To keep the Fisher name straight I gotta race

[Fryin Finn]

I'm helping out at the enduro this weekend.
My tips -
Gear your bike down it's a fairly tight course.
Make sure your tyres and brakes are tip top - theres a couple of steep down hills.
Run higher tyre pressures to avoid punctures as it's pretty rocky in places. Last weeks rain has rutted the track out a little in some places and exposed a few rocks.
Have Fun

[kezzafish]

if i had known about this enduro i would have been more than keen, its about time i started doing some events.

Yeah mate, bugger you missed this but i guess you'll just have to come down for the next karapoti hardcore loop, lol, the most prestigious of all the races

I'm helping out at the enduro this weekend.
My tips -
Gear your bike down it's a fairly tight course.
Make sure your tyres and brakes are tip top - theres a couple of steep down hills.
Run higher tyre pressures to avoid punctures as it's pretty rocky in places. Last weeks rain has rutted the track out a little in some places and exposed a few rocks.
Have Fun

Choice, insider info. Pretty similar to karapoti terrain? i've ridden some of the stuff in puketiro forrest with Justin from KMMC when he was markin out the last one. Much in the way of boggage?

[secondfield]

I'm helping out at the enduro this weekend

That must've been you guy's (Murray and co) I bumped into last saturday marking out the track then? .. I recognised the gasser.

Jason W of KMMC told us at moonshine sunday you'd seen me and a couple of mates who found our way onto the course from the maungatouk's side. We though it was christmas when we found our way over to the battle hill side...

[Fryin Finn]

Wasn't me on Saturday - I was helping mark the track on Sunday on the KLX. Not much in the way of bogs the track has been marked to avoid the worst of them. The terrain tests are within sight of the carpark - Invite your mates to watch

[Starky307]

Is it particularly necessary to wear goggles? Moreso than a busy trail ride (say desert storm for arguments sake)? i don't normally wear em cos i hate not being able to see perfectly and they aid in my overheating problem

Are you serious??????

How hard is it too see when you have a stick in your eye?
Or a rock?
Or a bee?
Or some mud?
Or any foreign object for that matter?

Your goggles wont be adding to heating issues, it will be your choice of helmet and clothing.

[kezzafish]

Are you serious??????

How hard is it too see when you have a stick in your eye?
Or a rock?
Or a bee?
Or some mud?
Or any foreign object for that matter?

Your goggles wont be adding to heating issues, it will be your choice of helmet and clothing.

I'm pretty good at seeing wtih mud in my eye and haven't had the stick thing happen yet... probably cos i can see exactly what's in front of me without a dusty, glarey and often sweaty piece of plastic right in front of my eyes.... i hate them!

[Ktmboy]

I'm pretty good at seeing wtih mud in my eye and haven't had the stick thing happen yet... probably cos i can see exactly what's in front of me without a dusty, glarey and often sweaty piece of plastic right in front of my eyes.... i hate them!

Kezza, I highly recommend you wear them in a race situation. If you want to get past somebody you have to put yourself into a close position behind them to do so. How can you do this if they are throwing softball size rocks at you. nOt to mention the stick thing. Remember these are not wide open tracks all the time, quite often they are fresh unpruned trails that have alot of foliage.

I know the over heating thing as I too get it..but its just something you have to live with.

[chop]

Ktmboy, you dont overheat do you?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ktmboy]

Ktmboy, you dont overheat do you?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only a litre every 1/2 hour....

[Starky307]

I'm pretty good at seeing wtih mud in my eye and haven't had the stick thing happen yet... probably cos i can see exactly what's in front of me without a dusty, glarey and often sweaty piece of plastic right in front of my eyes.... i hate them!

Your only given one set of eyes, don't risk loosing your sight.

[xxblackbirdxx]

Dave's a bitch (says he'll do pit crew) and Darryl i haven't asked. Why don't you do it with me?

Also. Is it particularly necessary to wear goggles? Moreso than a busy trail ride (say desert storm for arguments sake)? i don't normally wear em cos i hate not being able to see perfectly and they aid in my overheating problem

Hey Kezza,
I ve had similar issues with goggles, but then i also had the experience of having debris thrown up from the bike in front plus someone has made a valid point of the tracks having foilage very close to you and they do happen to hit your face when you cut it close on corners. sometimes you dont even need to cut a corner tight and still have leaves and branches smacking your face. I ve had one major off in to a tree when i got blinded due to little branch striking me straight in the eye.
It took me a few go's to get used to wearing goggles, now i wont ride without them (till they get covered in muck and i cant see through them).
while racing i realised im no bubba or birch and cant dive in to a corner braking late from 5 metres back , i have to be close enough to just marginally out brake some one in to a corner , which then requires me to be very close to the bike in front to make a pass stick.
Personal preference at the end of the day.. but from the experiences ive had i'd wear goggles, especially in race situations.

[barty5]

i use the light sensitive ones hate riding with out them yes gets hot but havin to stop cause you have shit in your eyes costs time and even more if your gloves etc are also covered in mud you anit ever going to get the stuff out of your eyes. Take them and wear them for as long as you can then clean them when you pit.
As said hard to sit on someones tail if you cant see if you sit close enough theyll make a mistake you can take advantage of.

[kezzafish]

yeah, fair enough, thanks all. I'll put em on in the morning and see how long i can bear it. As for passing anyone i don't think that's gonna be an issue, lol. The last (and only) time i got a light sensitive lens it got wet and started to delaminate from the clear lens they're stuck too. Was really hard to see through the big bubbles so i canned that idea

[cheese]

just wear some saftey glasses

[kezzafish]

just wear some saftey glasses

Mate, i'm gonna look like enough of a dick as it is, ha haaa. Not a bad idea tho. May one day find the money to buy some sunnies, my last pair is doing loops of the Tokyo underground