Kezza's pics

**kezzafish** · 2nd June 2009, 10:29

They were taken not far up the hill on the pram track. after ya cross the river go up about 700-900 metres and theres a track off to the left ya have to jump a little ditch to go up... you know it? it's just a little deviation off the main track... only takes a couple mins and your back on the main track.

Good fun. Those ruts have got bigger and bigger over the time we've been doing it. came across some 4WDS trying to get up it once... fail.

It was wet as up there but the most noticeable thing was the cold... man it was unbelievable, fuckin snowing!

**pete.ktm** · 2nd June 2009, 23:25

i was watching my son and his mate tool around near the mangatuk side car park on sunday. 3 fuck'n degrees, near snowing and in the hour we were there about 3 or 4 groups went in and a couple came out. krazy.

but they were all lovin it!

and i was under a tree watching a honda 100 go round and round and round and...

**Blair.DRZ** · 3rd June 2009, 10:00

Originally Posted by kezzafish

They were taken not far up the hill on the pram track. after ya cross the river go up about 700-900 metres and theres a track off to the left ya have to jump a little ditch to go up... you know it? it's just a little deviation off the main track... only takes a couple mins and your back on the main track.

Yeah I think I know where you mean, might have to check it out this weekend if I get out hopefully, havn't ridden in over a month so gaggin to get out on the bike!!

**kezzafish** · 7th June 2009, 18:59

couple clips and a couple pics i took today with the new Still camera. We walked up there with machettes today and cleared an old track... can't wait to ride it... fucken ligament shit. I'll tell you wellington folk where it is once i've ridden it lol and for anyone who's been going up there for a while i believe the track used to be called "siberia". It's gonna be the loop used in my illegal cross country race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8k4KbCgfpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShfzo-KYbw

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**Ktmboy** · 7th June 2009, 19:22

Can't see the bloke with the Stop/Go sign.

Good that you guys are doing the hard yards as most these tracks just get over grown and sieze(yeah I know,spell check) to exist.

**Ride it till the red** · 7th June 2009, 22:04

Originally Posted by kezzafish

couple clips and a couple pics i took today with the new Still camera. We walked up there with machettes today and cleared an old track... can't wait to ride it... fucken ligament shit. I'll tell you wellington folk where it is once i've ridden it lol and for anyone who's been going up there for a while i believe the track used to be called "siberia". It's gonna be the loop used in my illegal cross country race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8k4KbCgfpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShfzo-KYbw

Looking forward to it mate, I think I've got a fair idea of where it may be although I thought "Siberia" was more of a name for an area than a specific track.

Had a cracker up Tangimoana today, managed to make a bit of a vid that I'll get round to uploading sometime. Unfortunately missed alot of it due to helmet cam pointing everywhere but the track! And ran out of space about 5 mins before a hilarious episode of Secondfield repetitively trying and failing to pick up his bike on a slope which ended up with the bike being dragged to the bottom on it's side

**secondfield** · 7th June 2009, 22:51

Hey' Twas bloody steep that one ... brand new climb, kinda relieved I buttoned off at the top not knowing what fate awaited me the other side.. after I saw it felt relieved.

**barty5** · 8th June 2009, 14:35

Originally Posted by kezzafish

couple clips and a couple pics i took today with the new Still camera. We walked up there with machettes today and cleared an old track... can't wait to ride it... fucken ligament shit. I'll tell you wellington folk where it is once i've ridden it lol and for anyone who's been going up there for a while i believe the track used to be called "siberia". It's gonna be the loop used in my illegal cross country race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8k4KbCgfpE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mShfzo-KYbw

Love to comment at the fuck i got wet shit you stand next to puddle with bikes going past your going to get wet really what did you expect i would have come back to dish out seconds hahaha.

**kezzafish** · 9th June 2009, 01:44

Originally Posted by Ktmboy

Can't see the bloke with the Stop/Go sign.

Good that you guys are doing the hard yards as most these tracks just get over grown and sieze(yeah I know,spell check) to exist.

cease was the spelling you were after there mate lol. Thanks for the ups bro. It's actually good fun. Obviousely i'd rather be riding but you see sooo much when on foot ahhh how's the serenity?

Originally Posted by Ride it till the red

Looking forward to it mate, I think I've got a fair idea of where it may be although I thought "Siberia" was more of a name for an area than a specific track.

Oh ok, where do ya think it is then? It's gonna be coool mate. Theres a couple of rutted techy climbs on clay then it opens up to a couple of sections of big wide pine needled blasting roads. it won't be very long but there's multiple possibilities for exploration at the top of it. Someone has felled a whole heap of trees over the track but we found a way around. i'm hopeing i can make an alternative route out to Karapoti carpak (dreaming i know) just need a chopper to figure out the route!

Originally Posted by barty5

Love to comment at the fuck i got wet shit you stand next to puddle with bikes going past your going to get wet really what did you expect i would have come back to dish out seconds hahaha.

hah, yeah it made me laugh too. Although it was possible to avoid the puddle. I was sitting next to the puddle with a brand new, uninsured, 3200 dollar camera. lol... dumb fuck

**Ride it till the red** · 9th June 2009, 12:32

Up to the right as ya shoot in from Karapoti? As ya head up towards the Rock Garden? I've blasted a couple of the open tracks but never actually mucked round with the one or two knarlier options. Not exactly sure which of them you'd be heading up (or if I'm even remotely close) but that area has been referred to as Siberia by the 4wd guys for years. I really must get a copy of that map uploaded and sent to ya, theres a couple of other bike only tracks that the old man has some stories about which I'd like to take a look at.

As for back down to Karapoti? I think you'd be rather hard pushed but ya never know... enough time off the bike and you might get it sorted. Maybe we all pitch in and buy you a chainsaw to speed up the process!

**secondfield** · 9th June 2009, 21:39

Check this out Kez' - its fuckin mint eh.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-223260409.htm

**kezzafish** · 10th June 2009, 01:31

yeah that looks nice in black humps and low hours too. I wonder if he'd be keen to trade my 07 450sx?

RITTR. i know where you're talking about but naaaarp. those climbs your talking about are fukken phat. theres one with the mighty twin ruts of hell. You have to cross both ruts at pace to get to the top... reeeal tricky cunt... i haven't made it to the top yet.

Where i'm talkin about is at the Hukinga/karapoti/pram track intersection (the main intersection before the first river) right under your nose. I would have ridden within 2-3 metres of the entry to this track about 50 times but have never seen it until i went past on foot. We got far enough along it to join up to a road off Hukinga road but there is scope to make it join onto another sneaky little track that we've tried before but it got too overgrown... Once i've completed the loop with no main roads in it i'm gonna stage a race through it lol can't wait

PS a chainsaw would only slow me down but i am kinda unco' using my left arm so don't stand near when i'm a whakkin' and a slashin'

**secondfield** · 10th June 2009, 11:02

Dunno, but its got the perfect setup for x-country/enduro. Dual ignition curve (aftermarket), re-valved suspension, devol radiatior guards. And its black too. Just like our national colour.