Heading off tonight for a couple of days R&R in the bush. The Holland Track this time. We're doing the section from Hyden to Thursday Rock. About 6 bikes going and one 4X4 with trailer. Should be great fun. The winter is nearly here and the cooler days (24oC today) are a welcome change after the very hot very long very dry summer.

Bike is ready to roll sporting the new (to me. Thanks Neil) Clarke 2.1 G tank and Kriega luggage.

My Pirelli Scorpion tyres are proving a very good choice for our local terrain, very impressed indeed. (Scorpion MX Extra 110/ rear and a Scorpion XCMS front.)

Should get a report and some images up next week. Stay tuned.

For offroad tracks in Australia, this link has great info', including The Holland Track.>>>http://www.exploroz.com/TrekNotes/So...and_Track.aspx

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Awesome WestOz!!! Looking forward to the report for shizle.........that means for sure. LOL...LOL means Laugh out loud...hahahaha.....hahahaha....means.......ok I'm done here

 

Cool, looking forward to it.

 

Well kept bike you've got there W-Oz. Looking forward to the report and pics.
Dan

 

Just getting the report together. Here's a taster. (Not one of my best efforts though!)

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There is a whole lot of nothing out there eh?

 

If you look, there's plenty of sand, iron and gold.

 

SWEET! She's looking good. Have you fitted the 300cc bore? If so, how is it going compared with your stock bore? Worthwhile upgrade?

 

Raising the family of late has taken up all of the free time I have. The first ride on my bike in 5 months but our new addition to the family is well worth it. The short answer is no. I've penciled it in as a short winter project along with fitting the Goodridge brake lines. (waiting on a KX250F master cylinder too.)

Finally got the bigger tank (Clarke 10.2 litre) fitted at last, and worked out the small issues with the petcock and fuel line. Besides, this weekend away had the bike running fantastically (back to the N1RX needle from the N1TC) and I was running rings around all of the bikes except for the KTM 530 piloted by a die hard desert racer with serious credentials. All the bigger bikes (650cc+) struggled with the sand but I was just "joining the dots" from berm to berm (Pirelli Scorpion tyres are the shizzle,) and the bite under brakes from the XCMS front (DOT) is fantastic on sand, even with the stock brake set up. At one point I ran out 20 minutes on all the other bikes. The KLX sure loves to wag its tail

 

Here's the preview. Shots by my mate "Smellydog:ADV." The second shot (top right) show s me riding Robins 530. Yeahaaaaaa! You can see Robin on the KLX trying to catch me. As if! Took Robin a few seconds to figure out where the power was on the KLX (it's not a 530 KTM.) Once he saw where the redline was (10.5K) he dialed in some mumbo.

Bully had the BMW 1200 GS down on a couple of occasions as did some of the other riders with their whips. A clean sheet for the KLX despite some "untidy lines" in the sand, noted by Bully.