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Two Hills Road Ride Report 12/11/11 by Brad McDiarmid

Thank you to everyone who attended the ride the weather was excellent with some greasy red with green moss tracks in the morning and dust in the afternoon which is about as good as it gets for ride conditions. Having not been in the area for some time needed to refer to the map to keep us on track, also had not had the time to recce the last section into Narbie where Phil and Mark provided guidance, thanks. Pleased to say that we did not make any wrong turns during the day.

Ride went pretty good started 9am and finished about 5pm for around 100Km's traveled. One minor cut injury (hope you are OK today and get a present!), flat tyre (tools and spares), drowned bike(unlucky) and one that needed some carbie adjustments (investigate a tuneup).
Once again the radios were helpful on all occasions during the ride although my microphone/speaker fell into the rear wheel and got chewed up.

Small issue when there was NO fuel at the Narbie Roadhouse and after a tally of who was short they helped us out from their own bike jerry cans. The food looked Ok and was eagerly consumed then we returned having traversed the forest from west to east now that the tracks were reopened.

Special thanks to the Zeb, Mark and Sean for their ride duties and assistance provided on the day; you guys are a credit to the club and make my job easier as ride leader.

Ride :Two Hills Rd L1/L2 in DSE format of 20:
List 1 of 2   
First Name   Surname
1   Brad   McDiarmid-Ride Leader
2   Zeb   Colic-Ride Leader #2
3   Luke Cameron
4 Mike Longsen
5 Joffa Taylor
6   Nigel Cropper
7   George Sanos
8 Phil Randall
9   Con Feyen
10   Sean   Douglas-Tailman #1
11   Ken Robinson
12   Ted Henning
13   Darrell Clarke
14   Dennis   Dorman
15   Mark   Clarke-Tailman #2
16   Alistair   Barrett
17   Michael Sarsfield
18   David   Tucker
19   David   McLeod
20   Scott   Dorman

Ride :Two Hills Rd L1/L2
List 2 of 2   
First Name   Surname
1   Rob Welsh 
2    Peter Dunlop
3   Neal Pickersgill   
4  Barry Coates
5   Brendan Collins   
6   Justin Trist
7   Peter   Layton

In total 27 riders, 25 members and 2 guests.

Thanks Brad for the day, Thanks also to Mark, Seano and Zeb for their roles. The weather couldnt have been much better and the tracks were great, although, the jury is still out on that slippery "little", clay based, moss covered, rutt ridden down hill section before the Narbie lunch break! Glad the general concensus was to give it a miss on the way back! Thanks to everyone on the ride, it was a very enjoyable day.
Cheers, Neal.

Great ride report  so far fellas, I wish I was there riding with you blokes, the way I feel now it wont be far off.

I think I know that track with the moss on it, slippery isn't the word for it, I reckon it would sort out the best riders in the club ;D

Thanks again for organising the ride Brad, and to Zeb, Mark and Seano for keeping us all in line.

A good ride, with some great 'testing' tracks, perfect weather, and the pace picked up nicely at the end of the day. I'm getting the hang of my YZ now and was enjoying every moment on it yesterday - drove home smiling all the way.

I'm still trying to get the black mud out of my clothes from the 'super-roost' that Zeb clobbered me with, but the bike is now clean at least.

See you all at Marysville!

Peter D

Our resident throttle jockey got a two in one (he did say he was sorry) hope you and Darrell get that smelly black mud out of your clothes.

Zeb is making a career out of filling people in!

Zeb, are ya in trouble again? only us 2 smokers know how hard it is not to roost anyone ;D

Pete i felt really bad for a little while - I only focus on whats ahead of me and live by the rule " when in doubt use RPM and clutch to get out " didnt know you were behind me , if i had of known that i would not have used my legs to push forward i would have just sat and spun the rear for a little longer ....   ::)

Frankie Pete is A TWO smoker brother so he is fully aware , but i tell ya i could not have done it that well if i meant it ,  bike , clothes , Helmet and Goggles all in one shot.

Looking forward to having a chat with ya at Abbeyard. 

Gee - thanks Zeb!! Maybe I'll just try to stay in front of you in the future ;)

Yes indeedee a pretty good day out of the office.

That slipppppy down hill was'nt too bad, just had to be patient in the traffic. Helped a couple of guys out by introducing them to the dead engine roll. Leave it in first or second and use the clutch as a back break. Leaves both legs free for trainer wheel duties, just make sure the ignition is off to avoid an embarrassing hook up and drive.

