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  • August 9, 2009 at 8:55 pm #147277

    Anonymous

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    i can’t believe the paddle pops sticks didn’t work

    August 9, 2009 at 9:51 pm #147678

    Greg
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    champo35 wrote:

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    i thought you were rooting for ‘benny’? something about benny kicking honda’s butt?

    Where did I say that Champo??

    No no reread, going for Benny first support him no matter what he rides. After that if a Honda wins happy days, happiest days were when Benny won on a Honda :) But never said kick Honda’s butt why would I say that, being that I am a Honda man. Two separate things :P

    TB

    August 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm #146372

    Anonymous

    Trailboss wrote:

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    GHR the defending team, (Benny is so going to kick their butt) but a honda winning would be good, but go Ben

    from the first post

    August 9, 2009 at 10:35 pm #146373

    Greg
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    Trailboss wrote:

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    GHR the defending team, (Benny is so going to kick their butt) but a honda winning would be good, but go Ben

    :blush: :blush: :huh: :dry: :ohmy: :angry: :P :laugh: :) :( :woohoo: :laugh:

    Doesnt it say I think Ben will win, go Ben, but also go Honda I guess you can take whatever you want out of it :P

    Honda still won, and I still wonder why Ben was forced to ride on a rim, why no tube or couldnt it be fitted or whatever

    TB

    August 9, 2009 at 10:49 pm #147690

    Scott Southwell
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    Trailboss wrote:

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    Trailboss wrote:

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    GHR the defending team, (Benny is so going to kick their butt) but a honda winning would be good, but go Ben

    :blush: :blush: :huh: :dry: :ohmy: :angry: :P :laugh: :) :( :woohoo: :laugh:

    Doesnt it say I think Ben will win, go Ben, but also go Honda I guess you can take whatever you want out of it :P

    Honda still won, and I still wonder why Ben was forced to ride on a rim, why no tube or couldnt it be fitted or whatever

    TB

    Gotta say, I also took your quote “Benny is going to kick their butt” as Benny is going to kick HONDA’s butt.

    August 10, 2009 at 1:12 am #147692

    Greg
    Member

    Scotty wrote:

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    Trailboss wrote:

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    Trailboss wrote:

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    GHR the defending team, (Benny is so going to kick their butt) but a honda winning would be good, but go Ben

    :blush: :blush: :huh: :dry: :ohmy: :angry: :P :laugh: :) :( :woohoo: :laugh:

    Doesnt it say I think Ben will win, go Ben, but also go Honda I guess you can take whatever you want out of it :P

    Honda still won, and I still wonder why Ben was forced to ride on a rim, why no tube or couldnt it be fitted or whatever

    TB

    Gotta say, I also took your quote “Benny is going to kick their butt” as Benny is going to kick HONDA’s butt.

    I can see that Scotty :laugh:

    TB

    August 10, 2009 at 1:21 am #147679

    drew
    Member

    champo35 wrote:

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    i can’t believe the paddle pops sticks didn’t work

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    i didn’t spot that one!

    well picked up!

    i don’t think it was the paddle pop sticks that failed, looks more like the tape!:P :silly:

    August 13, 2009 at 2:38 am #146374

    Eric Smith
    Member

    Hey you lot! I’m back! Bloody hell, what a trip! We actually arrived back in Wello at 1:30am Tuesday morning after two huge days drive.

    The event was a cracker! Some highlights for mine were:

    A comment from DRZ rider Anthony Bakker #66 after Stage 1 on Day 5: “Yeah, I had a crash in there hey! Don’t remember anything, but I woke up wandering around in the scrub with Annie Seel asking me if I was all right! I cleared a heap of scrub and bent the bike, but I’m OK!”

    Comment from Ben Grabham at evening meal at Leonora: “Yeah I had an alright day, just cruising around!”

    Comment from rider #22 from South Africa about one of the teams who was fixing then testing bikes at all hours of the night at Laverton: “Fokking borsteds! I should go and stort my bike in front of their tent now!”

    Comment from Dave after prologue: “Eric, you need to replace my brakes – they don’t work!” (When riding on pea-gravel in WA, no brakes work!)

    A comment from Annie Seel after the 250km selective on Day 6 when a stick went through her boot and into her leg: “Oh the pain is not so good you know, but I’m still going!” Tough competitor that one!!

    I have a truckload of piccies uploading now, so sorry, you’ll have to wait a bit longer!

    Thanks for your support – Dave really appreciated the good wishes and it was nice to hear your perspective on things.

    Keep your eyes on TBAM, I think they might run my story in one of the next editions.

    August 13, 2009 at 2:49 am #146375

    Brendon Carre
    Member

    Good to have you back ECKS, sounds like you had a ball mate!! Look forward to the pics and thanks for keeping us up to date. :)

    August 13, 2009 at 3:01 am #148053

    Greg
    Member

    Great Job ECKS, looked forward to you texts, e mails and calls every night. I loved the quotes above cracked me up

    I will give you a ring tomorrow mate I have a question for you regarding the event

    Cheers and thanks again mate champion effort by your both

    TB

    August 13, 2009 at 3:09 am #148057

    Scott Southwell
    Member

    Good to see you and Dave made it back. Top good all round. You lucky bastards. I bet your itching to get out for a ride, I struggle watching others ride.

    I bet TB’s question has somthing to do with Benny’s not having a spare tube. Let it go TB, there’s always next year.

    August 13, 2009 at 3:11 am #148059

    Greg
    Member

    Wrong Scotty, got inside run on that already from somebody, he had a tube outa interest, but thats a whole other story

    No it has to do with the riding the Safari Scotty

    TB

    August 13, 2009 at 3:28 am #148060

    Scott Southwell
    Member

    Trailboss wrote:

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    No it has to do with the riding the Safari Scotty

    TB

    Ooh, GO TEAM TB, 2010!

    August 13, 2009 at 3:33 am #148061

    Eric Smith
    Member

    Apparently the Ben Grabham thing is to do with running Dunlop Rally Raids according to Derek from GHR. The rally raids are apparently hard in the sidewalls and when they get a flat they split along the middle and fall apart, destroying the rim in the process. Could all be BS as it came from a rival team, but that’s what I was told.

    I know a lot of blokes who ran mousse rears and cooked the tyre so that a tube would not work. It splits the inside of the tyre. Mark McConnell on 68 was one of those blokes.

    Damn it is slow to upload piccies.. I am up to 34 of nearly 800…. :laugh:

    August 13, 2009 at 3:37 am #148062

    Greg
    Member

    Not what I heard from a very reliable industry source, and this sounds worse but I have been sworn to keep it a secret, didnt even tell Crash and he was with me when I was talking to the industry source. But it could be that couldnt it
    Doesnt matter like Scott said :P

    TB

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