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    Greg
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    #113004

    Greg
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    The weather is starting to look up, check it out

    http://www.weather.com.au/nsw/newcastle

    TB

    #113092

    Anonymous

    It’s funny, as I was driving in to work this morning I had a feeling that we might cop a break with the weather. They are quite often wrong so far in adavnce. We might be alright yet :)

    #113095

    Greg
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    I would rather ride in the rain, light rain sure but rain none the less.

    TB

    #113097

    Anonymous

    What? Really?

    Perfect conditions are cloudy and having rained in the last few days. Then you don’t get the dust, the soil is loamy but the rocks and stuff have dried so aren’t too slippy. Plus you don’t get water covering your goggles all day long from rain and branches hitting your face.

    I wouldn’t care if it never rained again. I’ve had more than my fair share of the stuff ;)

    #113099

    Greg
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    Rain slippery as like riding on glass covered with oil, so it takes throttle control and feel for what you are doing, makes it the same for everyone, no dust, but slippery as slippery slippery throttle control. just winding it on so gently dragging the back brake to control wheel spin, finger slipping the clutch, so careful, coming into corners trying not to lock a brake because you will increase speed and over shoot, lose the front end and get it back without crashing !

    Bring it on!

    Knife edge stuff

    TB

    #113101

    Anonymous

    Yeah but you have to go slower :( And can’t really throw the bike around which is what I like. Growing up in Oz I guess you like the conditions that are less common. That’s why I like dry, grippy stuff.

    I spent plenty long enough pharking around on slippery rocks, roots, logs, streams and stuff riding trials where they purposely set the course out over that sort of stuff to make it harder.

    If you like knife adge and slippey conditions why not just run a 50/50 tyre in the dry :laugh:

    #113005

    Greg
    Member

    The weather is starting to come around, perfect I reckon :P

    Wind Rain Humid Min Max
    THU Morning Clouds. Mild. Windy. 36 km/h
    NE – 68% 18 24
    FRI Scattered Showers. Mostly Cloudy. Warm. Breezy. 28 km/h
    NNW 3mm
    (42%) 82% 20 27
    SAT Thunderstorms. Afternoon Clouds. Warm. Gusty. 45 km/h
    NW 6mm
    (55%) 70% 21 27
    SUN Mostly Sunny. Mild. Windy. 40 km/h
    WSW – 59% 17 24

    Check the link for yourself

    http://www.weather.com.au/nsw/newcastle

    TB

    #113203

    Anonymous

    It’s better than torential rain. I’m a fair weather sportsman though so I don’t like the wind either :p

    #113006

    Greg
    Member

    Bump!

    #113223

    Mick D
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    Hope you have your suspensions dialed as TB has left bumps everywhere!!LOL

    #113227

    Paul
    Member

    I dont mind bumps, it is the Watagan quick sand I hate, it looks like firm ground till you go over it then :ohmy:

    #113228

    Anonymous

    Heavy rain forecast for tomorrow. With that and the fact I found out my back brake no longer works at 9:15pm last night I might be on the beers with Mick!

    #113229

    Mick D
    Member

    Why dont your back brake work?? Do you want me to bring my XR??

    #113230

    Anonymous

    i’ll have a look at your brack brake today for you moto.

    regarding the rain, raceytracy’s girl surfing club is using their quick shade this weekend, so i am trying to borrow my sisters suzuki pit tent

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