CRUSTY QUINNS
 NURSE BEC
TECH TIPS
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| Jeff 400 Sun, Jan 15 2012 13:10 | Diehard (24 rides) | | |
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That'd be the one. Still sun stroked.
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| craig Sun, Jan 15 2012 11:58 | LEGEND (59 rides) | | |
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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
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| waynovb Sun, Jan 15 2012 10:11 | Diehard (26 rides) | | |
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Thanks Buttsy and Seano for putting on a great ride.
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.
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| Tommy Sun, Jan 15 2012 10:02 | Hill climbing LEGEND (85 rides) | | |
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Jeff would the 19th name be Jeff400 ???
Some photos in gallery
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| Trev200 Sun, Jan 15 2012 08:26 | Visitor (0 rides) | | |
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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.
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| Jeff 400 Sun, Jan 15 2012 08:22 | Diehard (24 rides) | | |
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Looks awesome Pounce, I will enjoy going through your vids in detail.
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, mick450, FT Al, Slade, Jack, Tricky (new bloke i think) and Trevor (new bloke from Victoria). I have missed one rider so if its you please post up. New guys can you also post up some words on the ride and admin can then sort you out.
Thanks Admin much appreciated.
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.
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| john Sun, Jan 15 2012 07:22 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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Awesome report Pounce. very different terrain to Pattaya. lol
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| nathan Sun, Jan 15 2012 06:22 | LEGEND (50 rides) | | |
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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.
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| buttsy Sun, Jan 15 2012 07:21 | Player (4 rides) | | |
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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 .
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| Seano Sat, Jan 14 2012 20:41 | Player (3 rides) | | |
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Those who want tyres please let me me know, thanks. See below, post from Collin.
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| Seano Sat, Jan 14 2012 20:35 | Player (3 rides) | | |
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Thanks for a great ride today guys. A little warm and energy sapping with very little wind to clear the dust. Just a quick tip folks please check your tyre pressures on or the day befor the ride, this will illuminate unnecessary punctures and help heaps with bike control depending on the surface. See you out there soon.
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| roley Sat, Jan 14 2012 19:27 | Crusty to the core (150 rides) | | |
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Mick450 thanks for the Gumtree link - I now have LR fuel tank! Fueltanker Roley
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| Colin Sat, Jan 14 2012 18:28 | Crusty to the core (193 rides) | | |
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Please post it up for guys to contact me if they would like to take advantage of this. As I explained previously this is not a business but Rick from MOTOZ has said I can use the discount code for more than just my own use one this occasion.
Group buy tyres for those interested. We can get MOTOZ tyres at good price and anyone who is interested please contact Seano at sos.marine@hotmail.com , if you are interested go to www.motoz.com.au and have a look. I have found the X-CIRCUIT rear and TRACTIONATOR ENDURO S/T front to work very well here in WA. Let me know the size and quantity required. I will be placing the order on Tuesday morning.
Thanks for that and hope to see you out on a ride soon.
Regards,
Sean Somers (Seano)
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| Tommy Sat, Jan 14 2012 18:06 | Hill climbing LEGEND (85 rides) | | |
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Thanks for the ride today Buttsy and Seano very hot but good fun all the same will put photos and a bit more up later for the report if everyone posts a bit for the report that would be good.
Pounce it looks like we will need a lot of time to read and watch your ride report look forward to it during the week ( better than the TV)
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| Pounce Sat, Jan 14 2012 15:26 | International LEGEND (89 rides) | | |
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Ok fellas, my first report is up.
This one is for the Laos trip.
It's on Xmas day for you to find it.
There's YouTube videos interspersed throughout the report but we can't host them, so to get the full story, take your time & watch the videos in report order.
or you can save our bandwidth & read it here with videos included :-)
My trip to Laos.
http://rideasia.net/forum/northern-laos-december-2011-been-there-t1331.html
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| Buttsy Fri, Jan 13 2012 19:28 | Player (4 rides) | | |
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I'm at work till midnight so I'll keep doing a rain dance for tomorrow looking good so far.
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| azza Fri, Jan 13 2012 18:46 | Diehard (14 rides) | | |
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We'll be there in the morning tiny & I
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| Tommy Fri, Jan 13 2012 18:32 | Hill climbing LEGEND (85 rides) | | |
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See you in the morning Buttsy
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| Drz steve Fri, Jan 13 2012 15:35 | Diehard (18 rides) | | |
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See you in morning buttsy
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| craig Fri, Jan 13 2012 08:26 | LEGEND (59 rides) | | |
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Im in too see you in the morning
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Welcome back Gavin.
Ross got the Burg and seems pretty happy with it. As he went Yamaha to Burg maybe he has the good oil.
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| Jeff 400 Fri, Jan 13 2012 00:32 | Diehard (24 rides) | | |
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Me too buttsy meet you sat.
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| Hazi Thu, Jan 12 2012 22:12 | Player (2 rides) | | |
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I'm in Buttsy. See ya Sat.
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| Colin Thu, Jan 12 2012 21:20 | Crusty to the core (193 rides) | | |
| Colin Thu, Jan 12 2012 20:55 | Crusty to the core (193 rides) | | |
| Jack Thu, Jan 12 2012 20:19 | Diehard (17 rides) | | |
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See you Saturday Buttsy, bike is already on the trailer so nobody can talk me out of riding in 35c heat. I feel an early seabreeze coming in anyhow.
