2010 KTM Capital Coast Adventure

**4skins** · 9th December 2009, 11:41

Click HERE for an entry form for the 2010 KTM Capital Coast Adventure.

See the CCA Website for further info.

John

**cynna** · 11th December 2009, 02:06

ive been told im allowed to go - just need to get a day or 2 off work now

complete newbie question here - how do i know if i have a spark arrester?

**junkmanjoe** · 11th December 2009, 06:32

[QUOTE=cynna;1129563378]
how do i know if i have a spark arrester?[/QUOTE

Put a set of hand cuffs on your pipe..and arrest the sparks as they come out..

JMJ

**Padmei** · 11th December 2009, 07:21

Originally Posted by cynna

ive been told im allowed to go - just need to get a day or 2 off work now

complete newbie question here - how do i know if i have a spark arrester?

What kind of bike do you have & does the pipe look original - ie is it big & heavy & industrial looking with scratches on it or does it have a big sticker label attached to it

**clint640** · 11th December 2009, 07:25

Originally Posted by cynna

ive been told im allowed to go - just need to get a day or 2 off work now

complete newbie question here - how do i know if i have a spark arrester?

There will be a 'USFS approved' or similar label, or there is a Euro (E4 or E5?) standard too. Or you could just get some metal mesh from your local screen door supplier, wrap it around the end of yer can & hold it on with a big jubilee clip.

Cheers
Clint

**warewolf** · 11th December 2009, 19:47

Spark arrester... I've been told than any typical OEM multi-chamber muffler is effectively a spark arrester. A straight-through sports pipe isn't.

Better bet than screen door mesh is a cheap kitchen sieve - it'll have stainless mesh already in a cup-shape.

**cynna** · 12th December 2009, 01:59

its an 02 xr650r with stock exhaust which has been unrestricted

will take a sieve just in case - thanks for the info

**Waihou Thumper** · 12th December 2009, 18:30

Route available for the CCA...

Nice one. I guess it will be posted ahead of time, we can download the .gpx file to our units and come fore warned and armed for the journey?

I have put in for some more leave and will be heading down for this. Lucky, the accomodation is free and I recommend the fish and chip shop too...
Just make sure she washes her hands after sweeping the floor with the broom and then picking up a piece of fish to batter it...

Actually, the heat would kill anything anyway....Sure was a big piece of fish!

**tri boy** · 12th December 2009, 21:53

Originally Posted by NZKTM

Route available for the CCA...

Nice one. I guess it will be posted ahead of time, we can download the .gpx file to our units and come fore warned and armed for the journey?

Well, thats it then. The CCA is fooked! Wheres the fun in actually knowing where the hell your going prior to stumbling out of your tent/motel with a hangover the size of "SammyFellOffTheSofa".
The fun starts when you drunkenly cellotape route sheet12 to Route sheet18, and end up in Porirua with big black bugga's steering you down.
The nerds are ruining everything

**Waihou Thumper** · 13th December 2009, 05:38

Originally Posted by tri boy

The nerds are ruining everything

I resemble that remark....ANYWAY, won't be solely used, will be a just in case we all end up someones driveway sort of 'back up'

Remember the last one?

Originally Posted by tri boy

Well, thats it then. The CCA is fooked!

Ask John about that one....I just read things is all...

**Kokopelli** · 13th December 2009, 07:06

I might not take the tupperware. Last two times the sheet ripped at some stage. I'll follow some guy who thinks he knows where he's going and just double check with the GPS.

It's not a race after all, even though some people seem to think so. Last time I went through too quickly, instead of enjoying the views a bit more. Probably because I was pretty much dead last the time before that, on my 1150.

**Oscar** · 13th December 2009, 09:26

Originally Posted by tri boy

Well, thats it then. The CCA is fooked! Wheres the fun in actually knowing where the hell your going prior to stumbling out of your tent/motel with a hangover the size of "SammyFellOffTheSofa".
The fun starts when you drunkenly cellotape route sheet12 to Route sheet18, and end up in Porirua with big black bugga's steering you down.
The nerds are ruining everything

Er...you still havtae be able to ride the route...

**BMWST?** · 16th December 2009, 21:33

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Umm - the hard word has been put on. Latest scan showing baby due the 5 April and my wife, as a first time mum, is digging her toes in. You will probably be on your own bro! Woe is me, its begun, my motorcycling life is over

Must be some way I can shirk my fatherly responsibilities and escape for a weekend!!

Cheers R

any time estimate is +- 2 weeks

**cooneyr** · 16th December 2009, 22:11

Originally Posted by BMWST?

any time estimate is +- 2 weeks

My mother is a retired midwife who has delivered hundreds of babies (use to work at Price Albert Hospital in Sydney in the 70's where they churned them out big time). Trust me there ain't not way in hell I'm escaping for a weekend within a month of the baby being due!

Cheers R