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Offline Lorien Vale

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Mud glorious Mud
« on: October 08, 2017, 04:31:06 PM »
Just had a horrible experience: I went out on the bike this morning with rain a possibility, when I came home this arvo the three and a half kilometres of dirt road to our property was a total quagmire. The ST did not like it at all. I had to idle along in first and nearly lost it several times even at that low speed.  Did lose it twice on the driveway from the rd to the house (250 meters). Boy these things are hard to pick up in the mud. No damage  but wow I'll think twice about going out in the rain again from now on. :eek
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2017, 04:34:53 PM »
 :eek No good but glad no damage to you or the bike. :thumb Whats rain? :think1
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2017, 04:43:55 PM »
:eek No good but glad no damage to you or the bike. :thumb Whats rain? :think1

Very rare.
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2017, 04:47:52 PM »
 Hi Tony going to be down your way Fri and Sat next. Meeting my daughter from Canberra and going to Temora air museum. Staying in West W Fri night.
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2017, 06:06:36 PM »
lived like that years ago, memories of walking through back water to get the depth, NO, not flowing water!!
 

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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2017, 07:03:18 PM »
Had that experience riding brand new VL800 home.  Needless to say co-owner (now ex) was not pleased.
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2017, 07:08:47 PM »
Hi Tony going to be down your way Fri and Sat next. Meeting my daughter from Canberra and going to Temora air museum. Staying in West W Fri night.
Need a bed?
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2017, 07:27:36 PM »
:eek No good but glad no damage to you or the bike. :thumb Whats rain? :think1
I agree...what's rain...ummmm... Can you ride a motorcycle in rain? Sounds interesting.  :H
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2017, 07:35:49 PM »
I have a memory of doing so when it was my only means of transport. But it now never seems rain when I intend to ride :think1
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2017, 07:39:20 PM »
I ride in the rain all the time.  The only hassle I have with it is it plays havoc with gopro footage.
 

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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2017, 08:30:42 PM »
Hi Tony going to be down your way Fri and Sat next. Meeting my daughter from Canberra and going to Temora air museum. Staying in West W Fri night.
Need a bed?
No That's all taken care of, thanks anyway. But you may be able to recommend a good restaurant to take the missus out for dinner. ;-*
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2017, 08:36:05 PM »
:eek No good but glad no damage to you or the bike. :thumb Whats rain? :think1
I agree...what's rain...ummmm... Can you ride a motorcycle in rain? Sounds interesting.  :H
Chris
I normally avoid riding in the rain like it's the plague. However I needed rain so much on the farm I thought it was worth a try. It worked we are still getting rain. I might be able to stop hand feeding in a few weeks :runyay
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2017, 08:45:22 PM »
Looks like you may need to lay in a concrete bike path. They do not like muddy or very sandy surfaces.
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2017, 09:01:32 PM »
No That's all taken care of, thanks anyway. But you may be able to recommend a good restaurant to take the missus out for dinner. ;-*
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Royal Hotel is the best feed in town - Not cheap but the best. The RSL has a good Thai :thumb
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2017, 08:02:45 AM »
Excellent, Thanks for that Tony :thumbsup
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2017, 06:43:37 AM »

Royal Hotel is the best feed in town - Not cheap but the best. The RSL has a good Thai :thumb

Once again Thanks Tony we went to the Royal and had a wonderful evening. Did't realise we had coincided with a Ulysses Rally. :beer
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Re: Mud glorious Mud
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2017, 06:45:31 AM »
Glad you enjoyed it  :wink1
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