just another ride

[dave smithMember]

my bike after 110kph off

no probs got it sorted

picked up a passenger

couldnt pull it out was in there for 5hrs till i got to a hospital and had it cut out

the bars hung in for another 550kms solid as a rock

[JohnMember]

F*^k me.

Hope your alright. where did this happen ?

[Mick DMember]

Holy crap man!!! Makes my eyes water just looking at that!! :ohmy: I hate seeing XR’s get hurt.
It put a fair kink in your tank too.

OH yeah that pic of your melon looks bad too…LOL. What is it a stick or something?? Looks painful. You must be a tough SOB.

Love the bush mechanic stuff, necessity is the mother of all invention. Jam a set of Renthal fat bars on her and all will be good.
Cheers
Mick

[GregMember]

How true necessity is the mother of all invention To bad that didnt happen in PNG, you would have slid straight into one of those tribes with the strange body decorations. How far in was the stick? I have the same big tank, does yours have the brace across the front between the tank pods? The radiators look unmarked with is incredible considering.

So where did this custom body art and bike modification take place and how did it happen?

TB

[Anonymous]

Fark me…. You are truly hardcore Smithy

[dave smithMember]

it happened on a track called GOOGS track just north of ceduna south oz only damaged the bars no damage to the bike or tank
the stick was in deep had pliers on trying to pull but wouldnt move had to get it cut out had to ride for 5hrs with it sticking out of my face

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Looks like a good enough reason to wear googles wouldn’t you think Mick :0

[RoyMember]

That’s what I call being lucky when you’re unlucky. How far can you get on a tank.

[dave smithMember]

it vairys if the bike is working about 380kms per tank but if i take it easy im looking at 500kms its 26lts australian made safari tank

[GregMember]

Smithy where did you go when you got to Glendenbo? How long did it take from Ceduna? And did you have a support vehicle?

TB

[jamieMember]

Looks fn painful Smithy and would have been hard to concentrate with,but how far in did that sucker go?
lucky it wasn’t any higher.

[dave smithMember]

this was the 2nd time we rode googs but because i broke my bars and i got the stick in my face we had to turn around and ride back to ceduna for treatment but the first time we rode googs track we left ceduna at 6am get to glendambo late afternoon no support vehicle we take wot we need once we get to glendambo it a quick bite to eat fuel up then we drop down in between lake Everard and lake Gairdner go to a place called mt ive cattle station fuel up then head to iron knob then home to whyalla

[GregMember]

Whats the longest km stretch between fuel Smithy. I have the same tank as you but others that may go haven’t got as big a tanks.

You stay at the pub at Clendambo?

TB

[Jason GreenMember]

Wow what a stack I hope your face heals up quick you sure are lucky the stick didn’t go any higher you must be a tough old bugger get well soon so you can get back on it :cheer:

[dave smithMember]

my tank is 26lts googs track from fuel to fuel is about 300kms but googs track is very soft sand u have to keep the revs up or u sink

theres about 250 steep sand hills with sharp crests on top for the entire ride your working hard even though ive got a safari tank i still have to carry an extra 5lts so thats 31lts and by the time u get to glendambo theres not much more than vapours in the tank

fill the tank and the 5 lt bottle to get to mt ive station use it all then just fill the tank for the last 320km dash home

no fuel in iron knob its pretty much a ghost town with about 60 people

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