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micknmeld wrote:

read the second line of my statement, my cynical, dim witted friend. I said that isn’t exactly what you said.

Dim witted maybe better than oh it can wait :laugh: :laugh: At least we have got an accurate story for change :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

micknmeld wrote:

TB hates that helmet, he says that I have a propensity to pick the ugliest helmet on the rack every time. :laugh:

Not entirely how he said it though!

I love how you take the saying “a helmet should match your head to the limit” :laugh: :laugh: Besides your wife bought the helmet you said remember full sting :whistle: , so just wear it and do as you are told :laugh: :laugh:

PS I didn’t say I hated it, I said its gay and was it purchased in Oxford street and why do you always get the gay ones, Mr. paperboy miss quotes as per normal :laugh: :laugh:

Dont bother with another miss quoted come back either :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

When you talk about compressing the lever, do you mean it would just come straight back to the bar and have no pressure or was it solid would move towards the bar?

If I had to guess I reckon it was just coming back to the bar :blink: because it had boiled being old fluid . There is a lot written about brake fluid and like arse holes everybody has an opinion :laugh: I got your PM so what about you drop over next week one arvo. We can chew the fat about the APC, setups and GPSs etc and while we do that we can reverse bleed your brake with some brake fluid that I got that wont boil

TB

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Thanks mate, will look into and make one from the PM I reckon

TB

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oldgirl wrote:

Honestly, you Razz you could have done some serious damage to your lungs if you had of fallen off a second time ribs through the chest wall is common. Plus there are some major arteries near the collar bone severing one of those with the broken bone and they would have been taking you out in a body bag.

Ok thats my nagging over…….You are a my new hero. :cheer:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Razz got nagged

TB

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Boony wrote:

I am like an expecting father, the scraper is in for It’s blue slip today :huh: :unsure:

You will be right Boony it’s a Honda and Damus has prepared it mick has his NX to blue slip as well and Charlie is doing Micks good NX I know Charlie has been sorting out tank brackets etc Mick was saying. They couldn’t be far of getting rego inspections either as time is running out fast :dry:

TB

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micknmeld wrote:

Probably would have been a few more of OBT crew there if we hadn’t had a big ride on that day. :laugh:

That isnt really an excuse, Amy did both and she is a girl :laugh: :laugh: It was worth the effort And no one looked at us with our Rums and Bourbon :whistle:

TB

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razzle wrote:

Thanks Mick for the “Razzle styled it up all day” comment, and Bol for the “smashing himself up with style and a smile”, BUT;

After 4 hours at the lovely Kempsey Hospital today, I have a broken (completely snapped) collar bone and three cracked ribs … no wonder that last 20 or 30k’s f*ckin hurt like hell! :pinch: I actually don’t remember much of that last bit of the ride … thank you adrenalin :woohoo: And why do doctor’s always give you “that look” when you say “it was on a dirt bike”?! Bugger off and get a life! 👿

Anyway, my mantra has now turned to that of Snowy09, “there’s no such thing as too much body armour”!

So I’ve got 6 to 8 weeks of no riding (f*ck it!), 6 to 8 weeks to shop for LOTS of armour, new goggles (they got screwed over by some stray vine), new helmet (smashed the peak and scratched the shit out of it in “the incident”). 6 to 8 weeks.

I remember looking back and seeing Bol shaking his head at my moment of idiocy, my immediate thought was “how embarrassing, f*ck I’m an idiot” … then the pain started, I really didn’t care about being an idiot after that, funny … my only thought was “there’s no way I’m getting chopper’d out of here, keep riding, not far to go”. I must have asked Mick at least ten times “much further, is the next bit easy?”. :sick: :pinch:

Anyway, LIVE and LEARN, it was a great day, only screwed up for myself, by myself. Never again. :unsure:

Actually, my only regret is not introducing myself to each and every one of you, even to say g’day …. next time.

Razz.

