Sibirsky Extreme 2012 - The Toughest Ride of Them All

[Motardca]

nice Mountain, I grew up in Zermatt, immigrated to Canada and live in BC now.
Like many other inmates, I'm glued to the monitor these days looking and waiting for the updates to this exciting RR. Thank you all for the work you did to put this RR together.
Nik

[habanero]

Originally Posted by Motardca

nice Mountain, I grew up in Zermatt, immigrated to Canada and live in BC now.
Like many other inmates, I'm glued to the monitor these days looking and waiting for the updates to this exciting RR. Thank you all for the work you did to put this RR together.
Nik

What a beautiful place to grow up!

I was there on my bike in '83...and got escorted out by the police, I rode up into town, not realizing that gas powered vehicles were not allowed!

[KTM 950S]

Originally Posted by EtronX

Still alive. Internet in the bar ;-)
Today :-)

Sorry for the Hijack on the thread(if its too much please delete it),but i couldnt help my self.....
EtronX...i understand how terrible time u have there...happened exactly the same to me last year...[IMG][/IMG]

[gsd4me]

Originally Posted by Tony P

Fabulous, and highly typical - apart for the rough justice meted out to the Lada trying to get ahead on the soft shoulder. Usually people placidly accept this as part of the bullying chain.

Not quite the way it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4dDStWh0E

[Gravel Seeker]

Originally Posted by LostAussie

I must disagree with you on that. My stock 05 Dakar wouldn't even take me around Colorado without multiple issues. There are issues that need to be addressed, such as the rear shock, headlight mounting, etc before the Dakar can be reliably taken on an offroad adventure.

You're entitled of course and don't get me wrong - I've done alot of mods to mine, a little here and a little there based on experiences and personal taste, but I'm still convinced it could've done it without most of them.

You can of course modify anything and everything, but for each mod you do you only move the weakest link/ part somewhere else. It's a neverending loop. At some point you just have to ride what you've got and maybe adjust your angle of attack to your current weakest point and not ride it like a 250cc motocross bike in the dirt or a 1300cc sport bike on the highway.

I replaced my headlight very early on, but mainly because the light was too poor, not because there were anything the matter with the mount.
My rear shock suvived for ages untill a bush-mechanic let gas out of it when replacing the top bushing*. Still rode it for about 20-25k kms with it sitting 5cm /2in lower i nthe back than it should.
*Which was toast because my home made centerstand interfered with the shock links and the weakest point was the top bushing.

The few mods I deem nescessary are

• Progressive fork springs
• Lock washers on all engine and frame bolts
• A decent luggage rack

But each to his/ her own.

[Baggi'tard]

Interestingly, John Deere quit using lock washers on their large tractor assembly lines back in the 1980s (father in law plant engineer). Correct torque was the key, not lock washers.

Originally Posted by Gravel Seeker

The few mods I deem nescessary are

• Progressive fork springs
• Lock washers on all engine and frame bolts
• A decent luggage rack

But each to his/ her own.

[ROD CURRIE]

Sorry I didn't post yesterday guys. I was hit by several low-flying beers whilst watching the England-France rugby match. In a spirit of fraternalism I was in a pub with a Frenchman and and Englishman ands alas we ended up fraternally stoated. . I'll post 2 days today in payment.

My own side-Scotland are playing the foul, gay and orc-like Paddies today so I may yet have to recommence the Battle of the Beer in support of my own Shining, manly and Brave paragons of the great game.
Any comment Fray Bentos?

[Creeker747]

Originally Posted by ROD CURRIE

Sorry I didn't post yesterday guys. I was hit by several low-flying beers whilst watching the England-France rugby match. In a spirit of fraternalism I was in a pub with a Frenchman and and Englishman ands alas we ended up fraternally stoated. . I'll post 2 days today in payment.

My own side-Scotland are playing the foul and orc-like Paddies today so I may yet have to recommence the Battle of the Beer in support of my own Shining and Brave paragons of the great game.
Any comment Fray Bentos?

Rod - I love your commentary and keep it up! This yank just needs to find an interpreter as to what this means. Best of luck to your team.

[MeinMotorrad]

Originally Posted by ROD CURRIE

Sorry I didn't post yesterday guys. I was hit by several low-flying beers whilst watching the England-France rugby match. In a spirit of fraternalism I was in a pub with a Frenchman and and Englishman ands alas we ended up fraternally stoated. .

What was the punchline?

[joenuclear]

Originally Posted by ROD CURRIE

Sorry I didn't post yesterday guys. I was hit by several low-flying beers whilst watching the England-France rugby match. In a spirit of fraternalism I was in a pub with a Frenchman and and Englishman ands alas we ended up fraternally stoated. . I'll post 2 days today in payment.

My own side-Scotland are playing the foul, gay and orc-like Paddies today so I may yet have to recommence the Battle of the Beer in support of my own Shining, manly and Brave paragons of the great game.
Any comment Fray Bentos?

Originally Posted by MeinMotorrad

What was the punchline?

The punchline will come when he next sees Fray Bentos!

[BELSTAFF]

Originally Posted by joenuclear

The punchline will come when he next sees Fray Bentos!

It's a------ SCOT----IRISH thing, you wouldn't understand

[joenuclear]

Originally Posted by BELSTAFF

It's a------ SCOT----IRISH thing, you wouldn't understand

IRISH, scot thing!

And back to the RR......

[MeinMotorrad]

Originally Posted by joenuclear

IRISH, scot thing!

And back to the RR......

Well that was unexpected. Congrats to Rod - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/21540230

Now, back to the RR

[Gravel Seeker]

Originally Posted by Baggi'tard

Interestingly, John Deere quit using lock washers on their large tractor assembly lines back in the 1980s (father in law plant engineer). Correct torque was the key, not lock washers.

Yeah, I'm not big on checking torque values before putting things back together other than on the engine. So maybe you could do one mod less if you carried a torque wrench, then again 10 lock washers take less space.

Also, a diesel tractor doesn't rev at 4000-7500 rpm for hours at the time while going over terrain at 60+mph

[O'B]

An appropriate tune by a brother from the CD in Seattle!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5Dn...layer_embedded