Spurs ride. Mon 12th March. Non attendance is not an option.

[SMC690]

Ok.

As previously discussed let's have a Spurs and district ride on (now edited to) Monday the 12th of March. Labour day long weekend.
It has to be done whilst the climate is still good before the drought
breaks. :)

Who's in?
I suggest an early start out Ringwood way as usual.

Let's get a decent ride with a decent turn out on the best roads in Vic before the weather turns to shit. Something that we can all rave about for the next few months. :D

Further edit: General consensus. 5 or 6 am. To be advised.

Cheers,
Juz....

[Flash]

:-k

[ZuluFoot]

Sounds good, how may km's we likely to do from Ringwood or wherever I can trailer the bike to?

[Flash]

What time do you want to leave?

[SMC690]

Will you guys pike if I say 6 am?

I'm open to suggestions and we can change it but a lack of traffic is good as you saw in Jorn's thread. A lack of some of the other obvious obstacles is also handy. ;)

Back in my squid days we used to start those rides at 5am... But I was younger then, lol.

It also means you are back at midday or before and have the rest of the day to attend to other household matters.

I'll work out the rough Km's Zulu and let you know.

Juz.

[ZuluFoot]

6:30 sounds like an extra 1/2 hr sleep, but I'll be there at 5 if its a good ride...

[SMC690]

I can't say I have ever had a shit ride up that way.
Except for pulling a few squid bikes back up the edge of the road at Reefton but let's not go there, everyone here has too much talent for that kind of "fun". ;)

[Wobbly]

Dagnabit, I'll be in adelaide :? Any chance of a 1 day delay until the holiday monday? :D

[SMC690]

I could do it twice in two days easily. ;)

What do you reckon fella's?
Put it off till the Monday?
Is that the Labour day holiday or the like?

[Wobbly]

Yep, should be labor day :)

[devo]

Double demerit points?

[SMC690]

We don't have that crap down here. :D

[ZuluFoot]

Monday could work

[SMC690]

Ok, see how we go over the weekend.
I have to fark off now and finish my washing or I'm going commando at the island all weekend. Might be good if it's hot, not good if the Suzuki girls in those short skirts are on the next stand! ;)
If Mondays the go I will edit the title of the thread reflecting it to the following day after I get back from PI.
Ave a good one.
Juz.

[JB]

Ill be down the island, phsycing myself up for the Monday Track day.

Will have to do another day.

[Bomber640]

I might be able to shirk my responsibilities, stay off the drugs and cheap sluts on sunday night, and make it for a ride on the monday.

[Sibbo]

Traffic will be crazy, I think a 5am start monday would be the go.

Murray, there is room in my trailer for a cool 300 motard and you happen to be on the way to the hills.

[Bomber640]

Traffic will be crazy, I think a 5am start monday would be the go.



Hmmm.... maybe it'd be better to get on the drugs and cheap sluts and come straight from revolver on monday morning. :smokin: Who gets up at 5am???

[Sibbo]

people that cant get cheap sluts, so they ride bikes instead.

[JB]

....I think a 5am start monday would be the go.

....

Is there such a time?

Seriously though, thats what I did, left Melbourne at 6. Its well worth it.

[Sibbo]

I have done similar things and you ride for a good couple of hours before seeing your first bike.

No bikes (non-motards), no cops, no cars, no worries, just fresh road to carve up. And the roadies that are up there can be the serious fast guys that are good to ride with, not the wankers (a'la my road bike mates) that think they are good.

[Muzzard]

If it turns out to be Monday,
I might load the bike and ambush you lot around Cumberland
about 7am, finance permitting ;) ...

[ZuluFoot]

Traffic will be crazy, I think a 5am start monday would be the go.

Murray, there is room in my trailer for a cool 300 motard and you happen to be on the way to the hills.

;) thanks for the offer Brett, if there are others in more need of a lift give them first dibs, I can always load my trailer and/or take a few along, but early home is my passport to this party.

[MarkeeMark]

Ok I'm in for Monday morning. I'm going to Albury for a 90th b'day on sat arvo staying til sun lunch.
6am start is good for me.

