Camerons Corner in Oct 2010

[GregMember]

Riders list

TB – 660 Tenere
Boulder – DRZ400
Jeffro – God knows what
Mickp – Something from his growing stable
Moose – A rebuilt “ol Burple”
Krusty – XR or a DR
Lotsa – DR650
Nickj – DR400

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Bollocks Celebrity chef

Well thats the list updated. Muc-Off Mike reluctantly withdrew today as he wont be able to have his TT600 finished in time We have a neat 8 riders, we have decided to just leave the group at that

Everyone going has given their shirt size and will receive a commemorative limited addition Polo shirt and we will also have some stickers made

I ordered Moose’s tyres and E10 loop style bag for his bike today. Mick is getting on the job with Ol Burple very soon. Boulder is getting organised, Jeffro had a couple of nice tyres sitting at Sutto’s last week. My tyres, bearings, brake pads and levers are in stock

TB

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I spoke with Mal on Thursday arvo last week and asked him to send the tyre up, arrived home at lunch time on Friday and the tyres were already there. The Veestrom is in having the suspension done to I thought I would be lazy and take the tyres there to be fitted but they weren’t interested in it so I guess I will have to do then myself after all . Anyone had experience fitting tubless tyres or have any tips.

[GregMember]

Jeffro wrote:

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Anyone had experience fitting tubless tyres or have any tips.

Exactly the same the ones I have done Jeffro, plenty of lube though on the beads (a lube that drys out, doesnt remain slippery) The only other thing I had trouble with was getting air in quickly enough to start the bead sealing. I over came this by removing the valve and screwing a air hose straight on the valve. Then building the compressor up to full pressure and opening the tap quickly. Once the tyre was beaded I removed the hose fitted a valve and inflated the tyre.

You could also go to a better customer service orientated bike shop :laugh:

Have you got a tubeless puncture repair kit Jeffro? I saw them the other week at Sutto’s gees makes repairing tubeless leaks look easy :cheer:

TB

[GregMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Jeffro wrote:

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Anyone had experience fitting tubless tyres or have any tips.

Exactly the same the ones I have done Jeffro, plenty of lube though on the beads (a lube that drys out, doesnt remain slippery) The only other thing I had trouble with was getting air in quickly enough to start the bead sealing. I over came this by removing the valve and screwing a air hose straight on the valve. Then building the compressor up to full pressure and opening the tap quickly. Once the tyre was beaded I removed the hose fitted a valve and inflated the tyre.

You could also go to a better customer service orientated bike shop :laugh:

Have you got a tubeless puncture repair kit Jeffro? I saw them the other week at Sutto’s gees makes repairing tubeless leaks look easy :cheer:

TB

Here I’ll add this for help and laughs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYa9EEG3rOM&feature=related

TB

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Have you got a tubeless puncture repair kit Jeffro? I saw them the other week at Sutto’s gees makes repairing tubeless leaks look easy :cheer:

TB

Thats on the list of things to get, I will have spent close to $3000 by the time I am ready to go :blink: :ohmy: 😆

[GregMember]

Bump

Next meeting to discuss the final points of this trip will be at Berowa (Address to be PM’ed later) on Sunday the 26th of September at 10.30am. It would be best if as many of the people going attend this or be available for a conference style call at some stage

[GregMember]

Here is a basic outline of our trip and where we hope to be heading

TB

[Nick JacksonMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Here is a basic outline of our trip and where we hope to be heading

TB

That is a great link it’s given me an app in my iPhone which plots the trip and runs directions through maps which I can take with me ! Cool

[GregMember]

More gear turned up today (the postie as been flat out here at home :laugh: )

My emergency dehydrated meals (1 or 2 would do but 4 will cover all bases)
I Pod 12v charger, so I dont have to rely on Bollocks and can charge on the move (I Pod in the tank bag, cord into the charging socket) An hour meter sure why not the bike has everything else And a couple of hand warmers that go in the back of my gloves And a medium size stuff sack

My wheels bearings turned up yesterday 2x rear sets, 2 x front sets, and 2 x cush drive bearings. Its booked in to have the cush drive rubbers replaced under warranty next week then its disassemble and reassemble time.

TB

[GregMember]

mickp wrote:

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Hey Mick thats looking the business end of the deal very nice

Sorry I only just saw the post :blush:

TB

[Mick PilgrimMember]

Picked up my new wheel bearings today. Seems a shame to change perfectly good bearings and seals but at least I can make sure they are packed full of grease for the trip and not have to worry about them.
I will service the forks before the trip as well. I’ve already done all the swing arm & linkages and had the shock serviced recently. New chain, sprockets & back tyre are ready to fit after a ride on the long weekend before we leave.
Waiting for my new MSC under bar steering damper to come so I can fit that and check/grease the steering head bearings. :woohoo:
Its all coming together

Cant wait, how many more sleeps to go.

Mick

[Mick PilgrimMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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mickp wrote:

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Hey Mick thats looking the business end of the deal very nice

Sorry I only just saw the post :blush:

TB

Yeh,
the guys at B&B Offroad were fantastic. They have a rack that they make for the 690 but it is smaller and has an upright section welded to it that I did not want. I saw a larger rack they had made for a guy on Advrider but it was huge, so I drew up the size i wanted and emailed the info to them for a quote on Monday. Tuesday they replied and I said go ahead about 3pm that arvo. Wed. 1pm I got an email from them saying the rack was ready. I could not believe it. So I rang them up and paid them the $200 over the phone and had it home in the mail on Friday.
You cannot ask for better than that. Chris from B&B was the guy I dealt with and he was excellent.
Very happy with the rack :woohoo:

Mick

[GregMember]

Well more gear turned up today, the postie and I are almost best mates now :laugh: The last of my Andy Strapz gear fronted

Two more Andy flat strapz, a double open ended dry bag for the back rack, 2 “D” straps, two pannier bag dry liners and an amazing light weight knife and fork set. The set is made from aircraft alloy and its sooooo light

Crash also made a mod to my Mal5.1 racks, cheers both Mal5.1 and Crash He cut and mounted a alloy plate each side to support the bags a little better

I also got a ride in this arvo after work to test the reserve fuel range. The light normally comes on around 300kms and the book said reserve is 6.5 litres. Today I did just shy of 160kms with the fuel light flashing :blink: This should give me a range of around 460kms + or say a safe 400kms in hard going.

TB

[simon burkeMember]

You will need a tougher set of knives and forks than tha TB to cut through some of the meals i am going to serve you

Bol :woohoo:

[alanMember]

460km to tank of fuel that yamahas good on fuel .the tanks not that big is it

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