Jolly Roosta Trail Ride, Woodhill 26th April

**barty5** · 26th April 2009, 23:09

Originally Posted by oldskool

Well I just got back from North Shore A&E, JinxyCat broke his leg in five places hitting a tree. They operate tomorrow and will most probably put a rod in to hold the bones together. It was unfortunate, he was running in his brand spanking new bike and it has only about 15 minutes on it. He wants to thank Greg from Spectrum for fanning his face with his glove until the medics came. There were also 2 ladies who were a great help, he'd like to thank them too, whoever they were?
(I think I saw Midget250X talking to one of them)

wondered where you got not good news to hear.

**barty5** · 26th April 2009, 23:12

Originally Posted by noobi

wow, lots of whoops
it was a good ride, only got lost in the same place on the farm loop twice

did about 100k or so, only went deep into the forest once did a 41k'ers for a warm up
ther other two i was with didnt much like the deep sand parts cuz there riding tractors

but apart from that, good job to all the sandpit crew

is that what the enduro next weekend will be like?

alright be honest who got stuck trying to get there car back up the hill

, barty did your commodore get up alright? we saw three commodores get stuck 3/4 of the way up lol

not with the tailer hooked up the sand was well deep. bit of a mission backing down had trailer towed up by 4wd and we made it up n the grass wasnt keen takin trailer up there in case we didnt make comin down backwards on slippery shit get messy.

**4stroke** · 27th April 2009, 00:35

Originally Posted by oldskool

Well I just got back from North Shore A&E, JinxyCat broke his leg in five places hitting a tree. They operate tomorrow and will most probably put a rod in to hold the bones together. It was unfortunate, he was running in his brand spanking new bike and it has only about 15 minutes on it. He wants to thank Greg from Spectrum for fanning his face with his glove until the medics came. There were also 2 ladies who were a great help, he'd like to thank them too, whoever they were?
(I think I saw Midget250X talking to one of them)

well ive just got home from the north shore hospital, its 1230am lol
my mate dislocated his shoulder, took them 5 hours to sort out what they were gona do, we had a good yarn to that dude with the broken leg, it sounded like a nothing crash too, wicked xrays tho thats a serrious snapage.
fells mx had a few carnages too, i chick wasted a shoulder and a guy ejected mid air and smashed his ankle to peices dam his leg was huge and another guy from fells broke a arm, i think it was just one of those fkd days where everything went wrong, we past 3 accedents on the way home wtf? fkd up weekend i think, good to see all familiar faces again.

**Keithf** · 27th April 2009, 05:40

Once again a great ride

cheers

Originally Posted by Ktmboy

Damn, missed this event. Just didn't get to ride.

Lucky I was just lottering and stumbled on FlyingCR250 having probs.

I wish the other breakdowns were that easy. 3 wally's ran out of gas and you guessed it, they were right at the furtherest point.
You'd think they would fill up at the start wouldn't ya.

3 of the staff had big offs despite the briefing to ensure they all stay in one piece.

One of them on my bike which now needs (oddly enough) a new throttle cable, head light etc .

One of our riders is in a pretty bad way after a head on with a tree. Broken ribs, punctured lung, broken wrist, whip lash, a absolutely munted collar bone and a suspect spleen.

We all hope he gets well soon as well as the other two whom both have wrist injuries.. Big ups to St John.
If fact we hope the other couple of injured people recover quickly as well.

**Midget200** · 27th April 2009, 07:02

Hey there Oldskool!

They were Buffy and Gina that stopped and helped Jinxy Cat. When he's out of the hospital get him to drop me a line and I'll give him their mobiles or something. I'll let Greg from Spectrum know today. Jinxy Cat sure looked in some pain. Hope he's feeling better today!

**Midget200** · 27th April 2009, 08:27

Sorry that post was meant for Barty5 to pass on the names of the girls that helped out!

**oldskool** · 27th April 2009, 08:33

Originally Posted by Midget250X

Hey there Oldskool!

They were Buffy and Gina that stopped and helped Jinxy Cat. When he's out of the hospital get him to drop me a line and I'll give him their mobiles or something. I'll let Greg from Spectrum know today. Jinxy Cat sure looked in some pain. Hope he's feeling better today!

That'll be sweet, he goes into op .am today. He was high as a kite last night but still was as witty as ever. Are Buffy and Gina KB'ers? Jinxy only signed up last week so a really new member!

**noobi** · 27th April 2009, 08:40

Originally Posted by barty5

not with the tailer hooked up the sand was well deep. bit of a mission backing down had trailer towed up by 4wd and we made it up n the grass wasnt keen takin trailer up there in case we didnt make comin down backwards on slippery shit get messy.

we sat at the top and watched people trying to get up for a while after we packed up, a few different techniques used

you guys were probably one of the last to go, only ever saw your group there once. so did you do 3 full laps or 4?

**cheese** · 27th April 2009, 08:53

Man I'm feeling it today! My back is sore and stiff!

That was a great ride. I actually went through that bit where everyone broke collar bones. I must have just missed the bit that was catching people!! lucky! I had a few near big spills at the start too. just before the downhill to the muddle (love that term) there was some tree root that just a bout tossed me over the bars twice!!

The forest loop was wicked. The reds were way better than the yellows. The yellows got whooped out really bad and the reds were much more fun.

Really good ride though. Lots of different tracks and good wide tracks so you didn't get stuck behind people.

Good to catch up with a few KBers.

Oddly enough, my bike did have stale fuel! LOL After the first tank I filled it up again with fresh stuff and the front wheel wouldn't stay on the ground!!! haha!!

**Rupe** · 27th April 2009, 19:01

mint ride, big thanks to Tony and all involved.

The whoops had me ruined by the end as they got huge in some places. Loved the reds though, they bermed up and got better through the day, knew they'd be good after riding some of the new ones at the sandpit. Had a very close call on that root between the trees on the farm loop, somehow manged to stay on but twisted my knee.

you forgot to clear a path for the hillclimb, had to hesitate and drop down to third before nailing it.

**Jinxycat** · 27th April 2009, 22:16

JinxyCat doin ok, no op today, they still tryin to figure out how to put Humpty back together again, he is smilin and already askin when they will take to rod out (they need to put it in first). He will be back come hell or high water, still has to finish runnin his bike in

. Will keep you all updated, A Huge thanks to all who helped Jinxy out, Buffy, Greg and Gina, you rock, the crew were all fantastic and the ambo's were great. Jinxy can expect at least 3 months of layin about before seein any more bike action.

Dea

**camchain** · 27th April 2009, 23:44

You could see the poor bugger (Jinxycat? in the manuka trees near the start) was in a lot of pain. Hope he feels better quick. Morphine is great stuff, but it will still be a while before that bike gets run in.

Thanks for all the work KTMboy and posse.
I've been trying to figure out how those nifty steep little sand mounds form up, they don't seem like natural dunes. Anyone know the deal with those things?

**Midget200** · 28th April 2009, 06:49

Yeah Jinxycat sure did look in some pain! He's keen. When he's better we'll all have to meet up at Woodhill to help him ride his bike in and keep him away from the tree stumps! Thanks Dea for the update! Is the bike looking better than he did?

**oldskool** · 28th April 2009, 08:46

Well heres my first try with this toy. Second time round the Farm Trail following Poggy, well.. trying to! Couple of dudes overtook us so he cuts them up. See Krad and Spike on the trail so give 'em the thumbs up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Jv3HXWRf4