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Also Bruce ask people that have ridden one, not those that think they know :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

TB

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I caught up with the Celebrity rider in question today while he was having a drink between stages and it appears as though he will be on this ride which is fantastic news

TB

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its all TBs fault….

Yep thats right

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Bruce I dont know a single person that owns one that doesnt love it. You do whatever you want Bruce you know my thoughts

Feel the force Bruce feel the force

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Moto wrote:

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I had a leaky/duff seal on my 300 and it has leaked most/all of the oil from the right fork leg. I now need to top the oil up and reset the level.

Has the the leaking seal been fixed or are you going to have it leak the new oil again?

You could syringe the new oil in from a measuring jug through the bleed hole if you cant get the cap off

TB

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These are Rockets random photos

Rocket

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So its time to come clean

Bloody PDS I shouldnt have ridden a Kato

TB

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Merriman and Co

Ben (38 on his Jersey) and Co

Medogrocket ready to rip, but who is that security guard I see?

Why its our very own White Rocket the Dubbo legend

Mal and Mal and Mal beside himself with excitement

Mal fitting his transponder

Mal first away on his minute after acing the cold start test

Catch me if you can he crys

Mal up the hill to the 2nd service, he had lost 20 + mins on carnage hill

Mal on the pipe in a special test

Mal up the hill to service 4 (same as service 2)

Mal at service 4

Ruts Boony lots of Ruts!!

Still much more to come

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Day one as I saw it as Mal’s crew chief “Jetboat” (as per Mouse McCoy’s crew chief in Dust to Glory)

Parc Ferme

Old Bull Work area

Mal suiting up

Mal displaying Portlands latest fashion

Riders going from Parc Ferme lock up to the work area

Work area

Bewley and Co waiting to do their cold start

More to come, lots more

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Well here we are at 5.30 Rocket, Donna, Mal and myself having breakfast, the wind is howling I mean really blowing, its cold and it flogged down rain last night. I am sitting here glad I am not riding its terrible weather, its making the the caves to caves ride seem like a summer spirit. Riding through the pine forests for the 2nd time after 500+ bikes have been through a trail will be a test, welcome to your first ever race Mal :laugh:

TB

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A pit bitches job never ends does it, tonight’s last job has been adjusting Mal’s knee braces doesnt he look great in his skins :laugh:

Firstly I adjusted and tied of the backs

Then I had to adjust the hinges for to stop over extension

Much better

Mal’s bitch TB

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OK so the rest of today has been spent walking special tests and fixing up the work area at the container

Here are some pictures of the special tests

Some video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrnB_A74cUM

TB

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Moto wrote:

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Austblue wrote:

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What were the marked parts that cannot be replaced?

My 200 has the frame, engine, forks and triple clamps marked with paint. There at least the ones I can remember.

And

Its only the engine cases Moto, also hubs and muffler with the above although you can apply to replace the muffler due to a noisy bike

TB

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Just sitting in the house here drinking my coffee watching the Geoff Ballards, Toby Prices etc walking past heading over the back to walk the special test here at Mal’s place. Its a tough walk over up and down some really steep grass hills, how steep well the organisers were to ferry people back and forth in 4×4’s but that was cancelled because of the rain and the terrain! The special test here is I reckon one of the most awesome tests I have ever seen, the whole thing can be viewed from one spot as its on the side of a steep hill shaped like a half bowl if that make sense. Sadly this test is closed to the public due to access problems as the people walking over there now are discovering. Access to the rear for the bikes is through a working logging area that will stop work for a couple of hrs the two days they come through.

TB

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Well we have just finished in the shed, I have gone through the bum bag and thrown some stuff out and we added some stuff. When packing you have to remember Mal only needs to carry enough stuff to get him to the next service point where we are and we can replace whatever he has used. Example we have about 6 gas bottles for pumping tyres but he need only carry 2 as we will replace them end of stage, there are 4 rear tubes but only carries one per stage

It is the bleakest arsehole of a day here, the mist / fog rain cold it wont be fun to ride if the weather remains like this but as Mal said its the same for everybody

We will go down to Parc Ferme shortly and check it out, we have to get some carpet for his work space under the OBT quick shade cause its quickly going to turn to mud and thats no good when changing tyres which will now be really important.

Then its of to drive around and find all the service points for Donna and I so we know where we have to be when Mal gets there.

Will keep updating from here on in

TB

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