CRUSTY QUINNS
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TECH TIPS
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| Jeff 400 Fri, Jan 20 2012 08:45 | Diehard (25 rides) | | |
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Thanks Al. Ohlins are a pretty good aftermarket replacement as well. No leaks just broke in the middle.
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| nathan Thu, Jan 19 2012 22:37 | LEGEND (51 rides) | | |
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Holy Moses, that White Power is a piece of work. Some sort of manufacture fault? Or did it run out of gas, some sort of leak?
Now for the wait for new indicators from China. Therefore no riding for me this weekend, pure beach bliss.
When the indicators do finally get here I am booked for a west Coast Highway cruise. Watch the rear knobs bounce about a foot in the air at 60 km/hr on my way to Cafe.
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| roley Thu, Jan 19 2012 21:07 | Crusty to the core (150 rides) | | |
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Jeff that is SHOCKING!
H Greenbushes sounds good but are you sure the showers are working! LOL. I just hope my Dickie knee will be up to it?
Ross welcome to the Legend Club!
Great to see some hard-core Crusty riding out there! I can't wait - see the surgeon in a few weeks, hopefully for the last time. I am now riding a bicycle to strengthen the knee! Even took the Postie Bike for lap of West Coast Hwy the other day - how good was that!!!!
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| Jeff 400 Thu, Jan 19 2012 19:11 | Diehard (25 rides) | | |
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Shocking photos in gallery ha ha 004751 & 004752
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| H Thu, Jan 19 2012 15:01 | LEGEND (82 rides) | | |
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Greenbushes it is................ but who will be taking their mask and snorkel??
The 2nd & 3rd June looks ok but will confirm this shortly.
H
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You're paying for me dude, remember the bet you lost!
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| Jason Thu, Jan 19 2012 11:45 | Regular (9 rides) | | |
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This will be my first WCTBS ride now I am an office b@tch after being offshore for the last three.
I will follow the group wherever it ends up going.
My deposit is paid and I was #3 on the list but I see my name is on twice, also at #7?
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| Tommy Wed, Jan 18 2012 21:10 | Hill climbing LEGEND (86 rides) | | |
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Meet at Rock Inn Sat 07:30 with plenty of fuel and water
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| WR Ross Wed, Jan 18 2012 20:31 | LEGEND (50 rides) | | |
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Tommy I'm Always free if there's a ride. Lakes or metro's long or short, Just as long as there's no sand.
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| Tommy Wed, Jan 18 2012 16:59 | Hill climbing LEGEND (86 rides) | | |
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Ross for your 50th were would you like to go Lakes or Metro short or long let me know and we will have a ride this Sat if you are free.
West coast deposit paid Greenbushes is fine with me
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| Pounce Wed, Jan 18 2012 16:55 | International LEGEND (89 rides) | | |
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Tige has fixed everything again.
Ross, you are a legend, whoever did the WCTS report put the wrong Ross down.
You look pretty in pink.
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| todd Wed, Jan 18 2012 14:14 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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Pounce, good trip, some good shots there, bloody dry considering all the rain they had, lucky the mighty mekong pulled ya out of the shit a couple of times, i went over for a few weeks before chrissy with a mate, hes still there, funny, thailand will do that to ya :]
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| Colin Wed, Jan 18 2012 12:16 | Crusty to the core (193 rides) | | |
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Greenbushes for me too. Love those goat trails.
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| WR Ross Wed, Jan 18 2012 16:03 | LEGEND (50 rides) | | |
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I think I missed a point for this years westcaost ride maybe?
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| Pounce Wed, Jan 18 2012 07:40 | International LEGEND (89 rides) | | |
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Sorry Ross, you're not a baboons bum yet, I stuffed the reports up & somehow some of you have an extra ride point.
One more to go dude, I think you should call your 50th. :-)
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| Guestie Wed, Jan 18 2012 06:51 | Player (4 rides) | | |
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H ... im with Mick
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| Tricky Wed, Jan 18 2012 07:34 | Player (1 rides) | | |
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Thanks Buttsy and Seano for sweeping,
It definitely was a ballbuster of an awesome ride, very hot …sorry for the delay 7kms out from the end of the ride. To get a puncture in both tyres at the same time (standard tubes) I’ve now got ultra heavy duty 4mm inner tubes. Slade I owe you a bottle of Zoosh thanks again to all 19 CQ’s for a great day of riding.
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Your a Legend Ross! Well done.
Nearly as quick as Tommy!
Well done on the report WaynoVB.
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| Andy400 Tue, Jan 17 2012 20:52 | Diehard (21 rides) | | |
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WanyoVB - your a great asset for the Crusties to have on board, lead rides, sweep and reports.
Ross - Congrates on the Pink! Legend for ever.
