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jagermeister means master hunter

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Not sure if this is an 09 or ’10 but sure looks nicer dirty!

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Yeah his new helmet display is a killer! They keep promising me a ride day with the berg but nothing yet

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Here’s some pics of the new 250f and 450f

http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/gallery/9339650_Sbpmj#624731806_VENmw

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Mate if you’re keen to teach a greenhorn I’d be keen to get out there and give it a try!

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Yeah thanks mate feels good and boosts my confidence with working on it even though its a relatively straight forward task.

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Actually I was just worried about changing it full stop – the HD tubes are an excuse for me to learn and now I have a little extra to think about

I’m sure it’ll be fine like my nerves before bleeding the brakes the first time now I do it without fuss.

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Cheers. I finished re-fitting my motor last night and what I thought would be a quick wrap up lasted about 5 hours! Most of it was fun but some of it not so. I had a lay down last ride which killed my magic button and kill switch button so I had to fix that first. Turned out that the plug had come out of the harness so I took it off for nothing but was still happy with the result.

Buuuuutttttt…… my battery isn’t so good at the moment (too tired to recall why ) so when I got it all back together it only wound over a little before giving up which is also unusual because it normally starts easy. So I got on her and kicked for a bit which was great in my ugg boots and it really didn’t sound like it was going to start so down I climbed off. I pulled the plug and it looked good so I thought I’d test to see if it was getting spark by putting my finger over the lead with no result and then putting a screwy in there and holding the shaft while pressing the start button but still no result. Is that a proper test? I was getting a bit worried and frustrated at this point because I thought that maybe my CDI was cactus but wasn’t giving up yet.

See when I put it back together I thought it’d be neater to run the generator connector leads* inside the top engine mount so they’d stay in tight but it was a little too tight. Now I’m smart enough to realise that electricity can’t be kinked like a hose so I was second guessing this being the problem but I figured it was only 3 bolts to remove to eliminate it and move to the next issue. Sure enough there was a break in the wire’s coating and I guess that it was earthing. I put the engine mount back on and put my riding boot on and she sounded much better on the first kick and purred like music to my ears on the second

I figure its better to go to bed late with a fixed bike than to sit up stewing over what might be wrong with it and I’m riding this Saturday so I wanted to make sure there wasn’t a problem ASAP in case I had to cancel.

Just sitting in the saddle got me excited I can’t wait for Saturday!

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That’s much smarter than sitting up till midnight working on it at home like I did last night! I guess the result is similar though I’m that flogged today I wont be producing too much quality work

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I changed the rear pads last night and also tried something that seems to have worked and will be tested out this weekend.

Previously I have topped the M/C up all the way to the brim and let if overflow as I put the lid on. Do all rear m/c’s have a rubber boot attached to the lid that sits inside the cylinder? Anyway my ktm does so that’s why it overflows.

So I cyringed a bit of fluid out before installing the new pads and left the fluid level down a little and it feels like the brakes are a tad spongey which I think will be more user friendly now where previously they seemed to stiff so they were either on or off and not much feel through my boot.

Anyway its all good practice in the shed and on the bike because I’m yet to make good use of my rear brake.

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Here’s a good thread from over at DBW where one of the posters is over there and posts some pics he took.

Probably the only thread worth reading over there!

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I’m nervous about fitting my HD tubes myself because I’ve never done it before but I want to learn so I can do it in the bush if I need to. At the moment I’ve got my levers but no tyre repair gear so they stay in the car

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Day 3 and 4 link here but its the final so don’t watch it if you don’t want the spoiler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwPXpZk0hHo

I took the dub dub dub out because the embedded vid has the results and I don’t want to spoil it.

youtube.com/watch?v=M7sSUX87rQo&feature=player_embedded

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Yeah I will be once it’s done but they’re running at the moment so there’s new updates on youtube daily pretty much.

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Hmm just noticed you ride a 625 so I’ll just ask – is that spot suitable for a 250 4t? Looks like fun so I think it’ll be a goer, which day would you prefer?

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