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Howling "Mad", Adventurer
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Mr. Cob, goes for a ride-about, down under.........
Howdy All,
For a long time I had and have been following the ride reports of guy who lives in Australia, it seems like this fellow was always on the road going to some of the most interesting and beautiful places, the photos he posted were great.
Sadly for some reason Jock whose screen name here was "Old Ozzy" is now perma-banned. I had hoped to be able to write a ride report working with Jock as I did when I toured the UK with Inmate Tarka, working with Steve I think that ride report turned out well as he filled in the details whilst I posted the photos and commentary from my recollections. I tried working behind the scenes to get Jock reinstated but failed in that effort, that being the case this ride report will not be nearly as good as it could have been.
About six months ago, Jock had posted a ride report over on "Farm Rules", that really caught my eye, the photos were very interesting as they showed terrain like none I had ever seen before. I posted to Jock's thread telling him how much I enjoyed reading his ride reports and mentioned that it was a dream of mine to someday ride in Australia. I then received a PM from Jock in which he invited me to come to Oz and ride with him. This set in motion a series of PM and email exchanges where within a month a plan was worked out that would have me spending a month riding with Jock, down under.
Before I go any further with this, I must tell you folks that without Jock's generosity as he supplied the round trip plane ticket and to Jon the Australian Ural importer who supplied me with a rig to ride whilst in Oz this trip would NEVER have happened. Thank you Jock and Jon from the bottom of my heart your kindness and generosity made this a trip of a life time.
Now that you folks know how this all got started, lets get on the road. I left from Seattle on July 22nd, flew down to LA and from there to Brisbane Australia arriving there the morning of July 23rd. Man I am tellin ya that was a LONG flight squeezed in-between two guys who were built like pro foot ball players who each needed a seat much wider then what we were herded into. When I arrived in Brisbane I had no trouble spotting Jock as I had seen many photos of him. Here we are greeting each other at the airport, I am the ugly guy in the black hat, Jock is the feller who looks like Santa without his red suit.
Anja, one of Jock's friends accompanied him to the airport as he had parked his truck at her home, she gave us a ride to her home where we picked up Jock's truck and headed to his home about 200 klicks north. When we got to Jocks home he had to ride his KLR to the local place where you get license plates as he needed a new plate for that bike. Jock rode the KLR, I rode his Yamaha Tenre (sp) 660, I might add that this would be the FIRST time I had ever ridden on the LEFT side of the road. We arrived with out incident, but I did have a couple of heart fluttering moments crossing intersections and not being used to looking for traffic coming from the right.
Jock gets his new plate.
On the way back to Jock's home we ride past huge fields of sugar cane being harvested, I had never seen machines like this before.
We stop for a light snack, I think this is where I had some fish and chips, quite good.
This water crossing is a few miles from Jock's home, we didn't cross at this time but did so later near the end of my trip. The water is now about 12-18 inches deep, there is a concrete road bed laid down so that when the water is low enough traffic can cross this stream. There are many of these types of water crossings in Oz.
Here's a better shot of the crossing showing its full lenght with Jock in the photo to give a sense of scale.
When get back to Jock's home I get a chance to check out his garage and some of his projects. On the work bench behind Jock is a "Postie-bike", Jock a couple of weeks before my arrival had competed in a race ACROSS Australia a distance of over 6,000 klick IIRC, he did it in 8 days on a 110cc bike, talk about having an "Iron Butt"
The wide tires shown in this photo were used on the Postie-bike when Jock rode the bike across the Simpson Desert, he is the FIRST person to have done such an insane thing.
The day comes to an end with a fine meal prepared by Barb, she didn't want her photo taken but later on I did get one of her.
We spent the next day getting gear sorted and packing for the trip to the dealership where I would pick up the Ural that I would be using for this trip. Stay tuned.
Dave, aka "Mr. Cob"
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Looking forward to this one!!!
I've followed a couple of your other adventures and have enjoyed them thoroughly. Subscribed...
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Excellent. Most of my "subscribed to" threads have dried up. I so looking forward to your write up (even if you don't have help with the story telling).
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COOI! Another report from Mr. Cob and from Oz at that! I'm in.
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Adventures with Mr.Cob!
I'm in like Flint!!
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Excellent! I am looking forward to hearing more about Australia.
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Howling "Mad", Adventurer
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Day three, the rideabout begins...........
Howdy All,
The morning of my third day in Oz broke clear and a bit nippy after all it was the middle of winter in Australia. Jock and I had gone through our gear sorting out what to take and what to leave behind. As I really had no idea what was in store on this sojourn I brought along a lot of gear that in the end wasn't needed, one thing that worked in my favor is about two weeks before leaving home I was accepted into "Klim" gears VIP program and so got a brand new jacket and pants at a very good price, my old gear was getting pretty tattered, leaked and was no longer serviceable for such a trip.
This would be Day One of our actual rideabout. Our gear sorted and strapped onto the bikes we set off from Bundaberg to Glen Innis.
