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  • August 1, 2011 at 11:25 pm #205955

    Greg
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    Another 5 home today :huh: interesting

    TB

    August 1, 2011 at 11:48 pm #205330

    Dwayne O
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    Yep,
    And more KTM`s in that group too (690`s to boot) ;)
    As well as a DR or two :laugh:

    Goes to show that 690s can do it with good preparation :)

    August 2, 2011 at 12:40 am #205980

    Greg
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    Eags you have read the thread over there the 690’s have shit themselves all over the country. I hope you said that tongue in cheek mate :huh:

    The 990’s and 950’s have done well but the 690’s :dry:

    I am disappointed that all the hype regarding the event being near impossible and extra days would be given and only 400 odd klms of bitumen have seemed of track. Nick and I run off road all day, no stops near the limit, fire trails dirt road like the APC promised and with only a 40min lunch stop and one other 5 min fuel stop squeeze out 530kms with a 62kph average, I dont understand. I am not knocking John its the first one he has run and he is doing it thank god he is. I think it will only get better I have enjoyed watching it and wished I had now done it. We only didn’t cause we didn’t think we would get to look at anything, turns out we would of had heaps of time up out sleeves

    TB

    August 2, 2011 at 12:49 am #205331

    Dwayne O
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    :laugh:
    No, No tongue in cheek at all :P
    Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:

    Heard that somewhere on here before B)

    Out of interest,,, How many Tenere`s have finished so far ?????? :P

    August 2, 2011 at 12:52 am #205990

    Greg
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    EAGLE`02 wrote:
    Out of interest,,, How many Tenere`s have finished so far ?????? :P

    Don’t know how many entered? How many didn’t follow the sheep and entered one :laugh: :laugh:

    TB

    August 2, 2011 at 12:59 am #205332

    Dwayne O
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    :laugh: Stuffed if I know either :)
    Just thought I`d ask, really thought you of all people would know :whistle:

    Will be interesting at the end to see the final list of completions actually,,,
    Also there are more Trumpy`s than I expected to see out there , interesting :dry:

    Crikey, that chick (Kristen) is still going great with the Vicco Crew , was at Dorrigo yesterday :woohoo:

    August 2, 2011 at 11:54 pm #205994

    Greg
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    Beags I just read that your mate Rossco is thinking of unloading the 690 for a DR now, must be bad these 690s :huh:

    TB

    August 3, 2011 at 12:13 am #205333

    Dwayne O
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    Thats bullshit,,, surely :whistle: :laugh:

    Note there were 3 more 690`s in today, all went well with a small prob for one that they sorted,,,
    The are gonna put together a prep list for 690 guys next year ;)

    El Ponkin is also loking at a 690 rather han a 990

    August 3, 2011 at 12:19 am #205334

    Dwayne O
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    :laugh:
    I just checked & he said “NO DR WOULD DO UNFORTUNATELY” :P :P :P

    And for the record, He is not really my mate, just a fellow 690 owner I forwarded to Suttos for tech help ;) :)

    August 3, 2011 at 12:23 am #206065

    Brendon Carre
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    Trailboss wrote:
    Beags I just read that your mate Rossco is thinking of unloading the 690 for a DR now, must be bad these 690s :huh:

    No, just that DR’s are very good things!! As all good ADV riders know!!:whistle: :whistle: :laugh:

    August 3, 2011 at 12:48 am #206067

    Greg
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    I see there was a few (read way to many) had injector failures how to your prepare against that ?

    If I was to replace my Tenere now how could I go past a DR650? For 15k you could have the best over yes over setup adventure bike that could do all the hard core shit. Look at Pilth’s bike :ohmy:

    RIP the 690’s Beags :laugh: :P

    TB

    August 3, 2011 at 9:31 pm #205335

    Dwayne O
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    I am not so sure,,,,
    Having not done anything remotely like the APC, I see a lot of 690`s in pics & coming in in groups in the ride reports daily :)
    I tend to think they were well up there in the number stakes (maybe even top 3):whistle:

    What would I do to combat the injector problems you ask ???
    Well, I think it would be a small outlay really to have a spare onboard, due to the remoteness of some of the areas travelled. Afterall, the majority of riders (whatever bike they rode) would have probably taken way more spares than they really needed for the trip (human nature to over prepare for some of them) :laugh:

    We all carry spare nuts & bolts etc, so I reckon a spare set for the tank upper & lowers would sufficed too.
    I noted that the guy that had the rear end problems had a flimsy looking rack setup , would like to think the Touratech one like mine with double braces each side would support more of the weight) ;) THere are quite a few 690`s sporting the Touratech rack that have finished,,,,,,

    Just my inexperienced 2c worth :) :) :)

    August 3, 2011 at 10:02 pm #206124

    Greg
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    Reckon your all over it Eags ;)

    August 5, 2011 at 1:14 am #206128

    Greg
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    Good read

    http://news.drive.com.au/drive/bike-news/inaugural-apc-rally-declared-a-great-success-20110805-1if64.html

    TB

    August 5, 2011 at 12:52 pm #205336

    Dwayne O
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    Yep, good read on the event,,,,

    And what`s that I see front & centre of the pic ????

    Another 690 that successfully completed the course :laugh: :laugh: :P

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