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You can buy rims and actually SM Pro rims in Australia cheaper then that Krusty. Good rims ask around, I still have my race set, they have been around done Condo’s, Yellow Mountain’s, AD4E etc and 15,000kms of trailriding. Have taken my Yokos of and gone back to the SM Pro’s now. Crash runs them good gear IMO

PS never heard of warp9

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Well I’m not worried and I’m not sure why everyone seems to think I’m worried about something.. Maybe someone could tell me what I’m worried about? :huh:

Dont worry Krusty it will be alright :laugh:

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Sometimes only sometimes things go your way. They have revised the date and the MX is now on August 21-22 and that only clashes with some election that is on that day :laugh:

All that panic for nothing. As you were .

JUst when you think something might be going your way, someone steps in and stuffs you up. MX date is now back on the 14-15Aug. :angry:

Dead set you guys in Wauchope couldnt organise piss up in a brewery with a fist full of fifty’s :huh: :huh:

You wouldnt know by Chicken littles posts above :laugh: But it only affects 4 of the bikes that are confirmed (maybe not even that now) and those bikes will be done on saturday arvo / evening after they finishing the days racing. They are Gassit’s 125, Moose’s 125 and 250 and Conner’s 85. Racing will be finished by 3 a quick rinse and into Mooses shed as soon as we can

Spoken with Brad, Nick, Mick, Moose and Gassit its under control all systems go

(thanks for the heads up and down and finally up Mick )

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Cheers Eags

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Yeh mate, sorted the new boss and I am good to go. Just got to decide whether to take the DRZ or get something else. If we are riding through the sand along the Dingo Fence for any great distance, then The DRZ would be easier to handle than something bigger.

Jeffro thats why I’m taking the 690 as against the GS800.

Mick

I have just had 10 days with nothing better to do then research this question. When I returned from Hospital I wasnt sure the Tenere would be going not because of my accident (wasnt the bikes fault) but just because I had started pondering. We arent riding the big rig track or the likes where the sand dunes are SAND. I reckon the comfort of 300 plus kms a day will be better on the Tenere then the XR. I dont reckon there will be any real SAND dunes as such and the bigger bike will make the days better and more relaxed at camp or the pub :laugh: :laugh:

Looking through all the links again I dont see where the going will be that tough and the smaller bikes would be essential unless we end up in Dakar dunes :laugh: but thats not going to happen

http://www.offroadexplorer.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=1462

advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=546396

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=523362

It will be a good mix of bikes anyway. :laugh: Any bike will be better then missing this ride :laugh: :laugh: eh Motordude72

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Thats gold Jeffro will watch this space with interest

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Bollocks our gun chief tells me today they may tow a camping trailer for sleeping quarters for him and PEP. I reckon its for a masterchef kitchen :laugh:

Also everytime I asked him what we will do about broken bikes answer “Burn it” if the car gets a flat battery “Burn it” hurt people “Burn them” Has started worrying me about his cooking :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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Yeh mate, sorted the new boss and I am good to go. Just got to decide whether to take the DRZ or get something else. If we are riding through the sand along the Dingo Fence for any great distance, then The DRZ would be easier to handle than something bigger.

Thats good news mate, when we have our next meeting you will have a better idea I reckon

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So whats doing with you and this ride Jeffro? Got the new boss sorted :laugh:

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I didnt ride my bike to Wauchope but Jeffro that weekend, but yes I did lug your fat arse, with my fat arse home :laugh: . Every other time I rode it on the black top it rained so it doesnt wear that much :huh:

Rock scissor paper Nick :laugh:

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I have done a heap of tyre research for this ride and am still not sure of the best rubber for the Drz.
I am looking at the Michelin Baja and the Dunlop 606. Both from recommendations.

Everything I read on the Baja seems ok but no- one seems to be getting very good mileage( mixed distance from 800km to 1500km) I need 2800km minimum.

The 606 sound better for the mileage but some say a bit to road orientated.

Anyone had first hand experiance with these tyres riding the terrain in this trip.

( I normally run the Dunlop geomax 51 and love them but they’re not road legal and I would like valid insurance on this trip!!!!)

Nickj

606 will do the miles as well Nick. I saw Bajas do well over 3500km up on DR400’s, XR400’s and XR600’s on our ride up the cape in the 2004. It was in the end of Oct and was plenty hot.

You will work it out, tyres are very personal, style and preference. My bike came with a 606, its done less then 3000kms and its stuffed but thats a bigger heavier more powerful bike (and Mal at Sutto’s says my riding style does wear them faster then most people :huh: )

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well i hope you two had lots off trouble in that track thanks for ripping it up learn to ride

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Only be good on fire trails. :laugh:

I reckon it would be going that fast it would make a fire trail feel like a single :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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I think you will find under the new regulations most dirt bikes get a drop in premiums, it’s only those between 225cc and 300cc that go up. With the biggest selling dirtbikes being in the 450cc range it’s good for most of us.

If you were paying over $400 for your greenslip you were getting ripped off and should have shopped around more. My last rego under the old pricing was $360, Thats for inner metro, those in outer metro or country should be cheaper again. Next year my greenslip will be even cheaper. Why would I or the majority of over 300cc riders sign such a petition.

I personally think the new system makes more sense than the old one. Under the old system a KTM/Husky,TM/Gas Gas 300cc 2T was cheaper to rego than a DRZ/XR 400 yet a crotch rocket such as R1/GSX1000 and the like where similar price to 400/450cc 4T. The new system is better scaled.

As for rec rego thats a whole other argument, for me I would still get full rego anyway. I like to be able to ride my bike anywhere any time.

plus one Scott, that is so what I was going to write (but better done no doubt) I agree with everything you have written mate fairer for the mass, IMO

Cheers

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Welcome aboard the suspension train STEX :laugh:

List on the first post

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