[Bruce CurtisMember]

Thanks STM, great info and they are still top of my list, but now I am spreaing my search further afield as the supplier I was dealing with doesn’t have the bombers in my size, you know “I worked for a living for a while” type size, only, “people actually work outside with tools?” sizes…

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

robo67 wrote:

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WOODENBONG 11/7/09

They also informed us of a rather rowdy bunch of hoons camped near tooloom falls wonder who that could have been??????

Well it wasn’t bloody well me there at Tooloom I can tell you (late minute work committments came up) probably too cold and wet for me to camp anyway (I’ll tell myself that over and over until I believe it)

Greg and his mate didn’t make it eh Robo?

Bruce

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Haven’t got a V3 but have tried a few on and found them to be the most comfortable helmet on my noggin ever and have a pilot pro that I scored a few months back and it’s right up there too.

several V3s in a local shop for $299..

Bruce

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No Mr Rat I don’t generally believe any of them, and I don’t generally buy them, just really saddens me to see the way this mag in particular has gone, and the lengths they will go to and depths they will stoop to to waste more ink and paper.
Yeah and mine was also on KTMs, but I never stated they were the cheapest to maintain in a national Ragazine (even though they weren’t bad at all)

Sad day when printed press is less factual than the internet……….

Bruce C.

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I read something last night in a well known Australiasian Dirt Bike magazine that has to be one of the worst pieces I’ve ever read ever in any magazine, the 2 stroke versus 4 stroke comparison.
It is so full of misinformation on both camps it defies logic that anyone with any knowledge proof read it before going to print.

They pitted a 125cc MXer against a 250 4T, and boldly stated this was a fair comparison, even the AMA with the might of the japanese against them have stated this is not a fair comparison of capacity.Apparently the bottom end of a 2T needs replacing at 30-50 hours, and the price of 2t premix will outweigh the oil costs for a Hi-Po screamer 4T, it was an absolute farce.

I smelt the weight of the japanese 4T advertisers behind the whole article.

BC

Are you sure you read it I just did and it says 2t is cheeper and easy to diy maybe you got the shits and didnt make it to the last bit :blink:

yeah but the first paraphrased bits contradicted that final statement, kept saying how much betterer the 4T was on everything, then backtrack against what they had earlier stated, misinformation both ways like they had a foot in both camps Bull, 250V250 woulda been better in all off-road and living with one for a year to gauge the truth, young blokes get their info from this cwap and then we’ve gotta listen to them;) .

typical ADB, swinging both ways

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Mines an ’03 Robo, haven’t got rad guards, wish I did after hitting that fallen foeky tree on the rollercoaster and wedging the bike stuck by the radiators asd mine now look like bannanas. If not a rude Q were’d you get the Clarke?, I’ve been after one for a while now, but as usual on a budget.

You want me to measure mine up and PM you the sizes tomorrow?

won’t be at the bong until late sat arvo myself, with the family and a few local yokel mates.

Bruce

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these r things you’ll have to do eventually, even on air-cooled yellow tanks Mr Trans…

Bruce C.

AIR-COOLED, f*ck I been pouring that green radiator shit into my yellow tank. Don’t go telling me they are oil coolers hanging of the front.

Well it is a fourstroke….. does it really need it? :dry:

bc

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mototrans wrote:

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I was just wondering, being new to this dirtbike riding thing and having only done 7,000 klms on my DRZ, i’m not quite up on all the lingo…

Can someone explain to me what this “maintenance” “bore repair”, “ring” etc… lingo is..

I would ask the fella’s at the bike shop, but it’ll be a fair while yet before i see em :laugh: …

these r things you’ll have to do eventually, even on air-cooled yellow tanks Mr Trans…

Bruce C.

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Just a heads up, gentlemen will probably be a few dozen down there this weekend and not sure how well developed their sense of self-preservation is as a whole, so all come back safely ya hear

Bruce C.

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Wish I was, just on the oil issue alone I pay $60 for 4 litres of Mobils topline synth 2T oil, and use it at 40:1 so i have to use 160 litres of fuel to $60,

Bruce, where abouts are you sourcing your oil from? if you dont mind me asking. I have found the Caltex revtec semi synthetic a good oil and also Penrite fully synthetic but its $24 a litre:angry:

Ollie

Hey Ollie I get mine from southside agencies in Lismore, they are the Mobil distributor up here.

Bruce

[Bruce CurtisMember]

DK is an amazing rider he has no peer in the world enduro scene at the moment, I have been part of other discussions on this matter and the general learned concensus is the BMW has the wrong handling for his technique or style. It is a furphy that all good riders can ride around problems, some can ride instinctively by the seat of their pants, Stefan M is one of these, other are better “tune and ride”, all things being equal in talent the “tune and ride” bloke will always come out on top. Look at one M Doohan for clarification on this, K Shwantz was possibly more talented, Mick was smarter off the bike.
Bubba is more talented than RC, RC is smarter in the pits.

always been like this, always will be.

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Fuel range is an issue at times, but the top speed has a fix, 02 on WR426/450 true wide ratio gearboxes slide straight in with a minor case mod, some yank dealers do it on request for customers and deduct the price of the close ratio clusters. The YZ250 has a huge cult following in the USA for hare and hound and S/T abilities. The motor is probably the most responsive one ever built, power everywhere on tap all the time from 1500 up to 9500rpm, and can be tuned to place more where you want it for sweet FA.

Mine anihilates 450’s off the bottom end in the low gears.

[Bruce CurtisMember]

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think i will get a two stroke next but for a change like two strokes not to save money the japs don t make rego two strokes anymore so can not see the parts being any cheaper just missing valves and cam chain .two strokes have gear boxs so you have two change the oil anyway

there is heavy rumour that yamaha Aust are going to rerelease the YZ250WR, and the Huskies and KTMs have good aftermarket stuff going round, gearbox oil? once every 10 rides now at $5-$10 per change ( most are more than happy on DXIII auto trans lube)

My riding is almost criminally cheap once I got the right suppliers for bits ‘n pieces, and honestly would be worried about buying a 250/450 Hi-Po 4T for impact it would have on our lifestyles budgetary needs.

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Now I’ll be seeing Double eh Robo?

UFO’s in the trees at 30 paces…….

was my old number plate UFO-11

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

525 4t v 250 2t, still not a reasonable comparo the 525 is more your older style thumper output, not a true modern screamer, and same goes true for topshelf 4t oils, I use mobil synth, was a top-shelf silkolene castor type man for 20 years before, but I have spoken to the mobil tech blokes this stuff is gun believe me, the yanks scream for it and we have it.
I’ll run my costs against a 250/450 MXer, cause that’s what mine is.
100 hours topend=<$200 for topend kit
200-250 hours for bottom end=<$800 including new topend, reeds and probably a recoat of bore =+$$, but you 4t blokes are the same on the recoat at similar times.

BTW they have changed the Amatuer rules in USA to run capacity against capacity ie: 250 2t v 250 4T, Kiwis been doing it all along, euros are 150cc v 2504t, the Jap factories are howling their heads off about it.

In smaller capacity classes neck and neck performance types the 4t is way way behind, I know i ride with mostly the 4T owners, one husky with similar age and hours $4.5K to rebuild, mine $600 bottom end and two topends in same time.

A 125 re-ring can be done for $40-50 if you know the right parts bloke, don’t even crack the head, just pull the barrel intact.

BC

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