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Title: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Frankie-boy on June 14, 2011, 03,19:50 AM With Will being out with injuries, I was asked if I could lead the ride.
Arrived at Cheynes Bridge around 12, I had only started putting up the tent when Ted turned up, & later in the day Gary arrived, from past experience, sitting around a camp fire you always get a cold back, so I decided to bring some wooden stakes & a roll off insulation paper with me to build a wall 1200 heigh around the fire, this keeps out the wind & the heat reflecting off the insulation paper kept our back warm, while we were sitting there enjoying the fire & having a coldy,A bloke stuck his head over the wall & asked if we were with AMTRA,1st time riding with us, his name is Justin Fulton he came all the way from Charlton,now I call that bloody keen, hat off to you mate, we were joined later that night by Paul Pedley, anyway the 5 of us had a very enjoyable night. Next morning the rest of the group rolled in, geared up & were on the bikes at a little after 9am, headed over the bridge on the black stuff for one & half km & then through a camp area to the start of our ride, hickey track was a bit rougher the last time I came down it, this time the dozer had done it's best to wreck our track ;D At the top of this track we came to MT Margaret tk,turned right & followed it till we hit the Avon road, while we were having a small break, Bill needed some more air in his front tyre, using a few different pumps, he was set to go, we then went down Avon road until we got to Ben Cruachan tk, This was a bit of fun getting around the bog holes & tyre ruts in the slippery black dirt. A few river crossings on the way nothing to deep, there was a couple of tight left hand climbs that if you went on the right side you were faced with a few rock step ups, I heard it caught some of us out, at the end of this track we hit Huggetts road a short ride to the left we were at Huggetts, it was now 11 o'clock, Dennis asked me if we were having lunch now, I said it's a bit early,but as Dennis pointed out it's about half way, so everyone agreed to have lunch. Choppa had no clutch on his Berg, he knows the area a made his way back be road, sorry you had to bale out mate, we then headed across the Avon river & onto MT Angus tk to the highest point of our ride, the visibility was pore in the fog & light rain, going down the Avon road, I don't know why they call it a road, it's more like a track then road I reckon, on the way down it stopped raining & the fog disappeared, we had to do a few river crossings, none of them were hard except one small crossing, it had some big boulders where the small rappers were & thats where I went, caught me off balance & couldn't get a footing & laid my bike down, those KTMs have a crap air box, in the old days KTMs used to have a proper air box & could go through deep river crossings. A big thanks to Gary, Mat,Simon,sorry if I missed anyone, it's always good to get help in my now old age, yeah it really great to know that help is there when needed, thanks again fellas. After losing a bit of time there,we headed to the Dolodrook tk & then back on to MT Margaret tk, to Burgoyne tk to the main road,taking a short tk that runs next to the main road back to the camp area where we started from, & then back to our camp site, the first thing I did was knocked the top of a stubby before taking off any gear ;D I had a bloody great weekend, I hope you all did as well, thanks for coming fellas. the last night was only Ted & my self sitting around the fire, it was a great night reminiscing about the old days ;D it would have been good if more of you had of camped. Thanks Gary doing the morning sweep, & Mat doing the shared afternoon sweep with Zeb. PS almost forgot, we got back at 3 o'clock, 124.8km covered. Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Zeb Colic on June 14, 2011, 05,09:22 AM With Will being out with injuries, I was asked if I could lead the ride. Arrived at Cheynes Bridge around 12, I had only started putting up the tent when Ted turned up, & later in the day Gary arrived, from past experience, sitting around a camp fire you always get a cold back, so I decided to bring some wooden stakes & a roll off insulation paper with me to build a wall 1200 heigh around the fire, this keeps out the wind & the heat reflecting off the insulation paper kept our back warm, while we were sitting there enjoying the fire & having a coldy,A bloke stuck his head over the wall & asked if we were with AMTRA,1st time riding with us, his name is Justin Fulton he came all the way from Charlton,now I call that bloody keen, hat off to you mate, we were joined later that night by Paul Pedley, anyway the 5 of us had a very enjoyable night. Next morning the rest of the group rolled in, geared up & were on the bikes at a little after 9am, headed over the bridge on the black stuff for one & half km & then through a camp area to the start of our ride, hickey track was a bit rougher the last time I came down it, this time the dozer had done it's best to wreck our track ;D At the top of this track we came to MT Margaret tk,turned right & followed it till we hit the Avon road, while we were having a small break, Bill needed some more air in his front tyre, using a few different pumps, he was set to go, we then went down Avon road until we got to Ben Cruachan tk, This was a bit of fun