 AMTRA News
March 02, 2010, 09,10:39 PM by David Smith
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News with AMTRA
- This months meeting will be held on Wed 31st/3/2010
- Shed is progressing along, we will post more details as soon as available
- HCR Volenteers please send in you volenteer forms you can download them HERE
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Eildon 210 Level 2 27/02/10
February 27, 2010, 11,55:06 PM by Peter r
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Friday morning i headed off to Install a Splitty at one of the caravan parks in Eildon, after the unit had been fitted i cruzed back to my van for a Granny Nap, i woke up around 5.30, then watched the TV . Charles decided to attend the ride and was on his way from melbourne, he turned up at around 6.30 then we headed to the Pub for Dinner, and chatted about his new Tenere 660 then headed back to the van for a few more Cans, before i new it i was pushin out zzzzzzz. All of a sudden BOOMthere was a massive clap of thunder "scared the sh!t outta me" there was Lightning & Thunder everwhere, it was just after 6.00am and then pissed down for about 1/2 hour. I cooked the usual Bacon & Eggs and drove into Eildon to meet the Boys. I did say 8.30 start but one turned up just as we were leaving,"not happy Jan". Anyway we finally got going on the Eildon 210 with 15 riders all up for a good day, there was a little drizzle but nothing to bad, the tracks were real slippery and my tyres had see better days.
We rode out of Eildon and onto Mallets Track and slipped slided all over the place, it was like some old Wog had trowled the first two Tracks into a Glass finish.
There was NO way in hell of doing 210 k's today, we had a couple of regroups in the first 20 min and it took the back markers another 5 min to roll in.
I took them down the easy stuff "still megga slippery" and ended up back on Eildon Jamo Road. You turn left then go down about 80mtrs and turn right, as im waiting for a Cornerman to arrive JIM "I CAN'T MONO FOR SH!T" decided to Mono on the tar. So here i am looking at this fella, front wheel way up there in the clouds, then all of a sudden it went Pear Shaped, CRASH he hit the deck side ways and slid on the wet tar for about 40 mtrs then the bike went off the side of the road and into the ditch. Now this bike was no average Dirt bike it was a Aprilia Twin Cylinder 550 that now needed Foot Peg, bark buster, plastic's and all sorts of repair.
Jim didn't do so well either, from what we could make of it, he done some real good bend n twisting Ancle stuff(not good), so two blokes headed back to Eildon to pick up the car and collect the now ground away Aprilia 550 then headed of to the Hospital, By the way he also stuffed his Helmet, Elbow Gaurds, Jersey, Nylons, Goggles & Boots, should of see the scrape mark's in the Tar. So we lost about an 1 1/2 of time with this Crash.
Once they nicked off it was on, we headed for Jamieson like there was no tomorrow, the tracks had dried out and i was in Balistic mode, as i rode up the Tar to Newmans track i saw a lightning strike, which looked like it struck the hills in front of me then it Pissed down, lucky there was a Dunny just down the road so we made a dash for it. This Dunny is about 2 ft wide and 6 ft long but most of us managed to shelter in and around it as the Heavens opens for about 10min then just stopped. Off we rode again up towards Mt Terrible and into the clouds, you couldn't see two feet in front of ya which slowed thing to a near walking pace, some off the time you were not sure wether you were on the track or not. We all headed into Jamieson for some tukka & fuel, the sun stuck it's head out every now and then, but mostly stayed overcast and Humid.
Ian had a leaking rear Valve but luckily he picked it up while we were still in the servo and stuck in a new one, we then rode back up towards Mt Terrible and Chris had an off but was ok. As i'm riding up the rocky hill to Terrible, some Bastard thing decided to sting me on the back, nothing worse than trying to climb a hill while trying to Kill the bitey thing" i now have a red mark the size of a 20 cent piece".
Once we got up to Terrible, Michael needed to fix a puncher. When buying new tyres, always fit them yourself it's good practice for when ya need to repair the tube out on the trails,"Gerard & Michael had no idea", so i got Leo to fetch my Tyre Levers and put the tyre back on myself.while the tyre drama was going on Charles decided to do some suspension work on Marks KLX 450 helping him set up the clickers as the thing was wound in fully for a no suspension ride.
