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I can understand that, you only have to look at him
My expedition panniers turned up today so I thought I would try them out. Stuffed a pillow into each one just to fill them out a bit and attached to the bike. Also threw the swag on for shits and giggles and tried out the Andystrapz holding it in place while I went for a quick ride. Got home and thought I had better look into the aircleaner after all the dust of the weekend run to Denman, what a job that was.
6 allen screws, 2 bolts, one fuel line, one breather hose and one electrical connection later and I had the tank off. Sadly I didn’t realise about the electrical connection until I pulled the wires out thinking it was just the breather hose getting caught, live and learn. All that just to get to the airbox, then another 8 screws to get the cover off. The words what the F#%$ Suzuki came to mind a few times. Anyway got it out blew it down and was surprised it wasn’t dirtier, put it all back together, only took me 40 minutes :huh: :angry:, wont be doing that on the corner run if I take the big girl. Adjusted the chainas well while I was out there, it seemed to have stretched alot on that last ride.I have organised some of my gear anyway, I bought a tin mug and plate/bowl, some volleys (the easy fold flat shoe), travel pillow, camp chair and a small tarp to cover the swag and gear of a night when we camp out. I already have a fold up cutlery set and a few other bits and pieces.
That’s not a thing any man should have to admit too :ohmy: :blush: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :kiss:
Welcome back Murph must have been terrible all that time away over there with only fishing and surfing to help pass the time
Trailboss wrote:
Quote:Jeffro wrote:Quote:Close up of the rim damage
:angry: :angry: I have a decent on on the front of the Tenere as well Jeffro
TBIwas lucky it didn’t go down being a tubless tyre.
Close up of the rim damage
Here are some pic,s
Glamour shot of the Veestrom at Laguna Valley
Clear Crisp morning, definately crisp 😆
Meeting up with the owls at Putty
A couple of accidental shots from the helmet cam
And the Veestrom not looking quite as glamorous (spelling)
If you look real close at the front wheel you can see a nasty ding :unsure:
Vandals struck
:laugh: :laugh:
We had lunch at the Royal and not a bad feed it was for $10. No real problems on the day except for Lotsa having a flat battery when we went to head off from the meeting point near Laguna. His was the second bike I have towed in a week now. There weren’t alot of pictures taken that I saw, no time for me to take them as I was sweep rider all day, I have a bit of a sore throat today from eating everyones dust
. I am sorting out a couple of videos at the moment.The Veestrom went well all day and handled all conditions fairly well considering it still has the road tyres on. The biggest worries were the sandy sections and the couple of muddy sections where I was just a passenger holding on for grim death
. Definately need to beef up the suspension though, bottomed out numerous times and near broke my ankles when I hit one of the erosion mounds a bit quick.I left home at 6.30 in the am and got home at 7.30 that night, not sure why it took as long as it did as the pace was fairly steady and the breaks were minimal. Only 4 falls that I know of for the day, the first was GavB who tried to climb on his bike and take off at the same time, only problem was that he forgot to put it in gear and so belly flopped onto the grass at 0kmh. The next was Craig, one of the Owls on the XR400, he came over an erosion mound that had a clay puddle on the back side which speared him off into the bushed, lucky he didn’t go over the embankment due to the thick vegetation. Then it was Kat’s turn, on a particularly steep rutted section she started down and then had to stop (as did I cause I was following her, bad move
). We both stopped and I helped turn her bike so she could head down the better section and off she went while I climbed back on my bike. GavB decided to head back up to make sure we were alright and he and I were talking when I looked down and there was Kat lying under the bike. At this point I thought I will just ride down then help her pick her bike up, what I didn’t realise was that she was actually stuck under it and couldn’t get up (oops, sorry, shouldn’t laugh)Gav helped here anyway and I did thank her for showing me how not to do it. The last that I know of was MickP who was moving only slightly faster than GavB if at all, I didn’t actually see him fall just saw him pulling up to a gate and looked away, then looked back and he was on the ground. I think there was a hollow where he tried to put his foot down. Anyway, more to come once I get the pic’s and videos sorted.If I had realised your birthday was coming up I would have tackled the bloke off his bike at Freemans Servo last weekend. He had a Spiderman slip on helmet protective cover I could have taken off with.
Happy Birthday big guy
