Tales from the Emporium

[JATZ]

Was on my way there Nordy but Mrs JATZ took a wrong turn, the results are below.
Maybe next time I'll drive

[NordieBoy]

Was on my way there Nordy but Mrs JATZ took a wrong turn, the results are below.
Maybe next time I'll drive

A bit of flooding on the Moutere Highway then

[NordieBoy]

Oh dear

As of today I'm only half the boy I was.






(Bling for anyone who can work that one out )

[GaZBur]

Oh dear

As of today I'm only half the boy I was.






(Bling for anyone who can work that one out )

You have sold one of the Nordies? Was it painful?

[NordieBoy]

Yeah it was painful.
A guy over in Blenheim has got one he's going to race and needed one for parts.

Well, at least it's not my baby...

The one in the front is the one that sold (broken cambelt and whonoze what else ).



I kept this one...

[NordieBoy]

It's exhausting work this stuff.

[NordieBoy]

Forcast for rain all day for the 3-hour cross country.

Got the roll-offs on and more importantly the camera mounted

[NordieBoy]

Forcast is for...

"Rain, heavy and thundery falls with hail. Northerlies."

[Kornholio]

This must be the longest 'newbie thread' I've ever seen

Welcome aboard Nordie

p.s Nelson is cool, have a heap o rellies down there

[twotyred]

Forcast is for...

"Rain, heavy and thundery falls with hail. Northerlies."

sounds perfect!good luck!

[NordieBoy]

It's the 45min ride just to get to the start line I'm not looking forward to and another one of them to get home after 3 hours of racing in the mud on a drum braked bike

[marks]

It's the 45min ride just to get to the start line I'm not looking forward to and another one of them to get home after 3 hours of racing in the mud on a drum braked bike

I thought I saw a nice warm dry looking van sitting in your back yard - thats what I wold be in

we expect lots of high quality photos

[NordieBoy]

Van? I've only got my learners for the car

That was the toughest most exhausting race I've ever done.
Mud, mud, mud and for variety, clay.

A 1979 XR250 was possibly the worst choice of bike.
It's a tractor and works best at low and mid revs and to get up the slopes/hills/north face of the eiger you needed lotsa revs to dig down and also keep the knobs clear. Get it right and the section may take 5 seconds. Get it wrong and it may take 5 minutes.

Rained on and off throughout the race but only lightly.

My 1st lap was mainly spent pushing up hills and resting at the tops.
My 2nd lap was a bit better and there were 2 hills I got up first time
My 3rd lap was my best. I only got stuck on 4 sections and came past the finish line in about 3hr 5min.

I spent 15min getting up 1 hill on the 1st lap.

Most people lapped me whilst I was still on my first lap but I finished and quite a few didn't. They probably did more laps than me though.
Warewolf kept lapping me regularly

My helmet cam didn't want to turn on for the start of the race so no pics or movies

It's working fine now of course.

Dinner time....

Bye bye...

[NordieBoy]

I rode home in my MX gear and waterproof kayak top as it was covered in mud and I couldn't be bothered changing.
At Foxhill someone turned the lights onto dim and it started to rain.
Just before Wakefield the big light in the sky went out and it was like hitting a solid wall of water.
Within seconds the rain was inside my visor and visibility had reduced to about 20m and there were still cars without lights on!
It took about 3 seconds of this before I was completely soaked through and getting a bit cold.
3 hours of on and off rain and creek crossings during the race hadn't managed to get the water through my boots to my bread bag protected footsies. They were now soaked.

The ride home was almost harder than the race.

[GaZBur]

I rode ...was covered in mud ....dim and it started to rain......like hitting a solid wall of water...rain was inside my visor and visibility ...20m ...3 seconds ...completely soaked through ...cold. 3 hours of on and off rain and creek crossings during the race ....footsies....soaked.

The ride home was almost harder than the race.

Sounds like a heap of fun. Bikers are funny, I bet that in two weeks time it will be all fond memories and a laugh! We can put up with a heap of discomfort for a few moments that are jewels of memory.

Nice one Nordie, its good to see people having a go!