getting around the bog holes & tyre ruts in the slippery black dirt. A few river crossings on the way nothing to deep, there was a couple of tight left hand climbs that if you went on the right side you were faced with a few rock step ups, I heard it caught some of us out, at the end of this track we hit Huggetts road a short ride to the left we were at Huggetts, it was now 11 o'clock, Dennis asked me if we were having lunch now, I said it's a bit early,but as Dennis pointed out it's about half way, so everyone agreed to have lunch. Choppa had no clutch on his Berg, he knows the area a made his way back be road, sorry you had to bale out mate, we then headed across the Avon river & onto MT Angus tk to the highest point of our ride, the visibility was pore in the fog & light rain, going down the Avon road, I don't know why they call it a road, it's more like a track then road I reckon, on the way down it stopped raining & the fog disappeared, we had to do a few river crossings, none of them were hard except one small crossing, it had some big boulders where the small rappers were & thats where I went, caught me off balance & couldn't get a footing & laid my bike down, those KTMs have a crap air box, in the old days KTMs used to have a proper air box & could go through deep river crossings. A big thanks to Gary, Mat,Simon,sorry if I missed anyone, it's always good to get help in my now old age, yeah it really great to know that help is there when needed, thanks again fellas. After losing a bit of time there,we headed to the Dolodrook tk & then back on to MT Margaret tk, to Burgoyne tk to the main road,taking a short tk that runs next to the main road back to the camp area where we started from, & then back to our camp site, the first thing I did was knocked the top of a stubby before taking off any gear ;D I had a bloody great weekend, I hope you all did as well, thanks for coming fellas. the last night was only Ted & my self sitting around the fire, it was a great night reminiscing about the old days ;D it would have been good if more of you had of camped. Thanks Gary doing the morning sweep, & Mat doing the shared afternoon sweep with Zeb. PS almost forgot, we got back at 3 o'clock, 124.8km covered. What do ya mean your not to good at these reports looks fine to me ... Thanks again mate you know we really are spoilt , how much more fun is it for us when we dont have to worry about navigating and just ride thanks to blokes like you and Ted .... Great job boys . Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Darren lynch on June 14, 2011, 05,37:21 AM Well looks like i missed out on another great ride it would have been a good ride for the klx450, and that was a great ride report Frankie ;D
Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: mr dusting on June 14, 2011, 08,54:13 AM Sounds like it was a good ride & everyone had fun, happy days!I missed out on this one unfortunately but keeping my eyes peeled for upcoming ones... ;D
Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: simonj on June 14, 2011, 12,10:01 PM Thanks Frankie and everyone who helped put the ride on - I enjoyed every minute of it! Great tracks, perfect weather, and a good group to ride with. Loved that muddy track that dropped in and out of the creek a few times - beautiful!!
Also we got to see how easy it is to de-water a 2-stroke, thanks for the tips Gary, I won't be quite so worried about dunking mine now...See you all next time... Simon J. Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Btoan on June 15, 2011, 01,33:38 AM Thanks Frankie for leading the ride and to Matt sorry for holding you up I rode like an old pig today I could not get in the grove :-[....I should have stayed home and given my leg another week it had no strength :'( :'(....Also Matt thanks for the tips I will have a good look at my setup over the next few weeks and see if I can improve the elbow problem. Menace thanks for kick starting my bike when needed, bloody euro trash with the kick start on the wrong side Ron I have saved my helmet full of rocks you kindly passed onto me everytime you went pass, let me know if you want them back ;) ;) A big thanks to everyone else for the great comapany and all the luaghs..great bunch of blokes ;D
Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Frankie-boy on June 16, 2011, 01,09:15 AM (http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/freefman/Cheynes%20Bridge%20to%20Huggetts%2012-6-2011/CheynesBridgetoHuggetts12-6-2011005.jpg)
Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Frankie-boy on June 16, 2011, 01,12:08 AM (http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/freefman/Cheynes%20Bridge%20to%20Huggetts%2012-6-2011/CheynesBridgetoHuggetts12-6-2011006.jpg)
Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Frankie-boy on June 16, 2011, 01,15:08 AM Now that's what I call a camp fire ;D
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/freefman/Cheynes%20Bridge%20to%20Huggetts%2012-6-2011/CheynesBridgetoHuggetts12-6-2011009.jpg) Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Frankie-boy on June 17, 2011, 06,11:42 AM Here's an other one.
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/freefman/Cheynes%20Bridge%20to%20Huggetts%2012-6-2011/CheynesBridgetoHuggetts12-6-2011001.jpg) Title: Re: Cheynes Bridge 2 Huggetts Crossing.12-6-20011 Post by: Frankie-boy on June 17, 2011, 06,15:33 AM & one more.
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