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[danceswithmopeds]

Could we be heading for an international road-kill barbie?

[danceswithmopeds]

Going up to my brother's place this afternoon, a suicidal squirrel tried to jump through my front wheel.









Most of him didn't make it.

[Jonc]

Recent ride. Sorry, no videos this time.

[Jonc]

Some new videos

[wicklamulla]

good fun, i like these videos !good still pics too.....worthy of the 2011 calendar me tinks.

[dapleb]

That there Marmite MudRally looks loike a great laugh!

Nice that your friend decided to have a bath to get the mud off.

[Jonc]

Thanks for the good feedback. One more vid from the same ride but different camera.
http://www.youtube.c...u/0/7FOwuKQpJaQ

Edited by Jonc, 28 August 2010 - 08:38 am.

[tomski]

hey guys just wanted to say you've been a helluva inspiration to me...your posts (and that of masterbrewers) finally did it for me and i got myself a tdm mk1 which I will 'do up' to take to the nordics and estonia, latvia, lithuania, bielorussia, ukraine and poland next may/june (planning a 3-4 week trip, probably with a couple of mates)....bit about me im an aussie living now permanently in the uk (i know its usually the other way around but had little choice in the matter: lol) and have had quite a few bikes, last being bmw k1200r which i managed to pull 20000miles over the last 12 months travelling the balkans, romania, slovakia,czech the alps and a few other sweet spots...(managed it on dirt tracks etc in the balkans and romania but the roughest we got was about tyre deep:)) and after selling this fine but bloody expensive to maintain machine i got meself a £600 tdm mk1 (1996) so want to use the rest of the budget for the trip and improvements to this excellent machine (and tell you what, she's brilliant...different to the bm, but simply brilliant).

got a couple of q's tho..masterbrewer, you got any links on instructions for some of the things you did? i'd appreciate any if all also jonc would you guys be keen to link up when we're over your way (as said a while to go yet but am starting to plan) also would you have any advice or pointers for travelling to your fine country/region?

cheers and hope to hear from ya'

tomski

[Jonc]

Hi Tomski.
We are all already waiting for you to come. Let me know when and how long are you planning to be in Estonia and probably we can arrange you a nice tour to beautiful places where tourists usually never go.

[tomski]

hey jonc, thats great mate and many thanks! i heard loads about estonia so i am definitely looking forward to seeing it outside the tourist track...the invitation is reciprocal if you ever wonder over this way (the uk)....i've been car offroading around the southern uk for a few years now so know a few pretty good tracks..never tried on a bike but saw quite a few attempting various bits so will now become one of them

[kmax]

been busy with work and rides... here are some recent photos of TDM 900 offroad rides..

me...





and another buddy..




and another buddy..



check out the video .....

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

Edited by kmax, 11 December 2010 - 02:11 pm.

[Jonc]

What a great surface to ride. Nice pictures and video. Makes me want to go riding but there is about 80cm of snow outside. Little bit too much for the TDM.

[Jonc]

Finally had the opprtunity to finish 2 videos of our last longer ride of the season.
Day 1:
Day 2:
First day we covered about 300km in 8 hours.

[masterbrewer]

Good to see you guys are actually human and fall off occasionally , although picking up a big bike from the low side on slope is one mean feat.

Great work again & Merry Christmas to you all

[kmax]

very nice videos jonc

and merry christmas to you too..

[Jonc]

Good to see you guys are actually human and fall off occasionally

We fall off quite often. The problem is that guys who are going to fall never tell others to be ready to film and take pictures of the fall
I guess something must be wrong with the bikes, as after some serious riding they tend to get tired and start taking naps. This is not only a problem of Yamahas but also of Suzukis and KTMs. The engineers have probably calculated something wrong. The guy who rides KTM used to have a Harley. According to his experience Harleys don't tip over that often.

[kmax]

We had Christmas day short ride with Bir Trailies...

3 TDM 900
2 Tenere 660
1 Vstorm 1000
3 XR400
1 DR-S 400

total 10 bikes..

trail was found and lead by AJ (ex-TDM) now on Tenere, and all photos taken by him..





Thanks to XR and DR frinds for helping to push, pull, lift and scout the way..




moving off



entrance of the trail.. AJ Tenere lead the way



start to get slippery





i just had first fall on slippery mud...



new TDM rider (with familiar old bike from another friend)



Bobby doing his thing..



another new rider on Tenere, first time offroad.





nice scenery









They all happen to wear same Robocop boots...





wrong way.. had to U-turn..



need more help..



more mudd..























stuck

Edited by kmax, 25 December 2010 - 02:55 pm.

[kmax]

We are getting good feedback for offroad rides among friends and there were 19 bikes turn up last weekend.

photos are here

http://www.facebook....158711187491373





Slippery terrain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNTjHK8j2Ic

Heading out of Part 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsKdHo_-fTk

Funny moments....Bobby (TDM rider) on his 1st dirtbike XL200..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfd7tTfnfKU

We continue the recce..this is how to clean your TDM...kmax will teach...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upoMN9-s2fI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY8ipMAVYOg

We thought this route would be ideal for our next trail session

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XtUP2T69Hc

This is the enduro race route.which was blocked by some fallen logs.
We got around the log on fresh trails

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzwTiBjId1s

This is the drop zone.the S10 doing it.With all the teamwork...every difficult obstacles along the way is do-able.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dbqOOcaGkg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUZTVY2QaCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4uZY-4NkBM







It's a mudfest

\

Eat My Dirt




inccubus aka Fadly.





Check out here.

http://www.facebook....87491373?v=wall

groupshot



i had better control in mud. (never fall yesterday)



Hafiz cannot find his stock windshield
so he came without tall windshield





second part.. nusajaya, near putri harbour



it was pretty aggressive slope







in nusa enduro trail route
met road block



bobby and new toy XL200 made it through



big tenere made it through





jimmy helped with TDM



AJ's turn







there's another obsticle...

sudden drop





here's my turn





we made it





AJ's turn







oops...



some bike went for reccee and stuck





since there are lots of bike went to queue at bike wash Andre and me went to check out another bike wash.. and there was





check out the CF belly cover

Edited by kmax, 10 January 2011 - 06:56 am.

[dablik]

kmax,,,thanks for sharing,, it looks like you fellas know how to have a great time,,,keep the pics coming, its good to what you get up to over there.

[kmax]

2011-02-12 Round IV

http://www.facebook....197836226898786
as usual.. meet up and breakfast




2 big trailies today, i rode my other bike WR200,



nice scenery, dry weather, fun trail..




usual first rest point



best way to spend a Saturday




where is the XR ?



XR rider overshot the turn .. but no damage, thanks to thick grass.




had to detour among banana plants





while looking for new trails. Bobby lead us to this..



it was brutal for Vstrom,



but it looked easy on skilled rider, Patrik on KTM 990 ADV



check out the terrain



i took wrong line and got stuck.. may be it was tyres... need to change to knobbies




it was tough and technical hill climb.. but the feeling on top of the hill is fantastic..








XR rider dropped his bike and carb is flooded, we tried to help to start




it’s good now



it was a blast for 990





someone having fun, going up and down..



but for some.. it was not fun..





it’ll be tough for heavy bikes.. lucky that i didn’t bring TDM




need some help ?



they have to man-handle vstorm out of the way




after that.. everyone is pretty tired under afternoon sun..
so we rest for a while in plantations





well.. after that... usual bike wash and dinner before heading home.





Good way to spend a Saturday.
Join us on future rides..

http://www.facebook....158711187491373