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Saturday ride its summer
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It's been 12 months today since the local forests started burning. Today the local forests reopened Did a 170k loop around the more open parts of the valley. Good ride not much dust but the snakes are out again it's very hard to be bitten one I managed to stop with it between my left foot and the bike must...
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ttboof
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Woomargama with Dobbo
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A day ride, with Dobbo. We were going for lunch at Jingellic. Took a little longer than I suspected. Woomargama NP would be around 100km away by the normal route. Who wants to be normal? Lunch on the return ride was pretty late in the day. And I've bought new tubes too. I've been riding with spare tube...
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Wanganella wander
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I've been out a few times over summer, with different blokes from the group we have via Adventure Rider. I've used the GoPro and then taken longer than the rides lasted to edit the recordings. So, figured I could share. Not particularly good videos, of course but not unbroken / unedited either. Thi...
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remembered the go pro
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But not very good with it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgZCoHVTXgE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuLfeY6K8W4
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Farthers day ride
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My son came home for the weekend we got the Dr and ttr out in the local forest starting to get a bit dusty. Got out for about four hours of tighter stuff
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ttboof
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Got out today on the TTR, new tyres as well
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I fitted new D606 tyres to the TTR the other day, wife was busy today so perfect time to take the TTR out, headed out from home & hit the dirt ( 7kms from here) Airstrip rd leads out through Mt Crawford forest, did a loop through to Cudlee creek ( the huge bushfire started there in Dec.) rode at least 80km...
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Sunday morning ride
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Got out for a few hours today the forests are still growing back OK dome tracks are a bit grown over. With a couple being cleared by forestry dozers at last Staring to get back to the way riding was before the fires
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ttboof
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Bohemia ride
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Bohemia City, Oregon that is. I'll take our English style beers over the Czech stuff! My GoPro skills are worse than my garage skills, but for the Covid frustrated who are ready to move to God's country here's a taste of western Oregon in summer. First time I've been up there and its less than 90 minut...
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POSt YOUR GET OFFS FOR A LAUGH
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Les gave me an idea, anyone got videos or photos of a get off, does not matter what bike....just for a laugh as I believe we all need a good laugh in 2020 On my mates TTR, his rear brake pedal is set higher than mine, hence a rear lock up & no steering [video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSCN-KA...
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Sunday afternoon ride in the mud
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Back when we had no water and fires I said I'd never complain about rain again. The rain hasn't stopped for ages it's all green and can't see where the fires have been. Still enjoying the rain not sure about the mud Finding the metzler 360 on the back is still wearing well . I have said its slippery I'm th...
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Two TTR’s out yesterday
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with lock down relieved me and mate managed to get out on a few green lanes in Northamptonshire yesterday. Bone dry but still great fun. Saw quite a few other bikers and a 4x4 Suzuki. Great time. Neil.
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Shortleg
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Older videos on the TTR
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Couple of old farts on TTR's in the sand
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TerryK
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Up a steep hill
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[video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga1i1UNew7U&list=PLfn0mQ0...
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TTR ride Sunday 3rd May
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Got out today on the TTR, no rain but not real warm over the ridge. Rode out to the Barossa valley near Lyndoch, nice windy dirt / gravel roads. Nice & green & getting used to the Adventure tyres but even though they are great on the blacktop I don't know if I would fit them again, the idea was to kee...
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Windy Saturday ride
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I tend to leave the bike I'm the shed on windy days but went out for a few hours to see if the burnt forests have had some track cleared Didn't take long to get an answer between the fires and a month of lockdown the forest Is taking its tracks back . Lot of detours around fallen trees and a lot of them still goo...
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Monday ride
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Went out for a morning ride. Still a bit damp in spots a bit different from the fires a couple of moths ago Got home to a new rear disk ready to fit later the old ones a bit thin
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ttboof
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Thai Bike Tours UK
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Alan Pratt, the proprietor of Thai Bike Tours, came along to our Devon TRF Group meeting last night and gave an interesting talk on the tours he runs in North Thailand. Has anyone used this company before and can comment on the experience please? Do you know of them Daz? Brian
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essential activity
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First day out this year, my son is "in college" which of course is now just online but costs the same We had a few days of great weather and since its pretty easy to ride 6 feet apart we figured this essential activity was ok. Single track takes your mind off the apocalypse. 70 degrees when we packed it up...
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Forest reopened today
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My usual forest I ride in reopened after being closed for four months due to the fire Heading out now to check it out. It's been raining last few weeks so the mud skills will be fine tuned again. Will take a few pics
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TTR250 ADV West Coast of Tasmania part2 - video
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Not work safe coz of the language You got some competition on the video scene Terry! Nice to see a TTR250 mixing it with the big boys and performing well.
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Manning valley Sunday ride (now a bit of a fire)
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Just back from a few hours in the forest still a few fires around it's spring and have had fires for three months now. Stopped and took a pic kind of shows how dry it's getting. The ttr loves the warm days and Is going well no need to wash the bike it only gets dusty . Got tomorrow off work so a long Monday ride...
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Boxing day ride
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Ride out around the Northeast with a few guys 2 Crf 250 1 wk 400
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Dartmoor Tarmac
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Managed to fit in a short run on Dartmoor after finishing work early. It was too wet to stray off the tarmac.
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TTR's don't float....
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They don't tell yer that in the sales brochures .. have to find it out for yerself... So my Boy has been riding my TTR around.. He managed to put over the side of Coes Ford into about 1200mm/4 foot of water.. It lay under the water for a good 30mins.. After I had taken the trailer to pick it up got it home... dr...
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Monday ride
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Rode up-to gingers creek and back today lots of dust a wide range of tracks good to get the ttr out a bit further since its rebuild. The first 125ks it took 4litres to fill back up supprised me abit . Checked out the old gold mining sites along the way and rode the Doyle's river forest for the first time a grea...
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Oregon TAT and smoke
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The Colorado and Montana TAT posts inspired me to re-run the Oregon TAT sections (my recommended that is). I've only found time to do the western half because of work and all, and I have to pray to the dirt gods to let me pass unseen over pavement, so my progress is slow. If you crossed the Cascades this we...
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Sunday ride
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Got out for a Sunday ride with my son . Five hours of fun and dust rode a full range of tracks another good outing on the ttr
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NE California sun and dirt
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A few self-indulgent pics of the TTR last weekend in NE Plumas County (5000 - 7000 ft).
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SE Dartmoor trail ride - 3rd June 2019
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Lovely day and improved by a trail ride around the SE corner of the Dartmoor National Park with my brother Trev on his TTR, Jim on a Djebel, Kev on his Honda 250 and Mike on his kickstart-only DR350.From start to finish the day was nearly 8 hours. We covered a total distance 91 miles and rode 24 lanes.It tak...
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Monday public holiday ride
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Took the ttr out its rained just enough to lay the dust so a bit different with some bits being a little slippery a combination of fire trails single track and not quite tracks Great start to the week -- Edited by ttboof on Monday 10th of June 2019 02:58:48 AM
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