can'trideforshitonthefirstloopitis.

[nzspokes]

Dirt is a shit load easier. I enjoy the farm rides. Best thing ive learnt so far is to look up. And not to pin it near trees, contrary to popular belief they do hurt when you hit them tapped in third.

Least it sounds like you have a 4t, my 2t is nothing, nothing, fuck everything.

Just relax an enjoy, its much more skill related than road. Try out MotoX park, im heading there in the weekend if I can for some dirt based fun. May even try the motocross track as I would normally stick to the enduro stuff.

[nzmikey]

Those tracks didn't help, not beginner friendly that's for sure. after that first red down/up hill i had to wait 5 min to let my arms recover, not good to start on that.
The red sections were easier to ride than the rest as the sand wasn't so fluffy and deep.
Would like to know where the rest of the track was as our bike (and gps) showed 29 with all the reds and only 25 on the main trail.
And closing the 17k track at 2 was a bit slack.

Glad you had fun out there as that is a big part of it. funny how many roadies come to/back to dirt waiting for their licence to return.

hah yeah that short track within 600m there was a marshal standing there pointing me up the hill ... I was going WTF ahh ok ... he ran to help push as I pinned it ... never looked back ...

as for the rest of the big loop I am not sure ... I caught a pruned branch near the end of the big loop with my left arm at pace, i never went down managed to keep it upright until i got to the clearing with a big flat patch of grass & a nice shady tree where I stopped to yell & scream & figure out if I could ride out ... had a couple of guys check on me to make sure I was ok & they said that there was about 4km to go ... I grunted & carried on ... it was all long easy straights & a couple of long easy uphill access roads from what I could tell & then popped out at the top .... surely that was not 4km ...

In saying that where the Defense force lookout tower was you could either take the left track & do the Pro section or go right & do the pussy section ... since I took the easy way I have no idea how far the other way went ...

& yeah I need to find way to entertain myself away from the family or I go nuts ( more than normal )
but yes was a hell fun day

[BoristheBiter]

hah yeah that short track within 600m there was a marshal standing there pointing me up the hill ... I was going WTF ahh ok ... he ran to help push as I pinned it ... never looked back ...

as for the rest of the big loop I am not sure ... I caught a pruned branch near the end of the big loop with my left arm at pace, i never went down managed to keep it upright until i got to the clearing with a big flat patch of grass & a nice shady tree where I stopped to yell & scream & figure out if I could ride out ... had a couple of guys check on me to make sure I was ok & they said that there was about 4km to go ... I grunted & carried on ... it was all long easy straights & a couple of long easy uphill access roads from what I could tell & then popped out at the top .... surely that was not 4km ...

In saying that where the Defense force lookout tower was you could either take the left track & do the Pro section or go right & do the pussy section ... since I took the easy way I have no idea how far the other way went ...

& yeah I need to find way to entertain myself away from the family or I go nuts ( more than normal )
but yes was a hell fun day

If that pruned tree was on your left hand side as you went over a little jump onto a open area....... I hit that too. couldn't see the branch in the sun and just rode straight into it. my arm now has a good lump. Fuck i love dirt.

No i did all the tracks just seemed very short. the fast guys must have done a lot of loops.

[nzmikey]

If that pruned tree was on your left hand side as you went over a little jump onto a open area....... I hit that too. couldn't see the branch in the sun and just rode straight into it. my arm now has a good lump. Fuck i love dirt.

No i did all the tracks just seemed very short. the fast guys must have done a lot of loops.

thats the one dude ... yeah opened up my arm on the inside missing a chunk of skin & large bruise now, this was taken the morning after lol


& yeah the tree is fine ... going to take a bloody saw to it next time

[BoristheBiter]

thats the one dude ... yeah opened up my arm on the inside missing a chunk of skin & large bruise now, this was taken the morning after lol

& yeah the tree is fine ... going to take a bloody saw to it next time

I didn't hit it the first two laps..... must have been the sun....... i'll blame the sun

[gwynfryn]

Dirt is a shit load easier. I enjoy the farm rides. Best thing ive learnt so far is to look up. And not to pin it near trees, contrary to popular belief they do hurt when you hit them tapped in third.

Least it sounds like you have a 4t, my 2t is nothing, nothing, fuck everything.

Just relax an enjoy, its much more skill related than road. Try out MotoX park, im heading there in the weekend if I can for some dirt based fun. May even try the motocross track as I would normally stick to the enduro stuff.

