Connondale Classic

[vandy010]

what big jump?
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/990185/

[yzhilly]

Nice vandy where you in the air that long you had to sit down again .

[vandy010]

3rd gear tapped Hilly, hit the ramp sitting down and landed that way. it took a few goes to get it sorted but when you get that jump right the landing is real smooth. the earlier attemps weren't so cruisy

[Wombat]

I haven't ridden Connondale since the dreamtime of 1979 but I well remember a huge and scary jump different to the one Vandy's posted.
From memory it went up a long hill at maybe a 30 degree angle and the other side dropped away even sharper, maybe 45 degrees. After launch, the 'air' time seemed to last several seconds and the drop seemed vertical.

This photo is taken at the same spot as Vandy's photo but looking further around to the left.
Disregard the rooster in focus and check out the hills in the background.
It was up there the massive jump was located; does anyone remember it?
Is it still in use?

[oldfart]

Drunks hill is quite steep ......in the right gear and line it's a piece of piss

[TonyB]

Dont worry wombat I dont think we will go over that one, we go around it...

[Doc]

yeah..oldfart, unfortunately to find the right gear and approach require 2 or 3 heart stoppers! 

It is a lovely track and venue though and lookin' fwd to it.

[worms]

well guys, all will be revealed soon, preperations are well underway for the classic and yes it is a great jump even on the older bikes, all you have to do is punch it and hang on. the event will run the same as last year with maybe a few changes to the novelity events( make them more exciting if that is possible) . Cheers Trev

[090]

There was a bit of contraversy last year with the relay race as there was "alegedly" a late model single shock bike on one of the teams. Or was it that one of my Corte Cosso's unscrewed between the shaft and bottom mount  . Hey Wombat are you maybe thinking about when you go up the start straight and when you used to go right to the top (circa late 70's) , over the top and down the other side. I think you jumped down the hill. I never saw the track like that as im not THAT old  . But have been told by some tribal elders about it.

[Maico31]

Tribal elders..ha ha. You sure you're not that old brad? Yeah that drop-off at the top of the hill in the old days was pretty hairy, like dropping down a mine shaft. The track at the Aussie titles a couple of weeks ago was awesome, using a fair bit of the hill up and down the side of it just like we did in the old days. Would be great to have a similar track for the classic.

[NSR]

Brad
This may be the jump you mean it went off the hill & down into the berm we now use to go up.
Noel

[holeshot buddy]

the track will be unreal this year will keep everyone posted as we get close
we will try to make it pre75 to pre85 friendly
hopefully i will set out track this year again
so i will try and make it flow well with no stop and starts
heres a piccy of magoo going over drunks hill jump
i think he missed a gear

[magoo]

Not as spectacular as the year before on drunks hill. I don't think I missed a gear, just the horrible 450 memories flooding back.

[BultacoMacca]

Don't see any waved yellow flags - just like the year you sailed into hell on the other side of the hill!
No torn jersey so haven't crashed, and the wheels touching down on this side of the crest so you're playing a bit too safe, not like you Magoo, you might be in need of a XXXX or even a Red Bull.
Planning on heading up there this year, so hopefully the track will have some good pre 75 lines for my old Bully.

[VMX247]

Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road Team continued its dominance in Australian off-road racing today when Chris Hollis and Jarrod Bewley smoked a 220-strong field at the third round of the Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship.
It was a case of déjà vu at Conondale (QLD) today when Chris Hollis and Jarrod Bewley repeated their results from the first and second rounds –Hollis finishing first in the Outright and Yamaha Championship E2 Class standings and teammate Bewley coming second.
So I'm correct in that this track is used for all MX     
Thanks 4 your answer in advance.