Nice vid TA, those crossings on the Awakino were deep aye, one was right up to my seat and I could hear the exhausts bubbling under the water.
I'm surprised that mountie and myself got through them without incident.
My chain came off at one point and made aweful noises till we got to Alex where the nice man at the bike shop fitted a new one late in the evening.
Mountie found this pointy rock that let all the air out of his rear tyre on the last crossing so we took a while up there.
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[QUOTE=Transalper;1130488578]Ye ha my first 2013 video done..
Excellent vid TA, looking forward to the next one
Great job on the camera work as always TA. I noticed lenses aimed at me a couple of times during the trip. No idea who they were but, assuming my riding wasn't so boring as to have been deleted, it would be great to get one of those.
"Age and treachery will triumph over youth and skill"
You'd better post a pic of yourself and bike from the ride to help us identify you.
Unfortunately while I can identify with the online name cold comfort I don't have a good solid real world image of you in my mind... as with so many others and KTM's mostly look the same to me.![]()
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Check out my videos on Youtube including... the 2011 Dusty Butt 1K - Awakino Challenge and others.
Cheers Paul
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Anyone got the contact details please for the guy on the xr650r with USD forks - had chick pillion ?
Sharpy or Richy E only xr650r riders don't know of in db1k riders list - could it be one of them ?
Cheers
That'd be Richie Ebbett, he runs Moto SR Suspension in Whakatane, 71 Commerce St ph 07 308 0310
I reckon it's a toss up for hardest core adventurer award for the DB1k 13 between Richie's missus for doing the whole thing on the back of an XR650R or Murray for piloting the R1200GSA over the Awakino.
Cheers
Clint
Cheers Clint - thought the guy on the V-Storm worth a nod too
Best "back-end" I've ever seen on an xr650 - would have to give it to Richie's missus
Take it he not a member on here ?
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