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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    KX500 with a 16t front and a 36t rear sprocket = quick at the beach.Attachment 247539Attachment 247540
    Sheesh, you pop up some good pics

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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    Sheesh, you pop up some good pics
    I dunno who took those. But it was the first 89 KX500 out of a box back in the day, and I had a lot of success on that beast both off and on road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Probably because your arse cheeks had a firm grip on the seat Oscar! I know mine would've.
    Actually, the pucker factor kicked in when I hit the stream ford just around the corner, having managed to slow down to a "mere" hundred or so...it took me the rest of the day to relax my sphincter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    Actually, the pucker factor kicked in when I hit the stream ford just around the corner, having managed to slow down to a "mere" hundred or so...it took me the rest of the day to relax my sphincter.
    Yeah I bet. I would've had to have gone back to wash mine in the creek.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Yeah I bet. I would've had to have gone back to wash mine in the creek.
    Kev Turley (you may remember that name from back in the day in Wgn) got a pic, I'll dig it out. When I got home I had a flat spot on my front rim...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    Kev Turley (you may remember that name from back in the day in Wgn) got a pic, I'll dig it out. When I got home I had a flat spot on my front rim...
    Didn't a 'Turley' work at one of the Honda dealerships here years ago? Love to see the pic!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Didn't a 'Turley' work at one of the Honda dealerships here years ago? Love to see the pic!
    Dats him - he worked at Sawyer Honda and won a NZ Hare Scramble title on an XR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    Dats him - he worked at Sawyer Honda and won a NZ Hare Scramble title on an XR.
    Aye. Thought he was in the States. Keen man on an XR600.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Aye. Thought he was in the States. Keen man on an XR600.
    He's a Chiropractor in Melbourne.
    Going to see him in a coupla weeks.

    Here's his pic of me bending my front rim.
    How much water do ya reckon is in the air?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    He's a Chiropractor in Melbourne.
    Going to see him in a coupla weeks.

    Here's his pic of me bending my front rim.
    How much water do ya reckon is in the air?
    image removed so I don't upset the mods
    I know the ford.... Not quite as spectacular as yours Oscar, but here's topo, and he was probly standing up, or leaning back, knowing him


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    I ride a Husky TE450, which I use for trail and lite adventure rides.

    I mix standing a sitting depending on the terrain I'm riding. General gravel and smooth single track is sitting, forward on the seat elbows almost 90 degrees. (Remembering on modern enduro bikes you can get well forward on the seat allowing you to get your weight nice and neutral for controlled power sliding, I like sliding!).

    When I sitting I'm always ready to stand up very quickly for any adverse terrain (ruts, deeper gravel, whoops, mud holes, can't see track etc) then back on the seat.

    I generally sit on steep ascents and stand on descents.

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    I ride standing up - I might just be pootling along on a fat slow klr but in the dark recesses my mind my name is Cyril and I AM A RIDING GOD



    if only............

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
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    How much water do ya reckon is in the air?
    50 odd kilo's worth!

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    Quote Originally Posted by marks View Post
    I ride standing up - I might just be pootling along on a fat slow klr but in the dark recesses my mind my name is Cyril and I AM A RIDING GOD
    Marks is the Riding God on my little pony.Click image for larger version. 

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    Quote Originally Posted by andy mac View Post
    Marks is the Riding God on my little pony.Click image for larger version. 

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    That's gold

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