[Mick DMember]

Bloody hell! Nothing like a drowned bike to hold the ride up! There must have been a bastard rock hidden in the water?

[Mick DMember]

What exactly do you mean “popped one” Did it smoke and carry on? Do you have no spark at all now? If so give it a whack on the back of it with a screw driver and see if you can get spark then, if so you maybe able to rescue it.

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Trailboss wrote:

toes wrote:

Yeah TB Quite keen on some of that gear,Both my daughters need new stuff,they don’t stop growing.

No worries Toes you stop sending me texts on fridays and I will give you whatever items there you want

TB

hahahhahaha nice try TB but that wont stop him!

[Mick DMember]

Dear Graeme,

On behalf of Channel 4 television, may I thank you for your application submitted on behalf of your wife for our new reality show.

Also for the charming photograph of her you enclosed.

Whilst agreeing that she could make a worthy contribution to the program if selected, I would like to point out that the correct title of the series is actually “Fact Hunt”.

Kind regards

Channel 4

[Mick DMember]

That is some seriously gnarly stuff to ride in when you are familiarising yourself with a new bike!

To put things into perspective, you have gotten off Mr Ed and gotten onto Phar lap! THe Husky is an awesome bike, that will serve you well! Great ride report!

[Mick DMember]

Trailboss wrote:

So whats left on the list now Mick?

TB

Adjust the preload on the rear spring on the NX I got off Kram, as it is still a bit soft and it tends to bottom out, fit some front blinkers to it and I think we are done.

[Mick DMember]

Charley and I spent the whole day working on one of the NX’s, We fitted a gearsack rack that took some head scratching, some cutting and welding but fitted in the end. But not as near as much head scratching as the non working headlight took! We checked every wire and plug and still no head light, then all of a sudden the bastard would come on for no reason then go off again! As it turns out, believe it or not, it was the starter button that was causing the headlight not to work. On the NX, it has a switch in the starter button that turns the headlight off when you crank the starter, it was this switch that was full of crud and not allowing the power to the headlight! Bloody hell it took some finding, we all but pulled the wiring harness apart looking for a broken wire and as it turns out it would have been a 10 minute job if we had off known about the switch in the starter button. You live and learn! They aren’t far off being ready to rip now!

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Have you got all your wheelie bars working Andrew? I am sure there will be plenty of willing supporters to help you along the way. Just make sure your chain isn’t gunna come off this year!

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Amy, that was in the first 20kms of the ride! You did well to regather and keep going, the tracks only got better from there!

[Mick DMember]

Just bloody incredible!

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Boony wrote:

Yeeeeehaaaa the scrapper past its road test. 140 ks with no issue and still haven’t hit reserve. Now I’m getting excited.

Good to hear Boony! Glad you got the fuel issue sorted.

I spent the arvo fitting some tyres to one of the NX’s

Then worked out a way to fit the GPS to the old girl

It is a Garmin that I borrowed off Moose. You have to believe their waterproof claim, this is the GPS we retrieved out of the floodwaters, it spent the whole night under water and is still good as gold!

[Mick DMember]

What was going on there Amy? Having a rest mate? That is a tricky single trail that one, the video doesn’t quite give it justice. One of my favourites in Bago.

[Mick DMember]

strucky wrote:

Where did you take the old girl for the 100ks

Strucky

Out through Beechwood to Long Flat, through Bagnoo and back into Town.

[Mick DMember]

I just took the “good” NX for a 100kms shakedown ride, I forgot how much fun the old girl is to ride! I can’t wait for the Scrapheap ride to start now!

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razzle wrote:

micknmeld wrote:

A couple of cones and go riding again is a technique that I have seen in the past. :pinch: :whistle:

Toes ?? :laugh: :whistle:

Close, but no cigar (or reefer) :laugh:

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