South Morang

[Two_Dogs]

what are the dates for practice/racing at South Morang???? I'm sick of wondering when the cops are gunna take my licence for doin monos.

One more question.
What makes you shit yourself and stab the rear brake??? the sound of your rego. lable scraping the road (mounted on the number plate) in 4th gear blatting up the freeway........ faaark i like my 525 retard.

[jakestein]

Not sure on the motard at GPTC..

Pulling upto hardley/bmw riders at lights fully locked up rear into endo with a few chops of the throttle.

Amusing drunk twats on friday at 4am with wheelies rolling burnouts and shit like that, while turning a tyre with some live left into a slick, 3 small camera video' flloating around :twisted:

Knowing my L plate means stuff fuck all, "nice 250"..... (Corey knows his berg better be ready 8) ;) )

Being told by the same cop a zillion times to not ride my bike or else :roll: so what its a 450, I had total control :D

I love it all.

[Muzzard]

Hi Two Dogs,
South Morang is fortnightly Saturdays, the next on the 21st of this month mate,
See ya there! ;)

[Sibbo]

While we are talking about wheelies.

I have my first gear YZ wheelies nailed!!! And I mean NAILED! I can slow it down, full on pro style. I still need practice, but I am on the right path.

I use a part of the bike as a guide to how high I am. I started with the front guard, then the bar pad on the handlebar and now I look under that pad down the forks! That is some cool shyte.

I dont have footage of the latest efforts, only bar par height. I still have not got any better at standups, I still disslike them (but want to do em so bad) as I am crap!

I have got my gear changes working out OK. I can pick it up in 1st and ride it till 3rd. Then I hit bumps or run out of room and put it down.

BTW, this is all on dirt with knobs as I am not a tard....yet! And nice work 2 dogs, thats the shyte.

[Two_Dogs]

Firstly, Muzz....... I cannot stop pissing myself looking at Kermit going for it.... (your avatar) heheheeh

this might sound lame but I havnt been on a retard track yet.... wot sprockets do I wanna run??? I have a 42 rear 14 front or something like that which is good for road speed, but just may be a bit fucked for south morang

will try to make the 21st, return form brisvegas 8:00am, wot time do we start at the track???

Sibbo, I wanna do slow monos too, but aint there yet. i can hold speed by keeping it high, but usually end up picking up several gears.....but it is nice to hear the front squeal like a stuck pig when it goes down in 6th from a mono started in first. (fuck the rubber, its made to burn)

Since my kato chucked me off the back flat knacker in 6th doing a stand up I sorta get shrivelled balls when doing stand ups now.

hope to see you all on 21st.

[Sibbo]

Since my kato chucked me off the back flat knacker in 6th doing a stand up I sorta get shrivelled balls when doing stand ups now.

Yes, standups are EVIL!!! Every time I flip it (backwards that is :D ) it is doing a standup.

[Tom]

Sounds like i need to practice more! I'm still just doing first and second gear sit downs :oops:

I'll book in some serious carpark time in the next few weekends :D

[Tom]

While we're on the topic, how about some squid questions.

When you change gears during a mono do you use the clutch or just ease off the gas and click up?

And when learning to do stand ups is it better to start standing up, or start sitting down and then stand up when you already have the front wheel up?

[Sibbo]

For both questions, I do both.

Changing gears: I find it a bit smoother just chutchless snicking gears.
Standups: Dont ask me, you will just crash if you take my advise! Do what feels good. If you are lacking power (you do ride a Honda), you can use your body weight (while standing) to pull the front up (to start the wheelie) in the top gears. But the coolest looking way to do it (its all about the style), is to stand while pulling the front up....then get high and fall off the back and slide. ##%#^&$&#@!!!!

[Muzzard]

According to the Muzz edition of the Wheelie Book,
Clutch if your quick, like me,
Or just shut off and click the gear.
Not a lot of fun if you get a surge of snot as you open the gas again though!...

