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teza h wrote:

Crikey! TB,How do yu finde the time for work,with all of that social activity?:huh:

It was a work trip actually Tez, true I managed to blow up my training engine as well on the trip when it failed an EGR cooler and hydraulic’ed at 1500rpm :pinch:

TB

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Nickj wrote:

Great week you’ve had TB , one we wish we could all do at sometime I’d say

Yeah Nick it was a cracker, I will be doing something similar every year at least once

Plan it down this way and I will come riding :laugh:

TB

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Nickj wrote:

I too was up for the camping on the second night

:blink: :huh: :huh: :huh:

TB

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King STM wrote:

I look forward to reading all about how you and the adventure boys did a three day lap of Northern NSW carrying tents and sleeping bags that you never used.

STM

I want it noted and will be making it VERY clear in my ride report I wasnt happy that there was no camp on the second night (the first was to farking cold :laugh: ) 10 degrees warmer the second night and no rain. No the softys wanted cabins, I was heard during the night saying I was selling my tent on e bay because they never get used :angry: I have a new tent as well :pinch:

TB

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So with my work finished in Coffs on Tuesday arvo and having handed the King his arse on his own mountain bike tracks, wheel stood past him and yes crashed on the widow maker Coffs was done for me (I did go back and kick the widow makers arse as well and in 2nd gear just to clear my head) I trucked north up to the Kings to pick up my Tenere and Moose. My babies locked together, was glad there had been no fighting :laugh:

I left instructions with the king on how to wash the XR before I returned on Friday night which he didn’t do :blink:

Ok to balance the thread here are some pics of the Kings mountain bike, it’s not bad nearly clean :laugh:

Magic for people that can’t use a clutch :laugh:

Missed a spot or two King

Art shot of the inside of my exhaust

A special thanks to Scott and Elise (spelling :dry: ) for looking after me, the lamb shanks, the breakfast, fun with Jessie, the Kings private tracks everything thanks guys

Jessie, pre Europe, pre US

Moose had ridden up from Wauchope and we loaded his DR with my Tenere and headed further north towards Nicks, we needed to stop and get some refreshments and fuel the bikes.
Once at Nicks we unloaded the bikes and checked everything was packed, drank and welcomed Lotsa and Mickp.
Nick had cooked an awesome curry and we eat like it was our last feed :laugh: straight back to the man cave and more piss drank and final checks completed.

Ride report for the Tenere ride will be completed soon and a link added here

So when we got back the long trip home started, Kieran my youngest has started playing tennis comp and won his 2nd comp day he was very excited so I promised him I would be at number 3 which was the next afternoon :ohmy: . Plan was to drive to the Kings and get the XR and travel to the Mayors. The kicker to the plan was to arrive late enough not to get tangled up in the shed party cause they seem to bring me undone :laugh: I made record time from the Kings to Macksville where I was to meet Corey and pick up his shock to go to Tekniks. Poor Corey was there waiting and I think wanted a chat but I was on a mission so I grabbed the shock had a leak and launched south. When I got to the donut I felt good so I made the call to go straight through to home. I rang Mick who was a little concerned as I had just ridden nearly 1200 kms in 3 days and then was attacking a 700km drive as well. I had no real dramas, spoke with Eagle, Mick, Nick, Chicken, the king, Crash and others :laugh: I got on the M7 about 20mins from home and needed to have a 20 minute snooze Home at 12.20 record time, shower and into bed. This morning Kieran’s tennis was CANCELLED :angry:

Now the work starts the remains of a road trip :laugh:

And two dirty bikes :laugh:

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On the throttle tube there is a 6mm threaded hole underneath at the 6 o’clock position. You will need a long 6mm fine thread screw about 15mm long from memory. as you wind in you will find the throttle wont rotate as far thus limiting the about of throttle the child can get. Maybe fit a lock nut as well, just check if its needs one.

Just look at your Tenere, your wife had me fit one to it so you couldn’t hurt yourself :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

As far as the training wheels go I cant help as I feel if the kid cant ride without them they will never learn, teach them to ride a push bike first. Besides the wheels get hung up all the time and can kick the bike if they hit something, just my opinion

TB

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11.11pm end of the F3 nearly there

TB

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Ollie wrote:

Hope they are running a nightwatch camping out in Bellbrook :laugh: lots of the local indigenous folk will come round the camp fire with a goon and be asking for smokes :laugh:

Ollie

Don’t think we saw one in Bellbrook actually Ollie

TB

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EAGLE`02 wrote:

FYI,,,
He is listening/ watching what goes on as we type :whistle:

How do I know, you may ask???
Well you work it out :laugh:

Night All, I gotta front back at work 4.45am :unsure:

:laugh: :laugh: It’s just called an iPad Eags when I stop for food or fuel

Almost at Kurah

TB

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Congrats Aaron and welcome to the winning team.

TB

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huskybloke wrote:

id say weigh the pros &cons upand make your own decisions,
i agree to go out and ride as many bikes as you can but there might be someones opinion that is outside of the way Aaron has been thinking that might give him a good idea on his next choice of bike
, i thought that was the whole idea of these sites when you post a question like these up

I am sure not one is disagreeing with what you are saying husky I know I agree I worded my first reply wrong. Ask away it’s the only way you learn it’s what I tell my students :laugh:

TB

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huskybloke wrote:

your right TB it is his choice and you have to be happy with it because lets face it how long has Aaron owned his current yamaha?
but he has put this up on oldbulls to get some opinions for him to make his own decisions

Trailboss wrote:

Forget what others think Aaron,

TB

Yeah that’s right, I guess I should have worded it a little better like ” listen to others opinions maybe but make your own” Oh and ride as many different bikes as you can!

TB

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Ollie wrote:

call me pedantic but I also replace the grease in the new bearings with a known quality grease to get much better bearing life.

Ollie

I don’t know if it’s pedantic Ollie, I have tried both repacking and just fitting them and seen no life difference either way. I was also told if you have to pick the seal out to pack it and then refit the seals you have damaged the integrity of the seal

All food for thought

TB

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Forget what others think Aaron, ride as many different bikes as you can and be happy with your choice

Good luck mate

TB

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Unit wrote:

So my questions before i start are

1 do i need to replace the dust cover? I mean the rubber cover you can see where the axel passes through the hub.

Yes you should because you can’t reall get them out without damaging the sealing capabilities of the seal. Then dirt and crud will shorten the life of the new bearings

2 how do you get the rubber cover out with out wrecking it?

You really can’t, sometimes you can flick them out with a flat screw driver but it does damage them

3 how do you put the rubber seal back when the bearing has been replaced?

Use a Socket that has the same out side diameter as the seal, the outer edge is where the strength of the seal is so thats where you need to hit it in. Sometimes you can just hit around the outer edge with a flat end drift or a hammer on the outer edge but a socket is best.

Its also worth checking the wheel spacers that the seals run on

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