Christ Razz no good mate, rest up champ

TB

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Welcome Sharpie ol mate. I am just next door at Blaxland and am sure if you are thinking APC etc I can help you out. I have actually help set the APC tracks between Gunning area and Wauchope so I know what you are going to be up against. You need to get into the two navigation series rides to fine tune your gps skills per APC as well

Thanks for doing an intro

TB

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Jeffro wrote:

Here is the first of the videos by the looks of it.

I have tried to educate some of you by adding a bit of culture at the start :blush:

http://youtu.be/MTxsnJ9qqA0

Awesome Jeffro thanks mate

TB

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Trailraider wrote:

Hi Guys,
As promised I said I wuold let you know how I went with the vest.
First ride last weekend, quite hot and humid on the south coast NSW.

I rode the same tracks as last time, about the same temp, maybe a fraction hotter.

The vest seemed to work ok, not like riding in an air conditioned room but a definate improvment.
I kepped topping it up by taking it off and pouring cold water on it every time we stopped, 3 times in 8 hours, and i could notice the difference when I put it back on straight away.

I still got hot on some nasty singles when I was struggling (short legs, no talent) but it was definately better than last time and I cooled off alot quicker once I got going again.

I would recommend one for anyone who suffers in the heat like I do, it only cost $80 and I cant see it wearing out in a hurry.

Hey TR love your review above there mate. I really like an honest punters view, if you get a minute you maybe able to do a little cutting and pasting come up with a picture and do a quick post in the product review forum.

‘Thanks again for making the effort

TB

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micknmeld wrote:

Flying Fish wrote:

The old saying of “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” sums up the ride for me. :blink:

:laugh:

First emoticon only post from you Mick, remember how you brag you never do that :laugh: . You must be getting old :laugh: :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

Yeah was a cracker of an evening after a great day. Having met Simon and Lisa before with Amy I thought I knew what to expect but it blew my mind and has inspired my Russian trip no end What they have lived is beyond words I could type here, the photos, the people incredible, incredible, incredible. The pizza afterwards was good as well, a few rums, good friends and laughs.

Thanks as always Strucky you are the man. How good was the breakfast

BTW thats not my breakfast, mine was the same so dont worry about the hand and bracelet jokes

Sorry about the tag along I dragged in with me gees :laugh:

TB

[GregMember]

Great report Galey thanks for making the effort to share mate. Great trip good on you guys for doing it.

TB

[GregMember]

On behalf of Mick and Myself

From the idea when we decided to do this to the end was easy because of the following people in no particular order

Breckenridge farm stay – Shirley and Barry
Wauchope Bakery
Modishe Espresso
Snowy for the juice
The sweeps. Moose, Gasit and Toes
Everyone that attend
Micks wife Melissa and daughter Taylah for helping cook and serve
And Mick for prerunning his loop and showing everybody how good Bago is

I know when I started the FB page for the Scrapheap ride and spoke with Mick, the idea to do this sounded great. We got the page rolling sent out the invites on FB and did the thread here, I don’t think I could have imagined so many would have turned up given the weather leading up. As it got closer and rained Mick rang about calling it off, I reckoned it would dry out enough, we were lucky. To answer the questions about why we did it under Theboss name. Because there was money involved(even though it was paid straight to Down Syndrome NSW), it opens up a minefield of legal issues we never want to go down. Not that we think anyone that attended is like that, its just what we have to do. The fact I hurt my foot and we both got snowed under at work didn’t stop it being a great event, like all OBT rides. We had planned a quiet pre run that didn’t happen :laugh: poor Mick stressed all week, we discussed tracks spoke on the phone, I told him if you have to turn around on a track because it is blocked, it happens given the weather leading up, no one will care. There can be a fair amount of stress leading a ride that big under those circumstances.

On a personal note I was disappointed I had to leave early on Saturday afternoon when it finished but really wanted to see Lisa and Simon’s, 2 ride the world evening at Rock motorcycles, which was bloody awesome,!!!! Not riding on Saturday wasn’t as tough as I thought it would have been because I still got out to see everybody enjoying themselves

TB

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