Ride Day 28th Aug

[Benz]

As the heading says, ride day tommorrow 28th August at Hidden Valley.
Get there early,8.30am or so, or scrutineering will pass you by.
Jeans,over ankle high boots, leather jacket, gloves,helmet and your choice of two wheeled steed.
$130.00 and you too can scare the shit out of yourself

[BANDITROD]

Jeans WTF that's nuts

[Benz]

Yes, jeans are allowed, [ride dayers only..]but most guys have leathers anyhoo...
This is the only track like it though, as the race/ director was at pains to point out last time around, and around.

[BANDITROD]

Fuckin oath mate that's unreal all the tracks down this way are leathers or no go

[Benz]

I'm one of the loonies still using jeans, at least I wear two pairs......
The time will come when we all have to wear leather/kevlar, the "fun police" will make sure of that...

[BANDITROD]

Lol that's fucking awesome mate I want pics of you with a knee down hardcore style

[jakam04]

Bugger. Am coming up to Darwin today but won't make it in time to catch up with you. Would have brought my camera to get a few pics.

By the time you read this you'll already would have had your fix of hidden valley

[Benz]

Pity you missed it Jarrod, it was a good day, and we managed to get five sessions instead of the usual four. Only two guys down , one on a H*nda cbrrrrr1000rrrrr, flipped it into the fence at the blind lefthander at the entrance end of the complex. I saw the bike in midair, looked pretty messy, but he was okay, and the bike is not too trashed. The other was a 675 Triumph that lowsided coming out of the hairpin, just trying too hard,and caught a 'peg I think.
Rod, you will not see any hard core kneedown riding from me, the thought of catching the ripple strip with my knee has me lifting it back up every time I drop into a corner!
The ZX9 performed well, no issues, if you don't count being baulked off the track at Ducati[turning right out of the valley] and at the end of the straight. Kept it rubber side down though, on both occasions, more lessons learnt...

[BANDITROD]

On tv ripple strips look smooth once you see them up close it makes you wonder how the fuck do stoner,Rossi and the rest of gp/SBK guys ride across them like they do ....fucking nuts