Tussock Buster 2010

[Keithf]

I found a bog

[325rocket]

I found a bog

haha, looks like you went through where i did. looking at it again, that is a pretty stupid place to try and cross aye ha.



Does anyone else have any video footage from the weekend?

[Keithf]

I have a history of taking the wrong line through bogs.......

have some more video coming soon

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[LURK1N]

Gisborne huh? You weren't mates with the poor guy whose bike fell off the rescue quad still attached to the trailer (towball fell off the quad) were you? Poor bastard...Glad my bike was off it by that point...

Yea im that poor guy whos bike cartwheeled down the hill! Was one of the 7 from gizzy but BOOOOM had left before i got back so never heard about my epic adventure till a few days later. Glad you enjoyed your heli ride, would of been awesome. Was a long slow ride back for me in the uni mog. Hope you got your clutch sorted, im still trying to figure out where my bike is bent, and still finding broken bits. And on top of that i still have a blown head gasket to sort. Think it may be time to go back to a trusty 2stroke!!

I hope next year they have safety chains on the trailers!!!

[crf_rider]

You certainly didn't have the best weekend did you!!!!!! Can't seem to find any photos from 2010. Can anyone give me a website to check out.

[LURK1N]

Official photos on this website, has a link to photo slideshows on youtube www.moneyweb.co.nz

[SK1TZ]

KRAD - I hope it wasnt the Blackwoods paykels tent that was keeping you up?? I deliberately turned off the stereo at around 11pm - midnight, but the catering staff were on the piss untill 3am, then were kicked out of the clubrooms, then said they were going to drive to Taihape to a party..... decided we wouldnt go with...

thanks to all those who came and said hello at the Blackwoods tent, although I was the only person with a bike who didnt ride, the DR of doom looks a lot prettier now, just need to get a Recoil kit and fix those damn threads in the head....

The bosses look to be pretty impressed with the set-up, and we will most likely be supporting the event again in the future, wether it be for promotional, or onsite, we are not sure.

I have a verbal OK from the organisers that we can get a water truck next time, having 1 tap to service 2 x waterblasters and 8 x portable showers just wasnt working!

anyways, glad you all had a great time!

sam

[SK1TZ]

Does anybody know the guy who broke his leg on Sunday Arvo? he was a young guy and he looked to be in a bit of pain.

and as we hadnt given away the prizes, I gave him the socket set, he perked up a bit for 5 seconds, but as the picture shows, he wasnt very happy.

[Pornstar]

Hey sk1tz, where were you last weekend dude?, was tryin ta get a ride with ya.

[SK1TZ]

what, a ride up to Tussock buster, or just a ride on the bikes? I was home at Easter, but had my sister visiting so we were in and out like.......

a pornstar! lol

my cell is 027 434 4848, can get me during the day on 560 4100 at work, ext 208

[Pornstar]

Me Kezzafish motor mayhem and Rocket Fuel went up fire breaks. was tryin ta get hold of ya. sweet as.

[krad_nz]

Hey, good on ya for giving that kid a socket set! Na, you guys were miles away from us

[L Rider]

Does anybody know the guy who broke his leg on Sunday Arvo? he was a young guy and he looked to be in a bit of pain.

and as we hadnt given away the prizes, I gave him the socket set, he perked up a bit for 5 seconds, but as the picture shows, he wasnt very happy.

Poor guy - good on you giving him the socket set. Last year when hubby was in the ambo there was a guy in there with a badly broken leg - high as a kite on morphine so was really happy. I'm sure later on reality would set in & he'd be pissed he missed some good riding (he broke his leg before lunch on the first day).

[Ktmboy]

Yes, it was a good weekend alright. Freakin long hours being a sweep rider tho. We generally headed out in the murk and got back to camp in the murk.

My daughter got the best job of all. After sign on had dried up she got invited for a Helo ride. After that she was asked to be Helicopter crewman for the weekend fitting chains onto downed bikes in the back of nowhere.

Today she brought some aviator glasses. Thinks she wants to be a pilot now. Ha ha.

Needless to say she's reasonably keen to go again next year.

[noobi]

Thought I should post this

Tussock Buster just keeps getting bigger and better

Congratulations to all those who attended TUSSOCK BUSTER10 held at Waiouru on the weekend 26-28 March 2010. The concept of having the tracks open on Friday afternoon proved very popular with 530 riders taking advantage of this great opportunity. Saturday saw 1234 riders attending and Sunday had a very respectable 1011 riders. Thank you for supporting this charitable event.

According to the MNZ steward who supervised the event (we operate under an MNZ permit), TUSSOCK BUSTER 10 is now the largest trail ride in New Zealand - not bad for only being in operation for two years. Of greater importance is that TUSSOCK BUSTER has one of the lowest or the actual lowest injury rate (as a percentage of riders) of any trail ride (MNZ statistics). Congratulations for the low injury rate needs to go to you- the responsible rider - for taking care on what are high speed tracks over long distances.

Improvements

We always want to improve on our events. Next year, we will have the bulldozer and grader over the tracks a little earlier so the tracks can compact before the event. We also intend to open up more tracks to the north of the Army camp so we do not ride the tracks which have now become somewhat bumpy. We will also have camouflague motocycle riding shirts available for sale and will be able to sell these before the event online. We are also looking at on-line payment for next year.

Fuel for the longer tracks is always a problem for us. With the number of riders and the long distances, it is not practical to have individual fuel containers pre-positioned in two locations each day. We decided to hire fuel tankers and had to pay the cost to hire them, get them to and from the event plus get them way out into the training event. Even these two tankers ran out of fuel so we had to fly additional fuel into the refuel dumps so riders were not left stranded.This obviously pushed up the price of fuel significantly.

The secret is to not totally fill up at these re-fuel dumps. Just purchase a litre or exactly how much you need to complete the large loops- thereby avoiding the purchase of excessive quantities of expensive fuel. We want to continue to offer the longer loops as this is one of the things that makes TUSSOCK BUSTER special. However, we are conscious of the cost of getting fuel into very remote areas.

If you have any suggestions for improvement, send them to Mike Ross