Yeah that was me with me poor CR laying on the ground a few times with me ol spanner out changing the plug :P Crap in the float needle I am hoping!Originally Posted by nzspokes
Doh, trust me to be on film when the bike stopped.
Did you stop to change your plug? I stopped by somebody that was having trouble to check they were ok.
Saw a couple of people being helped that had crashed. i felt like I should stop but there were heaps of people there and im no Doctor.
That little tree section where you dropped down to the road, each time I went through somebody crashed in front of me. Second time I almost went over them.
Got some bloody good tips that helped me heaps, I can go downhill nowHad my rear brake set to low.
Im going to sort myself out a rack for the car and hit some more trail rides I think. Next one probably will be the Waitamata club one out helensville.I changed the jetting over after my first lap. It helped a little bit, but only to clean it out after times when not on the gas. The over fueling issue got progressively worse and when got back I had some more tail tail signs of float level or valve issues like a drop of fuel out the overflow, also fuel pooling in the intake flange. Other clues were when I started it the night before .. BURRRRRRRRRRRR Zing Zing Zing Zing.. smoke out the tail pipe as the fuel in the crank case burnt up.
Another clue was.. I went further with the fuel tap off (because I forgot to turn it on)!!!. So I have a posible leak there too :P
Poor ol thing hehe.
I went past the poor downed rider too and felt like stopping, but yeah he had the ambo staff there, (Colar bone). My bike stopped for good about 400m from that in the middle of the big field on the flat :P Where once again I tipped her over, changed the plug. This time 20 kicks did not get her moving for all that long.. so I wheeled to the shade.. had a rest, helped a kid start his bike. Changed my plug, talked to a marchel whom helped me with the bike to get her to a safe location at another riders house. (Same spot where the ambo got access) and got a ride back to my white van and went to pickup me bike :P
I did not get your bail on video sorry! I was facing the other way talking to the guy on the bank
Beleive it or not, it was one of the easier trail rides around that I have been on for ages!. It offered very good options for everyone of all different skills.
Down hills are a bit of a balance between a trailing back brake to tame the engine wanting to over run, getting as far back on the bike as you can whilst maintaining enough distance from your butt and the seat to allow for sudden dips. (To be sure the seat does not come back up and throw you over), and having your arms in a very slight angle as not to lock or jar going over any of those dips. Oh and definately stand up
I had a couple of bails my self, 2 when my bike fowled and I was over some tricky stuff and could not touch the ground!! (I am short), and once when I had to slow down for two riders going into a sharp 90 degree turn through a gate.. well I slide the back in combination with my breaking to get a sharper angle on them, back wheel hit the berm. I went bolt up right but with a very small amount of energy left to tip me over the other side LOL!! Again!, was not able to touch the ground to stop me hehehehe
Oh and another time (as seen in the clip, the only time you got to see my mudguard was when for a breif moment I went past the balance point of the bike pulling a wheelie because my throttle hand cramped up over a good bump).
The camera is tiled fairly high in the footage because the view from it is narrow, it is also off center to my line of vision so the video may look a little weird in some places as to why I am not looking where I am going :/
Anyone want to donate a GoPro ?
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