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Great initiative TB. Hopefully it takes off for you and Steve. Can’t see why it wouldn’t. I would think the ADV scene would be larger than the dirt bike scene.

I had a quick look at the rideadv.com.au website. A little feedback. It all comes up well but then the background seems to go dark to emphasise the ride ADV part. This however made all the other info (ie ride dates) very hard to read. Maybe it’s just my computer but I thought you’d like to know. I have an old version of internet explorer as we run windows xp at work so hopefully that’s it. Can’t get the latest internet explorer when you have xp. I’ll try it on Chrome now and see if there’s any difference.

Edit. Works fine on Chrome so it’s just my old gear. Won’t be many like it now. Another reason for me to get an upgrade.

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G’day Ecks,

I reckon if it was me it would come down to how much riding I was doing. My guess is you’re not doing that much (like me unfortunately). If I wasn’t doing much riding and the bike was unused for lengthy periods I would keep the suzuki. If I was doing heaps of riding and racking up the km’s I would get the yamaha as you are likely to trade in either bike in the short term anyway.

The yamaha is going to need more maintenance than the suzuki as it has been used more already. No issue if you plan on having it for a short time. Bigger issue if the bike is a long term proposition. I also reckon the suzuki would hold it’s value slightly better in the long term.

Then again from a pure riding perspective the yamaha would be more fun to ride in my opinion. Comes back to what you want and what that’s worth to you in terms of monetary and enjoyment values.

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Teza, you didn’t pinch the breather hose did you. Probably wouldn’t make a difference if you did anyway but I guess in theory a breather hose should breathe. Something to maybe check anyway (especially if your breather hose starts acting like a balloon toy).

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Only one way to ride a 250F. Just a bees dick below the rev limiter. Don’t be scared to take it there. They love it and are designed for it. The auto clutch will certainly help do it though.

If my memory serves me correctly 250’s need to be in the 5 digit rpm range (the rev limiter is 12,000 isn’t it).

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Axel, how’d you go with the planned lowering of the pegs. Did it make a difference.

I think the standard ktm bars are one of the highest bends available anyway. When I bent two sets of bars I spent a bit of time looking into it. From memory there were higher bends but they had more sweep so I was never game to try them. Too much coin to then find out it feels awful.

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Funny how things work. Me and my mates were the same with the big car stereos. We didn’t do the big sub woofer though. It would have interfered with the amount of swags and grog we could fit in on road trips to B&S’s and local parties. Maybe it depends if you live in town or not.

Got to love a Ford as your first car. Big, roomy, reliable and best of all cheap as chips for what you get.

He looks like a good young bloke but I’m a bit concerned. He’s got the boot up on the ford and the bonnet up on Dad’s cruiser next door.

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BOLLOCKS wrote:

Went and had a look at my bike,spoke with Mat the owner of Bikes and Bits,we were both in the agreeance that the idea of sabotage is bullshit.
When i kissed the rocks i punctured my casing for the rekluse clutch.Then when i finally got out of “death valley” i had to ride about 6 or 8 km back to the car.Could hear the gears grinding :pinch:
This steel that is through the gearbox and other places is more likely from the front of the discs on the Rekluse.Thats our opinion..the mechanic is still screaming Sabotage!!! :laugh: ..ahh..young fellas these days
It’s a bloody good business and the people there really look after you,especialy if your an Old Bull
Mat and Linda are going out of their way to fix the situation so i’m not really worried now.
Pays to have a good relationship with your bike dealer
Might sell it and get a new one :woohoo: :laugh: :blink: :huh:

Bol :woohoo:

Reading between the lines I’m interpreting this as riding with no oil in the crankcase for some length of time (the length of time I don’t know). I would have thought you could ride a bit of a way (read 6-8 km’s) with no oil and not do too much damage unless the bike was working and got hot.

I may have got the story all wrong too but I would still be interested in peoples thoughts on how far you can ride with no oil, just in case it happens to me.

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Going a bit hard at the pony express were we?

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The concept of air forks really appeals to me. The downside is you are really reliant on your seals not being damaged. A leak in your seals during a race (or weekend ride for that matter) and the resulting “pimped” bike becomes a little less appealing. I’m guessing/hoping they have much stronger/more durable seals than the oil forks.

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Thanks STM

No go on the email front though. I just retyped my email address into my profile to reset that as well. Hopefully it’s right now. It just seems odd. It all used to work and I haven’t changed anything, haven’t changed email address and it obviously works for others. Might have to change my lucky number from 13.

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Thanks LC,

I found it and checked. It said I should of been getting email notifications. Reset it and saved it again so will see how we go. I also checked my email address was right and it was fine as well. Hopefully resaving it will work.

Thanks.

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So do these things automatically slip the clutch to keep the revs up if you load up the engine and it starts to bog down. ie going up a hill. Thinking about it as I type I guess they must. Low revs means idle which means clutch fully disengaged, high revs means more centrifugal force which means clutch more and more engaged (no slipping). How adjustable is it Boll. Do you have to change your oil more often and need different oil.

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Boony, I saw some of the kids out there on the weekend. Had to have a laugh to myself as I was driving out after the pony express on Sunday just on dark. All the parents/adults were up at the quarters shall we say resting whilst a few of the kids were getting that last bit of riding in on the front track. Made me reminisce the old days when all you wanted to do was ride, ride, ride. The only thing that stopped you was mum and dad cutting off the fuel supply. Lack of energy was never an issue. Good to hear everyone had fun. There were a lot of smiles on the faces of the few kids I saw at the start of the pony.

Did you have much trouble getting rid of Dick and Duncan after the race.

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I haven’t ridden Coolatai yet, but I also have never heard a bad thing said about it either which is always a good sign. I’ve sent you an email so hopefully it arrives this time.

Another thing with the entry. In order to save a bit of coin you can pre enter each race in the series. Normally the entry forms will be up on either the host clubs website or the series website http://www.nipes.com.au a couple of weeks before the event. Download it, fill it out and fax/email it to the place shown on the form. You still pay on the day but you pay $15 less which can add up after a few races. You don’t need to pay before race day (no one ever has). It just lets the clubs get the paperwork sorted beforehand. Even if you’re not sure you can make it but there is a chance you could, send it in anyway. No one gets hassles if you don’t show and they won’t chase you for the money.

PS. The Rookie got 4th. Well done. The bloke who won ironman beat the blokes who won B grade (pairs).

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Good to hear you loved the track Rookie and a great write up. I was the clerk of the course (the bloke who did the riders briefing) and I also was the bloke holding the last lap sign. Got some very pleased responses from the ironmen when they saw that sign. I got to ride a lap of the track on Saturday when we were setting it out although the crf 230 I rode didn’t quite have the thrills of my 300. Still, better than nothing though. I have never seen conditions (including the weather) so perfect at a race. Well done and I hope your bike repairs go well.

I have just done up the race results and lap times and emailed them out. If you didn’t get them PM your email address and I will send them to you or post them on here for public viewing so you can boast even more. I’ve never seen positions swap so much in Ironman. It was a very competitive 4 hours.

Hopefully I’ll see you at Coolatai on the 23rd June.

PS. Boony and Aaron were also out there on the weekend. Just trail riding. They’ve gone soft now. I’m pretty shore I saw Aaron’s young bloke go round him on a pw50. He didn’t even take it like a man. Jumped off the bike and threw the helmet down. Even the young bloke was ashamed for him. He didn’t look like he was game to ask dad to release his throttle limiter after that.

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