[Bruce CurtisMember]

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news out of the BBC world service last night says that BMW has purchased a majority share of KTM

You know there is no way this could happen…..according to my wife I have the majority shareholding in that fine company:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

But then she was just playing an April fools day joke with me I am sure…..I dont own half…..it was a third last time I tallied it up:huh:

Illogical emotional stakes can’t be traded on the open market, you need to see a pyschologist to trade those in.

I prefer emotional shares in MPD myself.

It is weird news though, all the brands with no linkages under one banner + Husky.

See the germans are taking over europe again.

Sig Hiel

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who really doesn’t give a hoot as long as the Jappas and Husky are still going strong so I can buy decent bikes I’ll be happy enough

[Bruce CurtisMember]

I have had RSI(OOS) in both wrists yet have been able to continue to ride a smoker by using Pro-taper bars, Pro-taper pillowtop grips and rubber inserted between the top clamp mount and handle mounts, absolutelly works brilliantly, weighted bar plugs help too if you can get them to suit, used them on all my roadies as well.

Personally I find the Gas gas smokers a bit soft in everything, softish in power delivery, softish in the springers and a bit lazy on the steering, but still 1000000000x betterer than the WR/CRF/EXC450 type top of the popularity charts bikes.

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There is no such thing as a bad dog, just bad pet owners, ergo Moto you are responsible for tipping the used oil onto the floor.

He’s bored, labs/retrievers and many other “smart” breeds if not mentally stimulated will get into mischief. The problem here is the dog may be slightly smarter than it’s master and knows it, or it just may be that Moto needs to spend some intensive training time with the hound, buy a book and get him to read it to you, get a video and follow the instructions and next in to no time you too will have a compliant happy hound, who oeys you and understands his boundaries.

Yep i have a retriever, micheviou,s cunning, playful and a total foodaholic, also have a collie they are in a different league though, more intelligent and upfront arrogant.

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I was thinking a trials tyre and a set of floaties, there where some spectacularly painful looking manuovres being performed too.

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Hey Rat how’d the young bloke go?

track looked slow and heavy plenty of washouts from the older blokes too, turn 8 was a nightmare to just look at, let alone traverse.

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Hey TB I was away racing with the kids at Maclean all weekend, :

and the track was a mess after the rain too, you bring it up with you?

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Yeah but I try and fool them with cunning linguistics

But that only works on the ladies Moto, what if you get a male, do you resort to the corresponding tactic?

I agree greenslips can vary wildly from company to company, shopping around can and will save you heaps.

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often verbal, but highly selective orally

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I heavily suspect the low speed winding may be the culprit in this case, not the first YZ, and won’t be the last to suffer, or the CDI unit is too close to the coil and is interfering with the signal.

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Found out yesterday that I get the day off on Friday as it’s a public holiday in Newcastle. Sweet!

Anyone else in the area get it off?

All you boys not in the area….suck it in :laugh:

Yeah damn, no-one else in the country gets a showday, or a union picnic day or Carers days or….or…..
Yeah we suck, I can’t believe how much we suck:P

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as we both know TB H/P or PS is only a by product of torque, a torquy engine with well sorted gear ratios will always feel slower, but across the quarter or hillclimb events will easily match the screamers, particularly where sharp cornering and getting power down is concerned. The boyz in north Qld years ago used to build “junk” 308s with whatever pistons etc they could get, no staic or dynamic balancing, no blueprinting, no trick head work, just a well sorted intake, cam, and exhaust set for linear torque output and a stock redline, tri-matic and 10 bolt in a higher ratio and could get down to 11s’ in a kingy besting 450-550 hp clevelands and chevs.

we built one and put it in a LX torana and it was lethal, for an outlay of $1200 in bits from the wreckers and the cam, manifold and carb.

I try to take the same integrated approach with all my vehicles, for example my mild modded V6 Rodeo will easily outrun a SV6 to 140-150 klicks, now i just gotta find a new diff with the right ratio that fits under the bitch to complete the package.

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Ta TB, that’s what I thought, the KLX650 is another example of a good alrounder that some folks have a passion for as well, and i reckoned Honda would’ve been insane to release a highly stressed Hi-Po thumper into the “adventure” market, cause those laddies want Africa on one oil change, not Johannesburg on a engine rebuild.

I always view HP figures cynically, remember the old streetbike Horsepower shootouts in the 90s? my worked GSXR11 won the North coast region for two years running in both top classes with only 152 RWHP on a humid day and a very linear torque curve, yet a stock ZZR was supposed to have 160-170 according to the press statements, yet the old girl annilliated all comers with supposed huge HP outputs, was only bested by the huge $$$ metro turbo & NOS bikes.

Monos are an individual thing POB (point of balance is different for different techniques and riders, low speed I am almost sitting on the rear guard, arms straight, body at right angles to bike, higher speed I am much more forward as I am using power more, standing I am crouched at speed to avoid “quick flip”

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I am finding it very hard to believe that a single cylinder “lugger” with a long(ish) stroke and great whopping slug, relatively low revving, with no extra cylinders to help smooth the power pulses out and so forth is capable of 105 real neighing neddies without continuous breakage, how would the gearbox stand up to it, the frame, the output shaft?

I also don’t really believe a stock 650 puts out 60 hp, masses of low and midrange torque yeah, but 60 RWHP that’s pretty impressive for a heavy valve trained, long stroke, no gizmos single cylinder.

not dissing the Xr650, is a mighty bike fer sure, but honda must have hit on a magic formula that the old “sound of Singles” lads with massive cams and years of development on already stressed motors never stumbled upon.

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He has a picture of me he keeps in his wallet to remind him of good times. Using me as his avatar though would be a bit freaky though :dry:

not as wierd as your having Steve McQueen as your avatar:dry:

maybe mr blue was right, should it read Steve TheQueen???:kiss:

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Young Menage’ we finally agree upon something , I draw yours’ and everyone elses attention to the highlighted section below to confirm our suspicions

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Welcome aboard Murph, I ride up in the Wattie’s and have a couple of blokes I go out with. I also have a young whipper snapper at work who lives somewhere near Toronto and is keen to take me out and show me some local trails

We’ll have to catch up and go for a burn

Now it would appear on the evidence presented by our very own dear Moto, that he is a Ghey pyromaniac, who likes being colour coded and who practices his nefarious trade in the Wattagans forests.:unsure:

Oh my what a complicated “man” he is :ohmy:

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So have you had any luck with the shock?

i reckon he’s in shock at the shocking prices for reshocking a shocking system.

Got that new bike yet Moto/

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Another well thought out and articulate response Bruce.
The words No Fear jumped out at me as yesterday my wife forked out well in Excess of 200 of my hard earned for a No Fear jersey and pants combo.
Anyone had and experience with No Fear gear?

As luck would have it yes, No fear was co-founded by Marty Moates (RIP) with the intention of providing a prange of products designed by riders for riders, I like the stuff, better end of quality and last well. Good choice Mrs Mick, even Mr Mick will look good in it.

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