I checked out the Weather on Thursday and it looked like it could be a Wet Ride for Saturday, and for a Change they were nearly right. John T picked me up at 8.00am and Headed for the Hills, on the way up there we came across some Signs stating Cashews 1kg $5.00,, sounds like a deal. Yeh Crap "Chilli Cashews" are $ 5.00 but the good ones he wanted $12.00 kg so i got some and forgot to hand them around at the Lunch Break.
Anyway we arrived just before 9.00am and the others rolled up just after,there were some other Guys there but were riding with someone else.
Tallarook State Forest is only 10klm x 10klms but has around 120 klms of open, Technical, and Narrow Trails up for grabs.
It's been around a Year since i last had a AMTRA ride up there, but i knew most of the good tracks and with overnight Rain it was on.
Adam had a near new Lemon EXC 450 and i wanted to put him through some Hell, Ryan had a Lemon 250 2 banger and as most Lemons do, it had a mind of it's own and everynow and then it headed off the track and into the Bush. Stewart was riding a WR250 and did an Excellent job climbing some Pisser hills. Peter M rolled up with a KLX 450 with the sticker kit bling, but soon justified his Hot Looking Bike.
The Weather was cool and overcast with NO rain and NO Dust, John T had the Helmet Cam running most of the Day, and managed to capture some Crazy Footage. We had lunch around 12.00 and i forgot to pack the Gas Bottle BBQ Adaptor so one i the guys borrowed a gas burner from some Campers and we cooked on the bonnet of a Burnt out Car Wreck.
After lunch i took the guys to some Harder stuff and i managed to forward flip "Endo" my bike on top of me whilst going down a Steep section, But Ryan was quick on the scene to untangle me from my Mishap .
We covered around 100 k's for the Day with a couple of us having some offs, only i had an injured leg "AGAIN" from my flip.
It was nice to see some different Faces and New Member supporting my rides, also the rider skill level was quite high which made for a speedy ride.
Thanks Guys for a Great Ride and some Pisser moments.
Video uploads will come later, once John gives me a DVD of the Footage.
Riders:
Peter r Fe570 Flippa
Adam T EXC450 2011 Vegie Man
Ryan S EXC250 2Banger Spastic Rider
Stuart M WR250 Qiuet Achiever
Peter M KLX450 Bling (Tailman)
John T Te 510 Helmet Cam
Video footage of the Morning Ride Part 1 & 2