Surrey Trail Ride (Wombat Hunt)

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By popular demand there is another Surrey Wombat hunt. The only date I can do next month is the 18th November.

The route is a popular trail ride using only legal Byways with hill climbs, mud, water, chalk, flint tracks and sand. We meet up at Newlands Corner car park near Guildford on the A25 - Dorking Road.

Streetmap is -

HERE

Be there or miss out on a fun day. Look forward to about 60/70 miles of dirt with a stop at a pub half way round for lunch. This is mostly for pogo stick bikes but any hero with a GS is more than welcome.

The start time is at 10:00 and expect to be back at the car park for 15:00

Please put a posting here if you intend to come along.

Roy.
 
Sun Nov 18th should be fine for me and the new pogo.
 
Err How Heroic would one need to be on a 1200gs?
I made a hash of the Hafren just gone but went round twice albeit not exactly that fast. I only have the 12 so it's that or nothing.
What do you recon?
 
You made a hash of stage 1 because of an argument with a steep hill that you'll not find on the wombat hunt and the other stages where completed with honor.

I did the wombat on the 1150 last year (the rest where pogo's) and held everyone up but made it... well that was till I locked the engine in the river - it was very wet

You'll not come across anything tougher than stage 1 of the Hafren and I've seen you ride and I reckon you'll get on just fine and be faster than I was on my 1150.

Oh and you're big/strong enough to pick your bike up, unlike me.
 
About time Roy. Far to long since the last one. :D

Just as well there are people out there like you who are prepared to give up their time to organise these ride outs. :bow:bow
 
Sounds like I should give it a go. I'll go at the back so I don't get in the way.
Anyone know of any road legal tyres for a GS that are more aggressive than TKC80's.

I have a snorkel fitted too. I might get to see if it actually works.
 
count me in... guess ill flip back to the offroad tyres ...

keen to try out the 300 exc :-)

(practical question - will there be a fuel stop near the site? my range is not wonderful)
 
Steve1200gs said:
Sounds like I should give it a go. I'll go at the back so I don't get in the way.
Anyone know of any road legal tyres for a GS that are more aggressive than TKC80's.

I have a snorkel fitted too. I might get to see if it actually works.
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You could try this company the Army Special T-644 look intresting.

On my Airhead I run Mitas C-02's but I'm not sure I'd want them on a 1200... Mita do others and I think this guy can advise on them to

http://www.trelleborgtyres.co.uk/
 
I ran Trelleborgs Army Specials on my DR350, they were crap in the dirt and crap on the road.

All I can say is those swedish army boys have got bigger kahunas than me.:D

I would go for a pirelli MT21
 
Keith Chapman said:
I ran Trelleborgs Army Specials on my DR350, they were crap in the dirt and crap on the road.

All I can say is those swedish army boys have got bigger kahunas than me.:D

I would go for a pirelli MT21
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Keith,

I have army specials on the DR at the moment and their OK on the road but I agree they are too hard for the mud

Jim
 
The GS is gone. So F***ing long tata adios. :rose
I'm in.
KTM 950 Super Enuro R:D:D:roll:green gri:green gri

My Mate "Mudlover" is also in.:thumb2
 
Just a quickie on the Army Specials .... I chucked a pair on my 450 KTM to do a Pyreneese holiday.... and I seriously rated them on dry roads. I got around the Cambrian pretty easily too without problems.... so much so that Im leaving them on for a Hare and Hounds in a couple of weeks time because Im too tight to bin them!
Best advice I could offer is to stick about 30psi on the road and drop it to 12psi in the crud .... well thats what works for a 'portly' gentlemen of limited ability....:thumb2
 
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