Track opens @ 10am Two Dogs...
Gearing wise,
We dont fiddle too much as most of us ride them to work the next day.
If you must though, shoot down the shop and grab yourself a 45/46 tooth rear...

[Two_Dogs]

thanx muzzard, I gave a 13/49 combination a run at south morang, seemed ok. I'm thinking I need just a tad more time - like every chance i get - to decide.

Tom... chnaging gears on the back wheel, I always use the clutch, standup or sitting down. What i don't have down pat yet is using BOTH the rear brake and clutch........ergo i was chucked off. If you wanna start doing stand up monos, i would suggest you start each mono already standing... make sure you get it nice and high ie. the balance point, that way you can hold speed without accellerating: CAUTION getting chucked off is not as much fun as it looks.

[d_kimo]

is anyone riding at the track this weekend (4TH)?? ... ill head up for a play if there is going to be someone there to see how slow i can go :) :lol:

[dicky]

I'll be there, probably around 12'ish.

dicky

[d_kimo]

cool ... sounds a plan then :)

[Flash]

I can operate a camera badly if you want! :up:

[d_kimo]

well seeing that i go really slowly i reckon that a bad camera operator should be able to capture the moment rather well :lol:

[d_kimo]

oh yes indeed ... how much fun can ya have :)

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[Flash]

Nice job Dave :up:

[Wobbly]

Sweet! :up:

[Sibbo]

Motorvating :D

[Tom]

You're making me want to come down to Melbourne!!!

[Muzzard]

Sweet,
Thats what we need,
Some motovation for others... :lol:

[anttismo]

So I assume there is another motard practice at South Morang tomorrow (4th march). Anyone going along?

[d_kimo]

hey anti ... i could well be going up there ... wasnt too sure as i thought that i might be the only one there ... but if theres company ill be there :)

[wobbler]

I might come and have a wobble around on the 18th March

Do you have to wear leathers? As I will only have draggin jeans and a textile jacket.

[anttismo]

Dunno for sure, but I think you can wear anything you like. Guess I'll find out tomorrow.

Kimo, I'll probably cruise up there late morning :)

[Wobbly]

Have fun guys - I'd come out for a blat but I'll be running around here in the early morning and then off down the island for the supers :)

[Flash]

As I type this I'm at work and then down to the supers to work then again on Sunday. I love weekends :cry:

[anttismo]

Kimo and I had a bit of run around up there on saturday. The heat was no match for my supreme physical conditioning :lol:

Good fun and value place to go for a burn. Hopefully meet up with a few others up there some saturday :)

Wobbler, there is basically no scrutineering of any kind. Just turn up, sign away your safety, hand over 25 smackers, and go and ride in an inapproprite manner wearing whatever the heck you like. I should point out that there wasn't much in the way of marshalling either, and certainly no ambos or anything. Just good old fashioned natural selction at work :lol:

[Muzzard]

As far as the 18th goes Wobb,
I will be there for the practice...

Safety wise....
Common sense rules here,
If you wanna run hard round the track, wear the appropriate leathers.
For those that are still sorting bikes and gear etc,
We cut you the slack to get on a track without the extra expense of leathers to start with.
This is not the norm for most tracks as you are aware...

Understanding that Motorcycling is an inherently dangerous sport,
You use the track at your own risk, And assume full responsibility for your machine and any injuries you may inflict apon yourself.

We have had no issues yet... and expect none in the future,
Or we will be looking for another track...

Understand? ;)

[wobbler]

I might just be there to spectate now

and take a few photos.

I have a helmet camera if anyone wants to do a lap with it on

[dicky]

ok, we'll cut some laps and show you how well your new bike handles :lol:

dicky.

[Muzzard]

Why just spectate Wobb,
Its still a motard mate... ;)

[Flash]

Who's in this weekend??

