[Jeffrey SmithMember]

Her ’tis
http://www.obtrailriders.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=2&id=76451&Itemid=75

Just re-read it myself and kinda makes me want to go back again.

:blush: :whistle: oops, seems I changed my utube account or something at some stage, I will see if I still have the video at home and try to reload them in case anyone is interested.

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There was a north and a south loop last time with the south loop being the easier of the 2. I did both on the first day but did the hard one first which probably made the south loop seam harder. Actually now that I think about it I missed a turn on the second loop because I was following a group but it turned out they were on a guided ride for the less experienced and so missed some of the course before I realised and the lead rider put me back on track. Then when I did that loop again the next day I had a flat tyre about 3/4 of the way around and couldn’t be bothered fixing it as I was going home once I had finished it, turns out I wasn’t as close to the end as I thought and I ended up riding for about 40 minutes with the flat. So they have the guided ride for the less experienced riders if it gets too much but I am sure they will be fine, I only wore myself out through a combination of excessive fatness and not stopping for any rests along the way. I will see if I can find the report I did on it and post alink so you get an idea of whats there.

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wazzup wrote:

as it is i’m going to the Kowen forest ride weekend 2/3 april which is also “not a race”.

If it’s anything like last year you will get a good workout, heaps of tight singles through the pine trees and some steep hills covered with loose shale in the more open sections. You will have a ball, if it wasn’t for my shoulder injury I would be going too.

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You could be right there Mick, even a busted arse clock is right occasionally

South fans, when will you ever learn?

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BOLLOCKS wrote:

Yo Tony :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Congrats on the bub mate,thats bloody exellent
Have you put a gps unit on your Tm yet ?
Little boy lost in a pair of budgie smugglers…clasic

Bol :woohoo:

I think you mean Trent there Bol :blush: :pinch:

[Jeffrey SmithMember]

I had a similar problem a few years ago on my TT600, I had not been riding long and it was my first bike. It was the first time I had changed a sprocket and just used the old bolts and didn’t use loktight, now that may have been ok but when I tightened them I tightened them on the Allen Key side. The problem there is that with the tapered head, the bolt will bind on the coutersunk sprocket giving the impression that they are tight when they aren’t. I realised this when I fitted the new bolts, after tightening as hard as I could on the allen key side I found I could get 1/2 to 3/4 turn more with the spanner on the nut side.
The end result for me was a rattle that I couldn’t find the source of until it was too late, by the time I realised the problem I was down to 2 bolts and at that time always rode alone and never carried tools. I was able to do one up finger tight but couldn’t turn the other one and tried to nurse the bike home (20 odd k’s) eventually I lost another bolt and the last bolt tore one of the tabs off the hub. I ended up building up the hub with weld to make a new tab which was still doing it’s job when I sold the bike 2 years later.
So check your nuts are tight not the bolts if you

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Which one of us is Beaker and who is the Professor?

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Thanks for the well wishes guys and gal

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In this one I get too close to Osmooian (I think) and get sprayed, you can also here the DRZ playing up just after that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFzlc-KAVS0&feature=youtube_gdata

That’s it from me, I didn’t take any photo’s other than from the lookout.

Thanks again to all involved.

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Ollie wrote:

oops sorry Jeffro :laugh: thought you had lost some weight:laugh:

OI!!!

Here are a couple more vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dxd32uGUu0

The tracks got a little bit tighter but still fairly open and still flowing.

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Ya pillock Ollie, that was Fish

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The 1st video, just some easy fire trail to warm up.

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Will be leaving work shortly, just have to go home and get changed and hope to be there around 7pm, :woohoo:

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Was it the bad Abba jokes mate?

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My Husaberg (’05 Model FE550e) can get oil in the airbox from the breather if it gets upside down. It can even get into the carby turning the bike into a smoke machine

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