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Forum: Ride reports 05-06-2013, 06:21 AM
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After a long gap from the thread I've finally...

After a long gap from the thread I've finally caught up. A great report John.

Now get your head down to some serious stone masonry at elevated rates of pay so we can all selfishly look forward to...
Forum: Some Assembly Required 04-26-2013, 06:27 AM
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Sorry to hear of your troubles YZ, glad to hear...

Sorry to hear of your troubles YZ, glad to hear that many of them are behind you. Sound like that new lady in your life is a good one, splitting the load on pumping duties through the night.:clap
...
Forum: Airheads 03-31-2013, 12:51 AM
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Posted By Packer
Make the shoes to fit and a local welder can...

Make the shoes to fit and a local welder can attach them for you, possibly for beer money. Of course the welding will mess up the painthat you are currently trying to protect:D

Nice job, sounds...
Forum: Some Assembly Required 03-31-2013, 12:26 AM
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Wow actual pictures of WIP Even if it is...

Wow actual pictures of WIP

Even if it is dismantling:wink:, progres is progress.

Hope life follows your plans.
Forum: Ride reports 02-15-2013, 11:56 PM
Replies: 4,639
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Posted By Packer
If adventures are events that you want to have...

If adventures are events that you want to have then it is no longer an adventure when you don't want to be there any longer.

What a trip, what a great report and what a good thing that there were...
Forum: Ride reports 02-15-2013, 08:16 AM
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What a journey, what a great report. You should...

What a journey, what a great report. You should bottle patience and sell it to other travellers. It would double their enjoyment.

Those little Renaults were around in the '60's & '70's in Europe,...
Forum: Ride reports 02-11-2013, 09:10 AM
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Posted By Packer
+1 Those sleepers just look so slick.

+1

Those sleepers just look so slick.
Forum: Airheads 02-09-2013, 12:44 PM
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Posted By Packer
What an excellant job. Did you set up the...

What an excellant job.

Did you set up the clearance to spec on the clutch actuation arm at the back of the gearbox? I believe it's important for the correct operation of the clutch. You may get...
Forum: Some Assembly Required 02-09-2013, 12:48 AM
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Views: 173,926
Posted By Packer
It's February 2013, year 4 of this thread. Every...

It's February 2013, year 4 of this thread. Every time I see YZ has posted I think Yessss, progress, jump to the thread and Nooooooo, nothing done and with February rolling past he'll start servicing...
Forum: Old's Cool 02-08-2013, 11:27 PM
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I was thinking just the same thing. Have you any...

I was thinking just the same thing. Have you any hearing left Doug?

Headers only, ending in front of you, I'm thinking that "noisy" wouldn't start to describe it.
Forum: Ride reports 02-06-2013, 07:33 AM
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I thought Christian was adding a little humour. ...

I thought Christian was adding a little humour.

I'm sanguine about it:D
Forum: Ride reports 01-25-2013, 02:51 AM
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The ironwork on the step of "10" dates from the...

The ironwork on the step of "10" dates from the days of horse drawn traffic when the streets were full of equine exhaust products.
Forum: Ride reports 01-24-2013, 11:23 PM
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Looks like a full "Windsor". What a smooth and...

Looks like a full "Windsor". What a smooth and suave lad you are Rod!

If you are in Glasgow drop me a PM, perhaps we can have achat over a dram or two of fine malt.
Forum: Ride reports 01-14-2013, 11:24 PM
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Posted By Packer
+2 How was it trying to readjust to everyday...

+2

How was it trying to readjust to everyday life? If you love your job probably not too bad but if you don't I imagine it would be very tough to settle back to "normality".
Forum: Ride reports 01-11-2013, 01:24 AM
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You shouldn't laugh, "A ferocious and even...

You shouldn't laugh, "A ferocious and even cannibalistic predator (cannibalism photo (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/photogalleries/taimen-pictures/photo3.html)), taimen can grow...
Forum: Ride reports 01-10-2013, 11:30 PM
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He was perhaps concerned that if he fell off the...

He was perhaps concerned that if he fell off the truck the weight of his helmet may flip him upside down in the raging torrent and drown him.:wink:
Forum: Ride reports 01-09-2013, 11:23 PM
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Posted By Packer
That is some clever engineering which deserves to...

That is some clever engineering which deserves to be trialled, especially if the cost is reasonable.
Forum: Ride reports 01-08-2013, 11:30 PM
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Beam(st)er, you make that Mongolian mother look...

Beam(st)er, you make that Mongolian mother look like a child:D I hope you don't mind me asking but how tall are you?

I'm up to date with the report and getting a daily trickle charge as you each...
Forum: Ride reports 01-04-2013, 08:58 AM
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The big bikes are on Heidenau K60's as well,...

The big bikes are on Heidenau K60's as well, brilliant for long distance road and gravel but not much good on wet clay or deep clingy mud.

I don't think anyone having read Walter's reports would...
Forum: Ride reports 12-31-2012, 02:07 AM
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Rod was struggling with his interpretation of the...

Rod was struggling with his interpretation of the saying "two heads are better than one"


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/7607703796_92ab218209_o.jpg
Forum: Ride reports 12-29-2012, 11:32 AM
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Not too fair but I'm definitely an "All Day"...

Not too fair but I'm definitely an "All Day" factor 30 kind of guy. Love the heat, love the sun, hate sunburn:D

End of diversion................
Forum: Ride reports 12-29-2012, 04:47 AM
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Views: 454,476
Posted By Packer
Two up yes but look at them, he is probably only...

