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Well our OBT highly paid roving reporter has sent his first report in from WA
GHR the defending team, (Benny is so going to kick their butt) but a honda winning would be good, but go Ben
Sweet Sweet Berg
Some Kato’s dont think its the factory bikes, could be
Team ECKS / Team OBT lol
Good work ECKS
TB
JAK wrote:
Quote:Probably a stupid question and you’ll roll your eyes but,What is the water tank on the bash plate for?
Its part of the regulations I think from the FIM, but the rider must carry I think two litres of water that can be used for human consumption in the event of him becoming stranded in the desert, the carrying of water in a camel back doesnt count. It doesn’t have to be part of the bash plate but thats where most do it, some of the BMW riders on the 850’s that have a dummy muffler use it as it does nothing bar sit there empty the same as Boony’s head
TB
I have just got of the phone with ECKS, cheers for ringing mate
Latest news
D Grabham out on the first selective this morning, broken leg
Fish on the Kato was in the top 4, he is out with concussion
Yesterday
crash wrote:
Quote:Just a quick update. Saw that Benny lost an hour on the 1st SS today…here’s why!Quote:Disaster struck defending bike champion, Ben Grabham, on the massive 244 kilometre first stage of the day when he punctured a tyre.“I broke a spoke, which is normally a pretty minor problem, but it can cause you big problems when you’re out in the desert,” a philosophical Grabham said.
“The spoke then punctured the tyre and I was forced to take it off and ride on the rim until the end of the stage. I fixed that and just had to get on with in the second stage. These things are typical of the Safari – it’s not the end of the world and I’ll push on.”
Undeterred, Grabham then took over a minute off his rivals on the next stage as he aims to get his title defence back on track.
So, at the end of the day, Out in front is Todd Smith (brother of Jacob – Condo boys originally) on his KTM530. 1 and a half minutes back to brother Jacob on a CRF450, who’s 13 seconds in front of his team mate AJ.
The top 7 consist of x4 KTM530’s / x2 CRF 450’s and a WR450.Ben made up 3 and half minutes on Todd in the last SS this arvo.
What do you reckon……..Can he make up 55 minutes in 4 days?
Crash
At the halfway mark today Ben has made back 7 mins on the leaders
Some photos from ECKS
Dave getting ready in the morning
Random photos
The lone TTR 250 in the event
Thanks ECKS
TB
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