Admin - Something wrong with the ride points. I've only done 20 and sorry guys but others are + 1 to.
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| jacko Tue, Jan 17 2012 20:11 | 9 Fingered LEGEND (62 rides) | | |
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H.put me on the list please,i will call georgina later.
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| buttsy Tue, Jan 17 2012 19:24 | Regular (6 rides) | | |
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Cheers for that wayno didnt mind doing it .Great feedback on the ride guys good read .
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| mick450 Tue, Jan 17 2012 19:13 | I'm not a lost LEGEND (91 rides) | | |
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Ross your pink and backwards
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| Pounce Tue, Jan 17 2012 19:10 | International LEGEND (89 rides) | | |
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Reports done, after stuffing them up twice.
WR Ross is now a bright pink in colour. (quickest to 50?)
The 2 new guys, post a message to get yourself on the board. The pics will get sorted by the wizard.
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| mick450 Tue, Jan 17 2012 18:30 | I'm not a lost LEGEND (89 rides) | | |
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Andy
Well said
H
Greenbushes, More single trail, river crossings & hills. The others are too far with to many transport sections.
Or switch weekends.
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| H Tue, Jan 17 2012 16:43 | LEGEND (82 rides) | | |
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Guy’s,
Following on from a conversation with Georgina from WCTBS for the Crusty’s ride which has been planned for the 2nd & 3rd June; she has been trying to sort out the accommodation for us in Nannup but this weekend clashes with the “Blackwood Classic Boat Race” and most of the available rooms have been already taken.
Other accommodation options are: Greenbushes, Pemberton, Northcliffe, Manjimup, Karri Valley & Margaret River, for a similar hills etc ride we can stay around the Nannup and Greenbushes areas (Apparently the Greenbushes Hotel has hot water now!! – LOL)or we can switch the weekends to either the weekend before (May 26th & 27th) or the weekend after (9th & 10th June). For all those who intend to go to this year’s ride, please can you let me know your thoughts ASAP?
Just checking the events board we have 8 already down to go with another 20 places available; for those who have not put their hand up for this year’s ride, please can you confirm who would like to go, to ensure Georgina has as much notice as possible to arrange this?
Cheers
H
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| waynovb Tue, Jan 17 2012 16:42 | Diehard (26 rides) | | |
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Buttsys Ballbuster....Ride Report
ROTD Buttsy
SOTD NA
Can you please work your admin magic - 19 riders for Buttsy's Ballbuster are Hazi, Ross, Nathan, Craig, Tiny, Azza (Azza can you post up I can't find you on the site), drz steve, Tommy, Seano, Buttsy, WaynoVB, mick530, Jeff 400 mick450, FT Al, Slade, Jack, Tricky (new bloke i think) and Trevor (new bloke from Victoria).
The lack of shade during the breaks/punctures probably took its toll on quite a few crusties I was certainly
cooked. Whilst we were moving it wasn't too bad especially
after the servo stop when we could wet down. As buttsy said OVT to Gero in a day I don't think so. Probably lucky to do it in two...Waynovb
buttsy beech and swim ride, wow what a hot one can not remember riding in such hot condition. To say we only did about 90kms it felt like 500ks by the time we got back to the cars and alot of relieved crusty back at the cars including me,the ride its self was a good one and will be great after some rain,didnt see to many offs jeff400 had a small front wheel wash out early on, it was good to get to the road house and get a cold drink and top up the camel packs. On the way back a few of us hit the beech which was very boggy and a few ks up the beech we had to cut inland were come across the other group were one of the boys noticed he to punctures a few of us took ths oppertunity for a swim which was great, back on the bikes with about 7ks to go had a bit of an off on a hill with mick450 using my bike for traction changing gear on my bike as he went past, its was good to get back to cars safe and sound,top job buttsy for a great ride in hot conditions and big thanks to seano for sweeping. now i remember why we mainly ride in winter, will put some pics up later...Craig
Buttsy and Seano thanks for showing us around your Finke training ground. Plenty of whoops, soft sand, dust, heat and flat tyres. Really enjoyed it. Definitely need a set of Steg Pegz for those costal tracks...Jack
Thanks for the ride yesterday Buttsy and Seano.It was the longest 80ks Ive ridden.Good to see a big turn out on such a hot day. Just goes to show there's a few of us who will do anything to get out of saturday shopping with the missus..WRRoss
Great work Buttsy and Seano.
Loved the tracks on the way there and back, was a bit like home hunting ground.
Great to see some new country.
ROTD vote to Buttsy for putting his hand up.
Seano, I'm worried that you have set a new benchmark for "super sweep", pulling out more tools, powders and lubes than I have in my workshop and bathroom at home.(Nice work)...FTAllen
Cheers for the ride Buttsy and thanks for the help at the back Seano. After riding in that heat makes you appreciate how good (and fit) the guys riding the Dakar and our own Australasian Safari are.
