How about a KB dirt ride!!!

[Riff Raff]

When my neck's healed I'd love to give it a go.

[FzerozeroT]

I'll be keen on my POS, but need to get it there from hamilton.

[Motu]

Is there anywhere a bit tricky to ride there that we could use for trials?,if so I'll bring my old TLR200 down so some of you can try out a trials bike.

[jrandom]

Ahem.

Mrs Random decided earlier this week that she wants us to get a pair of dirt bikes.



Of course, the shiny green KDX200s I see already in my mind's eye will not be affordable for some time.

If this event goes down, and any KBers are feeling generous in spirit enough to loan Mrs Random some sort of helmet that might fit her and give her a wee go up at Woodhill or somewhere on a beat-up old offroad 'sickle of some sort to get her motorcycling tastebuds a-tinglin' (she's never ridden a non-push-bike, but she's very coordinated and quite athletic, and I can give her some parking-lot control lessons on the Zeal) we'd be eternally in your debt.

And don't worry, I'm not asking for anyone to test their bike's suspension and their own fears of having it wrapped around a tree by letting *me* on it.

In the meantime, I'll just be off in the corner, over there -----> trying to recover from the shock.

[Wellyman]

I have a few old helmets next time i go down to the shed I will have a look. KDX's are cool bikes man you can buy a second hand one fairly cheap and the cost bugger all to keep going. hope to see you at the ride. I'm hoping to head out to thundercross valley bike park this weekend for a scouting look so I will bring back a report on the place.
Cheers.

DATE STILL TO BE CONFIRMED

[Racer X]

My RM is actually still up north, but it'll be here in a couple of weeks. So I'll be keen, provided I have my bike...

[k14]

Yeah hopefully i can buy myself a kdx200 in the next month or 2. Think there are some decent trails around chch to go on. I'm arranging my timetable so i will have afternoons free for most of the year, lol.

[vifferman]

Ahem.

Mrs Random decided earlier this week that she wants us to get a pair of dirt bikes.

Shockin', dat.
A couple of days ago, the vifferbabe also mentioned getting her own bike.
I talked her out of it.

I've been thinking about going dirt riding for a while. I used to have a dirt bike, many years ago when I still had hair, and also did quite a bit of boogeying around off-road when I was a professional sheep-shagger and work was light (I'd just jump on the trusty-crusty ole XL125S and go for a ride round the farm). Thems was the daze.

Dunno that my crusty-rusty body'd be up to it nowadays, but I reckon I'd still have the skills (such as they were).....

[Skunk]

Shockin', dat.
A couple of days ago, the vifferbabe also mentioned getting her own bike.
I talked her out of it.

I have to ask... WHY on earth would you do that? (I mean you must have good reasons but it seems strange from here...)

[XRNR]

PM me again CRF230F, when youve decided the date. provided its a weekend I should be able to make it. I now have a trailer capable of going the distance & want to check out thunder valley having been shown it from a distance by FF it looks good.

[Wellyman]

Will do mate. I'm going out for a scout tomorrow (saturday) hoepfully the weather will be good. I will bring back a report of the park.
Gotta go prepare the bike.
Ciao

[Firefight]

Will do mate. I'm going out for a scout tomorrow (saturday) hoepfully the weather will be good. I will bring back a report of the park.
Gotta go prepare the bike.
Ciao

hey Dan, given how shitty the weather is atm, might pay to make woodhill as a back up plan, as you well know rain will not effect woodhill sand, But Thunder Valley can very techinical in the wet.


F/F

[F5 Dave]

I have to ask... WHY on earth would you do that? (I mean you must have good reasons but it seems strange from here...)

Yeah that’s a funny one, most of my girlfriends when I was younger rode bikes & that was cool, but really I feel that to be any good you have to have a bike as your primary transport for a while. As a purely hobby bike they will flounder for ages so it means all your rides will be spoilt waiting around for them rather than riding at your own pace. Worse you worry about them hurting themselves esp. on the road. I used to ride with an eye almost constantly in the rear view mirror.

So it sounds selfish, my girl wanted to learn how to ride so I arranged a bike she could ride in a field but she chickened out as she didn’t want people esp. me to laugh at her. This made me reassess things so I won’t be offering to teach again unless she really gets keen enough to grow some confidence.

Oh sorry
Anyone going to the Johnsonville ride in Wgtn this weekend?

[Skunk]

Anyone going to the Johnsonville ride in Wgtn this weekend?

Would like to but the wifes not keen.
I can see the irony...

[Wellyman]

Well today looks like S@#%$ so i'm sitting it out at home. hefully going for that scout ride tomorrow (sunday). Any dirtbikers thinking about ridng tomorrow (sunday) out at thundercross?