It was around 4.30 when we left Mt Terrible with a heap of k's to do for the return trip back to the cars. Micheal's geap lever fell of "so i hear" but he found it and stuck it back on the bike,
I decided to throw in some really tight and Technical stuff towards the end, and on the last regroup there was a few stuffed customers, we got back to the car around 6.00pm and only managed to do 146 k's , if it wasn't so slippery n wet and no crashes we easily could of done the 210k's.
I needed to be home around 7.00 so the wife could go out for a girly night out and i would be home for the Billy Lids, so i rang the Chief of Everything to explain why i was going to be late and she had dropped the kids of at her Mums, and sais to me "take your time there's no rush" with that Charles and i headed to Eildon Pub for a couple of Beers and another Pub feed "this Motor Bike riding can be expensive" Friday night PUB, Saturday Lunch PUB, Saturday Night PUB, after a feed i drove home and arrived around 9.30. Another Days Ride Done.
Thanks Boys for a Grouse ride and Good Company.
See ya for the Eildon to Woods Point 20th March, remember the Fuel in $6.00 a litre at the Woods point Pub.
Customers:
Peter Ross Fe570
Karl Oinonen TE450
Chris Page FE501
Jim Krokos RXV 550 (Crash n Grind)
Mark Judkens KLX450
Charles Siberas KTM300
Louie dassios TE450
Mark Clark FE550
Leo Wanker CRF450 (Strop)
Steve Winstone FE550 ( Kens old bike)
Rob Balaz KTM250 (Arvo Tailman)
Ian Hamono WR450
Michael Zantvoort KTM525 (Morning Tailman)
Gerard Blampied WR250 (Husky)
Chris Gleeson WR250
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Rawson 20/2/10
February 22, 2010, 08,02:10 PM by ALWR
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Rawson with Dave Smith. 21/2/10
By Al Mason
Well with an early start I picked Nathan up and headed for Rawson, Nathan sporting a very sore broken toe. And myself still feeling fairly second rate still from a big day at Fumina the week before. Apart from a very brief stop in Moe (the best kind?) for fuel and breakfast we were having a very good run. Well until we hit the hills on the way into Rawson. Were when driving a Landcrusier you need to keep the momentum up and SS Commodore had other idea’s.
Nath and I arrived just before 9 to find Mat and Gary Already waiting, and after a couple of minutes of talking Dave and Brad arrived. Shortly followed by Rob And finally by Lynton riding in from his house in Erica. Brad and Dave did a quick bit of maintenance on Brad’s trusty XR, as we geared up.
Once geared up Dave got out the official scrap piece of paper for the ride list and I volunteered for tail man duties. This turned out to be a good but dusty decision. My body and brain were defantly in go slow mode, and for some reason I couldn’t get the hang of the reverse woops?(very ugly x a lot)
Dave lead us out towards Thomson Dam along some very fast and open tracks. (names unknown?) At the first regroup the days plans were discust and bound for Deep Creek 1 Track. A very cool track I had only seen on DVD’s. For those who havn’t done it, it’s a 300mtr track the runs up a very rocky creek bed. Complete with some very grippy, moss covered river rocks. As tail man, the view of the carnage was quite cool. Once I reached the end of the creek there was a very sharp right hander, with a highly polish foot and a half rock ledge to climb. This was seeming to presenting a few challenges for the group as the ledge got wetter and wetter with each bike. Lucky for me been tail man. It wasn’t till I rode up it that I realised that it was followed by a very steep and loose rock filled hill. I sat for a bit to let the dust settle to then see a few people laying there bikes down for a rest. It was then I realise, I may have to walk up there to help? I say may as I thought I would give it a crack and see how I went first? (not really in the tail man spirit) Trying very hard not to use anyone for traction I managed to scoot from left to right between everyone till about the ¾ mark where there was a big erosion drain to park on and contemplate that horrible idea of walking back down. Lucky for me the troops either got themselves going or had a successful second try.
