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What happens when you overshoot a corner on a Austrian bus
Chasing the XR was to much :laugh:
Happened on the access rd to Dejays swamp of doom
Had to get it out with a truck :ohmy:
I have never ridden so fast for so long as today. We are at singleton and I am typing this as homer gets new tyres fitted
Today’s specs so far
Up against this 990 I feel like I have taken a butter knife to a gun fight
Bring your “A” game tomorrow Mick :laugh:
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Well got to Oberon this evening, fixed the spot link in the first post if interested. Homer fronted on his own seems he broke his two off siders :unsure: so there will be just the two of us
Stopped in the forest and took a photo and did the sag actually ( yeah I packed a tape measure)
Booked into the pub and enjoyed a counter meal
More in the morning
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Ace wrote:James, get a BMW :whistle:That way you can get the piss taken out of you all day just like i do
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Ace mate I am sorry you feel that way, you need to understand in your case it really isnt the BMW we just say that so we dont hurt your feelings :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Nickj wrote:TB didn’t hold me up too much and I had a ball
Nick
:huh: :blink: :blink: were you on that ride?? I didn’t have mirrors fitted didn’t check behind :laugh: :laugh:
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I have the same on the Ten Eags, pretty well always run number knob on 5 and the front lever on D. Nick ran his the same most of the time, there was the rare short stint when it was adjusted up or down. Note, some times I flick it onto 1 or 2 when doing long rocky creek crossing to help faster response time. (learnt that after the snowy dips :laugh: ) Still ran 5 when doing big red etc.
The real gain from a damper comes late in the arvo day 3 when you are tired and clip a rock etcTB
Biased yes Eags :laugh:
Everyone has covered everything but;
My thoughts
Its all about what sort of rider you are, where you want to ride, how you ride and how many miles you will do before you replace said bike. With the riding I have done with my Tenere the 690 would have been better for me about 5% of the time.
As for cost of setup I just purchased what I wanted, could have done it cheaper like Eagle with second hand maybe but (no offence Eags ) I dont ride once a month and have done 50k in just over two years so I needed it and just got it. Not many around being used like mine when I got mine so setup wasnt as cheap as it could have been now.
It been covered here before but the 690 wont do what I want to do with carrying weight etc. BTW I reckon the 690 is a more modern version of the XR650R if you look at what they were built for and their stats, and I have a XR650R. The Tenere is cheap to look after, spares are cheap goes anywhere, doesnt wear you out, cruises well, stable at speed, can ride for 12hrs a day with out a sore arseTB
GaleyKTM300 wrote:teza h wrote:That link dosn’t seem to be working there Galey.
Teza.Sorry Tezza. I am having a bad run with the upload links. Just copy and paste the url into the youtube search bar. :blush: :blush:
Mods, can you fix this please?
fixed mate
Cracker looking ride there boys, well done Galey I expect nothing less from a pro like you
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Been away since Coffs, thanks to everyone involved (I have spoken with all concerned on the phone or in person since but thanks again) Thanks to Prince STM for looking after Steve’s 530 to I got back to pick it up after a week in Brissy working.
The ride reports, movies and photos have been crackers, thanks to everyone thats done them.
Thanks to the sweeps you guys do a great job, cheers again
I have nearly 5 hrs of video, some cracker stuff that I will put together over the next week or so (off three days riding tomorrow night first
) as its pretty busy at the minute. Threw together this little preview for now.Open it in youtube and switch it to 720 HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2iCrqUJd6s
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Thanks Chris for putting it out there, the rest you know
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