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I’ll also go with your theory as it is the same as mine, Axel.
I have almost 16000kms on the 525 and changed seals plenty of times.
The majority being the LH side (brake side)
Have even had to build up the area where the DU bush seats and machine it out to the correct size.
So it seems the braking side does suffer more abuse
Cheers
Murph

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mal5.1 wrote:

Put me down for all 3 days riding thanks KING. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

What is the tyre of choicefor the locals? I’m thinking of a round black one with some square knobs on it. :laugh:

Can’t wait for this ride. :woohoo: :woohoo:

Can’t believe you are going to be at this ride, Mal.
I wished you had of told me you were going. I would of been goer.
Oh well, get some practice in so you can nail the hills up our way mate.
Cheers
Murph

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I’ll get up there one day Ev, not this time though
Have a blast :woohoo:
Cheers
Murph

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All the best Nick
Have a bloody good one mate
Cheers
Murph

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Happee Birthdeee Rocket
Have a good one mate
Cheers
Murph

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Wise choice Bulls Wool.
My son tried organic pads and they only lasted two rides
Admittedly it was a very wet and muddy two rides
On average I get about 2000kms out of a set of rear sintered pads, according to my log
Cheers
Murph

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Sound like a top weekend fella’s
Might of been a bit expensive though
I can only imagine your better halves racking up the credit card debt doing what women do best whilst in a pack. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
STM did you really need to take the whole quiver??? :dry:
Did you get a surf??
Cheers
Murph
BTW Happy 40th Nick.

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Would like to check out any video clips, TB
Our work will not allow us to open any youtube clips. :pinch:
Can view the pics alright though.
Even though family days are a lot of work, they are still worth every bit of it.
We used to do the family bike outing up at Wachoppy, on my Dads farm. They were great times. :woohoo:
Can also view vids on photobucket, I guess work hasn’t found that out yet. :whistle:
Cheers
Murph

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Gotta love those family outings. :sick: :sick: :laugh: :laugh:
Cheers
Murph

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“I like the DRZ400’s but am concerned about the liquid cooled radiator setup, having read about bikes over heating, sticks getting caught in them or hoses blowing etc…. are these real concerns or am i being silly?”
Hey Bender, I thought I was old school. :laugh: :laugh: My last few dirt bikes have all been liquid cooled, never had an issue. Just a liitle worried at times when you lay it down in rocky terrain.
Cheers
Murph

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Ha, saw the ramp and thought thats worthy of jumping.
I put it down to a “momentary lapse of reason”
Will clean the bike today and assess damage (if any)
I will send the parts bill to Husky 450. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Glad everyone had a great weekend.
Cheers
Murph

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A more indepth look into the weekend that was.
The weekend started with the Dubbo boys arriving around 10:30 Friday night. Locked the bikes away and showed Axel and Rocket their accomadation and then it was back to bed for me.
Saturday dawned with blue skies which was a long way different from the last time Axel came up our way. Breakfast was had and we geared up. Scottyalt showed up and at 9:10 we ran into Diddel in the driveway. He had to get more fuel so we met him at Deadhorse a few kms into the ride. The step up in Tims track was not done by the boys and understandibly so as it would have been a long way to come for a 15 minute ride if things turned to shite. Met up with Diddel and off we rode through the Awaba tunnel and onto a single with a bit of a hill at the end. Scottyalt was starting to struggle and at the top another steppy hill he decided to pull the pin and he rode the black top home.
Out towards Wakey we did K9 single and ran into Pete the Wolfs gang at the other end. Stopped for a quick G-day and knowing how much we were up for gathered the boys and headed for Rocky Downhill single. Did some fun singles and then we were at our first real test. I rearanged the logs at the step and one by one the boys hit the QGT hill with varying degrees of success. I think Axel was the only one who made it without opting for the chicken track just after the step up. I embarrassed myself by stalling at the very top. Cruised the rest of the hill and linked a few singles and little tests along the ridge back to Razorback. Nobody dropped off the front and I nearly took out Axel who descended just to the right of me only to vere left where I had already committed to the drop. He never saw me but I was looking straight down on top of him with teeth clenched ready for impact. All good as we never collided.
Lunch at the Gap after one more downhill and a bit of a play in the mud at the bottom. Fueled up we were off around Southside and up to Amazon. We did stage 1 and I remember Rocket asking me “was that it?”. Stage 2 and then Stage 3 sorted everybody out. Tim went first so he helped Rocket in a couple of places near the top of Stage 3. Everyone struggled here and looking down we saw Diddel dissapear over the edge of the track. To his credit he managed to drag the 250 back on line by himself. I think Tim, Axel and myself got through unassisted and maybe Diddel but he did it without style. Rode up past the cliffs and some had a bit of trouble at the slippery log slot. Then up another slab and tricky bit to finish with a neat single to the top.
From here we headed South to Slippery Rock and Tim showed off his new found hill which was a pearler. It had all of the ingridients of a classic with rock steps, slabs and steep tree rooted sections.
Athe top we found Rope Rd and followed it to the valley floor. Many bog holes were navigated and I took the wrong way a couple of times only to have the rest of the pack take the easier option and go past.
Crossed the logs at the creek and then it was on. Tim, Diddel and I had some idea what we were in for. I thought we would have to turn around when we came across a huge fallen tree but we managed to get through where it had smashed to pieces.
The hill became serious and Tim took the lead. Bloody hard yakka for the next hour or so. The hill was wet and greasy in places and it took its toll on all of us. A memorable awkward spill by Rocket on a slippery steep rock near the top had me worried for his left leg. It seemed to twist beyond where it should of but he was OK and we hit a few more tricky steps to top out at a main dirt track. Travelled home using mostly easy tracks as I was buggered and arrived home at 5:30.
Bloody great day finished off with a big feed of chinese and bed early.
Cheers
Murph

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Looselink, Axel, Allycat, Dude, CJ, and Tim

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Hung over and bloody sore. :whistle: :silly:
But happy with what we did.

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