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white rocket wrote:

the bloody wind thats why we have beeen down the river would prefer the dam but a lot safer more room .just got a wake board have not been on one for 15 years that will be interesting.its fun hay mal love the water

We haven’t had our boat in the water since 09/10 summer, blame the weather & lack of time.

Here’s an old photo of badbowie.

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Anyone interested, low hour Malbu for Sale……

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Aaron wrote:

Thanks hatto I missed SB’s average that he had in his post. :blush: Is the average OZ safari only 80kph. I know that is still quick but I thought it had the fastest average speed of a race of its type and length ??? I thought it would be over 100?? The race I am comparing to is obviously the Dakar. If its only 80 I had better go and show those Smith brothers how it’s done. :laugh: :silly:

Obviously a few Safari experts on here, think I will go back & keep my factual opinions to myself as it seems a few know a bit more about Safari than I do.

The original post was to compare hours to bikes & Safari bike will do the most tough K’s in the lowest hours.

Take all the Rally gear, wheel sets & fit original plastics & 95% of people will never pick it, these bikes look like new & have been flogged.

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Nickj wrote:

That’s a good point SB , I know it’s hard to guess how the bikes been treated but I have seen bikes with 2000km advertised and just a visual inspection can tell you the life they’ve had. I am trying to gauge what hours means in trailriding km , not a murphsberg or Evmaniacs type of ride but just average singletrack riding.
Eg Would 50 hours be about 2000 km ?? I’m not sure ?

I know buying used is a gamble and everobes maintainance is different but I’m just not sure about hours ? And why would they only have hours ? Is this reason to be suspicious ?

Average single trail is around 20-30 kmh, so I guess you can work it out from there.

Safari 50 hours = 4000km, alot of high speed on the power riding.

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My Safari bike would of had around 50 hours at the finish line, Jake or Todd Smiths around 10 less, any of these bikes could be due for a fresh top end at least.

Any of these bikes once converted back to original you could never see that they had been through Safari, they look like almost new when put up for sale after the event.

Buyer beware

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Boony wrote:

it would be interesting to ride a CRF with a stock exhaust, and compare the power delivery,you have to remember the one you rode isnt stock. The CRF would be the way I would go if i was changing, but the reliability and smoothness and low maintainence and ease of working on and good fuel range and the useable power and the ability to go everywhere everyone else goes of my DRZ just sems to be a great reason to keep it.Add one kick start and away we gooooo. But yeah the CRF does look the ducks guts in the 250 range.

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Like Boony says, you need to compare a stock CRF to the one you have ridden. Then ride a third bike to gain an idea. As I pointed out in my earlier thread a one size change on a Main Jet can change a bike from mild to wild

You may be disappointed, unless you fit the same slip on & jet it exactly the same.

Interesting you make coment on others older Wr’s as they are both steel framed, nothing like the newer alloy framed WR’s.

Read up on DBW a fair amount of people have love hate relationships with their 250 CRF’s.

Not trying to steer you to a brand, just beware, because you have ridden a bike & like it that you buy one & will be happy with it.

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Interesting how you found other peoples bikes

FYI, badbowie & I have identical 09 WR 450’s, they are totally different bikes to ride as they have slightly different fork valving.

I played around with a lot of jetting this year, heaps of Dyno runs included. Got more power out of my bike with increased fuel efficiency. This was fine for Condo750, then when I came home & rode single track the bike was totally different, only change was a mainjet (one size & a one clip position). I really needed to turn it back to how it was as it had plenty of linear power, problem was if you cracked the throttle without clutch it wouldn’t lift the front wheel when required. Now it is back to the aggressive wheelstand machine that it was.

I’ve also put plenty of km’s on CR450x’s over the last couple of years. To be honest, if they had a blue guard on the fron I couldn’t tell the difference

Bottom line, you can ride a bike & like it, buy one & try & replicate that bike can be extremely difficult. as we have found with our identical WR’s

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If you put your bike up on a centre stand, remove your brake calipers/ push back or remove pad & remove chain for rear you can balance your wheels at home, just need some weights.

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Safari will be on TV next month

See the link
http://www.australiansafari.com.au/_webapp_920463/TV_broadcast_times

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sb_250y wrote:

I have a set of Fastway F3 Footpegs to suit 02-12 Honda CRF 250 & 450 4stroke models & 02-07 2 stroke models.

These foot pegs were bought locally & retail for $160, selling for $100 incl postage.

Only one ride old, have some red dirt on them, will clean the up & they’ll look like new.

Have grub screw type replaceable cleats.

For more info on Fastway ( USA site)
http://www.promotobillet.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/23_99_102/products_id/56

PM for more details

Will throw in 22x32mm axle nut spanner as well as I have no use for it (to suit CRF)

Same as pictured, never used did a lot of K’s in my tool roll

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Sold

Black gear still available

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sb_250y,

Does the WR have the same width rim or the narrower 2.15 like my original?

Cheers[/quote]

Haan Cush Hub & 2.5 rim

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I ran a 120 D606 on my WR no problem & run 120 Bridgestones on the same rim. So a 130 will be fine.

They look narrow fitted due to the tread profile

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EAGLE`02 wrote:

Trailboss wrote:

Here it is Crash the video you always ask about, flat in the Desert 100mph by the speedo

TB

I prefer this one of Seth on his 690R in the Safari last month :woohoo: It has a wire fence in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzEKIUtuxxs&feature=player_embedded#!

Shame he doesn’t have a video of the fence with the 45 degree star pickets leaning back at you, he talks about on ADV, was something like 10km of them all waiting to spear you.

Seth was a top bloke, with a big heart that had no luck, he’ll be back.

Anyway back on topic

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Not all name brand fuel is the same, Shell BP share facilities throughout Australia, in Sydney & Melbourne it is made by Shell, Brisbane & Perth BP, however the locally made fuel does not meet local demand, therefore a large majority of name brand fuel is imported from Singapore, India, China & any other place it can be bought for the right price to satisfy local demand.

Don’t be fooled by thinking you are buying name brand as it could be anything made anywhere. Yes it meets Australian Spec.

This will be a bigger issue as the Shell Refinery is closing in Sydney and most of the fuel supplied to NSW through these brands will be imported from who knows where. Caltex are reviewing there local operations & may follow Shell, then all NSW fuel will be imported, possibly a small amount from local refineries although we’ll never know.

Shell also recently sold their only coastal tanker supplying Australian Cities with Australian fuel so soon we will be a mass importer.

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mal5.1 wrote:

Did you like them SB?

I just got a set for my bike and they seem ok so far. Not done any long hard riding on them yet.

I think they are worth the money, definitely better than Pivot Pegs. A big improvemant over the standard CRF footpegs.

I may buy a pair for the WR although standard WR pegs are ok

The best part is that they can be lowered to -10mm from standard as this helped compensate for the low bars that were fitted to the bike

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