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Before you thank me, they are courtesy of Moto who came up last month to make his secret return to OBT

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Good timing Corey.
I have a Tee N Cee one for you and Nickj this Saturday

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It have learnt through the bicycle industry that it matters not a bit who owns something or where it is bulit but the product managers responsible. Take an African owned company built in Cambodia but designed by the best minds in the trade and you will have good product.
I certainly can’t see an era where KTM will be sold in Kmart.

I do enjoy the whole KTM poo pooing though so don’t let me interupt it

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kram140 wrote:

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Bloody hell Mick….looking at those photos is like chinese water torture

All that to ride in and more at my finger tips but can’t :angry:

lucky buggers those of you going on this one

Good to see you back mate. I trust you are healing well.

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The only reason I noticed the price change was the fact that I pulled the post up for a quick drool. I reckon that bike would be the schnizz on my local loops.

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Mud n Tar wrote:

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PRICE DROPPED TO $8,990!!!!

Price dropped from $8500 to $8990???

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Not only does Jack Links Jerkey taste good but I proved that you can pretty well survive two days hard riding on it alone. :laugh: Admittedly I did get some serious sustenance from a can of Campbell’s Fully Loaded, full report to follow, but Jack Links got me through to lunch on Sunday. I was mildly hungover and we rode a solid morning that turned into early afternoon. Each time we stopped I reached into my pocket and scoffed some Jack Links that were kindly supplied to us. I am since addicted and opened a pack yesterday with the best intention of having just a few strips but I bet you can guess how that ended up.

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That noise you can hear is the Yamaha riders quietly leaving the building

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micknmeld wrote:

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Dam it Hatto, I was trying to start trouble and you go and post that. :laugh:

Golden post Mick :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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I will do whatever OBT requires of me :laugh:

Cheers

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Cheers TB

That would be great. I will PM you my address and if you PM your banking details I will sort out the payment.

Thanks

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If all bikes and 4wd’s designed for offroad us had the transmitter from stock, like part of ADR compliance it would not be expensive for the manufacturer and it would not matter if you were registered or not. The frequency used here would be industry standard so this would not be one that you would tune to in your group if you owned the recieve equipment.

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I have been thinking about this a bit lately as it something that you really have no control over. Or at least very little. The head on is the dirt biking equivilant to shark attack in surfing except it seems it is happening a lot more in the bush than in the ocean.
Backcountry skiers use a device called an avalance beacon or Transciever. It attaches to your chest and constantly emits a frequency that is standard. If some one should get caught in an avalanche the rest of the party switch theirs to recieve and then play a game or hotter, colder to position them above the victim. The louder and more frequent the beep is the closer you are getting. Once above the strongest signal it is time to start digging.
Is it not possible to create some sort of device that has mutiple frequencies that all riders in one group can tune to at the start of the ride. There would be enough available frequencies that the odds of another group riding the same area and chosing the same frequency would be slim. The unit then detects any other bikes approaching of a different freqeuncy and alerts the riders by a flashing light on the dash or a noise that is bluetoothed to the helmet. Of course this would ciost money but you may only need to pay to have the ability to change your frequency and pick up the signal. All bikes could be set by the manufactures to emit on a common frequency regardless of wheter you chose to buy the unit or not.
This would keep the costs down for the manufacturer but it would ensure that all bike were transmitting and if you chose to buy the receive equipment as an aftermarket safety item you could.

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Nickj wrote:

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Thanks for the Threbo advice . Anyone know about NZ?

No but I reckon you have stuff all chance getting the DRZ on as hand luggage :laugh:

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aido wrote:

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Any way fellas back on topic.what size ramp should i look at for my ute.I was thinking the 3m folding one,actually should i get two so i can walk next to the bike because the ute is pretty high.

If you have a high ute get the longest folding one you can and a milk crate. If you line this up and give the bike a good push you can easily step up and roll it in in one go. It also makes getting it back out much easier. My 4x Hilux is high and this works a treat, until you forget your milk crate

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