At the top we had a regroup and a breather. We then off towards Deep Creek 4, which carries the warning on the map of
“Most deep creek tracks are steep - very steep particularly the section to the creek”. After some very good steep uphills that were strongly followed by some very good steep down hills. Both types were very well covered in loose shale, with some loose boulders and a sprinkling a deep ruts. However I don’t think these tracks are finished off yet, as they don’t seem to have brought in any dirt yet? We then rode along some cool ridge tracks and some very flowing high speed stuff. Before Dave brought us to a challenge hill.
By the time I arrived Dave was just setting off for his second attempt, and Nath seemed to be having a rest about half way up. A couple of others had already gone up, but the rest were keen to use the detour road. So it was a click into second and a crack for me. As I flew up with such easy and grace to end up propped right next to Nath, were I tried to convince him that I only came up to see if he was all right? He was fine, just unable to turn his bike around unassisted. So we began the process of turning the two bikes around. Even though they were determined to not turn around, but head down backward. Once we were both back down Gary joined us to head up the detour road to meet the others.
Dave then lead us to a very well set up little camp hut for lunch and chat about the days misadventures. It was only here the heat really got to me, being stationary with all our clobber on.
After lunch Matt took over Tail man duties and Dave run us through some more of the same, until it was time for a regroup as Brad’s XR had run out of brakes. Not the nicest thing with hills this steep! Gary was also reporting a very average brake pedal too. Dave and Brad had a tinker with the XR, before it was decided to park it in the river and let some cool water bring some life back to its brakes.
It was then back on the bikes and head for home, via a tricky switchback full hill climb. And then back down to Deep Creek 1, to be run in reverse and some of the tracks from the morning until we reappeared back at the Stock Yard Pub. With a 110ks under our belts in 32c heat and a couple of people on reserve, the day was done.
Thanks Dave for a great ride, and to the troops for a good humoured and fun day.
RIDE LIST.
Dave Smith WR450 Ride leader
Brad Sherwood XR250
Lynton McPhail WR250
Rob Copsey FE390
Gary Clarke CR250R
Al Mason WR250 Morning Tail Man
Nathan Stott TE310
Matt Creasey CRF450 Arvo Tail Man
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Neerim Sth Level 2 Morning Ride 14th Feb 2010
February 14, 2010, 08,22:18 PM by fatboy
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Ride list
1. Will Munro, Ride leader KTM 525EXC
2. Rossi Ranyard, Tailman Honda CRF 450
3. Paul Pedley Husaberg FE550
4. Howard Thomas Yamaha WR450
5. Chris "Jack"Skrzelinska KTM 400EXC
6. David Thiele Yamaha WR450
7. David Wigg GAS Gas EC450
8. Freey Schenko GAS Gas EC450
9. Geoff Wickes Kawasaki KLX450
10. Daniel Jewell Yamaha WR250
11. Andrew Leeden Yamaha TTR250
12. Steve Wiseman Honda XR400
13. David Petroff Yamaha WR450
The aim was to take out a group totaling 11 but end up with 2 last minute beggars desperate for a ride so along the came giving us a total of 1 riders.
The weather was perfect and thanks to the rain over the last couple of days very little dust and a few bog holes to work our way around.
We started off by taking Brad's out of the car park rough track to warm them all up and then up Lizzard's for a loop down Sawdust.
First regroup then along and up Billstone and onto memory and across the plantation to Beards tk.
After another regroup we found our way to Paris and then to Young Tk for one of my favorite loops down and up a few of the steepest climbs in the area around Hard Up and back onto Young Tk for another rest and regroup.
We then headed down Beards once again to Stoll Rd from which we worked our way back up to the Latrobe River Rd Via Htree were every one enjoyed the series of Triple erosion mounds one after the other. We then headed of to find some disused over grown narrow trails to finish the day of working our way back to Memory lane and then back down Sawdust and Back to the Latrobe River Rd to go back up Brads opening track in reverse which put a great aspect on this track. All in all everyone seamed to enjoy them self's with a few have some off's but no big injuries and we managed around 70klm's for 3.5 hrs.
We packed up and headed of to the Neerim Sth Pub for a great Lunch and some serious bench racing were we were also met by Mat R who had road down on his road bike for lunch .
Thanks to all who came along and look forward to doing it all again in the next few weeks. Will.
P.S Anyone who wants to add to this report please feel free to go a head including any ideas on how we can improve on the ride.
Can't wait to see the videos from the ride they should be good.
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