Gavin, you get more bang for you buck buying the Berg if looking at a brand new bike. Yamaha's are in greater supply on the second hand market so your chance of getting a good bike is better. Bergs are overpriced second hand and only three to choose from at any one time.
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| Gavin Thu, Jan 12 2012 19:58 | Regular (9 rides) | | |
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Hey was wondering if anyone could give me a bit of advise. Am looking into getting a newer bike probably a wr450f or a berg 450f 08 or 09. Any pros or cons or common problems they might have.
Cheers gav.
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| Gavin Thu, Jan 12 2012 19:53 | Regular (9 rides) | | |
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Hi
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| Buttsy Thu, Jan 12 2012 18:26 | Player (4 rides) | | |
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Going hardcore if we are on the bikes by 8.30 we will b back by 11.30 for a well earned quiet one .Weather looks like rain tomorrow which means no dust for sat and should be cloudy due to storms . So come on girls get on your bikes and let's go riding.
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| Andy400 Thu, Jan 12 2012 18:13 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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Hard core would be one day up and one day back, I'm in.
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| waynovb Thu, Jan 12 2012 18:09 | Diehard (26 rides) | | |
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Now your talking Pounce !
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| Pounce Thu, Jan 12 2012 17:35 | International LEGEND (88 rides) | | |
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Or make it a 4 dayer for the hard core guys, 2 days up & 2 days back.
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| Andy400 Thu, Jan 12 2012 17:30 | Diehard (20 rides) | | |
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Just found Hell. It's in Norway and it don't look to bad, could be some good riding. Google map it and let me know what you think. Seems like a lot of Ks but I'm sure I'm going to Hell one day.
Can't make it this weekend Buttsy and Seano for the classic Seabird to Lano, must rest body and do some stuff for 401 but good luck all, carry plenty of fluids and take your time. Look foward to the photos and report.
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| waynovb Thu, Jan 12 2012 17:26 | Diehard (26 rides) | | |
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Hey Buttsy...Saturdays forecast has gone from 31to32to33and now they reckon 35 degrees. Are you going regardless or making a late call.
Colin...what about a 2 dayer staying overnight at somewhere halfwayish say Cervantes(caravan park).Just an idea!
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| kpphotos Thu, Jan 12 2012 13:11 | Diehard (11 rides) | | |
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We have done a Burns Beach Road to Lano and back, it helps not to get lost, Crossing Moore River on the coast shouldn't be a problem as it only breaks once in a while and during Summer I think your safe. Take it easy through there as families are using the beach. The ranger will check your bikes are rego'd.
All up about 250k's, we left it a bit late got to Lano at about 3pm so we did a few k's on the black top so we weren't riding in the dark. Hope this helps
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| KLXTony Thu, Jan 12 2012 09:13 | Diehard (10 rides) | | |
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Due to motarding the KLX450 I have many "enduro" parts for sale so I thought I would offer some handy bits to fellow Crusty KLX owners first.
IMS 3.1 gallon (12 litre) tank. Comes with pet cock and cap (no breather tube). Uses KX450F radiator shrouds which I will throw a used pair in to make the tank a complete bolt on item. gc $200+post
2 x sets of wheels (21",18"). 1 x OEM rims/1 x black rims can adjust price if disks and sprockets are needed. No tubes, rim locks or tyres. gc $450/$550+post per set.
Plastics, airbox, seat, OEM tank, bash plate, too many parts to list.
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| mick450 Thu, Jan 12 2012 08:29 | I'm not a lost LEGEND (89 rides) | | |
| seano Wed, Jan 11 2012 22:59 | Player (3 rides) | | |
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Colin the only real difficult/impractical part from OVT to Lano is the area around the Moore river mouth. If it's closed to the sea we can go around on the beach, if not you have to do about 12km on the sealed road from Woodridge estate it Guilderton, there is also fuel available in Guilderton. We will look at doing a recon run as bit of practice for Finke within the next 2 months.
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| Colin Wed, Jan 11 2012 21:00 | Crusty to the core (193 rides) | | |
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The ride sounds doable. Someone would need to check out the OVT to Lano. I have also ridden to Sandy Cove from Jurien and I don't think it would be too hard to get Green Head. I recon the section heading up to Dongara where the Highway is close to the coast could be a little harder. We have a guy in Dongara who can sort the last leg out.
My place is available for an overnighter to throw a swag down. You would need to arrange for enough cars and trailer space to get everyone home unless you wanted another big ride home the next day.
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| Gasgaslex Wed, Jan 11 2012 19:44 | Diehard (10 rides) | | |
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With all the sand & action of the Dakar taking place DRZ Dennis has come up with a new ride weekend idea for the calendar. This is for all the family, kids, wives, dogs & unlicenced riders!.... Admin please add to the upcoming events : Hi, we are planning a weekend in the sand at Reef Beach in March , as a bit of a get together in 2012. We will set up a couple of shelters and you can roll out the swags, family event, chance to do a bit of beach fishing and right at the east end of the beach there is safe swimming area. I will bring the beach buggy out for anyone to have a drive ( Children with adult supervision), 4WDs a must from main road and there are no amenities.
The weekend will be the 9th to 11th of March, a few of us are heading out from Albany at 12.30 pm on Friday, there are plenty of coastal tracks to go exploring. So bring your fishing gear, bikes, dunny paper, fuel & everything.
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