Got to get out on a short mid-week ride today with CH member Boogie and his new Sherco 300 2T. We went to a different part of a forest I've spent a lot of time in & he showed me a heap of new tracks. The Sherco 300 looks great all shiny & new & Boogie was able to punch it along nicely. He was kind enough to give me a run on it & I must say I'm impressed with the bike, not enough to covert to 2stroke yet, but it is a nice thing!! The new tracks were great, however the dust was terrible in spots as the rain we prayed for hasn't come yet. I would just get up to speed & make some time on my new ride buddy & then have a white-out in the dust. One piece of single track has been cut so long through the bush that I had to pull up for a break before it ended. (Soft!!!) ha ha. Thanks for showing me around your local area, Boogie & for the ride on the new bike. We'll have to get some bigger rides in soon.
No worries DM, it was good fun. That powdery dust was wild in areas but luckily it wasn't busy out there. Only one large group of bikes and a few 4x4's. The white Italian has some nice power. Bit smoother ride than the Sherco over the trail trash too. (I need to get clicking after the respring!) Thanks for braving the sore ribs and coming out for a ride. Will have to get out there again after some rain.
Oh and talking about soft... I used soft map through most of the trails. I flicked it over to full power through the single to catch up a bit but was back to soft after a few tight tree'd corners. Glad you're busted ribs slowed you up
For a bike that is supposed to be 'too big & heavy' for single track & 'just an open country blaster', I like how the TE449 can pick through the bush.
By the way, here's a bit of geology history for you all. The mountains pictured above are volcanic plugs that formed millions of years ago, now called the "Glasshouse Mountains" The plugs formed then the surrounding land eroded away. There are (approx.?) 11 peaks total. One of them, Mt Tibrogargan, looks like a giant gorilla with a face and all... The Australian mainland does not have any active volcanos now, just a bunch of dirtbikes ripping around and getting covered in ancient red dust.
Sorry I missed this troops, had been offline recently, busy at work too. Was out there last week, was a dust bowl and it's talcum powder soft so the front washes out a fair bit . Nice bit of rain the last two nights, hopefully it'll settle it down but not enough to fill those massive watering holes !
Update it's been hammering down all day and most of yesterday, a few lads I know are out there tomorrow, I hope they're taking a canoe instead of bikes.
It'll be a mudfest in the morning. I want to get out mid afternoon and test suspension. Apparently the sun is coming out tomorrow, it might just dry up a short sandy loop for me.
I was going to go out with them, can't be fooked, I'll golf tomorrow if it's dry, too tired this week, need a rest.
