Australasian Dirt Bike — September 2017

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found out it was a bit deep, so she
bogged in a bit there,” he said.
Harley Smith said: “My favourite
part of the track was the sand,
favourite memory was watching
Munsie and Connor fail. Munsie got
bogged in the sand and Connor did a
backflip on the hillclimb.”
Martin Adams said: “We came out
to Kingaroy Trailride and the wives
went out to the winery for the day,
Olivers Motorcycles Moorooka, run
by Michael, gave us a Husky 300cc
two-stroke demo bike and we had a
ride on that which was great fun and
a Kingaroy guy who happens to be an
International Six Days Enduro Junior
Champion, Shawn Reed, came and
rode it and had a great time on the
track as well”.

The Saturday entertainment was a

barrel race with motorbikes. The idea

is that you fang down the straights as

fast as you can and keep the turns

tight to ensure no time is wasted.

Well that’s the idea, how it really rolls

is that the straights are where your

wheelie skills can really shine, then

the tight turns aren’t always so tight

but if you can end with a stellar

cruise past on the back wheel the

crowds going to get behind you.

Head sweep Ben Smith said injuries

were minimal. “Rumor has it there

were two dislocated shoulders. One

dude’s navigation was a bit off, getting

lost and ending up on the novice

track and then dislocating his

shoulder and the other was from a fall

off the mechanical bull.”

DAY TWO

Sunday’s riding kicked off at 9am and

the tracks closed at 1.30pm. The

course remained the same this year,

which helped with the zero visibility

on the singletrack. The dust was thick

and riders had to navigate by memory

from the day before.

Jeff from Brissy on a KTM

350EXC-F made it around and didn’t

fall off, “so that’s good”. This year

was the first time for the boys.

They’d been all geared up for the

Woodenbong ride but it was

postponed for the third time, so they

headed out to Kingaroy and weren’t

disappointed. “Awesome weather,

great camping area one, of the best

I’ve been too,” said Jeff.

Gareth from Ipswich was on a

Sit down or stand up, it was loads of fun!

Once out of the creek, it got dusty

Weeks of fl ooding made things interesting

Keeping the bike clean

was easy thnaks to water

in the creek