This weeks contribution to keeping you boys occupied while you wait for your bikes to arrive.
The dry weather in Perth Western Australia has finally broken with some drizzling through the tail end of the week and a substantial rain on Friday night.... Perfect forest ridin scenario
We (the Brown Brothers) had been organizing todays ride since returning from our last outing Thursday week ago and, after a midweek call from an old enduro race buddy,
ended up as a group of five instead of three. All capable riders and no slow-coaches.... Perfect forest ridin bunch
There was a good mix of bikes on today's ride with me on the behemoth S10, baby bro on the 450EXC katoom, older bro on the F8, and the two mates on their 300 2st ktm and 400EXC ktm.
Thankfully its my area knowledge and the tracked up gps mounted to the trusty S10 that keeps me out on point, otherwise the enduro boys would have left me for dead on some of the tighter/muddy stuff.
That said though, the mate on the 300 2stroke (once Expert level enduro - now Veteran) commented on his surprise at the capability and pace of the behemoth through the course of the day given the intensity
of the track's. Obviously my response to that was "mate, I can make a Honda step-through look fast,,, it's not the bike, it's the rider. Just keep an eye on my tail lights in the distance and gas it"
Honestly, I get more pleasure doing this type of riding on the bike machine as it takes a lot more skill and concentration than those little machines that weigh 107kgs dripping wet
We did around 145kms over five hours which included about 1.5hrs of lunch (at the Weir Hotel) and sufficient crap talking stops to keep everyone chuckling like little kids through the course of the day.
We also had to divert back to civilization to fuel up the little chook chasers about mid distance. We took in a lot of great scenery and observed a goodly amount of local wildlife, including some kangaroo's
that I nearly collected if not for being fully locked up. There was also an emu that lead the way down the track for about 100meters before ducking back of into the thick scrub, and quite a number of rabbits
that seamed farely detirmined to check my tire pressure.
We found plenty of water on the tracks and absolutely no sign of dust, and the (many,many,many) creek crossings are close to gathering water and starting to flow.
Both guys voiced their approval with today's ride and have registered keen interest to make it a regular (2>3 times a month) outing.
Next outing is Mt Dale, around 40kms as the crow fly's, but about 120km round trip taking the twisty route
Any way, on with some pics of todays adventure.
The crew - First smoke/water/bullshit stop about 20kms out.
Second stop.. Doesnt get much more scenic than this, perched on a rock above the water gathering vally's of the Mundaring Weir.
Some bikes verry similar to ours parked out front of the Mundaring Weir pub for lunch.
A group of locals (that actually looked a lot like us) sitting down to Rissoto's, Battered Squid, and beef and wine pies...
Pussies - Real dirt/adventure riders chew on a sandwich and fruit in the middle of the bush, not sit down to a pick your own full dinner
I am generally more interested in riding rather than pulling the camera out mid ride, but the boyz wanted a couple of pics at play..
Little bro's bike needed a rest as the afternoon wore on.
More bullshit!!!
I love getting this thing dirty
Chalk up another great day out for the boyz, and look forward to many more to come through the course of this years cooler riding season.
Hope you enjoyed as much as we did.
Greg.
Have a good time at the mine. 
