Country Trax Wild Dogs Training day at Nelsons Creek 4 Sept 2010

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Rynet

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Please guys ( Bus etc ) please post fodies , I know you took some  ;)

What a great training day ,  thanks Country Trax!!! , and thanks also to Nelsons Creek for having us there , the farm is so perfect for the training .   :3some:


We were about 30 wilddogs there . Lourens took the enduro guys, and he gave them a PROPER work out by the looks of it !  ::), I wonder if they could walk after all of that   :mwink:


The rest of us were divided into three smaller groups of about 6/7 each . The County Trax trainers were all excellent , all very experienced, and yet each one so patient :  Leon Kroukamp ,head trainer at Country Trax Cape Town, Wayne Sheppard, who did so well at the recent GS Challenge, on his 1200 adventure , and Johan from Wild at Heart bike gear shop in Milnerton, on his orange GS800. :thumleft:


I was in Leon's group , we were the group who had done training before. We were spared doing endless cones which is good for one , but strenous! Instead we did quite a bit of track riding and exploring which was lekka  :thumleft:


I also learnt exciting new techniques , amongst other things : power -sliding , power-braking , how to turn my bike around faster by leaning the bike and dropping my clutch , ( none of them successfully yet , I must add) , and learnt how one should ride mud and water crossings  properly . And how was THAT last mud crossing , the one that the enduro guys messed up for us right and proper,  :biggrin: >:D  haha when I saw Leon nearly go down I knew we were in for BIG K#K , and so we were, besides Leon ,only one guy made it , on the Trans Alp ? ( have I got that right ?) besides of course the enduro guys earlier , but they are anyway in a different league to the rest of us, up there with the angels , of hoe Mr Big  ?   8) :mwink:


All in all a great day  :biggrin: I had plenty of fun, and it was good to meet the other dogs , old and new faces  :D

Thanks to the ladies who catered, and to Ettiene for arranging the great day  :3some:

It doesn't matter how much training I do on Country Trax courses , I always learn so much . One of the things I learnt in power sliding is how much more I can push the bike and not fall off . I discovered that off -road  I am too careful , too hesitant, so I need to learn to ride more agressively.  So I started practising that yesterday already , when I rode the alternate route to Darling , and it works.   :thumleft: When the conditons are most scary, I should ride the most agressively    :ricky:

I even killed a pheasant with my shoulder yesterday , you mess with me , you end up dead , haha :imaposer:
 
I'll edit some video I got.

Unfortunately I was a bit slack with the video as I filmed quite a lot from the Country Trax course I did the previous week. Got some cool footage from THAT last mud crossing though.
 
Hey guys

Will put my pics up as soon as I get a gap to do the photobucket thing.

Got some nice ones. (There is a lekker one of Yami900 ? power sliding with the S10)

I also have all the mudbath video evidence.  >:D

Love
Bus
 
Hi Rynet,

It was nice meeting you and all the other new faces on sat, I can't seem to delete my RR but I'm sure people will just ignore it,

I still can't get over how cool saterday was, I must say I was a bit cautious at first as I was not really keen to lay her over at all but I must say, Anakees ar 1.4bar work rather well. I learnt a hell of alot, Thanks to Johan for his patience when teaching the Group one okes (me) all the finer points of DS riding. Particularly Emergency stops and Powersliding >:D

I did not take any PIctures myself so will just have to highjack some that Mrhyde took (Thanks boet you made an excellent photographer).

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Pic one- Deflating Tire pressures for the deceptively slippery grass

pic two- "Die swart Gevaar" in action on previously mentioned deceptive grass
 

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Bus said:
Hey guys

Will put my pics up as soon as I get a gap to do the photobucket thing.

