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Trailboss wrote:No worries champ got your PM but have been busier than a one armed paper hanger in a wind storm!!
Give me a call 0499 089715
TB
Cheers mate, much appreciated
Couldn’t have picked a worse time to harass ya hey, sorry about the timing there :whistle:
Paul
Tractor wrote:Bucky wrote:I’m praying to the weather God’s for a little rain on Friday. Even a bit on Sat would be OK. just to keep the dust down.Tractor & I went for a “shakedown ride” on Sat in the Chichester State Forest ( Barrington Tops area = between Dungog & Gloucester ) I know it’s not where we’ll be riding on Nav ride, but it’s not that far away either.
The dust was shocking, that fine powdery crap that hangs in the air. TB has mentioned about freshly graded roads being slippery. Same was true on our ride. The Tenere is not exactly a rocketship, but was spinning up everywhere – really hard to get grip and drive – FUN though :cheer:
Hurry up Friday arv !!
Cheers,
Second the fun bit.
Can’t wait for Friday.
Ironed out some of the teething problems with the 640 mainly induced by the previous owner (and some by me, the heated grips now turn off). She didn’t miss a bit (apparently much to the surprise of a near future corider
)She is raring to go. :woohoo:
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heated grips :sick: your goin soft
huskybloke wrote:heated grips :sick: your goin softForgive him, for he knows not what he is doing
One day he will own and ride a reliable piece of machinery and wonder why he “batted for the other side” for so long! :whistle:You blokes may not have to worry about dust!
ELDERS WEATHER LINK shows 80% chance of 1-5mm of rain on Sat and 40% chance of less than 1mm of rain.
But as we all know that is likely to change at the drop of a hat
What of a cracker of a ride on the weekend. We had everything thrown in up hills down hills big logs across the track, and water crossings. You will go from the bush to the ocean bush again then rivers of the Macleay and back to the bush.
This is the one not to be missed, this ADV ride will test you all the way till the end.
At one stage we had to skull drag the bikes under a tree, this will be gone before you all come through.
There is plenty of dust and you need to take care as you will not see the rider in front, and the road has been graded and are really slippery
The accommodation is great, right on the Nambucca River and the food is good, give the egg omelette ago. See you all next week
Cheers
King Strucky
Hey TB,
Merlyn is out for this ride, his KTM 990 is still not repaired, they have found the problem though, loose main crank bolt
No chance he will be ready.MrSquiggle wrote:Hey TB,Merlyn is out for this ride, his KTM 990 is still not repaired, they have found the problem though, loose main crank bolt
No chance he will be ready.No good mate, you would think that they would loan him a bike given that it broke down with less than 1000kms on it and only weeks old and its taken them since the last navigation ride in June to just diagnose it!!! :ohmy: :ohmy: Shame on the dealer and KTM :whistle:
TB
jtb2879 wrote:huskybloke wrote:heated grips :sick: your goin softForgive him, for he knows not what he is doing
One day he will own and ride a reliable piece of machinery and wonder why he “batted for the other side” for so long! :whistle:he did once a ts 185 :blush:
Trailboss wrote:MrSquiggle wrote:Hey TB,Merlyn is out for this ride, his KTM 990 is still not repaired, they have found the problem though, loose main crank bolt
No chance he will be ready.No good mate, you would think that they would loan him a bike given that it broke down with less than 1000kms on it and only weeks old and its taken them since the last navigation ride in June to just diagnose it!!! :ohmy: :ohmy: Shame on the dealer and KTM :whistle:
TB
Its got 4K on the odo but still really new, and obviously a QA stuffup. You have got to give kudos to the Japanese on thier quality assurance, I have never had an issue with a new bike until I bought a new KTM. Head bolts torqued incorrectly resulting in leak on the head gasket on number1. All fixed up by KTM newcastle (NEVER BUY A MOTORCYCLE FROM PRO-CYCLES HORNSBY .. EVER, youve been warned)
KTM newcastle have been great, good communication and they have put time in on the bike. They did have to wait a few weeks for some parts. We talked to Shane about a loan bike but they dont have one so no luck.
Merlyn will make the next one I am sure, mind you he changes bikes often so it may be on a new 1190 if the parts take too long.
huskybloke wrote:jtb2879 wrote:huskybloke wrote:heated grips :sick: your goin softForgive him, for he knows not what he is doing
One day he will own and ride a reliable piece of machinery and wonder why he “batted for the other side” for so long! :whistle:he did once a ts 185 :blush:
Soft. Hmmm… That reminds of when you got that flat tyre… :whistle:
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Notice how Huskybloke is working up sweat contemplating :S
jtb2879 wrote:huskybloke wrote:heated grips :sick: your goin softForgive him, for he knows not what he is doing
One day he will own and ride a reliable piece of machinery and wonder why he “batted for the other side” for so long! :whistle:Which side I bat for is a personal preference and one which I’m comfortable with
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