Glen Murray charity ride. Who's going?

[scott411]

933 Riders, a new record, (the last record was 597)

thanks every one that turned up, hope you had a great day

[charles23]

a big thanks to scott411, craig, the farm owners and the marshalls for a great day, unbelieveable turn out, great tracks really enjoyable mix of open farmland, rolling hills and even some BOGS!!!, looking forward to the next ride.
Thanks again.

[WRT]

933! Fark . . . I thought it was a good turn out when they mentioned 600 at the briefing. To be honest, when we turned up and saw all the cars in the paddocks we were tempted to keep going on to Thundercross. Glad we didnt however, had a blast. Would have liked to see a few more challenging sections, maybe the odd hillclimb and some stream crossings etc, but all in all it was a good fun (fast) trail.

Will be back again next time you run it. BTW - what was the charity it was fundraising for?

[tysonzane]

Charity is for the local community. Brillant :thumbsup:

I had a great day, but im quite sore now. This has been my first all day ride for about 1.5 months. I almost forgot what arm pump was like. The bog in the middle was awesome, i had to get a hand pulling my bike out of an especially deep part of creek (thanks for the local farmer giving a hand in that). I saw a guy who looked fresh from the 6 day riding a 6 day spec 300EXC and man he was flying and doing some insane stuff. I managed to get 3 loops in and averaged 40km for each loop according to my little KTM trip computer and a max of 114kph . Last loop went to fast into a mix of dried up ruts and hit the deck pretty hard, had a headache and sore elbow so just reverted to sitting down mode for the rest of the loop, next trail ride i'll be getting some elbow gaurds and maybe a new helmet.

Thats a massive turn out!! It was pretty tight at the start but half way through the first loop and ownwards it was spaced out nicely.

Always a ride to have on my calender :thumbsup:

[scott411]

their were to Welsh RIders thier from the 6 days, one on a KTM and one on a Kawasaki, they were pretty good, i took the girl friend of the Kawasaki rider around on the back of a quad and she was blown away with the riding we have, both guys were as well,

The money all goes to the hall commitee who disrubite it whough local chairty's and groups. this ride has been going on for 15 years

[barty5]

you forgot to metion the gas station you found half way into the second lap

[WRT]

How did the guys on Trials bikes do? Saw at least two of them, was wondering whether they would hold enough gas to get them all the way around.

[Motu]

Ah - I saw some trials bikes on trailers with dirt bikes too as I was going to the Huntly tip with a trailer.I hadn't heard about a Hamilton club trial around Huntly so wondered if they were doing the trail ride.Saw a YZf/WR on a ute outside a church too....a well prepard rider.

So do trials bikes often do these trail rides? The TLR200 is pretty old school and should be good on a tight or slushy trail ride....would it be ok to do these on that bike? It's always ready to go,the DT230 is set up for road use,it only takes a morning to swap it over,but don't have the time.I am far more confidant on the TLR200 than just about any bike I've ever had.

[Richard@nztrails.com]

Just managed to load the photos from the ride. Woody is moving house and flying to Wellington to pick up his latest toy, so hasn't written anything up yet.

But we got some good photos, that boggy section was a real laugh. I was very impressed how all the 930 or so bikes spread out, no real bottle necks.

Thanks Scott, well organised!

Cheers

[barty5]

yeh theres allways one or two that show but and pending on how good you are they get through some of the harder parts with a lot more ease come on out have a go you wont knoe till you try

[barty5]

being addicted to two wheels or hating the four (pile ups at the tricky parts) dam near fell off form the laughing did any one else catch site of the dude on the 4 wheeler when the right rear drifted of and landed in the river poor guy they had to have a swim to get it back of all the bad luck if it wasnt enough the wheel came off ( a little tlc and maintainance would have prevented)

[WRT]

So do trials bikes often do these trail rides? The TLR200 is pretty old school and should be good on a tight or slushy trail ride....would it be ok to do these on that bike? It's always ready to go,the DT230 is set up for road use,it only takes a morning to swap it over,but don't have the time.I am far more confidant on the TLR200 than just about any bike I've ever had.

This particular ride was quite open and flowing, with only the odd slushy bit (only one of a decent size, and it wasnt tricky so long as you picked a decent line). The only concern I would have on a trials bike would be the distance, I was going through 5+ litres per loop, a trials bike probably wouldnt be so thirsty, but my understanding is that they tend to have very small tanks, around 2l?

But as barty5 mentioned, the only way to find out would be to give it a go sometime. If you do, sing out, I'd be keen to meet the mighty Motu and put a face to the name.

[Motu]

The TLR would be more suitable than a modern trials bike,but not really suited to a fast trail ride....114kph is 100kph too fast for me.Stuff I wouldn't want to do on a trail bike would be a ball on the TLR200.I'll look at doing the next charity ride in the Waikato on it.....or after some heavy rain I'll go to Kimmy's if they don't close the track.

[tysonzane]

you forgot to metion the gas station you found half way into the second lap

More like quater of the way through the second lap haha. Thanks for saving my life, i owe you one on that!

See you this weekend. Its a beut of a ride.

[barty5]

na cant do this week end but ill be there next