[Wobbly]

6am huh? Well, its very early, but can be done ;)

[SMC690]

Ok, done.
I'll edit the thread to the right date.
This is going to be fun! :D

[SMC690]

I might be able to shirk my responsibilities, stay off the drugs and cheap sluts on sunday night, and make it for a ride on the monday.

Why stay off all of that? Barry Sheene would be proud of you. ;)
We could have a pre-ride party.

[MarkeeMark]

Juz I'd suggest 6:30am start, cos the sun dont come up til just b4 7am.
There's also some room on my ute if you wanna hitch a ride to the meet point, speaking of which? Where are we gonna meet Ringwood or maybe Lilydale?

[SMC690]

Wherever the coffee is strongest @ that time of the AM. ;)
Most rides start at Ringwood for some reason. What's the general consensus fella's?

[Wobbly]

My coffee is the strongest. So come and wake me up :lol2:

[Sibbo]

I will be driving all the way to the hills.

[Wobbly]

Guess you'll miss the chum creek road then ;)

[JB]

Guys, Ill be nervously sitting in antispation for my first lap of the Island, so sorry cant make it.

However, if my bikes ready theres a good chance Im gonna go up (Healesville) Saturday Morning (nice n early) if anyone is keen to run the Spur.

Cheers,

JB

[Muzzard]

Yep me too.
Putting it together for the Track Day on the 25th at TT ;)

[Nerb]

If its raining will you still go? Or just meet up for chat? Or stay home?

[Wobbly]

Forecast is 25C and fine :up:

[megahead]

I'm plannin on coming along on monday
SOOOOO.... 6.30am in front of bikemart?
may have a roadie or to comin along

[SMC690]

Yeah, can every one hack a 6:30am start?
If so then we will make that the time to meet.
Bikemart carpark in Ringwood as usual sounds like a plan.

[Wobbly]

6.30am aye. My god. Ok :shock:

[Flash]

I'm out! I'm working!!

[SMC690]

If its raining will you still go? Or just meet up for chat? Or stay home?

That's a damn good question.
The spurs in the rain aint much fun but either is posting up a ride thread and not attending the ride you organised. ;)

[megahead]

i'm in no matter what and at worst and it piss's down we can get coffee and food somewhere or beer :D

[SMC690]

I'm out! I'm working!!

On a public holiday?
Oh no, what am I getting myself in for? ;)

[Wobbly]

Ash secretly prefers working than riding his bike ;)

[Flash]

The pays good and I really really need some cash for some tyre!! THere isn't any tread left on the left side and very little on the right and the center is well worn past the tread wear indicators

[dangermouse1100]

The pay is good on public holidays, but if i lived down there you wouldnt be able to stop me, a tank of fuel or 2 maybe. Will get to one of these events sometime soon, 6.30 start means i'd be leaving home about 4.00am. Pity, my wife doesn't get home till 7.30am. They have started with the greenslips at her work so she will be finished by the end of this month, then things will be back to normal. :roll:

[Wobbly]

Just rotate your tyres ash :lol2:

[Sibbo]

Grow some balls, sell your wife and come riding!

[SM93]

ash change your name excuash

[Sibbo]

Just to take the pressure off Ash, looks like I am out too.

Got to help Ash wash his hair or what ever his excuse was!

As I am missing a spoke and the car needs some things repaired (according to the friendly police man :(), looks like I will be not riding over the weekend.

Have fun people and take lots of pics.

[JB]

For those thinking of an early run tomorrow, dont think ill be riding, to much BS to take care of so the tard will pass scruitineering on Monday at the Island.

Look after yourselves on Monday, Weather forcast is good and there'll be some crazies (apart from you) up there I think.

Have a good weekend.

JB

[MarkeeMark]

So who's in?
Me
Juz
Neil
Megahead
Murray V2?
Who else?

[SMC690]

Yeah, add my cousin Nick again too Mark. ;)
Maybe Randal from Roadrocket on his Monster too but it's a long shot.
I will also contact a mate of mine James on his GSXR Thou, remember him? He's the one that couldn't get away from us over the Black last time. ;)

[MarkeeMark]

Yeah for sure Juz. You wanna cruise over to Ringwood together?

[SMC690]

Yeah for sure Juz. You wanna cruise over to Ringwood together?

