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Another update – Been out for a hunt at Hill End
Day 2 Burraga – Tunena – Binda – Gunning – Murrembateman -Talibingo 448Ks
Goodradigbee River, Brindabella, NSW
Some really long drops from off the Mountains, All part of the missing SD Card.
Nearly ended up in the table drain a bit further down the road f%^@#*& with the GPS after a missed turn off into a riot of a section !!!!
Unused single 4wd track with slappy bushes great run one bike in front one behind..Spent the night at Talibingo Tourist Park, Great Operators there, Rolled in at around 4 or 5pm, And was offered a lift with the boys down to the local club for a fantastic Chinese Meal and a few beers.
Day 1 Gardens of stone – dropped the 36 down to 26psi bike was a lot happier
Portland – Oberon – Jenolan Caves – Burraga 390ks
Spent the night in the Burraga Community hall
Publican wasnt to impressed there were only 3 of us when they were expecting 17
Cant find day ones video i reckon the SD card is sitting on that table. Quite a bit of familiar trails but they had been cleaned up. No more bouldery uphills and down hills to the creek by the house on the river, Easy day to get settled in
.. How good was that!!!, Ive got 3 brown kings (blame fuchsy) under the belt now so here it goes
Woke up friday morning to a bike in pieces and nothing organised as usual. Hit the missile switch and it started with only the fuel in the bowl.. Today was going to be a good day. After putting the tank and seat on came the task of ensuring all possible garage fuck ups were accounted for. All the remaining tools, tubes, oil, filters, food were dumped in the panniers. Then the swag aka fat slug was given a place.
The highway is a great place to go brain dead so lets fast forward this a bit
Upon arriving into Jindabine the road slowly revealed a big lake. It looked pretty good and i was happy that i could get a beer in my hand soon.
Rolled down the drive to meet TB and the regular faces. Only to be greeted with a bunk with no booking required!
Day 1: Wiggster gave up waiting after some bad intel advised i had left for fuel. Meanwhile i was fucking around with a pressure gauge wondering why it wasn’t working.. Turns out the tyre was flat
After nearly collecting a few trophies with 2 legs and a tail i got a bit spooked.. Then i realized i was in Victoria?
The ride into Mt Hotham was bloody freezing and the shiny black bits were intimidating, The visibility was shocking and now I’m getting snowed on Just f%$king fantastic! Bike was down on power in a big way i tried to give the thing a big blip in a tunnel and all that came out was a brop
Then i had a go at locking up the rear down the hill, The car up my arse at this time backed off after that. I guess it wasn’t a rentalThen im drawing a bit of a blank as the camera has lost a lot of photos and im sure it was great getting rained on the go slow
Dargo Pub
Day 3
Woke up in a dry swag hungover and cold. This is where the ride got interesting and ive got video of all the carnage on the go pro too. Blatting up the hill was a blast plenty of moments but keeping it up and on the throttle, Tipping down the whole lot just fell to pieces..
After picking it up twice i was physically done and that was only the start of it. The creek i was stressing about was a non event another 10 dumps later up hill down hill no hill just for fun the bike now had another 10kilos of mud jammed on the swing arm and in the bash plate i was done
Wiggster to the rescue – Ride it down champ im done im about to pass out
The hill wasn’t done with me yet, Dump your bike enough with the lights on and the battery goes flat. Thank f&%k there was still more down to go Got the good advice off the sweeps how to rectify the problem, Switch off all gear and 2nd gear clutch drop. I really wasn’t in the state to push the thing either, I love big hills..
After making it onto the sealed road i was relieved, So relieved the bike got parked on the trailer and i sat in the 4wd in cold sweaty gear. After i thawed out we were met with a clunk and then a solid metal on metal grind. I was spewing as now i know why everyone’s riding around in air conditioned 4wd’s.
After Chicken single handedly rallied the boys and unf&^ked the current predicament, I was back on the bike with the sun setting on some of the best looking views ever for the 70ks back into Jindabyne.
Watching the video is a pisser i will have to put something together, although im sure Josh has got some quality fail material in the works already
Thanks for the ride Boys!
That is why i ride a motorcycle..
Even the Koreans at the petrol station were asking how big?? Why so dirty?
I found myself doing a 70km’h endo up a hill on the First RideADV event, Despite all the suspension work in the front end the .47 Springs and Racetech Emulators softened the blow on the way to bottoming out with 30 liters of fuel onboard
Unfortunately the brake line looped over the speedo and proceeded to destroy itself
So instead of fixing that i decided to make some sacrifices in the name of ultimate DR650 performance
