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Clubroom => Vinduro => Topic started by: maico police on December 03, 2012, 01:08:49 pm

Title: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: maico police on December 03, 2012, 01:08:49 pm
Gods country :)  :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-ADP2SJpg&feature=youtu.be

Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: NSR on December 03, 2012, 09:28:15 pm
Great track!  Bet ya glad you had Barkbusters :P
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: Tony T on December 03, 2012, 09:38:28 pm
That was neat, Ross!  ;D

Certainly not my type of riding. (You need to have talent to get through a tight course quickly....  ::) )

That said, I'll bet it was a great weekend and I'm sorry I missed it.

Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: the stig on December 03, 2012, 09:48:39 pm
Great track!  Bet ya glad you had Barkbusters :P

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Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: firko on December 03, 2012, 10:22:54 pm
Jeez that's tight but it looks like a hoot of a ride. I know it's hard to get perspective from a helmet camera but I didn't notice much any gnarly up or downhill stuff, it looked to be purely single lane between the trees technical riding and a lot of fun. There doesn't seem to be a lot of room for passing but for a pony express style event that's not really a problem. Great bit of video.

I'm looking forward to being fit enough to ride a couple of vinduro's next year on the IT 250 and/or PE 400.
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: GMC on December 03, 2012, 10:40:29 pm
I feel like I need to get my eyes checked again :D
It certainly was a hoot to ride and it was good to relive it again, thanks Ross
There wasn't anything overly difficult but it was a fun track to ride and gave you a good workout.
My arms are aching from the continual body english from flicking between the trees.
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: mustanggrahame on December 04, 2012, 07:01:10 am
That's terrific Ross. I dreamed I was still doing laps on Sunday night but it was still nice to see it again.
You are right Mark that the camera doesn't show up or down hill but there was plenty of both. The only way to pick the up hills if you weren't there is to listen to Ross's mighty XR250 trying to pull a first/ second gear change and still accelerate.
Cheers, Grahame
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: maico police on December 04, 2012, 07:28:02 am
Because both bikes were fairly quiet four strokes you don't really get a feel of the constant changing grades unless as Graeme says you hear the the little 250 desperatley  trying to grab another gear on the really big uphills.

Yes I was so thankful that this bike has bark busters. That was literally what they were doing in some places. If you were a couple of inches off the line you'd used several times before then suddenly there'd ba a WHAMMO!. A full blooded bang on the BB's that would nearly spit you off the track entirely and surely busting a knuckle or two if they weren't there.... :'( :'(

Yes I was still doing laps of the joint in my sleep Sunday night as well...... :D
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: NSR on December 04, 2012, 06:55:54 pm
Did you wish you were on one of the YZs? 

 
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: maico police on December 04, 2012, 07:11:29 pm
No. I think the little XR was the ticket. I was certainly enjoying it  8).
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: redrider1 on December 04, 2012, 08:53:08 pm
Great video Ross.
It shows the track from a great angle.
Well done.
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: maico police on December 05, 2012, 09:49:25 am
And sometimes you just get it wrong..... ::)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN_G6pcPIGw&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: Viper79 on December 05, 2012, 10:04:16 am
So that's how you lost your indicator lens...  :)
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: mustanggrahame on December 05, 2012, 10:39:53 am
I noticed the well punched lap card Ross. I had a crash on my second last lap as well. Just so buggered by then and got tangled up in the shrubbery. 18 laps @ 8 km a lap = about 140 km of very tight going. I think we went OK for old buggers.
Cheers, Grahame
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: maico police on December 05, 2012, 02:48:00 pm

I think we went OK for old buggers.


I reckon  ;)
Title: Re: A lap of beautiful Castella
Post by: XC83 on December 05, 2012, 03:52:38 pm
Great looking property, I missed another good one.
Need to look around for a Sea King helicopter to cut down travel time :)