Geez I miss that!

[Graeme M]

As anyone who's been on OzVMX for a while would know, back in the day my main riding was trail/playriding. I was never a racer, but I loved just getting out in the bush on a lazy Saturday arvo with a few mates. We rode old boat anchor traillies like XL and XT500s, DT400s and the like. But we had a ball, usually finished up by a few drag races or a wheelie comp on the way home to be followed by a burger at the snack bar... Those were the days. Living where I did, surreounded by forestry, we had a zillion acres of God's best riding country. OK, it wasn't that good, but it was pretty damned fine.

Anyways, here's a few pics from one of my favourite places deep in the forestry plantation. Geez I miss that sort of riding...

[Davey Crocket]

Gee Graeme, you must have been a wealthy buggar......boots, riding jersey, gloves, full face helmet aannnddd googles.....phew, I could only dream of being a factory racer like that.....I know what you mean though, I use to do the same, some Saturday arvos we'ed do the spur of the moment thing and go camping/riding up the Mungatookutooku Valley, sleeping bag, carton of beer (for some reason you didnt need water back then, beer always surficed), some bangers and beans,one of those puddings in a can with the sauce that dribbled out...mmmmm bacon and eggs for breaky........heaven.....argh for the simple times.....no kids/morgage,credit card/s  (everyone always paid cash back then) and all the other shit.

[Graeme M]

You can see I was serious - I took the mirrors off...

[dalesween]

Good photos Graeme, you look like an ADB testrider,aaahhhh... that would be the life!

cheers Dale.

[EBT]

I brought a XL 500 new myself , but put 250 side covers on    great fun bike for doing mono's and just getting out on the trails with mate's, we also owned DT 400's, XL 250-500's, XT 250-500's and would ride the bike's to work through the week and then out on the trails on the weekend's, but I never had all the gear, it was dessert boots, jeans and flano shirt for me 

Good shots Graeme, I love looking at old photo's.

Cheers Mick.

[JohnnyO]

There's still a few places like that we get to ride in SE Qld and northern NSW. Makes a nice change from MX tracks.

[oldyzman]

Yep, good days. We still do it sometmes at The tinderies, Brown Mountain and 6ft track/jenolan. I'm certainly not so handy to be able to mono along the river like the picture.
Brett

[tony27]

Gee Graeme, you must have been a wealthy buggar......boots, riding jersey, gloves, full face helmet aannnddd googles.....phew, I could only dream of being a factory racer like that.....I know what you mean though, I use to do the same, some Saturday arvos we'ed do the spur of the moment thing and go camping/riding up the Mungatookutooku Valley, sleeping bag, carton of beer (for some reason you didnt need water back then, beer always surficed), some bangers and beans,one of those puddings in a can with the sauce that dribbled out...mmmmm bacon and eggs for breaky........heaven.....argh for the simple times.....no kids/morgage,credit card/s  (everyone always paid cash back then) and all the other shit.

Next time you're over John(Johnnie Old?) let me know & I'll see whether a trials bike can be arranged for you to come on 1 of our days riding up there. You'll end up in places you never knew existed 

[Davey Crocket]

That'ill be cool, I do have a DT200R that I keep at Foxton beach with rego for when I'm their.

[brent j]

Mungatooks, Foxton beach, Now I'm starting to feel homesick

Go on, throw in the Akatarawas for good measure

[Davey Crocket]

Some cool river crossings there.....and hillclimbs!!

[brent j]

One of the few things I miss about NZ was the riding.

How about the Devils staircase in the Akatarawas? easy on my TL250

[Davey Crocket]

Remember that one in the rain.....not too fondly.

[brent j]

Mind you the rain made us good mud riders, if you didn't ride in the rain you didn't get to ride at all

Where abouts did you like Davey?

[tony27]

One of the few things I miss about NZ was the riding.

How about the Devils staircase in the Akatarawas? easy on my TL250

Even easier on a modern trials bike, I can remember when Adrian Harry was over here learning how to ride less than grippy stuff going riding with about 20 others & coming across 3 enduro bikes there, 1 parked at the bottom, 1 at the top & 3 riders dragging the third 1 about 1/2 way up, most of us made it easily & then 1 of the guys rode back down on the front wheel before wheelstanding the whole length of the rockface. We probably spent 1/2 hour there trying it out in different gears
Did you ever ride the rollercoaster etc Brent?