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Nickj wrote:
Quote:I had a huge day today getting the bike ready for next weekend, Grafton Motorcycles did a great job with half of the jobs I just didn’t have time to attempt , this is what I got done and if I’m not ready now I never will beBike prep
New brake pads
New 15-44 sprockets
New o-ring 520 chain
Check valve clearances
Replace coolant
Replace brake fluid
Grease linkages
Grease head stem bearing
Oil cables
Check and re- torque all bolts
Fit disk fin gaurd
Fit frame gaurds
Check alternator output
Fit new pillow top grips
Wire grips
Fit 6.0 shock spring
Clean and wet and dry brake disks
Wire gps supply and aux socket through switch in cockpit
Fit headlight protector
Fit 28 ltr safari tank
Fit screen
Fit shoo roos
Fit gps mount
Fit air hawk
Fit new tyres ac-10 rear Ed-78 rear( thanks badbowie!)
Fit new spark plug
Fit rear rack
Fit fender pack for spare tube
Replace oil and filterTest ride, get bogged, cover bike in sh#t!
Wash bike!!!
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Spares kit for Drz includes
HD front tube
STD rear tube
2 counter shaft seals and o rings
Air filter
Skins
Air filter oil
Air filter rim grease
Chain oil
Helmet spares
Spoke spanner
Grips
Hydro pack mouth piece
Brake pads front and rear
Bumbag
Tyre valves, pressure gauge,repair kit
Co2 bottles and adapter
Instant metal
Duct tape
Cable tyes
Chain and links
Wheel bearings
Hand pump
Chain breaker
Spanners
Mini t bar set
Combo pliers
Screw driver
Knife
The Cockpit with new Gps and mount ,charger socket and cut off switch
The airhawk seat
the screen
the rack
underseat wiring with seperatly fused charger socket and gps
Hey nick, dont forget to pack a couple of spare 20amp fuses for the main fuse for the DRZ, mine shorted at cells and the bike just stopped(2 wires under the seat wore through), :ohmy: there should be a spare in the standard holder,butI recon getting a pack of them and chuck them in your bum bag.
Boony
Boony wrote:
Quote:Hey nick, dont forget to pack a couple of spare 20amp fuses for the main fuse for the DRZ, mine shorted at cells and the bike just stopped(2 wires under the seat wore through), :ohmy: there should be a spare in the standard holder,butI recon getting a pack of them and chuck them in your bum bag.
Boony
thanks Boony, I acutually blew my main fuse yesturday moving the horn and had to use the spare. I had totally forgot to replace it too. :huh:
Cheers
I will shout “BREAKFAST!!!” any time but I doubt it will satisfy any hunger pains.
mal5.1 wrote:
Quote:I will shout “BREAKFAST!!!” any time but I doubt it will satisfy any hunger pains.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:I reckon I will be to nervous to eat :huh:
TB
Hi all
I had a chat with TB about this today and he agrees that it would be a good idea to each carry a list of phone numbers in our backpacks ie. Home, wife, parents, close friend and local doctor.( solicitor
)I also thought it could be good if we each had the other riders mobile numbers and home numbers on that same list , just in case.
I will pm mine to the other riders if all agree this is a good idea and we should all pm each other with the same.Let me know your thoughts ?
That sounds like an excellent idea to me mate (if I was going that is exactly what I would do, I already have a similar list in my Bumbag permanently already)
Sort of extra insurance on top of the I.C.E Tag system for when there is no PC available etc
Nickj wrote:
Quote:Hi all
I had a chat with TB about this today and he agrees that it would be a good idea to each carry a list of phone numbers in our backpacks ie. Home, wife, parents, close friend and local doctor.( solicitor )
I also thought it could be good if we each had the other riders mobile numbers and home numbers on that same list , just in case.
I will pm mine to the other riders if all agree this is a good idea and we should all pm each other with the same.Let me know your thoughts ?
Sounds like a good idea Nick.
Might be best if we have one person collate all the numbers and they could then pm all the guys going.On another note regarding GPS mounting, I had my Garmin 60CSX on a Garmin bike mount on the bars on a ride a few of us OBT members did on the weekend with ORE site
(see this link to the ride report
http://www.offroadexplorer.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1682&p=10705#p10705 )
and by the end of the two days ride the GPS was wobbling about as the plastic mountings were worn away by vibration. All up the mount has done about 1500km on the bike, so if you are using one of these mounts for the trip I doubt that it will last.
I had another RAM mount which I hadn’t used because of the bulky ball and clamp arrangement but ended up using the GPS holder and made my own mounting clamped to the bars which is a lot more solid.
I don’t know what sort of mounts the rest of you guys are using but I thought I would pass on this info just in case BEFORE someones GPS comes adrift.Mick
I have been using the same mount plastic mount for over 12 months now and probably have done a few thousand K’s, mine too is a bit loose and wobbles aroud a bit. I have a lanyard on mine that I tie off to the bar or the clutch cable, I came off the first time I used the GPS and it came loose from the mount but the lanyard saved me losing it. I bought an aluminium holder that is meant to clamp to the cross bar but the Veestrom doesn’t have a cross bar
umm…wet arse?
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