Friday Night i looked at the Weather Report and Saturday was Raining and Sunday was going to be fine, i took off from me Joint at 6.30am and headed for Marysville at a nice cruizy speed. With a quick stop off at Healesville to have a Hot Chocy with Ted n Phil, i was quickly off and Driving up the spur to the Meeting spot, which has changed quite a lot after the Fires, and the Temp was only 2 Deg at 8.15am.
31 People thought it would be a good idea to head out with Phil for a cruisy ride around the Triangle, the scenery and roads have all changed and most of the time i was totally lost, there was about 6 times when i could recognise where i was. The Roads were typical Marysville, Super slick and 10 Metres later Super traction. The biggest thing i liked was the Spoon Drains, you could hit them hard and get some good Air Time, a couple of times i landed a bit hard, but the New Bike with it's Closed Cartridge Forks soaked it up and made the Landing silky Smooth.
There was all types of riders from a Beginner on a DRZ400 with a Learner Plate strapped to the back, to a Fella on a DR650. Phil kept things easy to keep the group flowing but on the odd occasion through in some slippery up n down hills to keep the Heart rate going.
Around 12 ish we arrived at the river Crossing where the Rec Rego only took there lunch break, and us with full Reg cruised into Marysville to the Bakery for some Hot Pies and some Goodies.
Dave Petroff had decided the his FE570 was to powerful for him and opted for a New TE300, i tried to get him to Pull some good Mono's, but his Balls weren't in the right place on the Day
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On a couple of Hills a few riders struggled to get up , but the AMTRA help shone through. I got to ride a DRZ400 up one of them and managed a good Mono for the Guys waiting up the Top of the Hill " Dr's Mono very well but come down hard.
By mid arvo a few decided it was all to much for them and rode back to the Cars to collect there Pink Dresses. I kept Ted amused with some rider antics and help him out whenever i could.
Lucky Phil still rides well for an old dude, i hope i'm still riding when i'm his age and hopefully still able to keep on the bike.
Ash got a Flat late in the arvo and we all decided it was game over, so we rode back , packed up n Headed Home.
Marls was a bit overwhelmed with some of the Slippery down hills but ride quite well considering the conditions.
A couple of rides had Helmet cams and hopefully they will post some footage.
Mark C & Chris Mc took turns at Tailman duties all day and did a great job of herding the riders along.
Thanks Phil for a great day out riding and i think the Rider No's will get back to the 40+'s again.
Phil Randall (Ride Leader) WR 250
Chris McCran (Tailman) WR 450
Mark Clark (Tailman) WR 300
Peter Ross FE 570
Marls Shenco (The Light on the Hill) KTM 350
Alan Kost WR 450
Justin Trist KTM 300
Ted Henning DRZ 400
Glenn Weltmer DRZ 400
Luke Cameron WR 250
Neil Simpson WR 250
Rolf Zelder WR 250
Ash Robertson EXC 450
Matt Pantalleresco WR 426
Fiona McDonald EXC 300
Craig Hammond KTM 525
Rudi Weber KTM 300
Mark Boyle DRZ 400
Steve Wiseman CRF 450
Mark Ormrod KLX 450
David Petroff TE 300
Peter Lechte WR 450
David Wigg FE 390
Gary Barnes KTM 250
Jack Barnes KTM 250
Paul Milo DR 650E
Andrew Klop Yam 350
Simon Sanders EXC 300
Damian King WR 250
Brett Hamilton DRZ 400
Rohan Mosley Ibine?
