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shark_za
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I eventually made it to have a beer or two with the guys at the Dros on Friday and a few of us decided to goto Riverside Mixer today for a little ride.
Well it was Groenies idea, I eventually gave in and said I would join him and conned funacide to join us.
Turns out Groenie had a few too many drinks last night and pulled a no show. ;(
Me and Fun had a breakfast and hit the easy trail. Man has this trail changed since I rode there last month!
Mud pits from hell, the first one was easy with the 950 going around, of course the KDX could ride through anything.
So far so good, Funacide making short work of the tyre and rock obstacle.
Then there were a few logs over the trail, some planted in a V fashion to throw you sideways, again no problem.
Then a precarious ride along the edge of the river that gave Fun a tight moment or two, into this muddy riverbed. This is where it got fun (double meaning that).
I rode through , then we looked at how we were going to get the 950 over this little climb followed by a steep drop. While we were contemplating this two other guys on offroad bikes came and offered assistance.
All three of us pushed or pulled the big KTM up the slippery rocky ascent, then eased the big bike down the dropoff on the other side.
Here Funacide points to a possible escape route on the other bank having just come down the bit behind him...
The reason he was so keen to find a way out was that this lay ahead.
But thanks to me and this one guy pushing we got the 950 through the thick clay mud.
Once through this we had a little break. One of these bikes is "Ready to Race" the other is an overweight tourer.
The mud was quite hectic.
We then hit the trail again and went up and down along the riverbed. Every climb or tech bit I would stop and see how the 950 did, till this one particularly tricky branch across the path.
Fun came up to it, weight all right as this trail was a little off camber, and he hit neutral right at the wrong spot!
Bike fell to the right; ie downhill into the river, he jumped and landed feet first in said river.
Hahaha, after seeing that he was ok I could take my time taking a photo or two for posterity.
Now the reason its good to have a light bike is when you pull of a Momentary Lapse Of Talent (MLOT) like this you can hop up, pick up the bike and not have this embarrassing evidence on the Internet.
Take my next move for example... After fixing Fun's indicator I decided to ride up the bank that was the shortest way to get to the flat track. It had this overhanging branch and I had to lie forward on the bike or it would take my head off, I got past it, didnt have enough momentum, grabbed the branch that was now behind me and held on! I had to let it go back down from where I had just come so I released my grip on the tree , rolled back and proceeded to dump the bike on the ground. See here there may be pictures of me playing Koala bear with the tree, but I managed to get up before there was any evidence of the green beastie lying flat on the ground.
+1 for light bikes!
Thanks Funacide, it was a jol. sorry they changed the route so much , I didnt know!
Other than that MLOT you did great, some of those climbs were a bit ballsy and you did em no sweat.
Well it was Groenies idea, I eventually gave in and said I would join him and conned funacide to join us.
Turns out Groenie had a few too many drinks last night and pulled a no show. ;(
Me and Fun had a breakfast and hit the easy trail. Man has this trail changed since I rode there last month!
Mud pits from hell, the first one was easy with the 950 going around, of course the KDX could ride through anything.
So far so good, Funacide making short work of the tyre and rock obstacle.
Then there were a few logs over the trail, some planted in a V fashion to throw you sideways, again no problem.
Then a precarious ride along the edge of the river that gave Fun a tight moment or two, into this muddy riverbed. This is where it got fun (double meaning that).
I rode through , then we looked at how we were going to get the 950 over this little climb followed by a steep drop. While we were contemplating this two other guys on offroad bikes came and offered assistance.
All three of us pushed or pulled the big KTM up the slippery rocky ascent, then eased the big bike down the dropoff on the other side.
Here Funacide points to a possible escape route on the other bank having just come down the bit behind him...
The reason he was so keen to find a way out was that this lay ahead.
But thanks to me and this one guy pushing we got the 950 through the thick clay mud.
Once through this we had a little break. One of these bikes is "Ready to Race" the other is an overweight tourer.
The mud was quite hectic.
We then hit the trail again and went up and down along the riverbed. Every climb or tech bit I would stop and see how the 950 did, till this one particularly tricky branch across the path.
Fun came up to it, weight all right as this trail was a little off camber, and he hit neutral right at the wrong spot!
Bike fell to the right; ie downhill into the river, he jumped and landed feet first in said river.
Hahaha, after seeing that he was ok I could take my time taking a photo or two for posterity.
Now the reason its good to have a light bike is when you pull of a Momentary Lapse Of Talent (MLOT) like this you can hop up, pick up the bike and not have this embarrassing evidence on the Internet.
Take my next move for example... After fixing Fun's indicator I decided to ride up the bank that was the shortest way to get to the flat track. It had this overhanging branch and I had to lie forward on the bike or it would take my head off, I got past it, didnt have enough momentum, grabbed the branch that was now behind me and held on! I had to let it go back down from where I had just come so I released my grip on the tree , rolled back and proceeded to dump the bike on the ground. See here there may be pictures of me playing Koala bear with the tree, but I managed to get up before there was any evidence of the green beastie lying flat on the ground.
+1 for light bikes!
Thanks Funacide, it was a jol. sorry they changed the route so much , I didnt know!
Other than that MLOT you did great, some of those climbs were a bit ballsy and you did em no sweat.
