MR Motorcycles Paparimu Ride 2012

[noobi]

So its on this Sunday, its gonna be wet.
Ill be there supervising, and trying not to hurt myself.


Sunday 9th December
Signposted from Bombay and SH2 Mangatawhiri

** Fire extinguishers are compulsory for each rider ** - No exceptions - Can purchase on day **

Classes:
- Anyone who has a 2 or 4 wheel motorcycle or ATV.
- No Pillion Passengers, UTV's, or buggy's
- No Children under 7 on main loop
- Children under 16 MUST be accompanied by an adult/parent/guardian on the main loop
Family Loop - Approx 5 km long. For mums and dads that want to ride with their kids but dont want to tackle the main loop. Anyone riding too fast will be removed.
Pee Wee Loop - Up to 1 km long. This is designed for young children on mini-bikes only.

MR Motorcycles Charity Trail Ride series now takes on its 22nd year of raising money for the Franklin and North Waikato Communities.
Last year’s Charity Trail Ride Series raised over $100,000 for local community organizations.
MR Motorcycles Director Craig Brown has been been overwhelmed with the continued support of the riders, communities and land owners.
It is one of the most popular and well attended series in the country.
What you will need
Helmets are compulsory. Boots (no sneakers). Sensible clothing. A well-prepared motorcycle, spare fuel, a good tyre, and a good attitude.
Please Be Early
Sign on is from 8:30am. There will be no riders briefing. Ride will start approx 9:45
Fees
Adult Riders...........$30
Under 16...............$20
Family Concessions.....$70 (2 adults and up to 3 kids living at the same address)

[oldguy]

Haha I have a date with a certain steep hill, if its in this year.

[meteor]

Haha I have a date with a certain steep hill, if its in this year.

Good luck with that one mate, I remember last years effort on that but it was dry then... you taking a video this year?
Shame Mike's not there to do reverse wheelies again But I heard he's still got a KDX hidden for such an event!

[cave weta]

Well that was great! congratulations to Scott and his crew. the weather was brilliant, I rolled in the gate just behind the organisers at 7.30am and was the first to sign in.

The boys from Possum Bourne Motorsport all turned up with their race quads- about 6 off them. that got me thinking...... Oh its obviously flat and fast out there...... WRONG!
The farmland quickly gave way to tight clay based single track up into the bushline- It was a 30 km loop and I found just one long A grade diversion into a vast area of felled pines with all the usual super steep loamy climbs, random bits of broken tree strewn randomly, errant stumps and a sloppy boggy stream crossings strewn with greasy logs. I left my ride till late in the day as I was gas-bagging with other riders in the pit area about my new 2013 Forza Pros. While I lolled around the pits in the sunshine I overheard stories from the returning riders after their first loop- Aside from the grumbles about the 'F%$#n Quad riders', what I was hearing were stories of uncontrolled slides at massive speeds down clay tracks in the pine trees!
After lunch - my bike had been test ridden by 3 or 4 different people - I got to experience these epic down hills. - yeehaa! even later in the day, these downhills were still wickedly fun. It was mental trying to regulate your speed down these endless descents.

I cant say enough how helpful the MR Motorcycle marshalls were. I watched how patiently they helped the pee wees, how they worked as a team to cram in the 600 plus cars and at the end of the day rode into the loop on quads and towed out all the broken Suzukis.

[Flicks]

Yea it was an awesome ride! Accidently knocked someone off there bike cause they did a slide into my line down the greasy pine tree hill. Last A loop and A+ loop was epic, Loved it. Saw your Forza's there weta, They look good for a chinese bike.

[noobi]

Was a good day for us (MR team), 732 riders I think was the final count.
No major injuries, despite the conditions, and some people ending up in some funny places..

The 3 expert deviations were kept closed until the end of the first loop, which was a good call.
One particular section became difficult enough to close off and bypass, suggesting it should have been an expert deviation to begin with.

Overall everyone was happy I think, and we look forward to the next one.

[Flicks]

Was that the bit will all the pine needles, riding along the side of the hill? Went through the tape on the last lap and it was mint in there.

[scott411]

[QUOTE=cave weta;1130446285]Well that was great! congratulations to Scott and his crew. the weather was brilliant, I rolled in the gate just behind the organisers at 7.30am and was the first to sign in.


remember i have no part of Mr MC anymore, its Craig Brown and his team now,

[noobi]

Was that the bit will all the pine needles, riding along the side of the hill? Went through the tape on the last lap and it was mint in there.

Yes that section, where there were multiple pile ups, crashes and people getting stuck, where we ended up putting in a short cut to avoid the traverse across the hill, because of people struggling.

Please don't ride over or through tape that's across the track. Some people are competent enough to ride the sections, others aren't. As I found when we re-swept that section after noticing the tape was down, to find one guy stuck in the fence, and another stuck in a hole. For your own safety, don't ride through closed sections, they aren't checked regularly after closed until the final sweep, often hours after they are taped off.

If you are caught riding through tape, you will be kicked off the ride.

Sorry, rant over.

[Flicks]

Should of just made it another A loop.

[scott411]

Should of just made it another A loop.

the truth is you should have followed the ride as marked, you had no idea why that was taped off, it could have been due to bringing a rider out that is injured, or something that could not have been fixed like a tree down or a slip, you got lucky as it was not one of those things,

Stick to marked trails, for your own saftey, and the saftey of event staff,

[Flicks]

Fair enough.