COWRA BREAKOUT

[Michael BuchananMember]

Comprehensive ride report there mate !

Was a great ride & I reckon we covered almost every surface ( apart from sand ) that we’re likely to come across.

I loved ( ALMOST) every minute. Riding in the dark with roos & wombats everywhere when I’m “optically challenged” was a worry. I was using the force for that bit !

The Tenere impressed me. Must admit that 200kg bikes with high ‘ish tyre pressures & slippery red clay aren’t a good mix. We rode with a lot more caution than we’d normally show on enduro bikes, & still got through at a reasonable pace (for me anyway).

Will have to get video for the next one. JTB’s impression of the water jet at Lake Berley Griffin when he hit the causeway at about 60km/h, & his 180 degree spin on the red clay hill would make for a good laugh bench racing over a beer after the ride.

Can’t wait to do it all again & grateful for a good hit out on the new machine before the Nav ride in August.

Thanks for planning & leading it all JTB.

Cheers,
Bucky

[Geoff ForshawMember]

Yeah great ride report there JTB and great pics too.

Cheers,
Lefty

[JohnMember]

Bucky wrote:

Comprehensive ride report there mate !

Was a great ride & I reckon we covered almost every surface ( apart from sand ) that we’re likely to come across.

I loved ( ALMOST) every minute. Riding in the dark with roos & wombats everywhere when I’m “optically challenged” was a worry. I was using the force for that bit !

The Tenere impressed me. Must admit that 200kg bikes with high ‘ish tyre pressures & slippery red clay aren’t a good mix. We rode with a lot more caution than we’d normally show on enduro bikes, & still got through at a reasonable pace (for me anyway).

Will have to get video for the next one. JTB’s impression of the water jet at Lake Berley Griffin when he hit the causeway at about 60km/h, & his 180 degree spin on the red clay hill would make for a good laugh bench racing over a beer after the ride.

Can’t wait to do it all again & grateful for a good hit out on the new machine before the Nav ride in August.

Thanks for planning & leading it all JTB.

Cheers,
Bucky

No problems Bucky… just need to convert the VOR bloke and it’ll be just like the g’olden days! :dry:

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Great report and pictures there JTB.

I reckon we may have ridden past your mate Nev’s property on one of the adventure rides before.

[jamieMember]

Top report JTB.

[jim cadyMember]

Great effort on sharing that ride jtb,would have taken some time to put together.

Thanks for taking the time,enjoyed it.

James

[Matt BakerMember]

The place you are going to buy and call “Adventure Enduro Land” already has some nice single track in the pine you can see in the background. I know because Bob and I put it in there. (He lives at Neville)

[JohnMember]

LC4skin wrote:

The place you are going to buy and call “Adventure Enduro Land” already has some nice single track in the pine you can see in the background. I know because Bob and I put it in there. (He lives at Neville)

Noice! Having all that on your doorstep would be awesome!

[shaneMember]

Yep, not a bad report that. Hafta say the flat at the farm is good to stay in with the fire. The food out did what I normally do…but then I don’t get my missus to prepare it for us!!!

I am happy to advise that the guvmint now thinks I can drive a 4WD AND I’ve decided against the purchase of a new Hilux. Not very impressed. The Ford Ranger on the other hand… :woohoo:

as an aside re. that line up of old cars. Clearly when I turned up that night I was more intent on parking the car and cracking a beer open than looking around. Because later that evening when I went outside to shake hands with an unemployed fellow I know I looked up and saw a line up of cars a short distance away. I couldn’t see in the dark what they were and didn’t know why all these people had lined up their cars in the middle of nowhere. Was a bit of a ‘shit self moment’

[JohnMember]

So when are you buying an Adventure machine???? You would have enjoyed the ride… and the debrief afterwards, you could have had one of your own beers! They were better than Bucky’s Aldi beer in a can… :whistle: Oh and we had Bucky’s special recipe Black Angus lasagne and some equally secret recipe garlic bread that was bloody good too

Ford? You in a Ford? Really? S’pose if you don’t drive it like it’s a company car… and definitely NOT over 80KPH you should be right. You did say Ford didn’t you? :dry:

You got any gear to try and straighten a brake lever?

[shaneMember]

jtb2879 wrote:

You got any gear to try and straighten a brake lever?

Of course I do! I have to make my own parts!!! :blink:

[JohnMember]

Copy. Will have to set up a suitable time/date to give it a crack then.

[GregMember]

jtb2879 wrote:

Copy. Will have to set up a suitable time/date to give it a crack then.

Good luck they don’t straighten well because they aren’t straight to start which I know from experience :blush: they have a rolled bent in them weird things

Good luck

TB

[jim cadyMember]

Hi jtb,
I had success straightening my brake lever on my anvil,more than happy to have a crack at yours if you cant find a solution

James

[JohnMember]

Thanks James! I assume you used heat as well as the hammer/anvil?

Thanks TB… once again the fountain of knowledge for all things 660Z!

Might have to ring Mr Yamaha and see what he wants for a new lever to see if it’s worth messing around with or not.

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