Bloody oath. :)
I have to head over to Ringers a bit earlier so I can drop off a new flash part for Neil for his bike. Apparently he has real strong coffee. ;)

[ZuluFoot]

Sorry Fella's, I'm out, gota go to a fookin picnic :roll:

[Flash]

What a sorry bunch of assholes we are!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[sprint666]

So is it still on, exact time and meet at Bikemart 0630,
Might have to tag along at the rear, go for one last blast....................

[SMC690]

Yep, still on at the time and place you mentioned. It would be good to have you come along.
The more the merrier. :)

[megahead]

Yep still in , just serviced the bike :D

[Wobbly]

Bloody weak as ;)

Don't worry murray, we can strap a picnic on the back of someone's bike and do both :D

[megahead]

Ok i got back from the ride about 2.45pm and am still knackered but the beer is helping
I had a ball today and thanks to everyone envolved for helpin me when i ran out of fuel (its still your fault neil , if i did'nt have to have the throttle open to the stops all day keepin up it would have been fine ha)
A few of those roads that i had never been on (thanks neil again) were awesome fun , and the last one on the way home that turned to dirt was great fun fishtailin everywhere. And well done nick on the 250roadie on the dirt section and keepin up all day.
Oh and big thanks to Juz for the tools, and markee for kickin my bike back into life and neil for the fuel (first time) and Nick (second roadside fuel stop)
and neil for lettin me cain his bike( for some unknown reason?)( i think he just wants a go on mine hahahaah) and now i'm babblin must be time for more beer
Bring on the next track day and more road rides :D

[MarkeeMark]

Here here, to all of the above. Was quite funny catching upto Mega and he waves me past with the engine not running and he's rolling down the hill out of Reefton Spur.
Was very fresh in the morning though, bit of a shock to the system I think.
Very tired atm, I think I need a nap. LOL Goodnight

Markee

[Wobbly]

Yep, nice work fellas, was most enjoyable :) And the beer definately helps :D Was a great day out and the early start was a corker too - nothing better than an empty set of spurs...

Got a couple of pics just standing around marysville, and since mega was feeling camera shy I got an action sequence of him with the legendary left hand kicker :lol2:

http://vsmr.net/albums/spurs_march_12th/healsville.sized.jpg

http://vsmr.net/albums/spurs_march_12th/mega_action1.sized.jpg

http://vsmr.net/albums/spurs_march_12th/mega_action2.sized.jpg

http://vsmr.net/albums/spurs_march_12th/mega_action3.sized.jpg

[Flash]

Dirt :shock: :cry:

[megahead]

yes ash we found some dirt
nice slippery gravel fishies are cool :lol:
nearly hittin oncomin car priceless :D

[ZuluFoot]

Hey, sounds like you guys had a good one, I'm jealous, we had a great picnic :jerk:

Actually, we went to Gumbaya (sp) park out Gembrook way, they had carts and tabogans and water slides, the kids had a great time, the wife had a great time cos the kids were happy, I had the grumps watching all the dirbikes heading out to the hills at 9am on the way out :evil:

heyho, maybe next time

[MarkeeMark]

We saw all those bikes too Murray and rode straight past them, having as much fun as they were gonna have on the dirt!

[SMC690]

We had a great ride today.
Neil, Mark, Kyle, Nick & I assaulted the hills with a 5:30am dark start for some of us. I got home just after 4pm so I can hardly walk, I have a bad case of motard arsitis.
Totally without incident too other than 2 of us running out of fuel!
The early start meant empty roads which was excellent over both the spurs.
Thanks to Nick for his help with getting fuel so we could get mobile again.
A well deserved break & counter meal in Warburton and then exploring some previously unexplored roads was heaps of fun.
Bomber640 piked before it started at 2:53am with a text message stating that he had pulled a root and at his (our) age that's more important than a group ride. Good on ya bomber, lol. ;)
I have not had that much fun up the hills in years.
It would be good to get a few more of these rides in with a few more numbers before the good dry warmth turns to cold miserable wet Melbourne winter misery.
Cheers,
Juz.

[Wobbly]

Amen brother! 8)

[Sibbo]

Good shit guys!

[Bomber640]

Sounds like you guys had a great day - with beer and dirt thrown in, how could you go wrong! Love that 620 too Mega, it looks awesome - I've got a real soft spot for supercomp's.

