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fish wrote:

Hi all,
Just got back from RNS had to have another X-ray and found out its worth than first thought my collar bone has broken into 4 pieces and needs operation on tuesday 8 screws also a plate to hold it all together !! can’t lift anything heavy for three months.
Yes Crash I wish you would have been there I’m sure you would have fixed it by now and i’d be back at work.!!!
Cheers Fish

Sorry to hear that Fish.

Looks like you’ve joined the plated collar bone club. Similar deal with mine. Shattered in the middle and sutured to keep it together and plated with screws.

The doc said it would be stronger than before and I was back on the bike six weeks later. I wasn’t lifting rocks though.

You’ll just have to supervise Boulder while having a latte.

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gavb wrote:

I have just fitted one of these to my 640 adv and its awesome. Really easy to install. I will be putting the other one on soon, so ill try and post a pic. They fit nicely with only one small straight bracket.
Just remember to loctite the heat sink that holds the bracket on at the back as it is, it comes quite loose.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LED-Driving-Lights-Riding-Lights-Silver-Pair-1500lumen-22-5degree-beam-/120785272716?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c1f5cff8c#ht_3101wt_1163

one from the side

Hey Gav, thanks for showing the side view of the spotty.

Looks like the handle bar is on the deck. :ohmy:

The lengths you go to to present a product at all angles is remarkable :laugh:

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adam wrote:

lotsa wrote:

strucky wrote:

Happy Birtday Lotsa

Miss you at the b-Day ride hope to see you at the chriis party ride.

Have a great B-day mate enjoy

Cheers
Strucky

I’ve booked accomm with Adam and looking forward to it. We’ll catch up then if not before.

I’m worried now and need some clarification :unsure:

Are you looking forward to the accommodation with me :blush: :kiss:

Or the Xmas ride :whistle: :laugh: :laugh:

Adam.

No Adam, the Xmas trail riding.

You may need claretfication but I don’t like claret. I prefer Cab Merlot, Turkey American Honey and Coopers Pale, all of which I have had too much of.

Although I have had some claretfication or revelation in the last week . 1. Found the Latest Topics button at the top of the screen making navigating this site a lot better and which I hadn’t seen before, probably because it is near the Rules button, don’t like them very much. 2. Voltaren tablets, ahhhh…pain relief at it’s mild best.

Cheerio

Thanks Justo

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Thanks one and all

adam wrote:

Happy Birthday Losta Lotsa :whistle:

Have a good one and enjoy your special day

Get that knee fixed and hit the trails :woohoo:

Adam.

I haven’t been lost in ages

My knee is good enough now and I’m trying out some knee braces.

I’m on holidays next week in the hunter vineyards and will be hitting the trailriding from next week end. I need to HTFU because I’ve been doing too much ADV riding

strucky wrote:

Happy Birtday Lotsa

Miss you at the b-Day ride hope to see you at the chriis party ride.

Have a great B-day mate enjoy

Cheers
Strucky

I’ve booked accomm with Adam and looking forward to it. We’ll catch up then if not before.

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Thanks for the birthday wishes guys. Had a bit of a shed party last night… not related to my birthday…ans surprisingly feeling pretty good this morning

Expecting a good day with breaky by the beach and dinner tonight

KatGirl wrote:

Many happy returns Lotsa on your birthday. Hope the wifey spoils you with lots of adventurous riding stuff.

Kat

I did get some adventure stuff Kat and I’m off to the hunter valley with the wifey to get spoiled some more.

I’ve been off the bike since the simpson desert with the bung knee and looking forward to getting back into it from next weekend..bring it on

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Sorry to hear about the injury Fish

Get well and hope to ride with you soon

Cheers
lotsa

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Not for highway use wrote:

Good report. Enjoyed reading it a couple of times.

Having done it now is there anything you would do differently? ie bike setup, routes, luggage etc?

Cheers,
NFHU

Hi Highway

I’d eat better and maybe have a rest day, carry the minimum weight on the back of the bike and as low as possible, carry more weight in a backpack. Bike setup was good for a DR650 although the suspension gave up control before the KTM690 did.

The route was good. Knocked over the French Line, the Hay River Track was a bonus. Really wanted to avoid straight roads.

cheers
lotsa

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Day 6
Hay River – Birdsville

All the spare fuel was in the bikes and we were down to Camelbaks for water so with no time to waste we hit the track

There were a lot of big fat dingos about who would stay on the trail looking at us before bolting.

