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Gary Clarke
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« on: June 25, 2011, 09,28:35 PM » |
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In the week leading up to this ride I had to sort a few bike issues out, while changing the front brake pads the retaining pin sheered off, so the calliper had to be removed and the pin machined out and re tapped, on a previous ride I had managed to put a hole in one of my radiators, found out on Friday the replacement was going to be a no show, so I patched the hole with radiator repair putty.
All of this was forgotten as eleven riders geared up at Moondarra reservoir the weather was perfect, shortly in to the ride Paul had bike problems and had to return to the car park, Zeb had given Paul a lift to the ride so he pulled the pin as well.
The rest of the ride went smoothly, the hill on F11W gave me a bit of grief, you know things aren’t going to plan when the tail man comes back down the hill to see if you need a hand (thanks’ Al).
Also lost a bit of time when my bum bag came off, Matt and I back tracked and found it. So we didn’t get to all the tracks I had planned for the day, will have to wait till next time.
Couldn’t have had a better group of riders for my 1st outing as ride leader, thanks guys for all your help, thanks Al for am tail and Matt for pm tail.
Cheers,
Gary.
PS Dennis you can stop laughing now!
RIDE LIST:
Gary Clarke CR250R, ride leader
Al Mason, 250 WR, am tail
Matt Creasey, CR500, pm tail
Rossi Raynard, TE310
Dennis Menace, 300EXC
Tim Dykes, XR400
James Creasey, CRF450
Jarrod Keith, TE450
Paul Bryce, KTM250
Zeb Colic, WR250
Pat Rose, SE300
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Zeb Colic
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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2011, 09,29:47 AM » |
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Good job Gazz I know i really enjoyed the 4 klm i got to ride ....  |
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Serge C
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2011, 09,29:57 AM » |
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Congratulations Gary, on putting on your first AMTRA ride. Glad it went (relatively) well.
Here's hoping it's the first of many to come.
Cheers!
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james c
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2011, 11,09:23 AM » |
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Congratulations Gary, on putting on your first AMTRA ride. Glad it went (relatively) well.
Here's hoping it's the first of many to come.
Cheers!
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AL
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2011, 12,10:50 PM » |
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Very well done for your first effort as a ride leader! it different from being tailman and carrys different preasures. Any help myself or the others gave for the day was well repaid with the ride. would have been nice to do the planned loop, but daylight is the biggest hurdle this time of year. And im glad you made it up the hill on F11W, because i was not looking forward to riding the smoker up that hill. Had a good day and a good crew. See you on the next one and well done again, Al
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Wade E
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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2011, 04,25:27 PM » |
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Good on you Garry, the first ride you put on is also the most stressful its gets easier from now on. Any ride you dont need to call the ambos for is a good one!  Wade |
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paul341
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2011, 05,00:16 PM » |
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thanks for organising the ride Gary ,pity my bike crapped out pretty much straight away ,sounds like i missed out on a good ride .
Thanks Zeb for the early lift home and not making me wait round all day till you were finished.
Look forward to the next one.
cheers
Paul
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jarrod k
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« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2011, 06,10:03 PM » |
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well i had an ace day out there.thanks for tail al and matt. there were a few spots that were going to work or be really funny for you boys thankfully they worked. cheers gary for the ride orsome area and ace variety of tracks.
please put me down for the next one cheers jarrod
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« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2011, 06,26:35 PM » |
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Nice one Garry, considering that you hadn't been in the area for almost 4 years,you did a good job at finding your way around. Thanks for chucking in all those logs, bog holes, steep ups, steep downs, up creeks, down creeks, ruts, etc. Thanks to the tails, Al and Mat, and Mat how you ride that CR500 all day is beyond me, I do believe you tried to palm it off to others with no success...  |
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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2011, 06,38:36 PM » |
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Sorry i didnt make this one Garry, but others may not know while following the navmans directions to get to the dam i found meself in a bit of a pickle. Basically bogged in the middle of no-where. Lucky i had the bike on the back, so unloaded and went off in search of help. A local cocky got me out after about two and a half hours with the help of two of his neighbours and would not take any financial reward. I'll make sure i drop him off a couple of slabs next time i'm in that area. You'll be glad to know i did make it to the Dam at about 2.30 for a look see.
Anyway hope to make me AMTRA debut soon.
P.S Navman put away and Vicroad map put in car.
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« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2011, 06,59:36 PM » |
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Nice one Garry, considering that you hadn't been in the area for almost 4 years,you did a good job at finding your way around. Thanks for chucking in all those logs, bog holes, steep ups, steep downs, up creeks, down creeks, ruts, etc. Thanks to the tails, Al and Mat, and Mat how you ride that CR500 all day is beyond me, I do believe you tried to palm it off to others with no success... You mean no one would swap with him for a while ? If I was there mate, you know I would have given you a rest on it for a while and swapped bikes with you for at least, 10 minutes |
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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2011, 11,40:28 PM » |
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Thanks Gary for the top day out, really liked that bit along the creek and the "Oh a hill" hill. Moondarra has a bit of everything I look forward to the next one in the area. |
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« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2011, 09,18:04 PM » |
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sorry i havent reported on thisd ride yet, ive been leaving a tail of roost around NSW it was a great ride dudes. a bit of everything like has been said. the C11W is my favourite track in Vic, or it was... seems the 4by's have rooted it a bit but it was still grouse. its a shame my mate JAK missed it... but prolly for the better. spewin the Zebra and Paul had to bail early, i was all ready to drag Zeb too  matt... its not a race!! Jak, we did eventually get to Eagle Rigde road Al and Pat, next time, i will wear Hi-Vis and hold a bright red flare you did really good Gazza.... ps- im still laughin, like a randy hiyena! but at what, i dont know |
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