North Wales trail ride - Saturday 28th March. (pogo only)

[THE DOCTOR]

I'll give you some pointers...... the first one will be to get ride of those sh!te TKC80 tyres. There is a wide selection of skins available for the wheel sizes fitted to the DR350, the TKC would of been my last choice.

Timpo.

Thanks for that & thanks for the recommendation via pm.

Definitely more grip today but it was a lot drier than last time too. I could ride out of shallow ruts whereas last time there was no way & I had to put a foot down to stop going arse over tit. Confidence was high today & I even got into 3rd gear on a few occasions.

Cheers Timpo.

Can't beleive how quickly they wear too, only did about 100 sedate miles & I can pull bits of rubber off & roll it between my fingers!

..& the vibration, are you familiar with Led Zeppelin's 'Down By The Seaside'? I was humming the guitar melody & the tremelo at 60 mph is spot on!

 

[Wreford Miles]

Hi Tmpo,

Looks like I'm going to have to stay south next weekend so my place is now free.

It's a shame it would have been good to to compare the XC to the Arhead on your trails.

Have a good one.

Wreford

 

[wideparting]

hi timpo got my klr on the road,so count me in for saturday if thats ok. wp

 

[Deleted account D]

apologies, I cant make it up in time.

 

[THE DOCTOR]

Thank goodness it's only a novice ride-out!

Llangollen

 

[Timpo]

Timpo DRZ400
The Doctor DR350
Ferret 525EXC
Ninjastu WR450
Ducky Dave WR450
Sycomoto Camille
Wideparting KLR???
Vilguy CRM250 Logistics pending, please confirm asap.
Tinatrim TTR250

OK, that should be the list to date, please tell me otherwise as I have been a busy lad and not followed the thread......
Tinatrim will be tailending.

Meeting at Gas Lane, Mold at 0830hrs, we will depart on the ride at 0900hrs prompt.
The route will have a breakfast stop at Ruthin.

You will need to carry spare tubes and bike specific tools to change a punctured tube.
Your tyres will need to be of at least MT21 standard.
Depending on rain fall, any fords will about 300mm deep, though I may include the Corwen Carwash, which can get a little deeper......
Bring your cameras as there are plenty of opportunities for pics en-route.

Any questions?

Timpo.

 

[tinatrim]

See you there

 

[THE DOCTOR]

Any questions?

Timpo.

What sort of mileages can we expect between fill-ups? I assume I won't need my reserve can.

How long can we expect the day to be?

Appreciate this Timpo! Thanks for taking the time.

 

[sycomoto]

scrap me off the list folks

camille's not very well, think i've buggered something up while messing with the throttle

 

[FERRET]

Thanks TIMPO see you saturday

ferret

 

[GedJack]

Timpo DRZ400
The Doctor DR350
Ferret 525EXC
Ninjastu WR450
Ducky Dave WR450
Sycomoto Camille
Wideparting KLR???
Vilguy CRM250 Logistics pending, please confirm asap.
Tinatrim TTR250

OK, that should be the list to date, please tell me otherwise as I have been a busy lad and not followed the thread......
Tinatrim will be tailending.

Meeting at Gas Lane, Mold at 0830hrs, we will depart on the ride at 0900hrs prompt.
The route will have a breakfast stop at Ruthin.

You will need to carry spare tubes and bike specific tools to change a punctured tube.
Your tyres will need to be of at least MT21 standard.
Depending on rain fall, any fords will about 300mm deep, though I may include the Corwen Carwash, which can get a little deeper......
Bring your cameras as there are plenty of opportunities for pics en-route.

Any questions?

Timpo.

Timpo,
i know you have stated its full and you have a reserve list, but
should you get any last minute spaces i would love to come along and get the DRZ dirty again. I will keep an eye on the thread and i am available at short notice, i.e. Friday night.
Steve.

 

[Timpo]

Updated rider list:-

Timpo DRZ400
The Doctor DR350
Ferret 525EXC
Ninjastu WR450
Ducky Dave WR450
Paul XC 650XC
Gedjack DRZ400
Wideparting KLR???
Tinatrim TTR250

Thanks for the notification of withdrawl, see you next time maybe......

Timpo.

 

[Timpo]

Updated rider list:-

Timpo DRZ400
The Doctor DR350
Ferret 525EXC
Ninjastu WR450
Ducky Dave WR450
Gedjack DRZ400
Wideparting KLR???
Tinatrim TTR250


Timpo.

 

[bigjak]

Timpo,
You mentioned on my newbie post that the trail from Mold to Dolgellau was one of yours, we haven't actually got a set route and we were going to wing it. We have several different route and we were just going to patch these together and hopefully end up in Dolgellau. I have read the different post for your trails but have you got a set of direction or gps track for your trail?
Thanks,
JAK..

 

[Timpo]

Timpo,
You mentioned on my newbie post that the trail from Mold to Dolgellau was one of yours, we haven't actually got a set route and we were going to wing it. We have several different route and we were just going to patch these together and hopefully end up in Dolgellau. I have read the different post for your trails but have you got a set of direction or gps track for your trail?
Thanks,
JAK..

Sorry mate no, I don't use GPS.
I have all the routes in my head from visiting county offices and learning the roads.
Depending on how groups are shaping I can alter the routes to suit.
Funnily enough there is a small article in this month's 'TRAIL', the TRF's monthly mag, about quads. Why don't you contact Mark Williams ( [email protected] ) and let him know about your green lane usage and intentions. You never know, there maybe irons in the fire about quad affiliation with the TRF.

Regards.

Timpo.

 

[knobby]

Would have liked this ride-out but family commitments this weekend.

Have a safe one and keep to the tracks

as T says to me all the time

 

[Timpo]

Would have liked this ride-out but....

No smelly two strokes allowed......

Have a safe one and keep to the tracks

The day you have to dictate to, I'll give it all up.......

See you next time...

Timpo.

 

[PaulXC]

Sorry mate no, I don't use GPS.
I have all the routes in my head from visiting county offices and learning the roads.
Depending on how groups are shaping I can alter the routes to suit.
Funnily enough there is a small article in this month's 'TRAIL', the TRF's monthly mag, about quads. Why don't you contact Mark Williams ( [email protected] ) and let him know about your green lane usage and intentions. You never know, there maybe irons in the fire about quad affiliation with the TRF.

Regards.

Timpo.

I just joined that there TRF, Timpo. Thought I should pay me dues.

Paul

 

[Timpo]

I just joined that there TRF, Timpo. Thought I should pay me dues.

Paul

Good lad.
Now get on the Throttle Monkey website and then you can use the Virtual Peaks TRF site in there. The Admin will want your membership number and once cleared you can join the many runs organised in there. It saves you having to attend a monthly meeting to find the runs out.

Timpo.

 

[Emmsy Poo]

Wish I could join ya, but life has to get in the way occassionally!