[wobbler]

I will be there

Just have to find it

[d_kimo]

yep ill be there ... and two_dogs :D

[anttismo]

Yeah, I think I'll have to come too :)

[Wobbly]

I might even have to poke my head out (shock horror) :)

[dicky]

I'll be fishing, sorry, working in WA.
I'll actually be very close to Cockburn Sound, if I had a bike there maybe I could get some track time, but alas, no bike.

dicky.

[Two_Dogs]

Yep, I'm gunna b there. And my 525 is for sale just in case n e one is interested.

[Flash]

And I thought you were enjoying yourself!!

[wobbler]

I had fun guys even though I was a mobile road block

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[Two_Dogs]

sure am enjoying myself......... but I got two KTMs and just realised that I can only ride one of them at once. besides if i sell a kato i can put the money into the tyres my 600 track bike is chewing up *big grin*

excellent day at lemon merang today, had a few turn up which is always good. anttismo was showing the way around on the 6fiddy with some style, especially over the top past the top pits.

so if anyone would like an excellent KTM 525 or 520 have a butchers at bikesales.com.au......... am i allowed to advertise here????

where the hell wuz you today muzzard????????

[Two_Dogs]

hey wobbler.......nice work, always good to see orange on the track......

[Wobbly]

Thanks for the run around today fellas :up: Was good fun flogging around, wobbling my own way about. Antti and I got one final session in at the end of the day after a bit of waiting around which was good fun, followed by a good example of front tyre preservation on the way home from antti which is always entertaining :)

Was great to see wobbler out on the big katoom as well, and like us he was having a ball which is the only thing that's important :) Kimo was going well despite a front tyre which looked like it had been attacked by a set of shears :shock:

Edit: Btw, any more pics? There were about 538567 cameras around the place ... ok, maybe 2 then :lol2:

[anttismo]

Yeah, good fun day :)

Put on a brand new set of knobblies this eve, changed some wheel bearings and new 2nd hand set of pads (didn't realise my pads were metal to metal when I got home), changed oil and cleaned air filter. Ready for a trail ride in the moring. I like these ag bike things :up:

[Wobbly]

I think I need to get some of kimo's whizz bang nissin standard boring break pads myself, judging on how crap my brakes were compared to his :)

No changing things over for me tonight, in fact just drank a few beers, now time for sleep, might get up by around midday tomorrow :lol2:

[wobbler]

I have some more pics and should be able to post them sometime tonight.

I forgot to say thanks neil for the ride on the DR

[Flash]

I missed you wobb I showed up at about 4. I imagine it would have been a sight to see you cut some laps!

[wobbler]

Slow and in the way was the sight.

Here is a few more pics
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[dicky]

Guys,
I am very impressed.
Not only did Wobbler have the nerve to turn up on the BIG tard, he rode it on the track!
I'm actually surprised that they let him on, but given the cooperation we have had from GPTC, maybe I shouldn't be.

dicky.

[Wobbly]

Wobbler did just fine :) And he did prove that the 950 can still wheelie down the short straight ;)

[Flash]

Shit Neil I imagine the 950 can wheelie while the rider is asleep :lol:

[d_kimo]

was good to have a go up there again :) woohoo ... only fell off once with a nice front end slide :) ... bring on april 1 ... and neil i reckon ive got one more day out of that front :)

[Muzzard]

Yeah, Yeah,...
I am already pissed off about missing it...
Maybe the 1st then,.. ;)

[Wobbly]

One more day you reckon? Maybe if you put it on backwards! :lol:

[d_kimo]

bah ... :) ... i got it home nad cut off those nasty balls of rubber and i reckon that it looks ok now ... it isnt even down to the wear bars yet (just) :lol: ... what the hell ... im goint to try it :shock:

[Sibbo]

Slow and in the way was the sight.

Getting in the way and holding people up is a skill all in itself. You are also doing others a service, by providing them with practice in passing and/or avoidance.....Well, thats what I tell myself :D

[Cal]

what the hell ... im goint to try it :shock:

No wonder you offered me a go! Just coz I didn't fall off yesterday....

