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Joined Nov 2001
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Ely, England
on day three i was out with the crew and we rode across rock faces, into gullys and generally did some bolder hopping.

we came across a drop into one such gulley and i pulled back on the bars and gave it some wellie (gas) and out i popped and found that i hadn't followed the blue painted 'blobs' that are down to guide you.

what the hell i thought! there's a KTM ahead, a 2-smoke. it must be leader of the pack mr velosapiens!

so i pulled back on the bars and aimed the bike hard and fast between the rider and machine who were stood seperately, missing them both just - that is: just enough to frit them up!

as i pulled over for a little R & R with the boys i noticed this was infact a stranger in our midst! ok, no problem i thought :wink:

:roll: :roll: :roll:

it was the land and enviroment officer going around pleading with us all to "stay on the track, follow the blue lines, don't disturb the earth" etc, etc

apparently he'd got the undivided attention of velo and one or two more when whaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh brum , brum whaaaaaah through the middle came this bloke playing 'spot the idiot' AND WINNING :lol: :lol: :lol:

"now that's just what i'm on about" says our green peace lover!
"oh him!" comes the reply "he's from england!"

:D :D
 
And, yes I did howl as you jumped between said officer and myself. Nice guy thankfully!!!!


The same fellow gave me a ride to the trucks on Sun following a slipping WHY ZED EF clutch.

Taff, you rule. I don't care what you write about, its just got to be hilarious and we, that is Json and I, wonder how many pints you've had!!

Fry
 
listen in chaps there's more!!!

another really funy one!

on day two in the afternoon at 'kelly's farm' (or whatever!) we-as those that were there will testify-did some really hard technical stuff. 1' and 2' rock faces and several on the trot meaning all of them needed lining up beforehand.

i found that the waiting at rider #7-9 meant i was getting phased by the wait. rather like a drunk getting out of bed at 7am and trying to remember how to walk. not easy!

so i turned up at a rocky climb through which we hit some big bolders and then two 1/1.5' ledges at the top.

i rode past the waiting canucks crying "f-ya (followed by "for england and st. george")" and attempted the said 'face'.

i stalled half way between ledge 1 and 2.

up comes tuts.

waaaaaa brum waaaaaa brum, brum waaaa gnufffffffffzzzzzzzz.

"ok taffy you push me up and i'll come getchya"
"ok tuts old chap, jolly, jolly good"

i helps tuts up and he comes back to help me but i insist on kickstarting it and riding out.

no-i mean i REALLY insist. 5 kicks. 10 kicks!

up comes brendan. waaaaaa brum waaaaaa brum, brum waaaa gnufffffffffzzzzzzzz.

brendan is stuck on a ledge, bike at 80 degrees. stood on his tip toes. the bike delicately and precariously on the edge of tilting back taking brendan with it. brendans front tyre is gently carressing the back of tuts leg who faces me. the slightest nudge from tuts and brendan is 'toast'. below. a 20 foot drop. death awaits brendan. life stands still. the only sound to be heard;

kick
kick
kick
kick
kick
we're up to 25-30

after a while i said to tuts
"tuts. you can always turn and give brendan a hand while you wait?"
"oh ok sure taffy!"

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

regards

Taffy
 
Taffy said:
the slightest nudge from tuts and brendan is 'toast'. below. a 20 foot drop. death awaits brendan.

brendan is pretty light, as long as the bike didn't land on him, he'd probably be fine.

thank god no pix exist of that ridiculous yard sale halfway up 'kelly's farm' (pritchett canyon, actually). my ankle still hurts. and my stomach hurts from laughing after watching brendan's bike go over the edge.
 
never let the truth get in the way of a good story. your on the w-r-o-n-g thread for that! :wink: :wink:

:D :D :D

Taffy
 
It sure was not funny watching my bike bounce its way down that cliff. I am certainly glad that I did not have my Husaberg on that ride. I would of been crying and needed some support group therapy. After I found out it was still rideable, then it was funny. The hilarious moments I remember, was when Tuts looped his bike or almost did on one of those early climbs. He had that thing standing up in the 12 o'clock position. Everyone was cheering and whooping on that one. The other one was watching the several Velosapiens climb attempts up that section my bike went bungee jumping. He looked like a drunken Fred Astaire, stumbling down that rock trying to keep his balance. That was some of the fanciest lanky leg foot work I have ever seen. Someone needs to bring a video camera next time.
 
