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KylieD wrote:

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Here Here Eagle. It was a fantastic day. I’m a bit worried about DanD though. He is very fatigued and as a result told me that he just can’t help out with making the kids lunches for tomorrow because he is just too worn out.

Try the special test to see how fatigued he is Kylie, if you offer it up you will soon see how worn out he really is? :blink:

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LC4skin wrote:

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Hey TB did i read somewhere that you tried a Recross retread on the back, if so how did it go?

Dont get him started !:laugh: He reckons he only got 350 k’s out of the rear on the MX retread. I have been using them for more than 5 years and always get at least 1000 k’s out of a rear I ride mainly single track rough shit. I have a few bikes and so price is a major factor for me,so much so I became a dealer.I think they are a good tyre and are perfect for trail riders and for $80 each you can try it and if you dont like it next time pay $130 and still get something you dont like:dry: When I was racing Metzeler MC5 were great. I had a lot of success with the Trelleborg Trackmasters although the knobs were prone to flying off I was running a Husky WR430 at the time:woohoo:

ollie

I know TB will comment on my comments but like he said everyone has a different opinion. I like em and have plenty of repeat customers to keep them ticking over.

Ollie the tyre is on the bike and will be at Wauchope for you and all to see, I am running it out on friday, I feel I have done enough to make a fair comment and have done enough over the years to have some idea, maybe you are biased because you sell them, or dont ride hard enough to work them hard enough? :blink: I will also bag IRC’s and give an honest opinion on anything good or bad

TB

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LC4skin wrote:

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Hey TB did i read somewhere that you tried a Recross retread on the back, if so how did it go?

Yeah I tried a free front and I paid for a rear, the both used with Mousse tubes which give you a tyre pressure of around 13psi, should be the best for spread, surface area and grip.

The front is good, lots of knob flex when new on hard pack, but once you are used to it its ok, the tyre wears ok and stops the knob flex, the front has done between 400 and 450 kilometres, the next 3 day ride will see it out. At around $70 buck each I am not sure an will have to re run a starcross to check but I think I would expect around 1800 kilometers from a starcross 3 Michelin, Crash may remember how many miles to expect, at $120 odd dollars its better value.

The rear I paid for has only done 350 to 380 kilometers its rooted, its to soft, the knobs dont rip of will give it that, but thats because its so soft. The traction in the wet at the Watagans was bad and the dry hard pack worse. If you want a cheap tyre yeah ok maybe but you get what you pay for. You can only get one pattern and one compound

TB

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After riding lots of slippery hard pack/loose surface today I like the Pirelli Scorpion less. I didn’t ride enough of this stuff to notice last week. It goes well on rocks and and just about everything else though and the wear seems to be pretty damn good. It just kept washing/wanting to wash out today though.

I have never fallen off from completely losing the back end and sliding along on my arse. I did it 3.5 times today! You can hang it out but sometimes it just lets go and I was checking the track out with my a-hole.

The S12 is still the best tyre I’ve used but they do wear quickly. The other thing to note is that I have had my suspension (front and rear) changed recently and so can’t compare how the S12 goes with the current setup.

I have an S12 on the front and it’s getting bit ordinary now after 1500K’s. Great tyre though. I think the M12’s will be my next tyre.

I wouldn’t even try those Carlsabad’s form what I’ve seen heard from other riders.

Having ridden alot out where you rode today and just spoken with Champo I wouldnt blame the tyre that much, the best thing that works out there is throttle control, because there is not traction out there Moto done at all

Tyres are simple, soft gives traction but wears out quick, hard wears slow but offers not traction.

Small blocks pearce the surface and give bite, big dont, small wear fast big done

You get what you pay for, and no two people agree on the same things as different bikes and different styles give different results

TB

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We ran out at 183kms, bone dry not a drop left in the tank, the dude gave us maybe 4 litres and I rode straight to the servo and added 7.9 litres? Spec says it should hold 13 litres.

What range are you getting roughly?

TB

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I have been thing about it for a while, now I see some cars have stickers on the rear window that says magic happens, now we know they is no magic, its just tricks so thats for that is for people that cant understand that there is no magic, or they dont like to swear because its really s*#t happens. After I thought about it Mick and went through all the facts I have come to the conclusion that S*#t has happened it your shed!

So in this case you should get a bumper sticker that says S*#t Happens!

S#*t happens
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For other uses, see S#*t happens (disambiguation).
Look up shit happens in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.”S#*t happens” is a common slang phrase, used as a simple existential observation that life is full of imperfections, or “C’est la vie”. The phrase is an acknowledgment that bad things happen to people for no particular reason.[1]One minced oath form is “stuff happens”. Another minced oath form is “It happens”.

The origin or earliest use of the phrase is uncertain. In a review of a book of quotations, The New Yorker critic Louis Menand observed that it was “extremely interesting to know, for instance, that the phrase ‘S#*t happens’ was introduced to print by one Connie Eble, in a publication identified as UNC–CH Slang (presumably the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), in 1983.”[2]In 1988, a man was charged with obscenity for displaying a bumper sticker with the phrase.[3] A fictitious explanation of the origin of this phrase occurs in the movie Forrest Gump. During his capricious run, Forrest unwittingly inspires two separate entrepreneurs to create Smiley Face/”Have a Nice Day” T-shirts and “S#*t Happens” bumper stickers.

The phrase has inspired a list of jokes on religious and philosophical views, disseminated widely on the Internet and sometimes known as the “S#*t List”. Various views (e.g., of Catholicism, Buddhism, existentialism, Communism, etc.) are summed up into variations on the phrase, for instance: “Judaism: Why does this s#*t always happen to us?”[4]

There ya go

TB

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How much fuel does yours hold Champo?, I reckon my only holds about 11 litres at most from bone dry :huh:

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And that is a ?

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No there are others around

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Here it is ready to rock, reckon thats a sweet racey looking XR650;)

Bring on Wauchope

TB

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is that salina’s helmet? or did borrow one of the kids helmets?

Nah its Salina’s dirt helmet, Kevlar thing it is, we have to get her a road helmet as I had to take her peak of when we did some high speed stuff and the wind was up.

TB

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Phew! Thats a relief. I thought I was going mad. Hang on, I am mad. I have my name of a box of Clozapine to prove it.

LOL we dont need our name on a box of anything to prove it lol :laugh:

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Yeah nothings perfect (its not a Honda) it happened for everyone and its good now :laugh:

TB

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Thats the bottom line Al is that you are happy with it mate, that is so true, good result

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Yeah thanks mate, hey check the post I just did in general, I cant wait this afternoon will be great, you and Tracey have to come and see this convict pass and ride down through this valley, Chicken and I went through it a couple of months ago, but did it a mark 4 with our hair on fire and didn’t appreciate any of it.
Thanks for the inspiration that lead to us buying the NX, cheers

Salina & TB

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