Are you sure your KIPS is working properly? It should lug at low rpm better than a 4t!

[gwynfryn]

I didn't think much of that ride. The long loop was pretty ho-hum even with the red arrows and as mentioned seemed way to short. They had a sign saying to make sure you had a full tank, why?. in fact as i approached the car park I thought thats cool it must be a figure 8 !
As for the short loop -bloody horrible soft boring sand , felt sorry for newbies thinking it would be easier than the long loop.
Makes me realise how good the WMCC rides are.

[nzmikey]

I didn't think much of that ride. The long loop was pretty ho-hum even with the red arrows and as mentioned seemed way to short. They had a sign saying to make sure you had a full tank, why?. in fact as i approached the car park I thought thats cool it must be a figure 8 !
As for the short loop -bloody horrible soft boring sand , felt sorry for newbies thinking it would be easier than the long loop.
Makes me realise how good the WMCC rides are.

Yup I fell for that mistake ... "hey lets do the short loop ... has been awhile since I have ridden ... will be sweeet '

oh how wrong

[nzspokes]

Are you sure your KIPS is working properly? It should lug at low rpm better than a 4t!

Lol, it is way better these days. It was really bad but smaller jets and lower needle has improved it heaps.

Agree the WMCC days are great. I really enjoyed the last one.

But looking forward to some dirt this weekend.

[Jay GTI]

Try out MotoX park, im heading there in the weekend if I can for some dirt based fun. May even try the motocross track as I would normally stick to the enduro stuff.

Ah bugger, I can't make it this weekend (was going to head down as well), could have been a chance to wander over and say hi. Let me know how you get on with the enduro loop, should be nice after the maintenance, if it's anything like the MX track.

Going down next Sat though, missus is having her baby shower and I'm getting the feck out of the house. Plus I need some ride time, finally sorted a race, which will be the Bel Ray in Huntly on the 1st of Dec. Wanted to try something earlier, but my calendar just wouldn't work around the options. Bonus is I've convinced 2 ride buddies to pop their race cherries as well and even better, I'm faster than both of them, so I won't be last.

[nzspokes]

Ah bugger, I can't make it this weekend (was going to head down as well), could have been a chance to wander over and say hi. Let me know how you get on with the enduro loop, should be nice after the maintenance, if it's anything like the MX track.

Going down next Sat though, missus is having her baby shower and I'm getting the feck out of the house. Plus I need some ride time, finally sorted a race, which will be the Bel Ray in Huntly on the 1st of Dec. Wanted to try something earlier, but my calendar just wouldn't work around the options. Bonus is I've convinced 2 ride buddies to pop their race cherries as well and even better, I'm faster than both of them, so I won't be last.

Have you ridden the Enduro track there before? I cant get any info on it.

I may hop on the MX track for a bit and see what its like. I will warn Westpac to warm the helicopter up.

[BoristheBiter]

Have you ridden the Enduro track there before? I cant get any info on it.

I may hop on the MX track for a bit and see what its like. I will warn Westpac to warm the helicopter up.

We're probably heading to the sandpit on Monday and do some of the new blues and a few of the hill climbs out the back.

[Jay GTI]

Have you ridden the Enduro track there before? I cant get any info on it.

I may hop on the MX track for a bit and see what its like. I will warn Westpac to warm the helicopter up.

The enduro loop is awesome, one of my favourite places to ride. Last time I was there they'd groomed it nicely, but it's one of those loops that has a bit of everything and is challenging without being too hard.

The MX track looks bloody sweet too, it was a bit tricky in a couple of places but the new layout looks much more friendly.

[oldskool]

Pay attention to this thread for a bit ...

... by the time i got 1/4 of the way in my legs & fingers were giving out ( cramp ) & when the other 2 stopped to wait for me in the clearing / major roads ...

That wasn't you throwing your bike down 8:25min into this vid was it?



http://youtu.be/tOGc5EGjT2Q?t=8m5s

[nzmikey]

That wasn't you throwing your bike down 8:25min into this vid was it?



http://youtu.be/tOGc5EGjT2Q?t=8m5s

Nope that was not me ... I was the nutter riding in Road Bootss, jeans, Singlet & a back & chest protector on a Blue TTR 230 ....

That tree on the left http://i.imgur.com/13JCvzB.png at 11:32 was the one that i belted with my arm tho ... I stopped in that clearing just after