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GDay Mick,
Welcome to OBT, its an awesome site with plenty of laughs,great riding and good technical info.
Catch you out on the trails.
Cheers Marty
GDay Hoss,
Welcome to OBT,its a great site and always plenty of stories to read and photos from previous rides.
Yeh and as you mentioned plenty of laughs along the way.
See if you can get down for the Birthday ride,some prime trails to be had and an excellent camping spot too.
Catch you on the trails.
Cheers Marty
Mick ol son, good to see you back on OBT.Hope the leg is much stronger now.
Not long now mate and you will be charging those singles at Sunny Corner again, dont you love the get off i had getting up Galeys hill, funny thing is the first attempt i had i got straight up,its a bit tricky off camber that one.
Will be great to see you back out on the trails,and also joinig in all the banter that goes on.
Catch up soon mate
Marty
Geez you dont see those at a Four Day very often ,note the riding skill goes down hill very quickly once seen.
Man that has gotta hurt, couldnt of landed in a worst spot.
Geez Galey i crack up every time i see that get off, and roll down the hill, gotta love Clarkys comments.
Good times at Sunny Corner.
Marty
Thanks boys, i will stick to the Airconditioning trade, just not computer savvy.Must be all the 2st smoke from Galeys bike confusing me.
Thanks Scotty
The Bergs are a great bike, but as Murph said,no kickstarter and that is a big negative for me.You may never need it but it is always good for backup.
The other is that KTM have a much bigger dealer network.
KTM is a very much proven product.
Talk with LC4skin,he has a Berg and will be able to help you out with some info.
Cheers Marty
GDay Dingo,
Welcome to the site mate, plenty of rides in here going all the time and heaps of general info for all things bikes.
There is some prime riding up your way.
Catch up on the trails soon.
Cheers Marty
GDay Murph, The Liquid Intellegence Coolant will definetly help mate, and also a 1.8 Cap . You can get different temp switches but putting that manual switch on your bars would be the best bet.
The RLR Catch Tank is for peace of mind on the hot days , but they really do give this Coolant a massive rap and something i would try first,Ballards also swear by it in all there bikes.
Cheers
MartyPauly, the radiator expansion tank we where talking about,that i put on is from RLR Products in the U.S, it gives you peace of mind if it does start to boil over in very tight terrain it goes to the tank not the ground.Easy to fit in behind the side plate and $36 inc delivery to Oz is pretty good.
The coolant i am running is Liquid Intellegence, comes in a metal tin from Suttos, others have it, but best to support Chris and the boys out there and it is what they use nearly all the time as well.Talk to Shaun in the workshop there,he is very switched on with all things KTM.Make sure you totally flush out the entire system as well.
On Saturday down at Hattos Heaven, mine did not run that hot at all in the tight stuff and never even looked like boiling out to the tank.
There are different opinions on this stuff,which has been discussed elsewhere in here, as it only raises the boiling point, but i prefer to run it, and the catch tank and keep all coolant where it is supposed to be.
Another option is a fan,but they can be quite pricey,and also heavy on your battery if running alot.They draw a similar current to what your stator is putting out,and when riding tight stuff and then stop,the thermo switch can keep the fan running for 2-3 minutes while the engine is nostopped ,not long, but if you stop for a break 20 times in a day,it soon adds up for power being cosumed to whats going in. Some guys put a Manual switch in there and can switch on/off when needed,good idea.
You could also upgrade your stator to a high output,but as you can see the price keeps creeping up.Hope this helps.
Cheers Marty
Excellent work Banjo Galey Patterson, it is always a great read mate.
Yes definetly hanging for the next ride already.
Marty
Pauly, also too thanks to you and your family for everything.
You boys will have to come up to Sunny Corner for a weekend.
Catch up soon.
Hatto first up mate,thanks for making the ride happen and leading us through some brilliant terrain, a good mix of everything.
Good group and the pace was up all day,and also some tight technial sections which tested a few of us.
Galey good effort making the trip down from Bathurst for the South Coast loam fest.
Looking forward to next one.
Gday Chris,
Only found this today, and was wondering how the van fitout is coming along?
I would recommend Marine carpet on the floor,as it dries out quick and also stops things rattling in the back.
I do a fir bit of camping,and as the boys have suggested a Dual Battery set up with a Isolator is the go. I run an Engel Fridge which is 12v and 240v and they use approx 3.5 amps.
I would also put a 12v power outlet outside that will be under your awning,so you can run lights outside also while you are set up.Another idea is to run LED lighting throughout from your 12v supply as they are very light on power,can run off your auxillary battery if needed.
I used to drive a van for work and i found they have a bad blind spot on passenger side, rounded mirror will sort it out.
Cheers Marty
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