Great day for a ride and 13 other souls thought so as well. Arrived at the unloading point and stripped off in the chilly 8 degrees. After the formalities were over we headed north to pick up Phil's familiar route, please note it was just a little slippery at this stage. A new Husky 300 had a little trouble on the first of the steeper hills but with a little more air out and not hitting the band, he made it up with no probs. Group was moving along quite well at this point until Ian's KTM just stopped, we tried a few things  (bush mechanic style) but still no go. We decided we weren't going to Kick Till Monday so we left Ian and would return later. More slippery tracks and Hills and stuff which led us back to Ian, hooked him up with a rope and as it was lunch time we rode down to the river and some had lunch. Some went into Marysville and Michael took Ian back to his car. Two others pulled the pin here and we are down to 11.
Lunch over and we headed to the south side of the main road TO SOME VERY SLIPPERY TRACKS MICHAEL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Wow, two wheel slide, some 180's and even a 270 on the red ice, very impressive. We did find a pissa of a track over here which was very loamy, it went up and up but with a few having some problems the call was made to turn around and make a plan to attack it next time. A few of us made it up and later found an exit track, so next time we'll have a decent crack. The sun was starting to go down so we headed back to the north side to tackle a few more tracks before we finish up and what a cracker of an overgrown track we did. With a few tough spots we all made it and headed back to the cars.
Just on 90 ks on my brand new FE450, covered in Marysville's finest but no "offs" for the day.
It was a great day and everybody had smiles on their dials in the car park.
Well done Michael in taking over the reigns and making it a great day.
PS. Well done to the tailman, great job as always.
Cheers,
Lefty.

Yep - it was slippery!

Hard-packed red clay with a liberal coating of 'grease' would be a great way to describe Sunday's conditions. It is amazing how different the tracks around Marysville become with a bit of water added!

Even with new tyres front and rear set at 10psi, things felt treacherous until I dropped the air pressures down a bit more. Then the riding became a little less challenging. Still, attempting any hills required an aggressive approach, or you would quickly come to a stop with the back wheel spinning uselessly.

A good fun day out in the mud with lots of entertainment!

Thanks to Michael for running the ride in Phil's stead (you've done him proud again!), and also to our tailman Lefty, who probably had the best seat in the house for watching our antics in the slime.

So Lefty, a "brand new" FE450, grabbed a runout bargain? So much for my 2 stroke guess.

Any first impressions, a bit more mumbo on the red ice would have been interesting 

Ken, don't ever think I'll get a 2 banger. She is a 2015 model and was a grand less for not much difference from the 2016. There is nothing like riding a new bike (as you know). Yeah the red ice, always keep you on your toes or should that be on your ass. Withe 14 riders I thought some more would do a write up.

Come on men, what did you you think ???

Thanks Michael for an awesome day can't wait for the next one, a little different to Phills rides, but loved it!  Also thanks to lefty for watching our asses, which he seemed to enjoy being at the back on his new bike, running it in!  Cheers. 

Lefty for watching our asses, which he seemed to enjoy being at the back...

That would be Lefty.