Some winter rides

**gomerkfx700** · 01-10-2011, 02:20 AM

very gracefull dismount there china

**felix** · 01-10-2011, 11:02 AM

Haha fair play to you both! I don't know what's funnier, Andy stuck in that hole or the noise you made when you hit the ground! Thank you very much for simultaneously making me happy and ruining my day by reminding me where i'm stuck. Well at least i don't have dirt in my arse...

**jape** · 01-10-2011, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by ChinaV

does anyone know a way to make vbulletin display the video at 640x360 instead of the strange 437X288 size shown below?
Cheers! ChinaV

I think it may be a CC only, bbcode_video template change (as in http://phpmotion.com/forum/index.php?topic=2658.0) where there are video template width and height parameters shown in a template. I had a look through the reference manual but couldn't make head nor tail of most of it!

**richardktm** · 01-12-2011, 08:01 AM

Nice to see someone else falling off for a change.. I love the look of that first hill..a picture rarely shows how steep a hill is! Can't wait to have a crack at that, did andre make it up??
Video looks good on my laptop, is that the last piece of single track in houjie? If so I need to ride it before it gets the concrete treatment!
Here's hoping for a few warm days at Chinese new year!!
Rich

**Mfpthebronze** · 01-15-2011, 06:08 AM

Well, finally just finished 10 days straight work after the new year, so I guess it's time to post my 2 cents and wobbly pictures as well. First of all, big thanks to ChinaV for the ideal way to spend Christmas! Motorbikes, BBQ, Motorcycles, Mass quantities of TsingTao, Motuo Che, Mates, Riding said motorcycles -

Good fun was had by all!!

We did some pretty aggressive riding both with the ladies riding pillion on the first day and solo on the 2nd day. We were blessed with no casualties other than some riding pride (that'd be my riding pride) and a busted footpeg claimed by The Pit (yup, my footpeg).
I can't say enough about the QM 250. Just a great thrashable little bike. Suspension does a great job on-road and feels good off-road as well. Looking forward to throwing the 21" front and 18" rear on with a set of knobblies and seeing how it really goes in the dirt. As ChinaV mentioned, I had my "first time" in the dirt, and LOVED IT. Bug is caught, riding future will never be the same

Now on to my pics. We started off with some bike wrenching that went well -

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I just had some coffee, and I was pretty well sorted already -

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RichardKTM getting to know his XTR a little better -

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**jape** · 01-15-2011, 06:18 AM

I want more of the girls, not you ugly buggers! Nice mug.

**Mfpthebronze** · 01-15-2011, 06:22 AM

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First and last time the poor XTR will ever be washed by RichardKTM -

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KTM's Lady -

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KTM's 2nd lady -

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My first Dirt :)

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All in all, had an awesome time. As has been stated before, SERIOUS location envy!

**Mfpthebronze** · 01-15-2011, 07:17 AM

Also a quick video of the healthy sounding Yingang!

"Not bad, that actually sounds nice!"

**ChinaV** · 01-19-2011, 01:28 AM

Some nice pictures there Mfpthebronze,

didn't notice you stole my coffee cup

. Hope we get to cover some more dirt and concrete during the upcoming Chinese New Year

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Cheers!
ChinaV

**ChinaV** · 01-19-2011, 01:30 AM

Another weekend update...just a bit of enduro riding with andy74rc. The TGR's are holding up well to our frequent abuse and each weekend we seem to find something new to test our (lack of) skills.

The motorcycles set us free from the smog bowl bellow.

Someone needs to develop a "hill cam", some kind of camera that accurately represents how steep a hill climb is. We found a new horse trail that ended up being a real battle as the front wheels were constantly up in the air on the steep terrain.

If there's a hole, andy74rc will find it

Cheers!
ChinaV