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Brad
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« on: December 11, 2010, 09,25:42 PM » |
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Noojee Ride Report 11th of December 2010.
It was my last led ride for the year and most likely the last I will run here until around the same times next year.
Fantastic turn out of 21 riders so close to Christmas and the weather turned on a treat after so much rain and humidity.
Adam kindly did a fuel dump and pick up for us and with the usual rider briefing we headed off around 9am.
The track had been graded and was different whereby I stacked the bike with a resulting scrape and bruise.
Ride went well no issues and headed into Fumina where Jarrod retired with a rough running machine.
Al shared with us some nice Fumina tracks and we crossed three rivers with minor issues.
Headed back to the cars arriving there at 4pm with 107K's traveled.
Thanks to Trevor and Fred for their tailman duties.
A few of us had some light refreshments at the Toolshed afterwards to top off the day.
Merry Christmas to ALL and a safe and happy New Year 2011.
Ride List:
Brad McDiarmid WR250 Ride Leader
Fred Schenko Sherco 300 PM Tailman Thanks
Bob Duckett Berg 450
Chinkkrit Khantawong CRF450
Dexter Kiernan WR450
Adam Fisher KTM450 Fuel drop/pick up Thanks
Gary Clarke CR250R
Paul Van Leeuwen WR250
Al Mason WR250
Nathan Stott TE310
Trevor Healey WR450 AM Tailman Thanks
Keith Bugeja KTM525
Colin Pearce KTM250
Wayne Coulson DRZ400
Mick Stevens KTM525
Jarrod Keith TE410 Retired sick bike
Ken Robinson KTM450
Peter Dunlop WR450
Paul Bryce KTM250 Gave me a lift cheers mate
Dennis Dorman WR450
Scott Dorman KTM300
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nathanstott
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2010, 11,45:18 PM » |
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Great ride Brad, if i can work out how i'll post up some footage.
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jarrod k
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2010, 12,01:38 AM » |
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thanks for the ride brad i had fun while it lasted.
i made it back fine and made it back in time to ring huskey and let them know that they are gonna cop a bike up their ass.nathan you have to put that footage of the ride leader eating dirt within the first five mins of the ride. gold star for brad hows the hip bud.
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flipper
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2010, 12,13:45 AM » |
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Ideal weather, good tracks, and a free-flowing ride.
Great fun - Thanks for organising it Brad.
Peter D
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Brad
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2010, 12,30:51 AM » |
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Jarrod I have your empty (Nathan) jerry can.
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AL
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2010, 02,08:35 AM » |
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Great ride Brad, hope i didnt take over to much? Had a good day out there and enjoyed the easier pace and difficulty. Some of the blokes i watched from the last ride did very well managing the terrain and obsticles. And so few issuses with the rivers that were still high and flowing was good sign. (that water was cold after 10mins) Till the next one Dr Brad (which will be sooner than you reckon!) Al
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Brad
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2010, 02,48:01 AM » |
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NP Al, my pace is less than your good self and much appreciated you showing us some of your tracks which I
plan to include a few in the future.
They were a good bunch yesterday and all do L2 easily.
Some interesting stories over Toolshed beers including some shared near miss "moments" and where people felt they were from a ride level which varied quite a bit.
BTW how did people rate the level of the ride was it:
L1
L2
Clubman or Expert
I am very interested in each persons opinion??
As far as rides go I am going to passenger for awhile and step back up for the Mt Buller ride weekend.
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Gary Clarke
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2010, 04,32:10 AM » |
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Hi Brad,
Thanks for putting on a nother great ride,
also thank's to Al and Nathan for there help in the river crossing.
Due to the drier conditionds I would class the ride as a level 2, except your off about 10 minutes in to the ride was of clubman standard, hope the hip dosen't hurt for too long !
Cheers,
Gary.
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« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2010, 07,47:30 AM » |
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Thanks Brad for the ride, and Al for helping me out at the river crossing + your expert riding tips! I would call it L1 on open tracks and L2 on single stuff as my red beast doesn't like to do precision control "having hard time stay on it as it is, you want it to turn!!!".
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flipper
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« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2010, 10,22:19 AM » |
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I've only done 5 AMTRA rides so far, but I would say that you had it correctly pegged as a level 2 ride - Apart from the tight slippery stuff, there were a lot of rutted downhill sections that I feel would have caused some grief to riders with less experience.
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2010, 11,20:59 AM » |
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Thanks Brad and Al for a great ride, I think it was definitely a level 2 ride, the pace was consistent with very few stops, so for me it not just about technique it about stamina of keeping going.
Brad what about a couple more rides in the New Year you know you want to!!
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Brad
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2010, 09,21:50 PM » |
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Guys, thanks to everyone for the feedback, its very much appreciated around the ride level and quality of the ride tracks.
The ride amounts to a mapping exercise if there are no riders as thats what makes a good ride, its the people who come and the time spent in their company.
Oh yeah and good weather is an added bonus; a very merry Christmas to ALL.
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Ken R
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« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2010, 12,40:20 AM » |
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Thanks again for the ride Brad. It was good to get back into it after 2 years. My ex Wiggy orange machine felt good with standard springs back in and a good guess at the clickers needing no changes, so far. Lots of new faces around for me, good to see the club growing. A question for fellow 2006 450 EXC owners - when landing off jumps the engine hesitated a little when the throttle was opened. I'm going to pull the carb off for a clean, anything common to these machines to look for while I'm in there? Happy Xmas Ya-all.
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SEX - It's OK, but nothing like the real thing!!
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« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2010, 01,15:27 AM » |
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Thanks again for the ride Brad. It was good to get back into it after 2 years. My ex Wiggy orange machine felt good with standard springs back in and a good guess at the clickers needing no changes, so far. Lots of new faces around for me, good to see the club growing. A question for fellow 2006 450 EXC owners - when landing off jumps the engine hesitated a little when the throttle was opened. I'm going to pull the carb off for a clean, anything common to these machines to look for while I'm in there? Happy Xmas Ya-all.
Ken, There is a slightly bigger accelerator pump bowl you can buy to help with this problem . Will 0414354317 |
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« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2010, 04,58:45 AM » |
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Hi Brad, Thanks for another great ride. I would say it would be rated as a level two because of the river crossings added. The weather was perfect which made the ride flow easily. Merry Christmas to everyone and I look forward to riding in the new year. Adam  |
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