One other thing I almost forgot, was Coronaberg's AAA tow truck service. I think Coronaberg towed at least three bikes (more than anyone else), during the Husaberg fest. That is pretty funny now that I think about it. I wish I had taken a picture of his Husaberg towing a KTM.
 
brendan THAT would have been more than funny!

tyour incident was on a climb back over our right shoulders. remember it?

when we got to the top, the reason that i couldn't start splat's bike was because i looked down and there was a drip, drip from the waterpump housing. so i filled brian's rad up using my camel pac.

i hope you can remember it now.

regards

Taffy
 
Brendan said:
It sure was not funny watching my bike bounce its way down that cliff.
8O Tell us more. Someone here mentions to keep the rubber side down, but that is no help if the ground ain't under it.
 
the scariest part of the force ride was some of the characters i met, both at the camp site as well as the ride to moab.
there are some fellows who really are 10 cents short of a dime.
i thought of just saying 'and you know who you are' but they really dont. they are that far gone.
it was a bit difficult being the stable, centered fellow i am to handle it.
but i keep my head level and plugged forward.
i will detail the ride in future posts, now that i have gained the courage to deal with such a 'special' group.
i hope i dont regret this.
tuts :devil:
 
tuts

Yes, I agree. I feel privelaged to have met such a person of your stature and I applaud in your bravery to return to us, and hopefully aid us in our trauma.

forever challenged

fry
 
we were riding on day two with brian's (splat's) lad at the front behind velosapiens on his little ktm85 when the gearbox goes and not for the first time coronaberg offers to pull (someone) the lad out of the valley with a rope.

now there are many things to watch for coz the lad was only 12 at the time but he gets a tow. this i suggest is a feat in itself however the lad soon has the re-occurence of a puncture from the day before.

although i try and point it out to jeff he doesn't understand my jibberish with a helmet on.

in the end it was clear the lad was in total control.

so let me see here; 14" wheels or thereabouts, a puncture, aged 12, hitting rocks that you can't avoid, being towed.

er no problem then.... :shock: :shock:

we eventually drop him off at a truck to die from heat exhaustion in the sun. the truck belongs to husabutt who had just ridden out with wife and son for the day. we'll pick the lad up later today. if we remember right?

should have seen that 12 year old tucking into all the food and water. tuts and i went over and said just how shocked we were that a young lad just 12 could do such a thing although he was eating the ham and the pastrami was far tastier.

we both remarked how shocked we were at his behaviour and told him to get a grip-that the cheese was below the bread and could he look a bit harder.

we left him there with strict orders not to mention a word because we wouldn't of course if he kept quiet.

shocking behaviour, quite shocking.....

regards

Taffy
 
on the friday evening schwim (json) tells this hilarious joke/real story about his old VW and walmart etc. it has us piddling ourselves it's that funny.

next day after a days riding i thought it would be really funny to go see 'one-lung' and cheer him up with the story!

what a dum mistake, thought i could be a bit naughty but i lost heart halfway through, i 'bottled it' as we brits say just as i see one-lung starting to go bright red, laughing, 6 ribs screaming at him and then i add some more

"so json starts braking with his feet"!

cough, cough (was that blood?)

"so json's smiling at this girl and she's smiling back"

cough, gurgle, cough, choke, cough!

i got so far into the story that i didn't know whether to go back, forward or just run as poor one-lung sits there changing colour by the minute. guffawing...

poor man had hidden away thinking he was safe and then i go screw it all up for him.

sorry neil.......

no i'm not sorry for what i did.

just sorry i never told you the finish..............

