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  • February 23, 2009 at 1:52 am in reply to: Clarence – chance of thunderstorm… #123420

    Eric Smith
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    Cheers mate! Its a good way to remember a ride I reckon. Disappointing about my camera, but I guess it had just had enough after 5 years and several thousand photos!

    February 23, 2009 at 12:51 am in reply to: Readyfilters #123412

    Eric Smith
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    Yep, I got some Motul filter oil, seems to be the same, goes on like water and goes tacky in about 10 minutes. And will get a twinair or similar to rotate with the stocker (which is twinair anyway!)

    February 22, 2009 at 11:28 pm in reply to: Chops banana is dead #123408

    Eric Smith
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    In the tighter stuff the smaller bikes are a lot easier to ride. I like the chuckability of my 250, but it still has a fair punch when you open it up. The only thing lacking is the long legs of a 450+ sized bike. The main restriction on my bike is the big sook riding it who is scared of falling off!!

    February 22, 2009 at 11:02 pm in reply to: How much water do we need to stop dust? #123403

    Eric Smith
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    Hahaha! Yep, I can see your point! Mine was marginal at Clarence yesterday, getting close to due for replacement. :P

    So, what do you do when the motocross is cancelled… does it involve beer in any way? ;)

    February 22, 2009 at 10:50 pm in reply to: How much water do we need to stop dust? #123401

    Eric Smith
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    Would have invited you Al, but I was only a definate starter at 9:30 saturday night!

    Man that’s wet Mick.. did you take the mighty XR around? You would have been able to bulldoze a track for the 50’s!

    February 22, 2009 at 10:42 pm in reply to: 2009 A4DE @ Orange – Who’s Going? #123388

    Eric Smith
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    I may be out as my bro-in-law David has entered… and I may be support crew dude kinda guy! Will let you know closer to the date.

    February 22, 2009 at 10:40 pm in reply to: How much water do we need to stop dust? #123394

    Eric Smith
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    No dust at Clarence… it was a mudbath!

    February 22, 2009 at 10:33 pm in reply to: Electric shock from front brake, Yamaha WR #123248

    Eric Smith
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    Getting back to the topic at hand, the problem is DEFINATELY the front switch for the brake light. I unplugged mine yesterday and vóila, no shocks! Until I could be bothered taking the bike in to be fixed, this will solve my problem.

    February 22, 2009 at 10:15 pm in reply to: Hillend Adventure Tour & oh what an adventure #123386

    Eric Smith
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    Who can say, those crazy 4WDers! :laugh:

    Nah, TB mentioned it to me actually, seems to be a little too knowledgable about our illustrious XR rider, and is asking leading questions on DBW! 😆

    February 22, 2009 at 10:10 pm in reply to: Hillend Adventure Tour & oh what an adventure #123137

    Eric Smith
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    They were back there again yesterday… carving up the hills and getting all shirty about bikes. Crazy.

    Hey, who here is XRide on DBW? Must be someone, come on, ‘fess up!

    February 22, 2009 at 10:52 am in reply to: BLOWN FORK SEAL #123249

    Eric Smith
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    Scotty wrote:

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    Hope this make ya feel better Eagle. I gunna be taking my forks down to TEKNIK on monday to get the seels done. Oh and getting the special treatment. Should be good for the Denman ride.

    Forks005.jpg

    That DRZ is cleaner than new ones in the shop!! You’ll love the banana even more once the forks are sorted out, that makes such a difference!

    February 22, 2009 at 10:33 am in reply to: When you ride a KTM………….? #123358

    Eric Smith
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    When you ride a KTM you end up base-over-apex upside down in a puddle! Just ask Patto! (See my Clarence ride report today!):laugh:

    February 22, 2009 at 10:20 am in reply to: OBT at the Gold Coast bike show #123352

    Eric Smith
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    No show at the show for Honda?? That’s not cool, even if it is a two-bit crappy crappy crap crap show, you have to be there if all the competitors are there!

    February 22, 2009 at 10:11 am in reply to: Clarence – chance of thunderstorm… #123349

    Eric Smith
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    Well first you have to be in the same state as me TB!

    I’ll give you a shout next time, but I was only emailed about it on Friday morning so it was pretty short notice for me. I was running around yesterday like a blue-arsed fly trying to get things done so that I could go! In the end I didn’t quite get everything done, so I’m now low on brownie points!

    February 21, 2009 at 10:45 am in reply to: Readyfilters #123286

    Eric Smith
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    Jeez Scotty, not good mate! I just serviced my filter today from the hill end ride (yeah, slack I know!). I used my genuine filter for the first day with a pool filter skin. It was feral dirty at Hill End. I put a readyfilter on even though it seemed to be the wrong thing for the bike. Chris didn’t even use his readyfilter because it looked so different. I fitted mine up and wasn’t unhappy with the result but bunged a filter skin on as well. Made sure the lip sealed nicely because it was such a dodgy bit of gear.

    When I serviced today the skin was dirty but the filter was basically clean. I was surprised that I found a dollop of filter oil in the bottom of the airbox – must have been from the readyfilter as it was a different colour to mine. The filter skin also had a patch at the bottom with a heap of oil in it. Probably not a bad thing in the scheme of things.

    Anyway I got away with it but won’t be using them again. They were also not cheap at $17, better to get a twinair for $30 and clean it time and again.

    Hope the mighty banana pulls through ok.

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