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  • in reply to: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride APC 2014 #257247

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    Hebel – Mungindi – Goondiwindi – Dalby 666ks

    7am departure for a 6pm finish, This was the best day of the ride on the bike ever. I split without the other two and settled in to banging out kilometers.

    Black soil with a light damp for breakfast, Wide open graded dirt and interesting sections of old road off to the side of the major dirt lanes
    Almost chalked up a young pig. Passed a few blokes pulling an old 640 apart with dirty fuel

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    Goondiwindi follows a dingo fence and as soon as i saw the forestry sign i knew it was going to be a handful. Track notes mentioned a bit of sand
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    They didnt mention it looked like it had just seen a motocross event, i dumped the bike a couple of times and i was wasting energy and daylight
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    Then it started getting dark and the single track was looming ahead. Bike was fucken cooking, I was an absolute mess energy was only provided by caffeine pills and a quick
    draw on the empty camel back. Rode over a few downed trees and it was getting real black and ominous.

    After the single it cut along what i think was a train line with garbage washed out hills with gates half way up. I stopped bothering checking the terrain as it varied from
    clay rock sand and i couldn’t see shit anyway so it wasn’t worth worrying about

    Finally made it into a campsite 20ks out of dalby, it was a concession based deal with hot showers and full of camper vans, Stood in the shower for 5 goes of Hot shower relief
    Though about knocking the concession tin off for beer money, kicked the swag out and got some food in and had a drink, Orange flavor powder and vodka never tasted so good
    Sat back with the headphones on thinking how good was that!
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    in reply to: I wanted one #260840

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    All good, KTM even throw this one in with the toolkit!!

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    in reply to: rideadv’s newest member #260872

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    Congratulations mate!

    in reply to: The Longest Day 2014 #260620

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    F#@k yea Lefty that’s the way it’s Done!

    Pics or it didn’t happen

    in reply to: The Longest Day 2014 #260477

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    Nice work Lefty, Nugget of goat shit! now theres beer all over my desk 😆

    in reply to: RideADV 2 Day Christmas Ride 2014. Blackheath 2 Neville NSW #259903

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    Eagle i was wondering what you were upto at the fuel up on Sunday

    James you missed lots of Dust and heat and a lot of beers

    Arrived just in time on the friday after slabbing it in big traffic, Last weekend was worse when there were bush fires licking up Blackheath and most of the road was closed

    The crew was there, Overindulged and last to bed as usual, Pro tip the weird thing on the room key at the Garners Inn Blackheath turns the lights on..

    Saturday morning i took a Shit and a shower in the dark … Just like camping!!

    Saturday i was out with Wiggster and Mario

    Mario had a crash,
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    So we sat around bullshitting about riding bikes in the heat for a while
    Then it was right around beer o clock to get to neville

    Crashed out in the swag in the carpark eventualy and it was Sunday
    Got plenty dusted all day went for a walk into a creek to cool off and finally got home after 10hrs
    on the bike Sunday

    Riding back down the mountains i picked up a new girlfriend on a Harly Davidson with big long pigtails
    She was very excided to see a filthy bike and gave me a big thumbs up.. I tried to run but the dr just didnt have the legs

    Getting a new go pro for chrissy i hope the old ones lens fell off the sensor so no pics

    in reply to: RideADV 2 Day Christmas Ride 2014. Blackheath 2 Neville NSW #259900

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    The DR got a brand new needle and clip..

    Im a little bit woried about the brake fluid i spilt all over it ruining the paint :laugh: Wooohoo

    in reply to: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride APC 2014 #257246

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    Thargomindah – Hebel – 578ks **gopro gp10008

    Travel by gravel avoid the gavel – Wise words from some bloke on the internet
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    Not too sure what went on this day but here is a taster

    Fueling up in Wellmoringal i think.. Yea publican here was a champion kinda pissed off i didnt press on the day before..
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    Loads more flat out dirt and i met these two again.
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    They were doing it tough every single time i met them, Flat after flat thrashed rear d606 was the culprit. I rolled up to the sound of a little slime compressor
    slowly melting the piston before poping a fuse somewhere. Im stuck in Queensland in the middle of nowhere 15 more k’s to the pub..

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    Note the rear on the DR, After turning up in Queensland on the State of Origin with one fucked bike and 3 thirsty blokes we drew a crowd with the NSW plates.
    After seeing the state of us a local put down his shit beer jumped in his car and returned with a NOS 1980’s tube that just might fit. It worked

    And we watched the blues win


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    Cheers for sharing Kat!

    in reply to: Cresent head for breakfast video #260086

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    Dammit fuchsy :laugh:

    Give me a weeks notice if its on for a ride, Im looking at boxes of bits to put powersteering in the landie
    I even pushed the dr out and started it, but im out for this one


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    I could use another holiday

    This bit worries me a little tho

    – All bikes will be scrutineered and must be fit for riding the outback.

    in reply to: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride APC 2014 #257245

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    Cameron Corner – Thargomindah 342Ks

    Bike was a bit of a concern with the broken pannier frame (Total Bullshit hit the piss hard) so i was taking it easy to avoid duct taping my gear back on after the frame disintergrated

    Y.C.W.C.Y.O.D.F.T.R.F.D.S

    So i waved on the guys i was riding with and checked out the scenery instead. Loads of Rocky Ridge lines and to quote the track notes
    “Take it easy on the rocky Ridge lines as they can get very rough on riders and gear. About 10 Gates”

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    Pulling into Thargomindah pub i spotted two blokes having a quick bite to eat before pushing on, I rode around town to find a bloke with a welder and decided a donger and few quiet beers were the order of the day

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    in reply to: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride APC 2014 #257244

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    Arkaroooola – Cameron Corner 435ks

    After spending the arvo sinking beers to the setting sun woke up to another 0700am departure
    The road out of Arkaroola was littered with joeys and other small soon to be deceased mamals
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    The road was pretty quick low pressures and pinch flats on the drains and nasty bits were popular

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    Dipped into the medicine cabinet here, hands were fucked wrists blown up hating life in a big way

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    This could have gone so bad i almost dont want to think about it..

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    Pinned down the new Strezlecki road this happened . Initially i thought i hit a bull dust hole
    Rear wheel bottomed on the guard and sent me skidding down the road for a bit
    Upon further inspection i was missing two rear indacators…

    Beer is good (Cameron Corner)
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    Upon further inspection, snapped the pannier frame in half on both sides
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    in reply to: Rimlock #259602

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    I ran a rimlock on the rear for the APC – Zero Flats, everyone i was riding with varied from 2 to 10+
    Valve stems ripped out pinch flats and damaged tyres, I also picked up a tip to leave the valve nut backed out to the valve cap so the valve stem can pivot if slipped a bit before tearing itself out.

    I never bothered with getting wheels balanced but after having it done once im now converted
    The difference was immediately noticeable

    in reply to: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride APC 2014 #257243

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    Hawker – Arkarooroola 353ks

    Rolled into Hawker early, Sunday. All the good things mentioned in the track notes were shut.

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    Fuelled up inhaled a sausage roll and dare espresso, Spent the rest of the day chasing a train line

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    Oh and riding through the Flinders…
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    Crested a hill into these two, Smartest or dumbest animal on the planet is debatable.
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    Heard a report someone on a 950 crested a similar hill into a flock of them. DNF Bike on a trailer and off to hospital.. I got off easy but it was a big locked up slapper moment :D

    After that it was an easy run into Arkooroola

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