[Eric SmithMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Whatever then

When your dentist says to floss, he usually means your TEETH! Oh, and I doubt he intends you should use a nifty 50 as floss!:laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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You are kidding arent you ECKS, :blink: I was just wondering do the run a bigger chain, given that the thing is making more than enough horsepower a little loss against reliability

TB

Ease up big fella, of course I’m joking! Poor bugger was that stressed out he took a penalty to go through the time control early and get the bike happening again.

Not that I took much notice, but I’m pretty sure it is an illusion caused by the camera angle and the missing rear tyre. My photos don’t make it seem quite such a large chain (being uploaded as we type) which you can check out tomorrow hopefully.

[Eric SmithMember]

I think the chain is the least of his problems at this stage TB!:laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Good god, I cannot believe I am posting in this abortion of a thread, but I have to say… WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU BLOKES ON??? :blink: :blink:

Man, I go away for a couple of weeks and the place goes to hell!

Sorry, I won’t bother you again, as you were! :laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

axel wrote:

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Ecks had his old DRZ jacked up by Racetech I think. I had a spin around rocky Catombal. Very impressed. You should be happy with the results despite the seal cost drama. That money is on the mark from memory.

Jay Foreman Racing in Newcastle it was mate! Genuine RG3 suspension, awesome!

[Eric SmithMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Great Job ECKS, looked forward to you texts, e mails and calls every night. I loved the quotes above cracked me up

I will give you a ring tomorrow mate I have a question for you regarding the event

Cheers and thanks again mate champion effort by your both

TB

Cheers TB, I am sorry I missed the last couple of days, you probably gathered it was pretty full-on!

Just a little story here for you blokes:

Dave was riding the last few kilometres of the very last selective stage and the map roller stopped working then his dash went bezerk. The bike was going OK so he kept on the go and made it to the time control. He got a time and stopped the bike as they were completing the time card. When he went to restart the bike…. nothing! The battery had dropped a cell and died! :blink:

He and a heap of other guys (Cheers Darren Johnson, Johnny G on the TTR, Andrew Jones and others) tried to push start it (no kicker) but no luck!! Crap! :angry:

So he applied for outside assistance to get the bike back to town, thinking that worst case there was a spare battery in the trailer. It was approved, given that he had completed the stage and only had to make it to the ceremonial finish. So the call went out, just as I was driving past! We swung in and jump started him, then he rode into town. They sat around being put into reverse finishing order, with Dave’s bike idling the whole time. After about 10 minutes he rode around the block to cool it down and then they sent him to the finish line where he parked the bike – and it hasn’t started since!!! :ohmy:

How’s that for timing!?! If he had stalled 2km from the end of the last stage it would have been a looooong push!:laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Apparently the Ben Grabham thing is to do with running Dunlop Rally Raids according to Derek from GHR. The rally raids are apparently hard in the sidewalls and when they get a flat they split along the middle and fall apart, destroying the rim in the process. Could all be BS as it came from a rival team, but that’s what I was told.

I know a lot of blokes who ran mousse rears and cooked the tyre so that a tube would not work. It splits the inside of the tyre. Mark McConnell on 68 was one of those blokes.

Damn it is slow to upload piccies.. I am up to 34 of nearly 800…. :laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Welcome mate, good to see another DRZ rider on the forum and from Tamworth too! Do you blokes ride anything else up there?? Hope to see you on the trails somewhere!

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Good to see you have signed up house. Thanks for the intro, it certainly seems that the Tamworth contingent is starting to gain momentum.Not that you can get much momentum on a DRZ..LOL
BTW bring your thick skin with you and give as good as you get.
Cheers
Mick

Mick, momentum is a function of weight and speed, so while a DRZ may not get the speed thing happening, the weight offsets it! :laugh:

[Eric SmithMember]

Hey you lot! I’m back! Bloody hell, what a trip! We actually arrived back in Wello at 1:30am Tuesday morning after two huge days drive.

The event was a cracker! Some highlights for mine were:

A comment from DRZ rider Anthony Bakker #66 after Stage 1 on Day 5: “Yeah, I had a crash in there hey! Don’t remember anything, but I woke up wandering around in the scrub with Annie Seel asking me if I was all right! I cleared a heap of scrub and bent the bike, but I’m OK!”

Comment from Ben Grabham at evening meal at Leonora: “Yeah I had an alright day, just cruising around!”

Comment from rider #22 from South Africa about one of the teams who was fixing then testing bikes at all hours of the night at Laverton: “Fokking borsteds! I should go and stort my bike in front of their tent now!”

Comment from Dave after prologue: “Eric, you need to replace my brakes – they don’t work!” (When riding on pea-gravel in WA, no brakes work!)

A comment from Annie Seel after the 250km selective on Day 6 when a stick went through her boot and into her leg: “Oh the pain is not so good you know, but I’m still going!” Tough competitor that one!!

I have a truckload of piccies uploading now, so sorry, you’ll have to wait a bit longer!

Thanks for your support – Dave really appreciated the good wishes and it was nice to hear your perspective on things.

Keep your eyes on TBAM, I think they might run my story in one of the next editions.

[Eric SmithMember]

Ok chappies, this is it! I get one more sleep in my own bed and then it is SAFARI TIME!!!

Just spoke to Dave and he made it through scrutineering with minor problems (engine number on bike didn’t match the rego papers – surprisingly common that one). He was absolutely BUZZING with excitement and I think he is maybe a touch nervous!

I fly out of Dubbo tomorrow morning at 6:30am, sit on my fat backside in Sydney for a couple of hours then on to Perth, arriving about 1:30pm.

Keep your eyes peeled, I’ll be trying to keep TB in the loop on results and maybe a few piccies.

Rock on OBT!

[Eric SmithMember]

twobanger wrote:

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I wonder where ADB are going to place it in their shootout?

Gassers didn’t even make it to the shootout this year did they?

[Eric SmithMember]

Hmmm, you’re singing my song there mate! Work work work, injury, only 3 rides in the last 3 months… well, except for the injury!

Haven’t updated the bike to something newer yet?

[Eric SmithMember]

robo67 wrote:

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will show you a real one soon……

You lucky lucky lucky lucky bastard!!

[Eric SmithMember]

Awww, nice one! Slip the boot in eh! Actually, no tow rope was required, just a crane to lift the thing out – it was still going under its own power, even though it was stuck! :laugh:

How’s things anyway? Haven’t heard from you in yonks!

[Eric SmithMember]

I had my DRZ done by Jay Foreman Racing in Newcastle. Turned it into a totally different bike. Fantastic, and all I did was send the forks and rear shock to Jay in the post with a letter telling him what I wanted out of it, what I weighed and where and how I rode. Cost me $650 for front and rear including postage.

Do it Boony, do it do it do it do it do it!:laugh:

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