What was the ride like?Originally Posted by Kickaha
Forum whore
What was the ride like?
In the riders seat
Worst part of it was the drive in 20km and about 40 minutes
Pretty easy on the main loop, we had intended to do Enduro loops but the dozen people we could see spread over the hillside going nowhere on the first climb soon put paid to any thoughts about that, the first hill climb I cam off on, the hill wasn't very long but very bumpy, rutted rocks etc, couple of small bogs, few river crossings, Waipara, Amberley and Mendip hills would rate higher
I developed a gearbox problem and only had 1st and 2nd 22km in, another 10km all my gears reappeared so I finished the loop but stripping it down shows a broken bit in the powervalve let a ball bearing escapes through the gearbox and I need some replacement gears and with Northern NZSBK coming up it'll be April before I get out on another one
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Forum whore
Cheers for the report kick and bugger about the the bike.
Hardcore Biker
Yes was a good ride, the first enduro hill climb was interesting, it got progressively steeper a harder, Thank god I had the Goldentyre GT-523 Gummy tyre on, that was my get out of jail free card, I got to the top and I was the second bike through the gate. The second enduro was a downhill run which was steep in places and fun, the third enduro deviation was a short steep hill climb, totally rideable but provided lots of entertainment guys flipping bikes, the rest of the ride was easy rolling country, over all a fun ride
Cheers Paul
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In the riders seat
One of the RMX guys in Oz is sending me some gears from a transmission with a dicked 4/5th gear, the parts aren't very expensive, even new the gears are $65-70USD but free is better
We watched it for a bit, there was a guy on a TF125 having a go at it and he'd got as far up as anyone else
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
In the riders seat
Hawarden weekend after this ? Just have to give the RMX a test run this weekend
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Hardcore Biker
I'm gonna try and do this, I'm almost healed up.
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In the riders seat
Whiterock later in the month if you aren't up to this one
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
In the riders seat
Time for a dredge, who's doing Waipara tomorrow? the mighty IT200 is up and running and people queueing up for a turn on it, hopefully I wont have to tow any 2020 Beta 300 two strokes out of this one
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
I'd come down and give it a try if you restricted it go 1/2 throttle so my shandy drinking arse doesn't get bruised. But we have a ride up here at the top of the Jville tip.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
In the riders seat
Batch has a spare bike with your name on it if you ever want to make an appearance
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
In the riders seat
It is quite possible my bike ended up 10 metres down a steep bank while I ended up 15 metres down the same bank but as there are no photos of the incident I can claim it didn't happen, great day, great track, I'm fucked
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
My two photos do no justice. Jeez we , and I mean about a dozen maybe 20 went by accident reverse direction down a AA section. Took us an hour or more to get out once we decided there was little chance of getting up a step. The Bush bashing alternative made me wish I'd tried that step and hope to avoid the tree. I'd have made the step I think. About 4 foot straight up. But on an angle and aforementioned tree to miss.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
In the riders seat
What fucking photos ?
Enduro 3 today my mate said he was just launching his bike out from under him up the little hill, pick it up, repeat 3-4 times to get to the top
The other week at Amberley just about everyone went down an enduro loop on lap one, it wasn't too bad but for one little steep climb at the end but created a big traffic jam
Today was a 42km lap of which half was 1-3 gear forestry which seemed like it'd never end, did two laps, ignored the Enduro deviations as per normal
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Cant post pics from phone very easily. Don't look that impressive. Cant see inclination.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
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