Two up yes but look at them, he is probably only 150 pounds max. and if the lady is 110 I'd be surprised. Plenty of ADV riders weigh 280 on their own.

Fantastic report, thanks for the insight to...
Forum: Ride reports 12-28-2012, 12:56 AM
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Yes it does, south of Jasper too. The colour...

Yes it does, south of Jasper too. The colour change is due to the confluence of two rivers

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8316643667_4aa07dcde5_b.jpg...
Forum: Ride reports 12-25-2012, 12:33 AM
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I don't mean to shoot you down, particularly on...

I don't mean to shoot you down, particularly on this date, but I feel that it's shame that a women being as capable as a man of riding a motorcycle is considered noteworthy. I believe that it is only...
Forum: Ride reports 12-20-2012, 05:38 AM
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What the manufacturers tell us is the ultimate...

What the manufacturers tell us is the ultimate adventure bike

http://www.dieselstation.com/img/BMW/The-New-R-1200-GS-Adventure/The-New-BMW-R-1200-GS-Adventure-widescreen-10.jpg

and what an...
Forum: Ride reports 12-18-2012, 05:13 AM
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I travelled over 8,000 miles in north America...

I travelled over 8,000 miles in north America this year with one of our group on an 800 GS. The fuel pump on that bike seemed vulnerable to the ethanol blend fuels. In 2009 it had done a rtw and had...
Forum: Airheads 12-17-2012, 10:05 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 50,744
Posted By Packer
Good to see the report going live again. ...

Good to see the report going live again.

Another vote for modding the stock mounts.

Keep up the good work.
Forum: Ride reports 12-16-2012, 02:26 AM
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,495,897
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Ohh, quick, phone Health & Safety, the roads...

Ohh, quick, phone Health & Safety, the roads department and a team of lawyers!!!! There's no crash barrier at the side of the road:eek1:eek1:eek1:eek1

:D

Just the way the world should be in my...
Forum: Ride reports 12-09-2012, 01:34 AM
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Views: 2,495,897
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The way they had the bikes dancing across the...

The way they had the bikes dancing across the steppe the choice of music may have been a result of it being from a ballet, Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian, an Armenian Soviet era composer. Good choice...
Forum: Ride reports 12-07-2012, 07:38 AM
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Was that rock platform a result of fused sand...

Was that rock platform a result of fused sand from a nuclear blast do you think?
Forum: Ride reports 12-06-2012, 04:12 AM
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Sorry to hijack Walter & Co's thread. When the...

Sorry to hijack Walter & Co's thread. When the temperature gets above human body temperature, 37C or in old fashioned units 98.6F, riding without a jacket heats you up more than riding with one.

I...
Forum: Ride reports 11-29-2012, 10:47 AM
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Views: 2,495,897
Posted By Packer
You've also mentioned that the air temperature...

You've also mentioned that the air temperature was high so when the tank was submerged in cool water the metal would quickly start to cool the fuel which would reduce in volume and pull more water...
Forum: Ride reports 11-20-2012, 11:06 PM
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Nachtflug & NMT, I'm certainthat this is a...

Nachtflug & NMT, I'm certainthat this is a retrospective RR, the weather across the steppe and on the high plateau at this time of year will be very cold.

In a previous report I'm sure that Walter...
Forum: Ride reports 11-15-2012, 10:55 AM
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Look at the beginning, this is not just Siberia,...

Look at the beginning, this is not just Siberia, this is Poalnd to Magadan.....................:eek1

Walter, do you use waterproof (Gore Tex lined?) boots or std boots and waterpoof socks? I'd...
Forum: Airheads 11-14-2012, 08:27 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 50,744
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In the UK the hoop of rubber that covers the...

In the UK the hoop of rubber that covers the spoke heads and protects the tube is called a rim tape. You guys may call it something else though.

I've also read somewhere that using a steel wire...
Forum: Airheads 11-06-2012, 12:16 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 50,744
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That is some learning curve you've been riding....

That is some learning curve you've been riding. The satisfaction you'll feel on the first sunny ride out will make you feel as though your vocabulary is impoverished.

Can't you just fit the...
Forum: Northeast - Greater Flugistan and home of the carpet baggers. 10-29-2012, 03:35 AM
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Views: 34,674
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Will an 11 foot storm surge roll right over Fire...

Will an 11 foot storm surge roll right over Fire Island or will it likely give you some protection?
Forum: Ride reports 10-18-2012, 11:45 AM
Replies: 4,639
Views: 2,495,897
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Saw the name, got to the mapping post,...

Saw the name, got to the mapping post, subscribed:D

Looking forward to this one, it will make my Alaska trip on the 1150 look like a pussy's day out.
Forum: Ride reports 10-16-2012, 12:34 PM
Replies: 708
Views: 201,318
Posted By Packer
A really enjoyable thread. I was at Crater...

A really enjoyable thread.

I was at Crater Lake (and some of the other places you travelled through) this summer and it was stunning.

I think your friend may have been in Dawson City at the...
Forum: Ride reports 10-09-2012, 11:16 PM
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Views: 311,828
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Now that is what makes you special Doug, "he took...

Now that is what makes you special Doug, "he took the time to educate folk about his bike" (not verbatim quote) and "He’s used to seeing new faces and doesn’t seem to tire of the conversation."
...
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