[d_kimo]

hey it is still good enough to scrape pegs through the corners or drag knees if you are incliuned to ride like that :) ... a tyre is still good if the wear bars arent exposed isnt it :) ? (edit ... and if you dont like the look of the front you could always throw a new one on :) )

[Wobbly]

I would have thought falling off would have been a better indicator than the wear bars though :lol2:

[Sibbo]

You have to wear all the tred off, so its a slick. Thats when you will get the most grip!!

[d_kimo]

nah ... i have snipped off all the offending bits of rubber neil and the tread looks as good as new :) ... if i fall off again you get to say i told you so LOL :lol:

[Two_Dogs]

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[Two_Dogs]

hehehe guess who just had a crash course on posting images from kimo.....

here's a pic of a maniac changing direction, right to left, on the back wheel

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[Muzzard]

I really need to attach an udder... :lol:

[Wobbly]

Then you can tell the girls that its your.....

:shock:

[Two_Dogs]

rippa shot eh???

the cow machine in action

[Flash]

He needs to go to Tiger Angel and get some custom leathers made to match the bike.

[Two_Dogs]

I think so moo

[Two_Dogs]

more of the muz machine

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[Two_Dogs]

and here's the kato going around the outside...

somebody stop me

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[Sibbo]

Who is the CR smoker?

[Two_Dogs]

that would be me on the now sold 525. that's right muzzard, no more 525, So now i gotta fetch out the 520......... :)

[Sibbo]

that would be me on the now sold 525. that's right muzzard, no more 525, So now i gotta fetch out the 520......... :)
Nar, not the KTM, the bloke on the Honda in front of you spraying you in Koala tonic, as Muzz would say.

[Muzzard]

So is the bloke you sold it to riding it tomorrow at South Morang Rob?
I intend to come down weather permitting,
Anyone else coming out as the rain wont be far away, once that happens...

:roll:

[Two_Dogs]

Sobbo wrote:
Nar, not the KTM, the bloke on the Honda in front of you spraying you in Koala tonic, as Muzz would say

ummm dunno, but hey that koala tonic is good gear :)
and where you bin hiding Sibbo?? fetch that blue smoker out for a track run ! ! ! !

[Two_Dogs]

Hey Muzzard,

Nah the guy buying the 525 is up at Wodonga, I'm takin it up to Winton 2morrow for him. Cannot make it to Lemon Meraunge today, I'm stuck here at work writing posts on the web. I'm not selling the wheels, so they will be fitted to the 520 ASAP, will see you at the kart track again soon.

I'm gunna have a blat around Winton Sunday, (on the 6hunge), hafta join a club most likely Preston MC to race in round 2 VIC interclub series. So that'll be good, given that I've never been on the Winton track :) Can n e one tell me just how embarressing it is to be lapped (and I don't mean tounge on the sack type of lapped) 'cause i reckon I'm about to find out :)

[Wobbly]

(and I don't mean tounge on the sack type of lapped)
:la: :whip: :lol2:

[hamp]

Howdy guys
Whats going on,is there a track day at south morang tommorow?
Just checking abit fare to drive if nothing is happening.
Catch youse latter

[Flash]

Yep I'm pretty sure there is. YOu can give them a call before you leave.

[Wobbly]

Weather looks ok. Won't be heading out myself, i'm banging shit on my house tomorrow (should be a deck apparently) while the weather is half decent :)

[Muzzard]

Sorry about the late post there Hamp, How are ya mate?
I didnt get to the track day this weekend gone as the ute was in for tyres. :roll:
All the same, as far as I know,
It can still be used on the fortnightly basis weather being the only real deterent for most...

