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Tried club marine and the likes and no go. One of our local brokers has someone so it will be interesting to see what the quote comes back as.
We do big farm dams. 50ha + in area generally. Could use a tinny and may have to in the end. A flat bottomed tinny may even be better as it wouldn’t tilt over in the water as much. Sounders cut out when depth gets much below 1.0m anyway. A tinny would probably be cheaper as well. Speed is not an issue as you are only just getting the jet ski on the plane at the speed you do the survey.
Two of my mates have just started running tubliss. One raced at Uralla in the rocks and swears by it. The other got a flat at bike territory the other day. Slashed tyre. Was on an old tyre though. Good news was we road around 15-20km to get home including a couple of hard hill climbs and the tyre held up fine flat. You could still tell youe were riding with a flat (front) but much better than if it was a tube and the tyre comes of the rim.
If you’re carrying a sare tube make sure ou put the rear rim lock in too or the tube won’t last long.
Thanks ollie. What is a “Y” section. I know you said don’t ask but not knowing is worse than not asking.
Mr Blue, I am interested in this rerouting of flow patterns. Could you elaborate more please. I’m guessing the basic princple is to give the coolant more time in the radiator and hence longer exposure to the cooling air flow but how can I do this.
On a second note I gather the increased water flow sort of achieves the same result but in the opposite way. The faster flow has less time to pick up as much heat and as such requires less time in the radiator to cool. It would also have less time in the radiator as well though wouldn’t it.
Anyway any further explanations would be greatly apppreciated.
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Aaron, thought you were getting a bit emotional on that boundary run hill. There was quite a lack of respect shown for machinery for one brief moment. Don’t worry though, we collected your dummy and it is now mounted on the fence you nearly took out.
On another note, I was told by a mate the other day to take the thermostat out and plumb the radiator hoses up like the mx bikes and this will fix overheating. I was talking to him about what the pro riders in the extreme enduros do as they all seem to ride 300’s. He had just got back from riding in Africa practicing for the roof of Africa in November on a 300. This was how we got on to it. He said, install fan in combination with the above was how they got over the problem.
Anyway, has anyone tried it.
Not sure if you’re taking the piss Krusty or not but it sure as hell frustrates the crap out of me as an owner. My old wr never boiled once, my 300 boils as soon as I point it towards a hill.
Riggs, what did the fan cost and I gather it plugs straight into the bikes wiring harness somewhere. If this is correct the fact that they have a plug ready and waiting concerns me. You could say it’s almost like an admission. How does the fan fit in with your radiator guards? Did you try the fan with normal coolant before you went the engine ice path?
Sorry for being a bit random with my questions but I’m just putting them up as they occur to me.
With the gaskets do you just put them on dry or do you need some sort of gasket goo.
What tools do I need to measure all these things I need to measure. I have vernier calipers but no feeler gauges. I’m guessing I need feeler gauges at the very least.
Thanks for the help so far.
Thanks for the help and the lead on Menaces thread. Just looked it up and the scary part is I already posted in it a couple of times. Must be getting old.
Would still like to know about honing and how to look for bottom end wear if it is possible without splitting the case.
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The thing that I don’t understand about these sort of products is how a higher boiling point can be good for the engine. I’m guessing that engines are designed to have an outer temperature of less than 100 degrees. If the liquid cooling the engine has a higher boiling point than 100 degrees than the outer temperature can get hotter than 100 and hence the bore temperature gets hotter than design specs before you realise things are getting hot. I don’t see how this can be a good thing.
The only way it can be better (with my limited understanding) is if the cooling liquid is better at transferring heat from the bore to the outside air better than water is. Can anyone explain this to me in simple terms. Thanks.
I’m not believing that walking on water one. That is a crock. There are a lot of amazing feats in there though. Sort of makes you feel like you’ve failed as an athlete watching it. So many different sports and not being able to do any of them like that.
lotsa wrote:We will trailer the bikes down to the starting point at White Cliffs,I’m guessing you mean Red Cliffs Lotsa. Will be a bit longer ride if you are starting at White Cliffs.
Got to love the colour coded riding gear. I gather you don’t have to have all original running gear for viduro racing. Modifications are acceptable?
Gunna be sweet boys. The rain gods just did their thing and if we are getting it in town Blue will be getting twice as much out there in the hills. Gotta love it when a plan comes together.
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