[SMC690]

Have you got a camera phone bomber so you can show us a picture or video of your 'ride' for the morning? ;)

[Bomber640]

Hmmm, maybe a photo diary might b on the cards next time, because you'd never believe me if I told you... a few snippets - far too much to drink, latin dancing, outraged bosnians, girls fighting, abandoned by friends, no pants, girls school boarding dormitory, lost credit cards, stumbling around the streets of hawthorn with no cigarettes or money and a flat phone battery, and when I finally got home my housemate had just about finished hoovering down all the weed. In hindsight I probably should have gone to bed early and carved up the streets with you guys, but, as they say 'yer get that on the big jobs...'

[SMC690]

Damn it, that sounds like fun except the no cigarette's & money.
Invite me next time you bastard, lol.
Just not the night before a ride, it sounds like the perfect way to relax & unwind after a good ride. ;)

[megahead]

Hey bomber , you will have come along on the next tt day and check the dinosuar (620)
seems to keep up with everyone ok ( except when it runs outa fuel)

[Sibbo]

seems to keep up with everyone ok ( except when it runs outa fuel)
and loves mud! :D

[Wobbly]

I was going to say, it seems pretty slow down the other side of reefton, but then again it was running whisper quiet in compensation for it :lol2:

[SMC690]

I didn't realise at the time that Kyle was running out of fuel near the the bottom of Reefton, I actually thought he was letting me past, lol.
Yeah right......Kyle let someone past, Never! ;)

[Wobbly]

If he did I'd be madly looking for where the coppers are :lol:

[Bomber640]

Hey bomber , you will have come along on the next tt day and check the dinosuar (620)
seems to keep up with everyone ok ( except when it runs outa fuel)

Bah... TT days are always on when I have my son, and saturdays are always basketball and karate day. Next social ride I'm going to make a concerted effort to curb the vice and keep check of my low moral fibre so I can come along - then I'll be having a goood look at your 620 mega...

[megahead]

Sweet bomber :D
but dont forget the next one is on a SUNDAY!!!!!
we have to dice it with the S.A boys
if they win , they get to take the slowest one of us back to Snowtown :lol: :lol: :lol: :P
Its a BARREL of Laugh's :P

[SMC690]

Yeah, Sunday the 25th March.
Be there or be a man whore. :)

[Nerb]

I'll be there for sunday 25th if its on. Thats this sunday. Is there a thread, or is this it?

[Sibbo]

Nar dont think this is the thread. Not sure if there is one. Not really all that helpfull am I.

See you all on Sunday peeps. And remember, its bad luck to pass a berg. ;)

[kroosn]

And remember, its bad luck to pass a berg. ;)

Yeah but its just so fun..... and easy

Rob

[Wobbly]

But its good luck to barge one off the track and into the bushes :lol2:

[megahead]

But its good luck to barge one off the track and into the bushes :lol2: :lol: :lol: :lol:
hey neil maybe we should gang up on sibbo?
at worst i can always cut across the infield for a blindside tackle :D

[Muzzard]

Yes there is a thread you clowns :roll:
What do think the Track Day forum is for.
If its bad luck to pass a Berg,
Cant be that good then to use them as berms up the inside or jumps in the straight either then...

There is also a thread concerning the Saturday night Session.
Good to see you there Nerb ;)

[Wobbly]

Good point, we shouldn't be talking about barging bergs off at south morang here, we should be talking about barging them off around the spurs :lol2:

[Muzzard]

They seem to just slip along the Spurs roads by themselves,
No need for any barging :lol:

[SMC690]

I've never seen a Berg up the Spurs, I think it's an urban myth like the Black Panther in the Grampians.
Those Berg riders always have some kind of excuse not to attend.

[Sibbo]

I've never seen a Berg up the Spurs, I think it's an urban myth like the Black Panther in the Grampians.
Reefton.
http://vsmr.net/albums/Dirt-Ride-5-11-06/pitcures_020.sized.jpg
Where are the KTM's?
Stuck in the mud! hahahaha
http://vsmr.net/albums/Dirt-Ride-5-11-06/05_11_06_1655.sized.jpg