Would like to catch up with you Hamp and cut a few laps...
:twisted:

[hamp]

Whats up muzz
Didn't make my self tried ringing gptc but no answer mite have to early?
Weather wasn't much chop here in sunny ballarat so gave a miss.
Will try an make the next 1 an take you up on the last post all being good.
Catch ya guys

[Sibbo]

where you bin hiding Sibbo?? fetch that blue smoker out for a track run ! ! ! !

Been hiding at the MX track and searching the papers for my dream bike, but no one in vic is selling them. Second hand KX5hung. So when I get that, its just a matter of measuring the rear swing arm and deciding on 4.5 or 5 inch rim. :twisted:

[Muzzard]

Stick on some more of them old Harley steer tyres you had on at Wodonga last year and just ride....

It could do with a fuel reduction burn down in the corner at the end of the straight... :lol:

[Flash]

Alright guys, I was talking to Neil the other night about South Morang and we were thinking about altering the dirt section. (Obviously we would have to ask the owner about this for permission.) To make a better use of the facility, now who would ba able to make them selves available to help? Idealy would be a weekday as there will be less people there using the track. I am happy to take some annual leave if I can get some others to come as well, otherwise a weekend. This is the only facility we have regular permission to use so it would be good if we can have some assistants to commit to a date and help improve it.

[Wobbly]

As said, I'll happily throw in some time, including taking a few days off work (what is annual leave for except to be used for back breaking labour anyway :lol2: ).

[Sibbo]

I will put my hand up for a sunday, as long as I can ride the dirt section...sorry test it for safty with the YZ. But no can do for a weekday, saving my annual leave for Europe.

[Flash]

I think your feeling sick a little mate!! :lol:
Any help is good! If you finally put motard wheels on it then you can test it!!

[Sibbo]

cough, cough, dont feel so good, I might be comming down with a 24 hr bug.

The YZ's "knobbies" wont do too much damage to hard pack, as they only vaguely resemble knobies at the moment, but they do have perfectly square edges as I went round the rear with a chisle and squared them up.

[SM93]

The YZ's "knobbies" wont do too much damage to hard pack, as they only vaguely resemble knobies at the moment, but they do have perfectly square edges as I went round the rear with a chisle and squared them up.

fuck ur a tight arse :lol: no wonder u don't have a motard :lol:

[jakestein]

Thats why a Berg would suit him, it's in the name ;)

[Sibbo]

hehehe

nuna is hard pack and I will kill a rear tyre is a day, so it woudl be a bit expensive to run new rubber every second ride. I still get the drive I need with my rooted tyre (when its dry), but that could be the smooth power down ability of the light weight easy riding 2 stroke.

If I could go and buy a new road legal motarded kx500 (the cr5 is a bit wimpy) with radial brakes and 320 disk I would have one in a flash. I am not going to buy something that I dont like and I have not found something I like.

[SM93]

If I could go and buy a new road legal motarded kx500 (the cr5 is a bit wimpy) with radial brakes and 320 disk I would have one in a flash. I am not going to buy something that I dont like and I have not found something I like.

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[Sibbo]

:rant: :mad:

[Flash]

He's got a point Sibbo!!

But the whole idea is to make a "proper" supermoto dirt section that will have all the jumps etc and be a little more managable for the more road oriented riders eg harder packed, better berms.

[Wobbly]

Knowing what an uncool bunch of losers we road oriented riders are ;) I might also suggest 2 alternate paths through the dirt, one that involves jumps and one that doesn't, the one that does shortcutting things slightly to be ultimately the faster way...

[Muzzard]

Not another sound outta you Sibbo,
til ya bikes a motard or at least you own ya own wheels... :roll:

Besides, It takes you dirt bikers a whole day to do to a tyre we take 5 seconds...

[Flash]

Muzz I'd let it go mate, cause I think he'll run out of excuses and then go postal like crash!! :lol:

[Sibbo]

:axe: :anal: :Hangman: :rant: :chainsaw: :argue: :shoot: :pistols: :smash: :banghead: :throw: :nutkick: :phbt: :twak: :rabbit: :punch: :chair:
:D