Silverton, Oodnadatta, SA or bust ADV ride 2011

[Brendon CarreMember]

Lefty wrote:

Hey there TB,
I don’t want to state the obvious there champ, but I will. As for your bash plate splitting along the LHS weld and after giving you a hand to lift the Tenere after a little incident. There is a bit of tonnage involved when it hits the ground eh! If you know what I mean………….

Cheers,
Left One

Hit the ground lefty?? Tell us more mate :huh:

[GregMember]

boulder wrote:

Lefty wrote:

Hey there TB,
I don’t want to state the obvious there champ, but I will. As for your bash plate splitting along the LHS weld and after giving you a hand to lift the Tenere after a little incident. There is a bit of tonnage involved when it hits the ground eh! If you know what I mean………….

Cheers,
Left One

Hit the ground lefty?? Tell us more mate :huh:

It fell off the stand about 3 to 4 weeks ago when I had he forks out, just a tip to the side onto the wooden deck. I straightened it up onto the bash plate and left it there until I got the forks back. Lefty came around and helped me lift it onto the lift stand. I don’t know how you would know it weighs much Lefty cause we each had hold of the bars and I saw when I lifted it up your feet were of the ground and you were hanging like a dead weight :laugh: :laugh: And I might add not happy about being up that high as the photo shows

TB

[David FirmingerMember]

5440ish Minutes until we leave, getting nervous and excited!

Dejay

[Mick PilgrimMember]

boulder wrote:

Up with the sparrows this morning an it was raining cats and dogs, so off to the shed and load the bike!
I thought I would weight all my gear and see just how much weight the pig would have to carry!
Right pannier = 7kg
left pannier = 7kg
Top bag = 6kg
Food tube = 3kg
water = 2kg
spare fuel =4.5kg
Back pac = 7.3 kg
Bum bag .5kg
Fuel in tank =29.7kg
Me =110kg All muscle too!! :blush:
Total 180 kg
No wonder the frames take a hammering!! :dry:
Would be interested to know what some of you guys weight fully loaded??

Just checked the load rating of the rear 606 tyre = 325kg

180kg plus riding gear (say 10kg) plus bike (say 170kg) = 360kg

The back tyre is grossly overloaded when you are doing wheelies up the road Boulder :laugh: :laugh:

Mickp

[Nick JacksonMember]

mickp wrote:

Just checked the load rating of the rear 606 tyre = 325kg

180kg plus riding gear (say 10kg) plus bike (say 170kg) = 360kg

The back tyre is grossly overloaded when you are doing wheelies up the road Boulder :laugh: :laugh:

Mickp

No wonder we are only getting 3000km out of a rear :whistle:

[David FirmingerMember]

I think he’s running an E09, with all the weight and power of the might DR, we could both be in trouble! :woohoo: What tyre combo are you running Mick?

[Brendon CarreMember]

I have a brand new 606 on! :pinch:
Hey Mick, everything I own is grossly overloaded

[GregMember]

Mick I can only imagine is worried about weights after he has just welded the arse of the kato back on :laugh: :pinch:

Sutto told me last week “The 690 is a good adventure bike but they cant carry the weight we do adventure riding”

I will weigh mine maybe this week if I can get time and Lefty is available

TB

[GregMember]

Don’t forget conference call 8pm tomorrow night Gaz has sent you all a PM.

Agenda

– Accommodation at Silverton
– Rough (read) rough outline of the route
– Sweep for a day and how that will work
– Update on the sat phones from Gaz
– Start time satuday at Silverton

How everyone gets to Silverton is their business, Deejay and I are leaving Thursday and staying somewhere so we can be in the Hill around lunch on Friday.

TB

[GregMember]

[Geoff ForshawMember]

Trailboss wrote:

boulder wrote:

Lefty wrote:

Hey there TB,
I don’t want to state the obvious there champ, but I will. As for your bash plate splitting along the LHS weld and after giving you a hand to lift the Tenere after a little incident. There is a bit of tonnage involved when it hits the ground eh! If you know what I mean………….

Cheers,
Left One

Hit the ground lefty?? Tell us more mate :huh:

It fell off the stand about 3 to 4 weeks ago when I had he forks out, just a tip to the side onto the wooden deck. I straightened it up onto the bash plate and left it there until I got the forks back. Lefty came around and helped me lift it onto the lift stand. I don’t know how you would know it weighs much Lefty cause we each had hold of the bars and I saw when I lifted it up your feet were of the ground and you were hanging like a dead weight :laugh: :laugh: And I might add not happy about being up that high as the photo shows

TB

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Very funny champ! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Bring it up when you get a chance and we will weigh it fully loaded with you. :ohmy: :huh:

Hang on! I will just check the load rating.

Yep all good champ! Bring her up! :laugh: :laugh:

Cheers,
Lefty

[Stewart SteelMember]

Fella’s
Back when I was a young apprentice my family went out to do the Birdsville track etc, leaving me at home to milk the cows. The day they were supposed to arrive home came and went. Seven days later Birdsville police rang to say they were safe, but stuck on a sand dune with the whole area flooded, and wouldn’t be moving for another week.They ran out of food etc. a couple of times in between ariel food drops, but eventually made it home about two and a half weeks later than planned.
My boss, though understanding, was very pissed off in general.

Unfortunately Kath knows this story all to well, as I was working for her Dad at the time. Therefore my already sketchy leave pass has been officialy revoked. Apparantely neither her or the bank manager could cope with the above mentioned situation, however unlikely.

I therefore withdraw from this ride with a heavy heart. I wish you all the best, apoligies to all involved.
Look forward to hearing all about it when you get back.

Just as a quick aside, Just got back from AORC round at Salisbury where I took Kath to sweet talk her into letting me go on the ride. Failed miserably. Wettest race meet I have ever imagined.
Over twenty of the pro and experts could not complete the parade lap, with the sweeps even having to help some of the biggest names in the sport!! Getting out was acheived with nearly every vehicle being pulled by either Protty’s troopy or the landowners 100 hp 4wd tractor. This was a very bad weekend to put my case to the bride, completely backfired on me! [ George got 3rd in J3!! ]

All the best,

Moose

[Nick JacksonMember]

That’s the worst news I’ve had for a while Moose

[Brendon CarreMember]

Sorry to hear that Moose , was looking forward to your company on this one mate!
But I fully understand your scenario and you have to put the family and business first.
Keep an eye on the ride thread and spot trackers it will feel like your there with us!!

[Nick JacksonMember]

Now who’s going to supply the cigarettes ??

We will miss you on this one mate but theirs always a next time

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