Dirty Weekend - Central North Island

[DR Girl]

Hi Guys,yesterday through work we hosted an MX track day at Maddix MX park in tauranga with some of our vendors who are into dirt bikes.

Anyway, to make a long story short on a long fast uphill i got cross rutted and it all ended in tears with a badly disslocated shoulder, so i spent last night in tauranga hospital.

Right arm is in an immobilizer for the next 3 weeks, then physio after that.

So no bike riding for me for the next 6 + weeks.

If you Guys still want to have the ride, then carry on without me.

It may be early next year before i am back on a dirt bike.

So sorry to hear that Mark, take care & heal fast.

[oneblackflag]

That stinks like ass. Take care Mark.

Dino, since you have a weekend off, I am still keen to get away and do something? What about blackflag and his new wr?

Maybe pm me as im keen to head down that way at some stage

[andy mac]

I'm a no go for this weekend too. In sympathy with Mark I did an unplanned front stoppy and took the handlebars into my chest. Toughed it out until Wednesday before going to hospital (previously they had told me to harden up) to be diagnosed 3 broken ribs

[dino3310]

I'm a no go for this weekend too. In sympathy with Mark I did an unplanned front stoppy and took the handlebars into my chest. Toughed it out until Wednesday before going to hospital (previously they had told me to harden up) to be diagnosed 3 broken ribs

ouch


im off to the specialist on Tuesday no breaks just a rash

[MXNUT]

I'm a no go for this weekend too. In sympathy with Mark I did an unplanned front stoppy and took the handlebars into my chest. Toughed it out until Wednesday before going to hospital (previously they had told me to harden up) to be diagnosed 3 broken ribs

Dangerous things those dirt bikes, sounds like your recovery will be longer than mine.

ouch


im off to the specialist on Tuesday no breaks just a rash

You dont have to see a specialist for that Dino, you can get some cream from the STD free clinic

[dino3310]

You dont have to see a specialist for that Dino, you can get some cream from the STD free clinic

havent had to do that since my teens

[CrazyFrog]

I rode half of the 42 Traverse from the Owhango end on Thursday up to the main creek crossing, cant remember what stream it is. The track is in good nick, pretty wet though, loads of standing water, puddles etc.
The creek halfway through was well up and a bit murky after all the rain on Tues and Weds, and being in there solo, I decided against risking a drowned bike without backup assistance, so turned back and headed out the same way. I'd guess the water levels would have dropped by Sat or Sun to safely get through okay.

On that note, I also rode Fishers the whole way through, only the first couple of km's have been gravelled for the bicyclists, but as soon as you hit the private farm section through to Kurua Rd, it reverts back to the usual slushy, sodden, greasier than a butcher's dog clay shit, which guaranteed will coat you and you bike with a layer of the central plateau's finest slop. Upper Retaruke Rd, Kauturoa and Kawautahi Rds however were loads of fast fun, the wet gravel was awesome to ride.
Did some more exploring around Erua and Middle roads with some fun bush tracks off to the side.
Got me a contact to possibly make a loop track involving the whole of Ruatiti Rd as well Say no more.

There is probably 4-5 days of great remote gravel roads, bush track riding around Taumarunui, National Park, Raetihi areas, you've just gotta get lucky with the weather, have a big gas tank, and watch for suicidal wildlife, goats, pigs, turkeys, and pheasants. A hunter's paradise, I tell ya!

[CrazyFrog]

Just deleted doubled post...

[dino3310]

must have been a good ride mate, you posted it twice