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I’ve done side covers and front plates but I reckon shrouds would have to be the worst. Luckily for me the ktm has the graphics built into the shrouds so I haven’t had to do it yet. What do they say. Patience is a virtue.
Captain,
Any reason why you chose a mob from NZ. I’m not being critical or starting a OS vs Oz war but for something that is specialised and a one off would have thought local people would have been much easier. I know at the end of the day NZ is practically Australia anyway but was just wondering if they were seen as better quality or much cheaper cause the NZ dollar is crap or if there was a specific reason.
They do look the goods though, I must admit.
Lucky result in the end and a good lesson. I like doing my own maintenance but there is always that nagging doubt in the back of my mind that I have forgotten something as I don’t do it enough to have proper systems engrained in my pshcye. All well that ends well as long as it doesn’t happen twice.
Thanks TB,
I did a bit of an internet search the other day as well. Found a site and the bloke said that he reckons blowing out crap hardly ever works and he reckons the go was putting it in boiling water. Have you ever heard of this. The site I was looking at appeared to be a bloke who repairs old bikes so I’m guessing he had to deal with a lot of long term hard set crap from years of abuse as apposed to my carby which ahs been in constant use for only a couple of years. Just interested in hearing others thoughts on the boiling thing.
Now that it is a necessity to clean my carby I have been thinking and have a couple of other questions before I commence.
With the mixture/air/idle screws or whatever they are called is there a need for me to take them out as part of the cleaning process. If so, in order to make sure I put them back right do I just measure the number of turns from fully screwed in to the current position. Should I do that anyway just to know where things are set.
I assumed the Sydney boys would be adventure biking the trip. I gather this assumption is wrong and you will be dirt biking it.
Another option we have been toying with for next year with the Over 35/45’s is 3 hours solo instead of 2. Had a couple of blokes ask me last year and not sure which way to go. Any thoughts.
Please make sure you have changed the date of the Coolatai race in June. We had a clash and had to change it. The date in the first post is correct as I have changed it.
Good idea with the costs. Haven’t been finalised for next year but will be similar to this year.
Pre enter $25
Enter on the Day $45
Club membership $30
Club membership if already a member of one of the clubs in the series $10
One day racing licence $50A bit of an explanation on all that
1. To pre-enter just fax in entry form before race and pay the reduced rate on the day. Don’t need to send money to pre enter.
2. All races are what’s called club race days. This means to comply with MNSW rules and insurance you have to be a member of the host club to compete. To save riders a bit of money here once you are a member of one of the clubs then you pay a reduced membership rate at the remaining races. (eg say your from Sydney and your first race is Uralla you pay $30 membership there and then your next race is Moree you would pay $10 membership there)
3. Just to confuse the issue even more there are 3 clubs that hold two rounds. If you are a full member of a club (have paid the $30) then you pay no membership cost at the second race that they host. (eg if you pay $30 membership at Uralla you pay no membership fees at Upper Horton).
4. Depending on how many races you plan on doing there a few ways to og with membership. Genarally the cheapest option is pay $30 at the first one you turn up to an then $10 per race after that. Just make sure you don’t pay at the second round held by the club you are a full member of.
5. The MNSW one day race licence is not your RTA bike licence. It is effectively your insurance for racing. The insurance is pretty poor I think. You pretty much have to be borderline dead to get any money and even then it is only around $250/week for a limited time. Don’t hold me to that but that’s my understanding. The other option if you plan on doing heaps of racing (MX or enduro) is to get an annual licence from MNSW. It costs around $285/year. So it’s $50/race or $285/year whatever is cheapest for the number of races you do. The annual licence also saves a lot of time at sign on.
Hope I haven’t confused you too much. IT sounds complicated but once you have been to a race it is pretty simple.
Tamworth club has no manpower to run a race. Thought about approaching Goanna Tracks directly to see if they would be interested in organising a round if they got the cash themselves but Moree had offered to run the Coolatai round last year so I thought I may as well support the clubs that are already putting in the effort. I don’t know anything about Coolatai so I hope it is good.
The bloke on the BMW was Petta from Wee Waa. First time I had met him or seen a BMW. Looked like it was a good bit of gear and seemed to handle and drive well. He got it for $8900 on the road new with a full set of riding gear thrown in including boots. I think it was a 2010 model too. It all has a 2 year waranty including the riding kit and boots. Can’t go past that for value.
No point hitting Horse Power at 80 as it is too rough to carry the speed far anyway. Flat in 2nd gear is about it.
Welcome Blade.
Things are looking up mate. A daughter, a soon to be wife that rides bikes and soon to be back in dirt bike heaven. Doesn’t get much better than that. Get into it and have fun.
G’day Jason and welcome. A few questions that may help. How much risding have you done to date (how many years on bikes). How tall are you and what do you weigh. What are your plans for riding in the future. Do you reckon you will ride heaps or just the occasional ride. Do you have a budget.
Out of the two bikes you’ve listed both would be fine. Both have been around for ages and are tried and true. The best bike would be the one that has been looked after the best.
Boony
Sounds alright. Is it start Friday Back Sunday or start Saturday back Monday. Looking at the map I’m guessing it is a different ride on the way home (as apposed to riding back the same way we came). How many km’s is on the way home. Two reasons for asking. Fuel and time (especially if group of 10 or more). Having the 2T I’ll need to carry some oil but it all can be accomplished. Don’t lock me in yet (have to get a better grip on rides planned for next year) but am keen.
Not at the moment Mick. We had a crack at it a couple of years ago and nobody showed so it was canned. It’s a bit of a pain as the juniors can’t ride at the same time as the seniors unless you have a second track just for them. Of course this means more work and volunteers are required. Unfortunately volunteers are not in great supply as I’m sure you are aware. Last time we did it we ran Juniors on Saturday ans Seniors Sunday to overcome the volunteer problem. Not sure if this contributed to the lack of numbers though.
I’ve been getting the feeling lately that there is a bit of a swing for juniors to be interested in leaving the MX track (ie do both MX and enduro) so have been half thinking of giving it another go but until some others with juniors start knocking on my door or putting their hands up I don’t think it will happen.
Murph,
Funny you say that. Was thinking when I read it that I thought you were in the central coast general area somewhere but when I saw Bangalow I put 2 and 2 together and got 5. Not unusual for me though! Anyway the good news is central coast is a lot easier for me to get to than north coast so hopefully I will make it over to ride with you coastal blokes one weekend next year.
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