Haven’t ridden in the sand that much before but enjoyed the whoop sections and fanging it along the beach. Don’t think the KTM350 was too happy about it though and came close to boiling on more than one occasion
Not sure if everyone was aware but I got stopped by the ranger in Ledge Point on our way up to Lano. He was pretty good and was happy to see we were a bunch of blokes fully licensed and had no quads riding with us. Think he was having a bit of chuckle to himself when he saw how knackered I was once I took the helmet off. Didn’t seem to be too concerned about no indicators on the bike or road legal tyres. Are the rangers a common sighting up that way? .
ROTD vote – Buttsy for calling the ride after working till midnight the night before.Hazi
A tough stage yesterday 'well it felt like a dakar' very hot and humid, everybody seemed to be suffering from the heat by the time we got to lano, especially me! purked up after cool drinks and ice Then back again !! After stopping to regroup , two flat tyres on one bike. Maybe its time for a swim in the ocean. It didn't take much persuasion. After a cool dip we're off again. Anyway another great ride thanks to buttsy & seano, A day to remember! ...Azza
Thanks Buttsy and others for a great ride and induction into the "crusty" way. Heat wasn't too bad for the ride, but like others I suffered more during the stops! Ah the joys of the cornerman system. As a side note, beach riding; good for cleaning 2 stroke pipes, but not so good for RH rear indicators!!! Looking forward to the next ride. ...Trev200
Off to work at this time of the morning and i feel like the lifes been sucked out of me .I cant fit anymore water in me if i tried .I spose thats what happens when you go on one of my ballbusting rides in 35degrees.To my amazement seano and i turned up to the ovt to see cars with bikes all over the place ,had to dodge through them all to get a carpark.
Anyway my little edition to the ride report is holy ---- it was hot out there but despite the heat it was a good ride plenty of drama with nathan having a puncture before we even left seabird 4km in and the beaurepair bros were out repairing another one of nathans punctures .Anyway the more we rode the hotter it got and i felt the pressure of not getting lost as ive only done this run a few times i could see it was imperitive to get these boys to the lano servo as quick as possible .The few times we stopped for a breather the more the facial expressions changed ,guys nearly passing out ,struggling to breathe ,etc.Now it was a case of survival of the fitest .The things i saw up front on the way were the usual roos ,emus ,sheep ,a lone quad in the middle of nowhere, the pope ,and then i saw a bright white light actually that was the sun beating off the sand ,few boys thought i was hallusenating .We made it to the lano servo and we were all spent . The life was sucked out of each and every one of us .I think the servo made a killing out of us in all types of fluid replacements,but to my amazement after the ride from hell to lano the last thing you would want is to eat something hot, but a couple of guys were into the sausage rolls and toastys .Some how i dont think that was going to stay in there guts to long if you know what i mean .We even got a couple of bags of ice given to us from the ice guy ,that told me we must of looked really ------ .Where ever you could shove ice on our bodies we were putting it there .Note for next hot ride invest in ice vest under armour.We had a meeting and at one stage we had 3 groups discussing going back to seabird on the road ,the beach ,or the way we came.It then turned into 2 groups the beach or the way we came .14 guys decided to go along the beach and took there chances on making it back to seabird .But to keep up the true hardcore crusties tradition 5 of us went back the same way we came.
We talked about everyone on the ride adding there own personal experience what happened to them and what they saw up front to put the ride report together colin, so no doubt everyone will add there bit over the next couple of days.Ill let you talk about the return leg alan.
Cheers boys despite the heat i had a great ride .
P.S. I think the boys have reavalueated the run from the OVT to geraldton in one day ,the way i saw it it would take a week ....Buttsy
It was a day for punctures for sure with incredible heat.My rear indicated melted, along with another brothers 2-stroke exc! Bikes overheating..... and more punctures.
I am goona have to go back to the crusty bible and make sure I carry spares from now on.
SeanO hook me up for a full set of MotoZ tyres thanks..Nathan
Thanks for the ride Buttsy and Seano, some nice new trails. Bloody hot, needed a nice strong sea breeze but didn't get it. Double puncture would you believe it? Cooking in the sun at this stage so the dip in the ocean was a lifesaver. Good idea Mick. Now have a new found appreciation for rear suspension, spring only on the return trip - whoops are no good on a pogo stick. Couple of beers with the boys back at Seabird - excellent day, cheers fellas see you next time. Buttsy for ROTD, first call and well led....JEFF400
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| Andy400 Tue, Jan 17 2012 15:10 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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It shoudn't be up to the person that leads or sweeps a ride to do the report, generally they have allready put in a great deal of effort to get guys there and back safely and have some interesting tracks. It's also nice if you have gone to all that effort to put together a ride for your fellow Crusties to here from someone in the pack that has seen more of the action and give you some feedback as to how it was for the others.
