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OVT Blast from the Past Ride
Date 28/Aug/20
3 Riders Gary, Inver, MickKal
Rider of the day Inver
Stack of the day Not awarded
OVT Blast from the Past Ride

28/08/2020

ROTD - Inver
SOTD - N/A
Riders - Inver, MickKal, Gary

Inver put the call out mid week for an Old School Friday ride at the OVT, I thought its gotta be better than work so I joined in with a wishful request that the ride should have at least a couple of metres of flat non whooped out hard packed ground.

We had a couple of nibbles on Facebook from other riders but only Inver and myself initially showed up at the OVT thinking that we are going need Eddy to bail us out for a ride point, but then a Husaberg 450 pulled in. Turns out Hall of Famer #12 AKA Gary shows up for a cameo Crusty ride, who reckons he actually used ride with Jaw around Quinns back in 2001.

Inver takes off and shows us his best tracks, the ones close to the OVT were still whooped out but the further we got away the better the tracks became, Gary knows how to ride sand as does Inver and they both set a cracking pace. There was some dust but the ground was still moist below the surface so traction was great. We hit some hills in a quarry and then a few more sand hills challenges. Then we went down 2klm long flat non whooped out track and then Inver stopped and pointed out that he had exceeded the 2m requirement for the ride. Thanks Inver.

The halfway point was Woodridge Cafe near Guilderton, where we had a quick snack and then headed back to the OVT. I had recently done a OVT ride on my 300 and today took the 500 out because it was still in enduro trim and the enjoyment factor was much better, the 500 handled the sand so much better to the point where I actually enjoyed it. Then we got back to the OVT for the regulation beers and Chat, ending a good day out.
Credit to Inver for providing the great tracks and just a reminder to everyone about the 20th Anniversary ride that Inver is planning for October at the OVT, get on board because there are some good tracks out there.



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