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imagine the endorsements he can get now! Kraft ETA….. :laugh: :laugh:

What a tool! I bet the dog couldnt give a shit either! :laugh:

Ollie[/quote]

We all know ‘who let the dogs out’ now :laugh: :laugh:

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Ollie wrote:

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Joel Monaghan has been offered a new contract…..with the Bulldogs :laugh: :laugh:

Ollie

It will be a howling success :laugh: woof woof :laugh:

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I like to keep it local and have been to just about all the bike shops in the hunter region. If I get good service than i’ll go back if not well i tell me mates not to go there. If service is good and they know their stuff I’ll go back for sure. Have used Suttos a couple of times now and Ballards halfa dozens times as I like the catolgue and I get good service and their know their stuff and it comes straight to my door some as Suttos.

I don’t mind payin a bit more to support the local industy and i also hate surfin the net lookin for that bargain. I’d rather get it sorted so I can go riding sooner and ya can’t beat the locals for that. If ya build a relationship ya nornmally get good deals anyway.

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when ya’s have had a few you’ll be able to say shit like walk the f.cking plank and I I me hearties :laugh:

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I’m just about to hit the pub for a beer and a punt :laugh:

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Trailboss wrote:
Hatto and Rat reread my first post in this thread I only said there wasnt a KTM in THAT list of the 10 best sellers, more because that surprised me (I would have bet money if asked there would have been more then one) but there wasnt

You guys need to stop being so sensitive and reactive , are they that bad you have to go all defensive :laugh: the KTM’s I have ridden werent all bad (I have owned one well before you Dave ) When you have spent sometime on all the bikes you bag Dave I will listen So calm down boys, its all good :laugh: :laugh:

Some where in this post TB admits he likes KTMs :laugh: It’s alright mate don’t fight it just let it happen. It’s only natural afterall. :laugh: Next time we ride together I’ll give ya a go on me 300. :laugh:

I remember before the mighty XRs stopped being produced they were everywhere. Just like roaches on a hot night. I should know cause I had one.

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Hey Jeffro
I was just about to scan that article and send it to a bloke I know that had his 08KTM 530 pinched a couple of Sat nights ago from lambton. 2 weeks before that another bloke I know had 3 bikes taken from Budgiewoi 10wr450,a real nice wr250 two banger and a jr 80. Let’s hope they catch em and me mates get their bikes back. Thievin bastards should be shot.

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mal5.1 wrote:
Yeah yeah heard this all before Dusty. Sending out info packs to shops and riding groups isn’t targeting the correct users or doing anything but wasting the publics money. All the shops and rider groups that thay are informing of ‘their responsibilities’ already are registered and licensed.

Newnes is to far gone to be giving out brochures. What they need to do with the unregistered, no helemet wearing bone heads is hit them where it gonna hurt them. Take a heap of 4WD police vehicles (and a bit arse trailer) and at least 4 police motor bikes (with good riders on them) and go up to the main camping and unloading areas or just cruise around the main roads (the bone heads never stray to far the main roads). When they see these bone heads, take the bike off them and give a huge fine. Then do it for a whole weekend (friday, saturday and sunday) and a few weekends in a row. Then don’t put it the local rag and on telly when they are ‘having a blizt’, just go up there and nail them. :angry:

While we’re on this subject. Can anyone tell me if the Forestry or NSW National Parks people have the authority to ask and view your licesne? I have no problems giving the info to the Police as they are the law. The other guys are land managers. :huh:

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G’day Mal

Up in the Wattagans they have had Blitzs in the past. I think the last one was earlier this year. I had and Foresty worker who use to let me know but he is outa the loop these days so no info coming my way anymore. Not that it worried me cause I’ve always been rego’ed since I’ve been an adult. I would avoid the area though because if i got pulled over it would cut me ridin time dealin with it all.

I don’t think National Parks, Foresty or any other body/group other than cops can legally pull ya over. That’s why they have the cops with em on the so called Blitz.

IMO I think it’s a good thing as it targets the arseholes who give us legit riders a bad name.

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Capt. Furious wrote:

I think they are more for MX tracks and FMX where you are landing hard from a long way up.

Yeah that make sense mate. I was thinkin more for trail ridin than Moto and stuff. I can see the benifits in havin them for sure now.

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twobanger wrote:
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hey twobanger. That bike has the ganster look going on with them pegs. :woohoo:

Don’t konw about the other ones Captain. Looks like they may catch rocks and sticks in the tricky stuff although they llok very comfy too.

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micknmeld wrote:
That being said, we as a group have a responsibility to get along with all the users of the bush and respect their right to be there as well.[/quote]

I hear ya Mick. I reckon “each to their own” because we are all different so who am I to judge. :laugh:

I just stuffed up down the bottom but I thought the sign was directing us up the hill. We were on a main thoughfare at the base of the Watagans and I know that track very well and than there was this detour :huh: Anyway hopefully they got the signs sorted cause I certainly did’nt want to be ridin on their course or piss em off. :silly:

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Poor bugger at least he’ll know he had the wood on the others in the hard stuff. How big is the sport gettin now. I was out ridin with me nephew a few months ago and we took a wrong turn (dodgy sign posting) when there was a down hill pushie event on in the Watagans. We started from the bottom and started goin up their course and I’m thinkin this ain’t right cause there was all these nicely made berms and little brigdes and shit. I then looked back at my nephew and he is just carvin the shit outa everything. That’s when i’m thinkin lets get outa here. So we keep goin up and I’m lookin for a way out and I start seein people who looked a little pissed off comin down towards us wavin their hands. By this time I notices a track of to the side and decided to go for it. We made our escape but hadta ride back down through the car park where we recieved alota death stares.Again I looked back and the nephews on the pegs doin stand up wheelies and hangin the arse out and generally being a rat. We ended up stoppin a few keys down the track and I said to me nephew what was the go with ya goin the rat on the pushie track and he just said “what” and gave me a dumb dog look like he did’nt realise.

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All done fellas. Left the swing arm on the bike and used your idea Murph with the socket. It worked like a beauti. I had to give it a few good hits until it loosened up and started to move but nothin to extreme. I think i’ll take it off next time though mainly for the convinience of having it in me hands to put the new one in which was a bit tricky doin on the bike. Anyway it all worked out well so thanks for the advise….Dusty

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Murph the surf wrote:

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Hey Dusty
Have done many of said bushes
Never tried to change one without removing the swingarm though
With the swingarm out you can line it up over an open vice with a near sized socket and tap it out. A second pair of hands to balance the swingarm is handy. Like White rocket said remove the bush and seal from one side first. I have found that a few good solid hits gets the bugger moving, imagine it would be awkward still on the bike. Fit the new one measuring each side to centralise it.
Bloody expensive bush but at least there is only one
Cheers
Murph

G’day Murph thanks for the heads-up. Will see how I go. If I havta take the swing arm off that OK but was just trying to save a bit of time. I’ll let ya’s know how I go.

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Thanks mate, will give it a go. yeah there are a few bits to it all but as ya said I should be able to work it out…cheers.

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