We surprised them at the road house, only one sausage roll and one pie in the heater - gee I really enjoyed that sausage roll. Maybe a ring thru before we arrive next time?

Fancy people still going for a ride without a wheel nut spanner or tubes - Tut Tut. My magic tool came to the rescue, no he didn't get a good rodgering, it was my multii grips that just managed to loosen that nut with box spanner extension and three hands, and don't forget a bit of grease on the axle Mr Honda rider. It was all back together after the second tube went in, another Tut Tut, and the wheel was still rocking from side to side - What The!! I spent the next 10 mins re-tensioning the spokes that were at best nearly finger tight. Lucky we had the puncture - easier to fix than a collapsed wheel.

Good to see Phil out for a ride and I havn't had a ride with Ted for Years, he celebrated by filling me in from a puddle as I was about to pass him, some things never change, Ha Ha.

I think we got the old YZ starting sorted after a carbie air jet fiddle and a little throttle for starting he was a lot happier, after that it's throttle control, just ease it open and use the mid range drive, if you just snap it open all you get is wheel spin - ain't that right Zeb!!

Thanks to Everybody, but especially Mark & Seanno who got their boots all muddy getting me out of the smelly bog hole -Oops!!

Great ride  thanks Brad & Co  I will say sorry now Ken as I was unare you were behind me but if I had of known nothing would have changed

     Ted

Ps.   forgot to thank two of the best clubmen type people in Zeb and Mark Clarkfor always being there to help me pick my bike & me up and get me going again Zeb even knew where I was going to fall  thank fells

    Ted

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It was a great ride and a fun day. I am happy to say that I did not lie down at all on the nasty, slippery, green clay downhill... but it was challenging to remain mobile and upright. Not all of us did and one fella received a puncture wound to his shin just above the top of his boot. Good knee guards would have prevented this injury - so lesson learned. The guy continues to ride for the rest of the day. Here are a few shots at the scene.

Dennis Dorman

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...and now for some ride pictures at the creek crossing at the start of the day.

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This nest one is of me and I'm happy that I was caught as one of the few standing up for the crossing - it does make it easier.
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And one final one of Ride Leader Brad in a rut, but not stuck!
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    To add a few words of thanks and appreciation.  It was not actually my first time out in over a year, as I went out for a couple of hours last weekend, but my first official full ride.   However I chickened on the first river and hill, just thought I did not want to push my luck to early in the day.
    Didn't do the slippery down hill very well, but did do the engine off using the clutch as a brake trick, until fear took over and I let Zeb do the last bit. The big bog hole on Rouch road challenged most of us.
    It was a great day for my debut back into riding, and I thank all those there for their patience and understanding.     
     I am forever indebted to the club and its membership for their continuing support and encouragement.
     Thank you one and all for a great day.
 
     From a medical point of view, after over a year of poor or almost nonexistant healing of my broken bone, nature has finally decided to do what it is supposed to do.  The bone growth over the last month or so has been much improved, for no obvious reasons except that I have been pushing much harder on the treadmill and exercise bike etc.  Coincidence perhaps but current exrays are vastly improved.

Phil R.

That's good news Phil and I see Zeb has conquered the water.

I rather enjoyed the ride it was fun . But i was very sad to find out that some dirty rotten tree branch took away my prized possesion (my little yellow mohawk) :'(.Thankyou Braddles for an othewise good day out and to Zeb for ,well riding all over the place doing this and that , and to Mark for stealing my am tail duty ;D and to me for tail duty in the arvo ,brilliant job there tickets  :-*

That slippery down hill you are talking about, I think we went up that one, so if ya reckon it's hard going down, try going up, I reckon it's a level 4/5 hill.



Thats bloody great news Phil,I'm going for a easy ride at Abby yard at the weekend I hope to see ya there brother, are ya up for a coffee to-morrow arvo.

Nice work ken - cheers for the dead engine advice. Worked a treat on the day.

See you all in marysville

George

Thanks for another top ride Brad.
I stripped apart the carbie and there was blotches of mud everywhere so that explains why it didnt want to start in a hurry. Special thanks to those who helped me get it going again.

Al,Good to hear you found the problem hope that's the extent of it.
Cheers, Brad