Come on guys, we all need to give something back to the Crusty Quinns for the enjoyment it gives us. Some can lead, some can donate to keep the site going, some do admin, some photograph and some sweep. We need people to scribe a few words, what can you do to help?
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| Buttsy Tue, Jan 17 2012 07:38 | Player (4 rides) | | |
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If no one else wants to put the report together I'll do it tonite.
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| Andy400 Mon, Jan 16 2012 18:22 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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Went for a blast today. Son Mitch on my DRZ, workmate Andrew on my toy ZY125 and I was left to lead with the Chinese import. Had a ball!(when I left) 30ks of training for these guys to become future Crusties (both have been on rides before - some will know them).
Mapped some trails north of the Pinjar ORV area to make the OVT rides less tranport sections to the good stuff. Crossing out the whoop tracks and going for the fast smooth sand tracks, 80ks/ph plus. (photo in gallery).
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| slade Mon, Jan 16 2012 20:29 | Regular (8 rides) | | |
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We pulled up at the pub with no beer (seabird). Geared up then left .the dunes were great ,beach very soft. Overall a bit more challenging than the average ride but good .Admin could i please have photo 4748 as a mug shot, thankyou. Ride safe fellow sandgropers.
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| husq mike Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:12 | Diehard (37 rides) | | |
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To the 19 crazies who rode last Sat.What is wrong with going for a nice swim in your local pool?
Went for a casual ride down near nannup to check out the fire damage.No soft sand, 5 deg cooler and steady riding.Even then it was like being in a sauna.
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| Andy400 Mon, Jan 16 2012 01:13 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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Sounds like an epic ride guys. Love the posts. Congrates to you all for riding safely in such extreme conditions, should be worth two points by all reports.
Inspired, I'm going out tomorrow/today try some different suspension setting on whoops and sand + map a few more tracks.
See ya out there soon :-)
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| Seano Sun, Jan 15 2012 21:38 | Player (3 rides) | | |
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Hazi, we often see the rangers and the coppers up this way. They wil have a look and as soon as see the bikes are registered they leave us alone.
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| azza Sun, Jan 15 2012 21:30 | Diehard (14 rides) | | |
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A tough stage yesterday 'well it felt like a dakar' very hot and humid, everybody seemed to be suffering from the heat by the time we got to lano, especially me! purked up after cool drinks and ice Then back again !! After stopping to regroup , two flat tyres on one bike. Maybe its time for a swim in the ocean. It didn't take much persuasion. After a cool dip we're off again. Anyway another great ride thanks to buttsy & seano, A day to remember!
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| Hazi Sun, Jan 15 2012 21:10 | Player (2 rides) | | |
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Cheers for the ride Buttsy and thanks for the help at the back Seano. After riding in that heat makes you appreciate how good (and fit) the guys riding the Dakar and our own Australasian Safari are.
Haven’t ridden in the sand that much before but enjoyed the whoop sections and fanging it along the beach. Don’t think the KTM350 was too happy about it though and came close to boiling on more than one occasion
Not sure if everyone was aware but I got stopped by the ranger in Ledge Point on our way up to Lano. He was pretty good and was happy to see we were a bunch of blokes fully licensed and had no quads riding with us. Think he was having a bit of chuckle to himself when he saw how knackered I was once I took the helmet off. Didn’t seem to be too concerned about no indicators on the bike or road legal tyres. Are the rangers a common sighting up that way?
ROTD vote – Buttsy for calling the ride after working till midnight the night before
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| slade Sun, Jan 15 2012 19:24 | Regular (8 rides) | | |
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Great tracks Buttsy, Seano.hope to be back that way again
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Great work Buttsy and Seano.
Loved the tracks on the way there and back, was a bit like home hunting ground.
Great to see some new country.
ROTD vote to Buttsy for putting his hand up.
Seano, I'm worried that you have set a new benchmark for "super sweep", pulling out more tools, powders and lubes than I have in my workshop and bathroom at home.(Nice work)
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| WR Ross Sun, Jan 15 2012 15:30 | Diehard (48 rides) | | |
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Thanks for the ride yesterday Buttsy and Seano.It was the longest 80ks Ive ridden.Good to see a big turn out on such a hot day. Just goes to show there's a few of us who will do anything to get out of saturday shopping with the missus.
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| Jack Sun, Jan 15 2012 14:44 | Diehard (17 rides) | | |
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Buttsy and Seano thanks for showing us around your Finke training ground. Plenty of whoops, soft sand, dust, heat and flat tyres. Really enjoyed it. Definitely need a set of Steg Pegz for those costal tracks.
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