Got some nice ones. (There is a lekker one of Yami900 ? power sliding with the S10)

I also have all the mudbath video evidence.  >:D

Love
Bus

Yes please wanna see that :biggrin: Had a few great tips from Leon :thumleft: And a get use to the power of the S10 :ricky:
 
Rynet said:
I also learnt exciting new techniques , amongst other things : power -sliding , power-braking , how to turn my bike around faster by leaning the bike and dropping my clutch , ( none of them successfully yet , I must add) , and learnt how one should ride mud and water crossings  properly . And how was THAT last mud crossing , the one that the enduro guys messed up for us right and proper,  :biggrin: >:D  haha when I saw Leon nearly go down I knew we were in for BIG K#K , and so we were, besides Leon ,only one guy made it , on the Trans Alp ? ( have I got that right ?) besides of course the enduro guys earlier , but they are anyway in a different league to the rest of us, up there with the angels , of hoe Mr Big  ?   8) :mwink:

..en onder draai die duiwel rond..
;D

You guys were CRAZY for attempting that mud hole with the bigger bikes!
We rode that thing vrot throughout the day and it got worse more fun every time!
There was a reason we came back there - just to witness the carnage.. >:D

Pity Wes wasn't there - I'm sure he would've broken last years record. :biggrin:

 
I made it through the crossing as well ,Shanti on the KLR who went straight after Leon  :biggrin:
 
Here's another shot from group one, a bit of follow the leader, here Im trying (rather badly) to get both legs on the one side of the bike :thumleft:
 

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wacko was the guy on the TA that made it through, he showed a perfect example of stand up, look up, open up. you can see him looking far ahead, and doing that crossing like it was nothing, well gedaan!

we had such a fun time with Lourens, he's  a great instructor. mrbig was the stoppie king of the day. and kreef following us on the pitbike, what a legend man
 
I had to make up for my earlier disaster ;) Just look up, I don't want to see where I fall :thumleft:

JKhunter also made it through the first time there was a few others that had success to.

The crossing was really the cherry on top for a very interesting day, I have learned such a lot to build on from here to make every ride more enjoyable.

Thanks again to the organisers and instructors and especially to chefs it was a top notch day :thumleft:

It was also good to put faces to names like pote, shanti and pumbaa was really nice riding with you guys.
 
Oops I used the wrong term , it was not "power braking" we learnt but "brake turning", but shew its hard to turn a bike while your brakes are locked !!, but good to know and will practise it :thumleft:

And yes how was Kreef on that little bike hey ! ::) he rides it like he is running from the cops, throttle open on full all the time :laughing4: and I also saw Kreef doing step ups with it over a big pile of logs , amazing really  :biggrin:

Two pics from Mr Hyde's collection thanks Mr H  :thumleft::

1. Me trying my my best to get my legs back in position

2. Doerengone doing the splits , Yammi 900 behind him on the Super Ten  :thumleft:


 

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I will post the videos later...

The funniest thing is Wacko's face after he made it through... :eek:scar:

Its the look of REAL relief
 
Ja toe,

Jy is die enigste ou wat ek ken wat by 'n training dag nog 'n steek ook gekry het ;D

It was total relief after the earlier mishap :thumleft:

 
wacko said:
Ja toe,

Jy is die enigste ou wat ek ken wat by 'n training dag nog 'n steek ook gekry het ;D

It was total relief after the earlier mishap :thumleft:

Nice one Wacko !, you did it perfectly  :thumleft: :thumleft:
 
More of Mr Hyde's fotos :

1. Our phenomenal intstructor Leon, on the HP2, making it look so easy  :thumleft:


2. The three girls in our group, Kathryn on the Honda 200 in front , then Rhian on her GS650, and myself
    in the background, all of us straining a bit there  ;)


 

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Rynet, you girls did great :thumleft: And is lekka seeing ladies enjoying it on big machines  :mwink:
And shows the guys that Size does not count :deal: A skinny lady on a 1200 :deal: That shows class :biggrin:
 
Yami 900 said:
Rynet, you girls did great :thumleft: And is lekka seeing ladies enjoying it on big machines  :mwink:
And shows the guys that Size does not count :deal: A skinny lady on a 1200 :deal: That shows class :biggrin:

Ag thanks Yami ! ;D

Here's a nice one of Yami 900 on his Yummy Super Ten , from Mr Hyde's fotos :  :thumleft:
 

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