Waiouru Army Adventure Ride

[Waihou Thumper]

HAH..... that'll learn ya

Ya shoulda kept the BIG

Listen...I am feeling a little fragile at the moment...Where is the Man Love? Oh....It only comes around once a year on your Birthday.... I forgot.
Oh, by the way...Nice photos Mark.... Thanks Jatz....

[marks]

Aussie humour

that's an oxymoron

[NordieBoy]

Wonder how many tanks/troop carriers have been swallowed up by that grey goop.

Probably both of them.

[NordieBoy]

that's an oxymoron

An ozymoron with pimples?

[Eddieb]

More motorcycle hoonery

[marks]

the video makes that hill look like a little bump

it didn't feel it when looking at it from the bottom

[Crisis management]

Due to the fact that I have a fu...d Magura master cylinder, it broke out there because of a needless and dumb manoevre I made.....

Mark, maybe have a look at a temporary repair using an epoxy like JB weld? The Magura clutch is hardly a highly stressed item, it's low pressure mineral oil stuff and as long as you get it oil tight it will be as good as new. As long as the joint site is clean I have repaired a huge range of broken bits with that stuff and it's $20 a tube........the trick is to clean well first, brake cleaner spray and the like to remove all oily residue.

[Waihou Thumper]

Mark, maybe have a look at a temporary repair using an epoxy like JB weld? The Magura clutch is hardly a highly stressed item, it's low pressure mineral oil stuff and as long as you get it oil tight it will be as good as new. As long as the joint site is clean I have repaired a huge range of broken bits with that stuff and it's $20 a tube........the trick is to clean well first, brake cleaner spray and the like to remove all oily residue.

Thanks for that Iain, I did consider it as I tossed it high and wide into the Rangipo Desert.. However, it was a huge break, and serrated, it broke in three places due to the force....Not from shear speed I tell ya...More the angle of the impact...Funnily enough the lever is fine...

[Crisis management]

I did consider it as I tossed it high and wide into the Rangipo Desert..

Ooops.....
Try a wanted thread in the off road section, you may be surprised what turns up.....I need both of mine so keep clear of my bikes!

PS, not as bad as the 1150 Adventure Javahead flipped a couple of years back, he was into a couple of grand for the BMW clutch assembly.

[NordieBoy]

Thanks for that Iain, I did consider it as I tossed it high and wide into the Rangipo Desert.. However, it was a huge break, and serrated, it broke in three places due to the force....Not from shear speed I tell ya...More the angle of the impact...Funnily enough the lever is fine...

I've got 98% of a CRF450 Magura clutch here.
It broke the clamp part around the back of the bars.
I was running it on the Nordwest and it won't fit the DR

It may fit the DR400F though...

[Waihou Thumper]

I've got 98% of a CRF450 Magura clutch here.
It broke the clamp part around the back of the bars.
I was running it on the Nordwest and it won't fit the DR

It may fit the DR400F though...

These are $530 from KTM, I searched high and low for a replacement. Even USA is approx $260 plus postage (USD)...Matching a similar model KTM would cost me $680 because I need a cable etc...SO........ I rang Husqvarna and spoke to a guy at my local shop....Same 10.5 Magura, will be here in 48 hours, will fit in 20 minutes or so...
$490 off the shelf, but can have it for $400....
Done deal, this enables me to ride for the weekend but now I can't eat, drink or pay my rates.... I have priorities....Fix me bike.....hehe

[Waihou Thumper]

Ooops.....
Try a wanted thread in the off road section, you may be surprised what turns up.....I need both of mine so keep clear of my bikes!

PS, not as bad as the 1150 Adventure Javahead flipped a couple of years back, he was into a couple of grand for the BMW clutch assembly.

KTM Magura may fit from different models but the slave and cable may be different....I have gone down that track. The compatible options were 640E, Duke, 640SM, and funnily enough a 125....and others, but I don't have that knowledge and if I bought it, I was stuck with the part and even then it might not be the right one....aint as easy as that...

[.chris]

Thanks for that Iain, I did consider it as I tossed it high and wide into the Rangipo Desert.. However, it was a huge break, and serrated, it broke in three places due to the force....Not from shear speed I tell ya...More the angle of the impact...Funnily enough the lever is fine...

Mate you rode like a demon for most of the weekend with no clutch, why not just forget about having one?
All you need to do is ride with mates who are nice enough to push you started every time you stop.

[Waihou Thumper]

Had a little play with the photo editing software...

[buggsubique]

Had a little play with the photo editing software...

Nice work, esp on that first one - the road in the distance looks great. I've got 8 gig of helmut cam to edit...where to start. It will need music as the sound on my headcam is shit.