A forum for owners of Yamaha TTR250 trail and enduro bikes!

Be good to have you along Pete. We'll limit the numbers to about 6, so just ttr's for now. If there's not much response, we can invite some orange or red etc to join us. Start around 9. Mark

Brian. That's great. I was hoping you would come.😀👍Be good to see Trev too.

I'd love to if I can get a lift up there for bike!
I could bring the family and tent by car.

Has anyone got room to transport my bike there and back?
Steve? 

Mark,

 If there's any spaces left I'd like to tag along. You might need me to keep those Devon boys under control. I hope there's no pasties shops on the run, otherwise we're in trouble!

Boz

 

Starting point is one mile from BA5 1PA. I'll pm directions etc a week or so before.
Mark

what happened to the owner

A lot of people have disappeared along this lane and never been seen again. Might take the Mrs there.

Two PMs sent.

That's a shame Pete Hope all is OK with the family.

Steve

Mark (me)
Steve
Brian
Trev
Olli
Boz
Space for one more

Looking forward to it matey and glad you booked some decent weather 

Me and olly will be staying over, I have some beer, do we need anything else???

Steve

Have a great day and take loads of pics n vids, ...

Have a great weekend guys look out for them Somerset badgers they like there cider so youll be in good company if you capture any share your pasties👍

Looking forward to seeing your vids and hearing more about the trout tickling incident Steve!

I was completely shattered when I got home yesterday so didn't get to post anything up. Feeling a bit livelier this morning but not by much 

It was an early start yesterday. Up at 5.30am to make the final preparations for our TTR250 forum trail riding day up at Wookey in the Mendip Hills of Somerset following a kind invitation by Mark (Goalkeeper).

My brother Trev (Trev McRev) did the driving honours in his trusty Passat (over 200,000 miles on the clock and still going strong!) with our TTRs in the trailer. Steve and Olly rocked up on time to pick up Boz's 325 which he had bought unseen and untried! Easily fitted in Steve's van.

We set off with Steve following and made good time despite the SatNav having a hissy fit at the end as the field we were meeting in had no postcode. Fortunately I had printed out a small section of OS map showing the field and we soon found Mark out on the road with his TTR waving us into the gateway.

What an beautiful location! Mark has a 6-acre field with a caravan and awning set up and a pucca composting dunny built by his own fair hands (well - he is a plumber!) up at the top of the field with a stunning view of the surrounding countryside.

 

Mark has created a few tracks in the field and Olly was soon blatting around to check out how slippery damp grass can be 

 

Trev and Mark checking out the route:

 

Whilst Mark's lovely missus Danni served up tea and bacon baps 

 

Steve almost ready to go:

 

Boz was travelling down from Leamington Spa and was a bit delayed by traffic around Bristol but that just gave us more time to eat bacon butties and drink more tea!

He seemed quite pleased with his new steed 

 

After lots of banter we got going just after 10am and it was already scorchio!

I only got a few photos of when we were out and about and am hoping Steve's vids come out OK to show what we got up to.

L to R - Steve, Boz, Trev. Mark and Olly

 

L to R - Steve, Boz, Trev, me and Mark

 

It was pretty darn hot out there so nice to stop and the get the helmets off occasionally and cool down a bit.

 

Boz was on a promise so needed to get back at a sensible time which suited Trev and I as we were both knackered through being very unfit   so I changed my SatNav into road GPS mode, plumbed in the dodgy postcode for the field and mainroaded it back to camp. The other the lads were camping overnight so had no time restraints and were going to go "North" to ride another nest of lanes.

Great day and I really appreciate Mark having set it up and provided such great hospitality and showing us his riding territory. Some lovely lanes, beautiful countryside and views. And, of course, great banter 

Thanks guys!

Brian

 

Smashing bit of England with good weather, good mates and good banter - what more could you want?

I see you were on Horace Batchelor's doorstep - you could have popped in and asked about his Infra-Draw method.     

It certainly seems to have been a good outing and I can't wait to see Steve's videos.

Martyn

Thanks Mark for a great weekend, was really good.

Massive thanks to Dani for looking after us Thanks to all the rest of the lads for , the banter and the company

Quick vid of the ford crossing at the very end of the day!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dve5SPNecMA

Sorry the video has recorded this way. It is a work in progress, was my first time with the Gopro thought it would record up, but only does if upside down, not at 90 degrees

 

God I'm pissed I missed this trip there was just no way I could get away looks like you all had a cracking time.

Pug

wow a water buffalo ttr

Works fine Steve!

It was also good fun swapping bikes although Boz seemed keen to stick with the TTR he was on 

In case anyone is worrying Naboo is a sweet little Patterdale Terrier - very friendly - 7 yo but with the energy of a puppy. Cute little beard for a girl 

Brian

See you have your new cam steve what setting did you have it set on weird up right window letter box type view or did you do it in the editing

Pug

Screen rotation video, you already know how....

 

kind of depends on what edit software you are using I use Quicktime as it's the only one that will work with me Thc x cam and I no my way round it and have kept using it with the VIO POV cams you can flip the video anyway you like with that. I do know it's easer to play with 720 hd than 1080 unless you have a wiz bang pc set up to handle the job or a high end games pc

pug

Does indeed look like good fun.  Thanks for the photos and videos - especially like the going swimming one.  We should organise a ride for those of us in Victoria.  Plenty of space in the hills behind my place around Rubicon and Lake Eildon

And I'd be happy if other marques turned up - we're not as posh as those poms

 

That's a great invite