[GregMember]

For me here between Old Bar and Diamond Head, the morning of the 1st up early and everyone was asleep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzTeBikgNSc

Rev you bastard rev :woohoo:

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[GregMember]

Went out yesterday for a run, found a wicked uphill and I guess by what I see here I can call it a single because there is a single line up it. Any how it was a fun little run, listen to Jnr rev like a 250 4 stroke should

Sorry it’s not in hi-def but don have wifi here at base camp central

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzTeBikgNSc

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[GregMember]

Boony wrote:

120 ks of primo riding this Sunday, who’s coming

Where, what time that may help :laugh: Nundle? I can’t wait I’ll my new pocket rocket is ready

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[GregMember]

Very good Dickie real cool

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[GregMember]

singletrackmind wrote:

Are you sporting some new graphics on the green girl there Dude?

STM

He won the auction on the tee n Cee graphic kit. I will let him tell you about them but I saw the detail at tee n cees and it’s wicked to say the least

Only Dude would have thought it up

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[GregMember]

HAppy birthday TR hope it was cracker mate

Looking forward to catching up soon mate

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[GregMember]

:laugh: nice work King

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[GregMember]

Lefty wrote:

Nice One

Left

Won’t be if his mum sees this Lefty :whistle:

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[GregMember]

Day 2

So today I had a few things to do before my prerunning. First I had to drop a Yamaha present off to the king

I then practiced my motard skills

I went down to PTWs and I fixed his loan Tenere. A small wiring job and we went prerunning around Bago

Randoms

In shorts and runners I decided not to get my feet wet here

Pete showed awesome skill getting the Tenere up a hill that I thought would be dodgy, he proved that speed is in fact your friend when in doubt

We then went to the pub with Moose and Toes for a few cooling ales before I headed back to tonight’s base camp

Pictures don’t to credit to how steep some of the tracks were :blink:

Great day out more tomorrow

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[GregMember]

100% Murph more the merrier but sometimes you have just f%#k with the dick you got :laugh: I had a ball

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[GregMember]

Awesome Murph and all involved, great pictures

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[GregMember]

The KTM 530 I was riding for a while was always troublesome to start. Couldn’t seem to get a battery that would do the job. The standard one failed in the first couple of months. Steve gave me an EarthX lithium battery for it from his shop Adventure Moto ( it was his bike ) and it was a good thing from then on. I have tried one in the tenere and wasn’t impressed it semed to have dramas keeping it charged between rides as the accessories drain the system and the battery failed. It was a Shorai from memory, they did credit it but Some lithium batteries require a special charger (the EarthX doesn’t) read up very carefully from experience. Lefty has one in his 640 that has been going well. I don’t keep my bikes long enough now to worry as the battery that comes in them will do the job :laugh:

https://www.adventuremoto.com.au/index.php?cPath=252_272

If you call them and tell them your a old bull they will look after you

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[GregMember]

Try looking at this Pikey, it’s a KTM but they are all pretty well the same. Google is your friend sometimes

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b2m8OXZ40HA

I use a screwdriver to pop the seal out normally its the way I was taught as an apprentice :laugh:

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[GregMember]

gco0307 wrote:

All sounds fair and when you look at similar types of business they all incur a cost and it is only fair that the cost be passed to those taking up the service.

Definitely have an interest in the riding skills side but a question as to whether there is safety and/or mechanical training involved.

Sorry Gaz I missed this post, ALL of our sweeps are first aid acredited and carry an abundance of spate parts. Three of our sweeps are mechanics. We may if there is a demand run tyre change and basic mechanic skill courses

Nothing specific of course but more the type of situation that may arise on the average ride (ie. chain breakage, puncture repair etc) along with basics of GPS/EPIRB and the ‘do not move’ type of stuff. More often than not the sweeps will get you going or at worst wait with you until you get picked up

All of the lead and sweeps have spot trackers and each group lead and sweep have a sat phone. The lead sweep car has a lap top with an air card so he knows where the rideadv riders are at all times. The sweep cars can be put into play to pick the bike/ rider up as the cars also have two GPSs with the meet route and bike route.

Not trying to over complicate in any way and fully suspect that puncture repair etc will occur on the rides but just thought to ask

All great questions

Gaz

[GregMember]

Happy birthday ya big lug, hope it’s a cracker of a day and you take the old Ten out for a least 10mins

TB

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