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    Quote Originally Posted by bunji View Post
    @inozz Lot of mischief to be had with those old girls ,back in 2015 l was invited over to Oz on a group ride from Sydney to the tip of Cape York, with a biker group l am a member of known as the Laurels Larrikins, that all raced in the Finke Desert Races in the 90's, for at least 2 race events & are too stupid to have given up dirt bikes.

    On the ride back (l took my DR650 over as it all set up for long distance expeditions )we did a great road ride( uhmm race) up & down a mountain range out of Cairns in Northern Queensland & then rode down to watch the Australian Postie Bike GP in NSW, held by one of the best dirt bike racing clubs l came across in all my years while racing, the Cessnock Motorcycle Club in NSW (they are mainly a Enduro club).

    This is a full on road race with riders travelling from all over & all the local towns turning out to watch postie bikes getting thrashed around the street circuit ,then the local towns supported the race by offering discounts on food & accommodation to people travelling home .When l was dirt bike racing l competed around the world, but this was right up there with any event l have been to as far as people just having fun & loving the bike culture .If you ever get a chance to go l definitively recommenced it .


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    @XR500 Have you got a link to that fella's video,sounds like a good while we are getting blown away down here ?
    c90adventures is his channel I believe. A young pom. Find his first ones and binge watch him travel throughout the world. His favorite bit was being told by a couple of old bastards on BMW1200's adventure bikes that he'd never make it (across one horrible bit of terrain or the other) and he ended up putting past them as they were broken down/bogged/whatever.

    This link is to of those dubbed over pisstakes of Hitler losing his rag, and sums up Ed March's approach to travelling the world on a Honda c90 nicely:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOOT-T2gKo

    Oh, and another one popped up that made me piss my pants. Another Hitler dub over when Ed rode his bike into the Artic circle solo:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDOOT-T2gKo
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    @ishoot10s It was a Hell of a lot of fun back before the Safety Nazis took over the world ,some of the rigs that would drive/ride out of Alice were like a Mad Max convention,you would be locked up for years now ,mind you l was lucky enough to see the 94 Cannon Ball run they held as well back then,when the NT had no speed limits for vast areas of their open roads. I have ridden where the Baja 500 runs , IMO the Finke is right up there.

    We were supposed to have done a ride across to Central Australia & the Finke Desert Race with the Laurels Larrikins mob at the start of June & then down around Tasmania this year, but the good old Chyna Flu put the Khyber on that, after a couple years of planning/organizing transport slots etc to get the bike over.
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    @bunji, I definitely want to take my Africa Twin over and do some “gentle cruises”. Have done some of Far North QLD Telegraph Track etc in a Landy but really want to ride some of the less extreme routes on the bike. Too old to go hard out but still up for an adventure. Such a lot of turf over there.
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    @ishoot10s I have been lucky enough to have done expedition rides in a few places around the World , Tasmania is one of the best rides in the World IMO & your African would be perfect.
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    Fargin funny ! I've owned 4 BMW's over the years, 3 air-heads and a K75 that I still have. Back in the day, a lot of Beemer-owners were very 'Germanic' about 'other' brands, and their riders. I just sent the link to a few who fitted that bill back then. if they dont piss themselves laughing , I will

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    Does anyone have a Yamaha XS/TX 650 for sale ,or parts ?

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    I was in a Scheels sporting goods store the other day. Walked past this beauty in the bow hunting section !

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    So...can only carry the average sized American without a rifle or back pack, costs the same as a new high performance 2T enduro bike that can go 3 times as far and easily carry another 70 lb above that rated capacity? Has half the suspension travel of an enduro bike. Whats not to like
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    It’s quiet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    It’s quiet.
    Exactly, there are many places in Southland that I could see that bicycle being put to good use.
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    Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.

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    This Easter gone I shot (at!) a Sika hind @75m from my 300cc 2T enduro bike seat. Wind in my favour, and me in putt putt mode, not screaming along on the pipe

    They can be quiet if you set them up and use them appropriately.

    Almost all of these new electric bicycles have too much power to fit DoC's idea of a EMTB

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sako85 View Post
    Mate I ride a xc-f 350 better than sex at my age
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    New boing boing sprung seat on and slightly more tweaked bars finalized (mounted above top clamp now with riser clamps just to lift them slightly) and front dropped 32 mm to sharpen (lol) the steering . Now it feels a little more like what I'm used to . And seat surprisingly comfy .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ftx325 View Post
    New boing boing sprung seat on and slightly more tweaked bars finalized (mounted above top clamp now with riser clamps just to lift them slightly) and front dropped 32 mm to sharpen (lol) the steering . Now it feels a little more like what I'm used to . And seat surprisingly comfy .

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