Dunes ahead that had a right turn at the bottom leading up to them just as Joel had said. We were going over them easily and waiting for the hard one but it never came

The start of the shot line

Great day to be out riding in the desert

At Beachcomber Oil Well we had a snake break and that was the end of the dunes

There was good road from here for the last 50km except for big washouts

At the clay pan we knew we were close to QAA Line

Across this clay pan and the start of the QAA Line lay the dunes to Birdsville

My pannier rack mount on the frame broke and Tryhard offered a cable tie

That’s not a cable tie…this is a cable tie

Not much tyre wear for 2000km

Tryhard….stop taking photos and let’s ride

The distances between dunes were getting bigger so I knew the end was near. I came over a dune and realised I was looking at Big Red. That was a moment to remember. We’d done it.

Tryhard rode up big red

The sandy detour track around Big Red that we needed to get our eye in on the first day of the ride disappeared under our wheels quickly and then it was a quick run into Birdsville.

The must do Birdsville pub photo

Then the Birdsville Bakery for a tasty pie and cold beer, brilliant

Great company, no mechanicals, no flat tyres, a couple of injuries and I would say the best riding out in the desert. Thanks Tryhard, pleasure riding with you.

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Hey Lefty

Only about 2100km

Lefty wrote:

Great RR and pics Lotsa!! How mank km’s did you cover all up?

Cheers,
Lefty

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Day 5
Hay River Track

We woke to a brilliant blue sky and a good days riding ahead. Stopped at Dingo Well

From this point, the whopping trees started to appear. As in “the Hay River Track is going to open a can of whoop-ass on you and your bike”. Mother nature had planted trees close to the track edge and in the middle of the track which left you nowhere to go at speed except through them….at your peril.

Not to be confused with whipping trees found on the QAA Line and French Line, these were thick branched buggers which looked nice and leafy and easy to go through until it caught the handle bar which took me to the ground a couple of times or shot me off course. Bloody whooping trees. Suppose we could have slowed down.

The track ran along the Hay River and through it for a short section

A break and battle the flies for a bite to eat

About lunch time we came across a group of three 4wd from Guyra NSW that was travelling in front of us. They had been knocking over some of the whooping trees in the centre of the track but not anymore.

I had a look at my GPS when I got home and I reckon there was about 200km of track with tight sandy corners and whooping trees and it was slow going. The problem for me I think was I couldn’t get the speed up enough to get steering over the front end and I’d had a couple of falls that banged my legs up and couldn’t stand on the pegs.

Just before Madigan Camp 15 the track opened up and we could ride more comfortably

Tryhard signing the book at camp 16

There was a great section of track with nice open sandy turns passing the base of dunes that you could just cruise along in a high gear. A good way to end the day.

Camp was setup in a top spot just north of Clay Pan in anticipation of hitting the dunes and the shot line first thing in the morning

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gavb wrote:

Who is the guy in the lovely floral number at the bar on Day 2. maybe thats why you were the only ones for dinner.

Am laughing as I read. Nice Work guys

It was Hawaiian night at Mt Dare and we were drinking pina coladas with port chases. Nice port out of the barrel there.

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Day 4
Alice – Hay River Track

Up at sparrows we made our way towards Ross River Resort and the scenery was stunning. McDonald ranges I think

The dirt started after Ross River Station

It was a great windy road to punt along until we reached Cattleman’s Pass turnoff which was closed

We obeyed the sign and took the next turn north to the Plenty Hwy which would put a strain on our fuel range.

The Plenty

Tryhard was blowing into his tank for the last 30km to Jervois Station to feed the 690 fuel pump. We came into Jervois on vapours. Tryhard filled his 26lt tanks with 26.3lts and my 30lt tank took 30.6lts. Not much room for error we realised.

Jervois Station

We chatted to the lady running the show about movements on the track and living on the station. Hopefully she wasn’t telling us any Furphy’s

Fuelled and watered, we set off for the Hay River Track with the turnoff only about 2km away

There was about 75km of this

At Batton Hill there’s a camping area and the track goes past the caretakers shed who came out for a look at us. We had our permit so all cool

It starts off like this

We camped the night here 125km in

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Trailboss wrote:

Cant wait till next year :woohoo: Heard from a mate yesterday that is about o do the crossing. He had been talking to a bloke that had just ridden the Simpson (last week) on 950s, ol mate had told him they had done the crossing at least half a dozen times over the years. He said the wet sand had made it the easiest crossing he had ever done. It was the fastest crossing they had ever done and used near 8 litres less fuel than before. Boulder was saying last night that they were hoping the sand stayed a little damp so it would be easier to get used to the big bikes which makes sense.

Nice pics

TB

It was easy for us. Only the first time though. Boulder and Fish won’t have a problem under any conditions I reckon. Did your mate’s bloke go down the Hay River Track. I’d like a comparison on that. Different riding for me that one. RR tomorrow.

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Nickj wrote:

Hotel with weird locals but it’s warm inside and the beers cold and a barmaid from Finland ??
Cheers fish

I bet you won’t find an Aussie barmaid in most pubs out there.

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Those bikes look like a great setup. I’d buy one in second…if I had money.

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