DB1k 08 - aka Dusty Butt 08

[Zukin]

I am bored but in training for DB1K

I was up at 4.30am worked all day and am waiting up to acclimatise my body

[cooneyr]

I am bored but in training for DB1K

I was up at 4.30am worked all day and am waiting up to acclimatise my body

Bout an hour or two short I recon. Also hope you were walking/jogging/running all day?

Looking forward to cracking this ride.

Cheers R

[PLUG]

Looking forward to cracking this ride.

Cheers R

... you bet ya ... dusty is goin down

[Zukin]

Bout an hour or two short I recon. Also hope you were walking/jogging/running all day?

Looking forward to cracking this ride.

Cheers R

Ummm

mentally I am prepared, but physically

[zeRax]

well im posting atm cause tyre changing is driving me nuts, my first attempt at changing an mx tyre, and prompty it enraged me, so i logged in here to look at that video again where that fucking bastard fuck makes it look so easy, i hate him right now :P

[NordieBoy]

well im posting atm cause tyre changing is driving me nuts, my first attempt at changing an mx tyre, and prompty it enraged me

Not Mich S12's were they?

[zeRax]

nah, havent even looked, some cheap old chinese things on shit old rims off my xr200 parts bike, @#$%#$%#$%

[Transalper]

what bit's making you sware... if it's hard to do then you have to step back and have another look at what you're doing, if you're doing a bit where you're using tyre leavers then chances are the opposite side of the tyre isn't down in the rim well properly.
Now days I find the bead break the hardest bit, after that I take the tyre off on both sides so the rim falls down inside the tyre and it's easy to just pull the rim out of the tyre then.
Mounting the new tyre I've started putting the tube in the tyre with a few psi in it (well just a bit of air, not really any actual pressure), sticking the valve through its hole then mounting the whole thing as a unit.
Anything in paticular you want to ask while we're here?

[NordieBoy]

Went through the Maungatapu today to test the tyres out.
There's a few water ruts and some of the soil/small rocks has filled some of them making the bike move around a bit and on the other side the grader has been through recently leaving some rocks pulled up onto the road and some deep gravel on the insides of some corners.

[mattsdakar]

Can I add, to kneel on the tyre to flatten it a bit so it fits into the rim well tighter when doing the last of the leavering

[zeRax]

so guys, i got the tyres on, a 21 front and 17 rear, it really is a matter of stoping, swearing, then 10 deep breaths, gonna do both tyres once a day to get semi ok at it, it is a steep learning curve i think, second tyre, after some more, um, thoughtful process was alot better, as much as a bastard the 17 was i still got it on alot easier once i attacked it right.

lube helps alot, specially with those old hard tyres i think, and my levers are really small, so once i get them nailed, i should be fairly confident,

just dont want to be that guy that gets a flat and cant deal with it(notthatidmindhelpinganyoneelse, andanyofyouwouldntmindeithernodoubt)

i promptly went and drank much tequila afterwards and now am home yay

[zeRax]

hey does $270 sound ok for 2 mt70's and 2 hd tubes fitted sound ok , but me taking the wheels in.

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actually im that boozed i cant remember if i ordered mt70's or mt21 rally's, thou they wouldnt last sfa on the road by the looks ,. relp~

[cooneyr]

hey does $270 sound ok for 2 mt70's and 2 hd tubes fitted sound ok , but me taking the wheels in.

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actually im that boozed i cant remember if i ordered mt70's or mt21 rally's, thou they wouldnt last sfa on the road by the looks ,. relp~

How much did you have to drink - 4am???

The MT21s last OKish on the road if you run them at higher presures. At around 20psi on the Dr650 they melted but at around 30 psi they are not to bad. $115 for the front, $135 for the rear and $25 for each tube i.e. $300 is about the norm so $270 is pretty decent.

Cheers R

[zeRax]

cool. thanks dude, argh, up early, so much i wanna do onthe xr

[NordieBoy]

My brother is getting hold of his mate (former top cross country racer) who has Speargrass Station (5 min past St Arnaud and on the way to the next checkpoint) and if it works out ok then there'll be free accommodation in and around the shearing shed with showers, power, lights and BBQ

Stay tuned...