Got up at a bit after 5am, & waited for Mark to swing bye to pick me up, it was great to be shover driven for a change thank mate.
We were the first ones there, it wasn't long before the rest rolled in one after the other, I asked Seano if he was a bit nervous, with a smile he said yeah a little, I think he would have bean a lot more nervous if he had of driven himself there, traveling there with the Greasy brothers would have kept his mind of the ride a bit, those two blokes are funny buggers
Sorry to hear at the first regroup that Wiggy had come down & hurt his shoulder, hope it's not to bad mate,the trails were perfect, some were a bit slippery but for the most they were spot on, when we came to the first bloody big hill, I thought there's no way I'm going to get up there, Seano had the first go & failed, then Row & Dave had a go with no success,not to be branded as a wimp pommy mat had 3 goes getting to the same spot each time, great effort mate, I was happy that there was a way around
The ride moved along very well, there was only a few times that Seano had to get the map out, giving us/me time to catch our breath
this was the first ride with the new bars, I put pro taper bars on, they feel so much more comfortable then the standard ones, I also packed the Steg Pegs out 10mm so I can hook onto them easier, I like them now, I didn't at first.
I swapped rides with Mat, riding a 4 banger again brought back to me why I used to bad arm pump, they have arm pulling power, before we took off, Mat was quick to point out to me the condition of his rear tyre yeah it was well worn down with a few knobs missing
I told him not to worry, I'll be right,he must have been a bit worried about it so the swap didn't last long
When Seano had a close look at the ground, we all pulled up & waited for him to come too ( joking) to catch his breath, Dave p was calling out to me, I think he must have called to me 3 or 4 times, he was only 2 bikes behind me
so after he got my attention he ashed if I wanted to swap, ok it's always good to have a ride on something else, I was very surprised in the power deliver of the 570 berg, very rider friendly, I did manage to drop the berg up one tricky hill, sorry for that Dave, I know that you told me that ya got to use the clutch other wise it will stall & it did, I ended up doing a backward somersault down the hill
At the next couple of regroups Dave asked if I was happy to keep going, I said yep, that gave me enough time to get the feel for the berg, yeah it's a very nice bike to ride, it's easy to loft the front wheel, with the smooth power deliver & plenty of it, it's easy to learn to do monos on I reckon,when Dave was marking a corner, I saw 3 puddles in a row just past where was standing, I couldn't help myself I lofted the front over the 3 of em
Thanks mate I really enjoyed the ride, getting back on my 2 smoker was fun, gee I love the smoker.
Thanks Seano for the ride you did a great job, & thanks for the sweeps Pommy Mat & Rossi, & all you other fellas that was on the ride, I had a ball.
