 Marysville Ride report Nov 9 2008
November 11, 2008, 02:08:30 PM by Brad
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Ride Report Marysville 9th of November 2008 by Brad McDiarmid.
There were 22 starters for the day in drizzle conditions as we headed off just after 9am.
The first hill was “Telegraph Hill” which in the slippery red clay conditions proved a challenge resulting in six people getting to the top, one via and alternate track.
A call was made to regroup back at the bottom of the hill and head off into the triangle in search of more suitable tracks in the greasy conditions. We did a run around the small loop track and as the weather was improving and we headed north across to the Narbathong side.
Everyone was traveling well, no major issues until the Narbie side lived up to its reputation for being tricky when wet. A few spills along the way yours truly included and a KTM found itself down the side of the road after a corner.
At around midday we were on a section of narrow track that was extremely slick and a challenge for all of us. It was stop start as we tried to work our way up the track.
Reward for the effort was some track clearing at a tight section of track where we moved a fallen tree and timbers off the track. At this point the tail man arrived and advised there were four bikes on the track that we needed to go back and pick up.
We headed back down and collected the KLX, an overheated KTM and DRZ and a KTM with a clutch problem. Decision was made to go another way and regroup back on the road.
It was about 2pm and we headed towards Marysville for lunch, upon reaching the bitumen some folks decided to call it a day and headed for the cars. The rest of us continued on to the cake shop where we found a Police bike unit from Pakenham waiting for us. The two officers were through and checked us all for license, registration and number plate and apart from a few minor issues let us all go to get some lunch. It goes to show that the some of the Police force are nice guys because if they wanted to make money they could have stuck to the rule book instead they were focusing on safety and the major items I mentioned.
Lunch was good, finishing around 3pm when we got back on the bikes. Phil had a broken spoke that punctured his rear wheel and was heading back to the cars. Most of us went with him leaving a small group of 4 to continue on for the remainder of the day which had turned out to be a sunny 24 degrees.
Thanks to Phil and Mark for thier Leading and Tailman duties, it was a great day out.
See the AMTRA web site under Gallery and then “Ride Pictures” for the 14 pictures I took on the day.
Ride list:
Phil Randall CRM250 Ride Leader
Paul Smith TE550
Leo Giannini CRF250X
Brad McDiarmid WR250F
Darren Clark WR450F
Simon Kermode WR450F
Paul Mayhew KTM200
Leo Pozzebor CRF450X
Adrian Batistita CRF450X
Marc LeBrun CRF450X
Charlie Grima KTM450
Steve Bennet WR450F
Eric Lama TTR250
Alister Parlby WR250F
Mat Richmond WR426F
David Thiele WR250R
Trevor Maddicks KLX250
Sue Emery-Smith KTM250
Grant Taylor DRZ400
Mark Clark SM450 Tailman
Peter Ross RMX250
Ian Elliott TE250
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Please welcome gazza74, our newest member.
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 Membership Fee's
August 18, 2008, 10:13:12 PM by David Smith
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HAVE YOU LOST YOU AMTRA WEB ACCESS??
Have you renewed for the 08/09 Membership?
if you havent then click on the store tab and follow the links to renew.
If you have renewed and have lost your access the contact me at
signup@amtra.com.au With your username and real name and i will fix you access..
(people who renewed at the meetings will encounter this problem)
Cheers, Dave
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Trailriding with AMTRA
July 01, 2007, 01:13:03 AM by David Smith
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AMTRA is a club that was formed to cater specially for the Trailrider. AMTRA is a non-competitive club and holds rides throughout Victoria. Our members organise rides in areas they know or want to explore. Club members are invited to participate via the rides being advertised on the web site or the clubs monthly newsletter, AMTRACTION as well as at the monthly meeting.
AMTRA was formed on the 16th of January 1969 and the first meeting was held at Milledge Brothers Yamaha with 24 people in attendance. The club membership varies and in the mid seventies had over 500 members. We average around 300 members a year at present. AMTRA members have always been very pro-active at Trail riding and helping to preserve the rights of trailbike riders and access to the track network for riders of registered trailbikes.
AMTRA rides consist mainly of day rides however we also have weekend, Easter and Christmas camps organised by members. Rides are held in all areas of Victoria with day rides reasonably close to Melbourne being very popular. AMTRA owns a property south of Myrtleford in northern Victoria which is free for members to use as base to explore the Alpine areas. There is direct access to the track network from our property and it is a very popular place for members to base rides from. As we ride on gazetted roads all members must have a valid licence or Learners Permit and a registered bike.
AMTRA members have also been known to organise the occasional car rally, 4wd trip, theatre night and restaurant night. We encourage families to enjoy the camping and social activities the club runs.
AMTRA meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month (except for December) from around 8 pm onwards at the St Davids Church hall opposite Tunstall Square Shopping Centre in Doncaster East. Meetings comprise of brief reports on club business, ride reports and details about coming events and often have a DVD of recent rides showing. All members as well as visitors are encouraged to come to the meetings and socialise with other members.
AMTRA fees comprise of a once off joining fee and a yearly subscription. The fees are very reasonable and the clubs fund raising subsidises the yearly fees in order to keep the fees down. The current fees are listed in the store on this web site. The fees include 11 copies of our magazine Amtraction either posted to you or downloaded from the web site as well as access to the members’ pages of the web site for details on the latest rides and other articles of interest.
For those of you in NSW and South Australia, AMTRA also has branches in those states.
To Join AMTRA Click Here
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