Tommy

Another great Capel 200 weather was perfect and of course the crack around the fire on Friday night was flowing a few more turned up on Saturday morning to top the event at 350 participants .Ride of the day must go to Iron Man JNR who managed to get 3 laps done he missed out on a 4th by half an hour SOTD goes to Cogers who was last seen in the back of an ambulance with his arm in a sling hope you get well soon mate and get the KX 500 back together again.
PS Check out who got pole position on the grid.

Jason

2023 Capel 200

How good was that! Started with the standard Friday night around the bonfire with plenty beers, booze and BS! They have really cleared out and open up the area we normally camp and even created a huge pit for the fire for us with seating. Very good of them.

350 entries this year so the paddock was chockers. Ventured out with Tommy, Slates and Husky Dan. A few k's in and Slates decides the 'W' track was better to the main track so continued. We caught up with him at the one of the first re-groups.

Tracks were A grade and conditions just about perfect apart from about 5 minutes of drizzle which was more an annoyance just having to wipe the goggles a little. Other than that..... perfect. The flowing pines section (closed and open) are always a highlight and for me the last 5kms of fast/ flowing trails just topped it off. This was the old shorter loop they used to do. Wish they would bring that back.

Husky Dan had to ride back in about 2/3 the way around only having 4th gear due to stripped gear lever.

Another great event. Will be back again next year for sure.

Adventure Rally in October. See you there.

JNR

Thanks to everyone who came down to Capel for shits n giggles around the fire & a bloody good ride with premo conditions 👌👌

See ya’s all out there again soon 🤘

Hooters

Nope! A guy called Dave. And what you mean I’ve just hit my prime 😬😬

Inver

Is that u Hooters in your Prime

Pounce

15 years ago this month, before helmet cams got good...

Lost 1 bike & nearly 2 others

Jason

Heading to Capel for my 12th Ironstone 200 this weekend. I must be getting old!

Slates and Husky Dan also venturing down and will camp out at the normal CQ spot on Friday night. Hope to see a few other of the usual suspects down there.

2slow

Thanks everyone for the ride yesterday it was a good crew as usual, good conditions and good to see some new guys out especially the young fellas doing a great job.
special thanks to Mick for the lead and Pounce for sweeping.

Jed77

Nah, must have missed it bro 😉

Hooters

No mix up the crustys are privileged to have the crazy Italian and the crazy Scott, can’t mix that up
….and Jed did ya happen to notice the fat old kiwi skip over da log just before ya 🤣🤣

Jed77

Cheers for the ride yesterday, great conditions out there.
Thanks again for the lead Mick and sweeping Pounce, Hooters.
Think 4 day Frankie gets mixed up with Italiano Frankie abit :)

Thanks for the vid pounce..think i need to practice my log hops, haha, almost over :)

Pounce

Hooters

Awww cheers 🤣🤣

Pounce

Wrong Frankie Mick

Dick Turtle already has a profile, DT200 so I fixed that

Hooters

Argh haha 😂 🤣🤣🤣 good pick up

MickKal

Good job on the report Hooters but not sure about the spelling for the last rider. 😁

Hooters

North dandalup - Lucky 13

Mickal, Hooters, Pounce, Jed, Simon, Dave too fast, Mikey, Lukey, Kelly, Frankie, David, Joemc, dirt turtle200

Mick called it 13 lucky punters signed up. Rain all week none on the day - perfect. Boots on 8:30, after sorting a tricky not starting problem on David’s bike ummm pulled the choke out . Mick leading Pounce sweeping We headed up into the hills perfect tracks but this is north dandy so plenty of rocks and tree roots to keep everyone on their toes, or on the ground depending on the roll of the dice. Plenty of little crashes and off peste trips into the bush. Mikey and Lukey got their baptism of fire bush riding with the crusty legends (that’s code for worn out old codgers ) Both holding their own although Mikey having a few wee lay downs . Luke’s dad Kelly cruised along taking in the scenery and watching out for the under 18’s. Big shout out to Jacko the super sweep, we used one of his tricks to get David’s front brake working, water in the brake reservoir to get it working again. Cause of the damp logs and wet clay there were crashes an laughs aplenty- no one hurt so perfect. A fair range of riders and bikes made the day interesting and a few gnarly up and downhills kept everyone honest. Everyone was pretty knackered towards the end and the pack divided into 2 for the last 10km Pounce took the the weary warriors back on the bitchy and Mick dragged the rest along through some easy trails back to the cars. We stopped for a small fuel up for Mikey- some must have leaked out while the bike was on da ground - which was a lot Rob’s rear brake was toasted on arrival back- see pics, not even Jacko could fix that
Great day, beers to finish. Thanks Mick for leading, Pounce for sweeping, David for the fuel, Mikey for carrying my water ( some idiot left his camelpak at home ) Frankie for the old man mx pant overalls tip- they’ve been ordered
See y’all next time

MickKal

Good turn out for the North Dandy ride today and thanks for the sweep Pounce and Hooters.

MickKal

Ok thanks guys ride is now closed, see you all on sat morning, maybe bring a couple of beers for after the ride.

Joemc

I'll come along too!

Pounce

Why not...

Jed77

Im in for Saturday Mick

2slow

See you Saturday Mick

MickKal

Anyone up for a North Dandalup ride on Saturday? It will be about 80klm with about 70% single track and an optional hill. The plan is to do the usual North Dandy run and then go a bit further south to check out a couple of different tracks. Parking will be at the rear of the North Dandallup service station in the gravel carpark. Stands up at 8:30.

Pounce

Cold, wet & homesick was a good call for yesterday.
Pikey, Slates & me rocked up, on the bikes at 9 & soaked to the bone with full boots at 9.05
It was too soon after the rain as every tree, bush & branch just dropped it's water onto us on the narrow trails.
I changed plan & did some more open trails, a few hills & lots of fun even though we cut it short at 40 k's as the light rain had started again & we couldn't see shit through the googles.
Back to the cars, head to Woky for a beer & lunch & as we pull up a massive rain storm comes through, so happy we missed it.
Still managed to find a couple of new bits again.