmless

**NordieBoy** · 25th March 2013, 18:11

Originally Posted by ADVGD

Sounds good...

You want to bring your long legs for that one.
There's a bit of riding the steep, wet, slippery hump between the deep wheel ruts involved

But only at the start.
Then it gets steep, but no ruts...

**NordieBoy** · 25th March 2013, 18:17

The chest harness clicking...

2 years ago, testing the Intiminators and using a borrowed chest harness...

Must be a buckle on the Ogio Stealth Vest hitting it or something...

**Padmei** · 25th March 2013, 19:39

I thought you did well getting up that start hill (we have to name it - what about Teeter tooter as I seem to remember the bike stuck wanting to go backwards on a ledge)
Some of those looked horrendously steep.
I'm glad i saw that as I was thinking about going out there for a ride - i'll put the blanket back on it now till I forget what it's like.

BTW your right fork is 3 clicks soft.

**NordieBoy** · 25th March 2013, 20:32

Originally Posted by Padmei

I thought you did well getting up that start hill (we have to name it - what about Teeter tooter as I seem to remember the bike stuck wanting to go backwards on a ledge)
Some of those looked horrendously steep.
I'm glad i saw that as I was thinking about going out there for a ride - i'll put the blanket back on it now till I forget what it's like.

BTW your right fork is 3 clicks soft.

Yeah, I throttled off at just the right point and ended up having to give it a little more as it wanted to go back down again

Yesterday, I tried a few climbs that didn't pan out, but one in particular did...
From the Teal Lookout over the dam up to the east...
Made it to the top

First time evar

Soooo close to looping it out several times

Most of the climbs are more suited to knobblies rather than the trials tyre at the moment as they're a bit loose.
The trials tyre hits the soft patches and loses momentum quite quickly. Not that I'm carrying that much to start with...

There's been a dozer down from Mt Everest to the Gun Club Valley and it's much easier.
Tried going up and got 1/5th of the way

From a distance the climbs all look quite smooth and do-able

Nothing wrong with my right fork that some fork oil wouldn't fix...