It's a bit different to the '80's.
But you'll enjoy.
Pick a spot and set up camp with fridge and shade.
with a coupla camera's.
One for video and one for stills.
I never raced it but we have ridden parts outside of race dates.
Pretty much all bikes in those days.
I rode a 400 Maico.
Magic.
I wouldn't get up from the first drop nowadays.
The sand is very soft.
It's a bit different to the '80's. But you'll enjoy. Pick a spot and set up camp with fridge and shade. with a coupla camera's. One for video and one for stills.
I never raced it but we have ridden parts outside of race dates. Pretty much all bikes in those days. I rode a 400 Maico.
Magic.
I wouldn't get up from the first drop nowadays. The sand is very soft.
Everything's different from the 80s Macca. Way too much regulation.
Sitting at prologue now....all is great, aside from the smokers!!! (They should regulate that a bit better).
They didn't want cars or any four wheelers in there.
Reason being. Same as today.
they rip up the ground, ten times more than the two wheelers.
EVERYWHERE you go. Off road, where 4 wheelers have been.
The ground is totally ripped apart and destroyed,
for the width of a road
Over the whole areas they cover.
Specially on Sandhills and soft\wet ground.
Total destruction.
Designated areas. Where the owners fence it off for such. Fine.
But they destroy everywhere else.
Perhaps the only off road work of any distance done by my Patrol in its 20 or so years was a trip from near Hermansberg to Palm Valley. The road/track wound in & out of the Finke River bed for much of its way.
There were a few sharp banks to negotiate when it left the river bed and some long stretches of sand or boulders. I had to take the HR hitch bracket off the Patrol as it was digging into the rocks etc. and hanging me up.
Then there was the section, one of the few bits of water, where the road through the river was marked by a single strand of barbed wire on star pickets with bloody great boulders under the water.
Well my mates son Nathan Trigg is racing there he should do ok would have been fourth at Hattah last year only for a flat tyre with about 4 km to go he rode there last year also . Can remember his result but I think he was high up in his class
Woody
edit last year Nathan came 10th outright and won his class
at todays prolog he came 9th outright
Race day 1 tomorrow
woody
-- Edited by Woody n Sue on Saturday 10th of June 2017 07:50:36 PM
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We accidentally landed in Alice last year just in time for the Finke race. Fascinating seeing the range of vehicles doing the trip. We didn't see the race, but went out to Chambers Pillar the day after, and saw the track, or sections of it.
The winner last year did it from Alice to Finke on a motor bike in the morning, flew back to Alice and then did it in a car. The next day he did the same thing only Finke to Alice. Frommemory, he just missed winning the car event, but easily won the bike run. Now, Alice to Finke is about 280 km, and he did it in just over 2 hours! The section of track that I saw was so bumpy that I would not do more than 50 km/h, so elsewhere they must have really opened up the taps. I doff my hat to them all who do the race. I was talking to a bloke about 55 or 60 years old. He was doing it on his bike - the 10th time he had done it. I asked him how he felt about doing it again. He was excited, but he reckoned that after 2 hours on the bike he would be seriously questioning his sanity. He said it would take him about 5 hours each way.
An excellent event - I have seen enough of it for my liking now, but it is something that everyone should at least see where they go and the conditions they work under..
Day one done n dusted
Nathan Trigg is 1st in his class ( class 1 - 251cc and over 2 Stoke ) and 8th over all , not bad at all
Another local from Ouyen but living in Alice now
James Heenan ( class 5 -- 250 /450 four stroke ) is 10th in his class
The same class as Mylife's great nephew who is in 12th place ,
I might add that there is 148 riders in class 5
Let's hope tomorrow see them all improve their position but most of all that they return safe n sound .
Woody
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Well yesterday's leader was a DNF. today that's racking for ya
Nathan Trigg was 6th overall and excellent ride and 1st in his class
Jim Heenah was also a DNF today
And Hilofe your Great nephew was 9th in his class and a very respectable 25th over all
Haven't heard but I hope all riders are OK tonight
Woody
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They didn't want cars or any four wheelers in there.
Reason being. Same as today. they rip up the ground, ten times more than the two wheelers.
EVERYWHERE you go. Off road, where 4 wheelers have been. The ground is totally ripped apart and destroyed, for the width of a road Over the whole areas they cover. Specially on Sandhills and soft\wet ground.
Total destruction. Designated areas. Where the owners fence it off for such. Fine. But they destroy everywhere else.
I just meant regulation in general Mac - not just motor racing.
I've had a great dusty weekend.
I agree you should do it at least once - it was on my bucket list, hence me staying here when I wasn't even meant to be anywhere near here in the first place.
Glad your man got thru ok woody.
-- Edited by Grubbygypsy on Monday 12th of June 2017 07:28:51 PM
Thanks grubby as you may have guessed it on my bucket lust too it's just a bit hard to get away at this time of year ..
Woody
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