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

regards

Taffy
 
one of the things that was the most enjoyable about the trip was the laughter. it came in many different forms and i'll try to repaint some for you all. it may be a bit difficult since fryguys brother looks like a wildman compared to me. i'm basically the quite shy guy. for the rest of of 'level heads' i'll put the code word in these brackets []. pyschologist have proven that 'some people' [crazies] cant read them, sort of like dogs cant see colors.
1st place=campfire stories and ribbing. json has to win the top prize [oh never mind about an award, he got a friggin bike] for his campfire stories. noone could simply write down what occured because it doesnt translate at all. you had to be there to understand. but it was a panic. we were all joking and drinking for a while when json decided to cripple us with his straight face humor [he was just telling us about his life]. it became almost too much. i was laughing so i couldnt breath and had beer coming out my nose. the group that was there were all busting up. fryguy was unable to control his body and hit the ground like a bag of rocks. when json saw the effect, possible harmful, he was having he didnt miss a beat. fryguy was contouring on the ground as json continued. after a while fryguy gained enough muscular control to crawl to a bench and fling his body over the bench. not crawl like an infant would do, but like a cat dragging itself home to die after it had its back legs crushed by a car. to the reader this doesnt sound funny at all, but to those of us that were there we are all smiling as we think about it.
2nd place=taffy's story about the old man on the ferry. taffy does a great english accent. he has a unique [sadistic] side which we got a glimpse of when he told the punchline. again, written words cannot describe it.
others=at dinner in the bar is where the canadians showed their true colors [lack of prescription medication]. i was trying to have a normal conversation about animal mating patterns and they hit the topic like a swordfish hitting some mackeral bait...they ran with it. next thing you know husabutts wife had to sheild there young sons ears for fear of permanent mental scarring. i cant repeat the words since this is a pg site.
bobzilla is quite the storyteller too. he provided alot of laughs, some at his buddies expense. his humor extends further than all others since all the other humor was verbal. his was thru actions. others will say 'he was so nice. he made chili for the group' . chili, think about it. chili. spicy chili. chili montazoomo would have dreamed about making for his 'greengo' friends. well no foul, get the pun, since we all had it...even bobzilla right?
here lies the brillance of this scam. if everyone had some it would be like m.a.d. ..mutual assured destruction...so all would be have behave or all would pay the price, right? everyone had chili except one fellow, bobzillas buddy one-lung! oh the cleverness [sickness] of the bobzilla. it seems that somehow onelung accidently [tricked] took too much pain medicine and passed out before the chili was ready. it takes alot of sleepness nites to come up with this stuff, so bobzilla deserves some credit [professional help].
well, enough for now.
tuts :devil:
 
Tuts
Yes Iam giggling, almost to the floor, isn't it funny how history repeats itself.

I am reading this to my daughter, Graysen, and she notices your icon next to your name. She often sits on my lap while I roam the site. She asks why he is on fire. I explain to her that it is partially due to Bobzilla's chili and part due to the man's character!
 
tuts said:
it may be a bit difficult since fryguys brother looks like a wildman compared to me. i'm basically the quite shy guy. for the rest of of 'level heads' i'll put the code word in these brackets []. pyschologist have proven that 'some people' [crazies] cant read them, sort of like dogs

Boy, is this ever a case of the kettle calling the pot, "black." :roll: :D

Fryguy, is Dave your brother? If so, he certainly got the short end of the stick. :D
 
Backflip Brendan

No,Dave is not my brother. I think tuts is refering to 'my brother' Andy. Andy was my roomy in Poland last fall at the six day. Someone coined the brother thing and it stuck. I can see no resemblence besides the resounding volumes of inteligence. IMHO!!!

fry
 
Paul the word craftsman

Paul, I love you man. No really, I love you. I'm going to miss the conversations we shared as you threw coke cans out the car window at other motorists.

I'll be contacting you for your 15 minutes of .... well, 15 minutes.

thanks,
json
 

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