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Left to right
Moose swept day 1 and lead day 2, Pete The Wulf super sweep, he pulled sweep duties both days, Chicken in the Yamaha cap and Protty from Mud N Tar who helped the sweeps after the King went down

The Wolfman (Steve Smith)

Pete The Wulf (Sweep)

Irish hopped on my WR250R when the Tiger broke down. The little bike preformed awesome he said. BTW he is a big boy and the only mod to the 250 was a second hand front knobby tyre

At Bowraville, I am shooting the breeze with BadBowie, the Squiggle king and Ian in the orange

Ian

Hey Mrs Squiggle at Alisonarts.com.au my helmet is still going strong and looking awesome

Rideadv.com.au

The king’s noble steed

Boulder (good as gold)

A quick wiring job for Peters GPS, looked rough but didn’t burn to the ground the next day so happy days I say

Peter saying so if it does catch fire I will shield myself with my hand, like this

Crash, rode with me on point duties day 1 and with Moose day 2

Everyone got involved with the rideadv loaner Tiger, eventually it was with help from the skid king it was diagnosed as a loose tilt switch. Deejay was a legend here he didn’t give up and the bike preformed faultlessly the next day. Cheers to all involved

More soon I promise

TB

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I straightened one once on my XR600, used a dial indicator the whole nine yards it was perfect I was so proud of my effort

Two weeks later,

Condo 750 130 odd km/h end of a fence line hard on the brakes and the disc went BOOM bent like it was before I straightened it, worse actually. It was so bad I could hardly focus when I was braking :laugh: :laugh: Oh and the lever pulsed to the point I thought it was going to break something on the master cylinder or my hand :unsure:

New disc I reckon Tez sorry mate

TB

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The title says it all

Same as always bud, same as always you know what I mean

TB

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Desmond Tutu, Funky, Slow Dog and a Dude :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Thats a ripper ride by the looks as usual Dude. I thinks I better get the little bike out when it cools a little more

Thanks for putting it on and doing a RR

TB

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Cracker Nick, what did you ride mate the 450 or other bike? Go the dude on the 650 AWESOME!!

Thanks for the photos and report

TB

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No worries in Melbourne ATM home tomorrow will take some pics and post it up

TB

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Wigster wrote:

Air filter on Tenere? Under the snorkel?

I can see four screws to get that off.

On my old KLR it was inside the right hand side panel. Going to clean it tomorrow night so it would help if I knew where it was.

Wigster

Yeah under the four screws, will ring you tomorrow Wiggy about it and a simple mod

TB

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That’s a great run on any bike Galey and if I didn’t have to work :angry: I would be there with bells on, the XR would have loved it ( if I got it back from Dave, but there is no rush he may need it for the high country 😆 ) the mighty can’t be killed with a big stick WR 250 would be awesome.

Sorry mate another time

TB

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Get the XR wheel installation sorted Nick?

TB

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D-Rally wrote:

TrailBoss wrote:

Factory “D Rally” on his factory XR650R ride. Its NOT FOR SALE DAVE :S

TB

Hey TB, I just direct debited a whole bunch of money to some guy who looks just like Charley Boorman… Gotta great deal too…

I hope for his sake that’s not true :whistle:

TB

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Some of Lochie’s pictures

Dejay super car driver, laid back Friday arvo

GPS loading, many thanks to PTW

Brains trust having a sweep and lead riders briefing

Moose

Riders briefing

Great to see a father son team on the ride

The two super sweeps, left to right. Strucky, Pathlessriden and Trailraider. By the way sorry Pathlessridden isn’t a sweep :laugh:

6am, Crash and I left in the fog

Everybody getting ready

Wiggy

The King, sadly in a couple of hours he would be getting a green whistle and a ride he didn’t want

Wilcox, a legend if you haven’t ridden with him a funnier bastard you won’t meet :laugh:

Both the sweep team leaders. PTW back to us the special route and of course the King the normal route

Kat and Mick

Peter P, rode the horny sounding 1200 Tenere :woohoo:

Left to right
Mr Sqiggle (cause he is always sideways) the father and son team

Ian on his 690

Protty and PTW (with his back to us)

Moose and the King

Gezzer from Yamaha

Steve the Wolfman Smith on his brand new Tenere

Amy on her 650 BMW

Factory “D Rally” on his factory XR650R ride. Its NOT FOR SALE DAVE :S

PTW on his way

more later

TB

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Wigster wrote:

So it was off to bed in the bunk in a room full of Olympic class snorers. Now I have heard some good snoring in my time but this was something else. I think Boulder might have been one of the main culprits but it was hard to tell above the cacophony. Usi had the right idea by sleeping on the couch outside the room with a pillow over his head. He was obviously trying to suffocate himself to escape the din, but he clearly didn’t succeed as he was still alive the next morning.

I hooked up with Usi and Pathlessridden for the days ride. David confessed it was only his second time on dirt, so I thought at least there will be someone slower than me on this ride. How wrong can a man be!

As usual, the day passed in a bit of a blur. Brilliant trails, beautiful country, it was the normal OBT fare. I do remember some really slippery gravel roads. Gravel is normally the sort of terrain I’m comfortable on, but these were like nothing I’d ridden before. Deep and loose, the surface was like riding on marbles. I locked her up a few of times coming in a bit hot to a couple of bends and went way wider than I should have. Thankfully there was nothing coming in the other direction.

A pie for morning tea helped keep the cholesterol levels at the required level for adventure riding. Up till now we were all riding at a similar speed, but as Pathless grew in confidence he got faster and faster so we ended up riding at quite a pace (for me).

We made our destination at quite a civilised hour compared to previous OBT rides. Late afternoon, plenty of time to settle in to the bar and big note ourselves to anyone who would listen. (Mainly each other).,

Then a dark shadow fell across the land as it was whispered that the King had been unhorsed on the battlefield. His loyal subjects grew grave indeed and silent prayers were said for their liege. Then a messenger arrived with tidings of great joy. THE KING LIVES! THE KING LIVES! Many tankards of ale were raised in celebration. THE KING LIVES AND WILL RIDE AMONGST YOU AGAIN! The King had indeed been unhorsed, but had been carried from the field in a carriage, bearing his injuries with noble grace. Even now he was recovering and would lead his people in battle once more. There was much joy amongst the serried ranks as even more tankards of ale were raised in even more celebration.

The riders briefing then ensued and it was realized that Jacobs Ladder was on the agenda for tomorrow so the trouser filling started immediately. I was sitting next to Katgirl and she confessed that If she drinks rum she starts dancing on the table. Armed with this information I urged her to join me in a rum and coke, on offer she sensibly declined. Next ride maybe.

I crashed in to bed well satisfied with the day but sh…..g pineapples about Jacobs Ladder. I hate steep downhills and apparently this was mighty steep. Bugger…….

Wigster

Thats gold :laugh: :laugh:

More please, can I have more :blink:

TB

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Lochie has 850 odd photos here we have to go through from the weekend. I will hurry him up :whistle:

TB

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PathLessRidden wrote:

Overall I had a fantastic weekend – a massive thanks to TB, Steve and all the others for their hard work organising the weekend, and to everyone from the Old Bulls community for being friendly and helpful to a newbie I will certainly be back for more.

Thats a ride report

TB

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Get a beer and watch this is HD it is by far the best clip I have ever seen

http://lilhub.com/you-won-t-be-able-to-stop-watching-this-over-240-incredible-hd-clips

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