This was an easy ride through the country side, lots of trees along side of the road, we rode around and then over a low mountain range, it was quite cold once we were riding, glad I had the good gear.
Jock had a rear tire go flat on the KLR so we stopped at a tire shop to have it replaced. I should point out to those who don't know it, I am very hard of hearing, I am 75% deaf in my right ear and 50% deaf in my left, I have great difficulty hearing and understanding some peoples voices, the combination of my hearing problem and Jock's accent left me at times asking him repeatedly "what did you say", listening to Jock and the man working on his tire converse left me truly in the dark as I could only make out perhaps one in five words that were spoken.
This little piece of wire is what caused the flat, Jock decided to replace the tire rather then repair it as it was quite well worn.
After getting the tire replaced, we rode the rest of the day enjoying the curve filled roads and what for me was to one of the trip long delights LACK OF TRAFFIC, we would ride for MILES with no traffic coming or going it was pure motorcycling bliss, well aside from the critters who would cross the road from time to time. We got a room, got a good dinner and settled in for the night, tomorrow we would pick up the Ural, ah life is good.
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Howling "Mad", Adventurer
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Howdy All,
Day two of the rideabout started out badly, the Yamaha I was riding wouldn't start. However having led the life of a hooligan in my younger years and acquiring skills needed to circumvent such things popping a side cover and using a screw driver to short the solenoid terminals soon had the Tenere running, this would be the method for starting the bike until we got solenoid replaced sometime later in the trip.
The ride to Armidale, were we would pick up the Ural took us over another mountain range along the way we passed through Guyra, and the highest elevation of this range. The weather was clear but the air cold about 45 degrees F, I never could get the hang of the Celsius temperature scale.
Along the way we passed the boarding school that Jock attended whilst young.
Before long we arrived at the shop where we would pick up the Ural in Armidale, I am sorry I have forgotten the mans name standing on the far left, he owns or works at the shop where we got the Ural and is a racer of local renown, to this man right is Jon who is the importer of the Ural motorcycles to the whole of Australia, I am seated on the rig, Jock is in the sidecar.
When I picked up the rig it had 3,and almost 200 klicks on the odometer, I should have rode the bike another 50 feet before taking the photo then it would have read 3,200K
NOW the story gets shall we say interesting. So far riding on the left hand side of the road had presented few if any problems, I mean riding a motorcycle on the right or the left hand side of the road is really no big deal they handle, start from a stop and come to a stop the same way. HOWEVER riding for the FIRST time a sidecar rig that has the sidecar mounted on the left side of the bike is a whole DIFFERENT game.
When accelerating or stopping a sidecar rig the machine will tend to wander due to the weight of the sidecar. On a rig with the sidecar mounted on the right as I am used to, when you accelerate the bike wants to go to the right when you brake it wants to go to the left, having ridden a sidecar equipped bike now for many years this is so normal that I have adapted a riding style that makes these movements all but disappear except under extreme uses of the throttle or brake. Now put the weight of the sidecar on the opposite side of the bike and this completely changes the dynamics of riding and control of the machine.
I am used to the sidecar coming off the ground when going fast into a right hand turn so when I entered a left hand corner at speed and the sidecar came up it was exhilarating to put it mildly especially when I was drifting head on into incoming traffic. After a few miles I was becoming somewhat accustomed to this upside down and backwards way of life and within a few days it was feeling like it was the normal way of doing things. Yes an old dog can sometimes given proper motivation learn new tricks.
Soon after we left from the shop we spotted a sign that would make a good photo, it was the name of a school or some other important building ( Inmate "GTinAus" has informed me that the sign the Ural is parked in front of is the name of the town, thank you GTinAus, I appreciate the correction to my post. ) that if a person stood in front of the last two letters you could only see the first four letters which spelled Ural. I have been known for years to drive up onto the grass, across sidewalks and other such uncivilized behavior to get a good photo so doing this whilst in Oz was for me normal.
We stop to gas up the bikes, have a snack and take a meandering ride to Jon's home where we will spend the night. Jock left the KLR at the shop as "Zac" another Yank would in a few days be joining us on the rideabout, Jock would from this point on be riding the Yamaha Tenere.
Here are some shots of the ride to Jon's home.
We spent the evening with Jon and his wife, swapped lies, ate good food, drank some beer and went to sleep. The next day would bring us into the big city, driving the Ural on the motorway in heavy traffic and more then a few butt puckering moments, stay tuned.
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Mr. Cob screwed with this post 10-25-2012 at 09:48 AM Reason: cuss I forgot the word school in one of the photo discriptions.
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Glad to see you managed to get your hands on some new gear Mr Cobb. Very jealous of your trip.
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Cool! I wondered when we were going to see a report on your Oz adventures. I loved your take on Europe, looking forward to rest of the story from the great southern land. Well done the Ozy's for shouting you the trip!
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Howling "Mad", Adventurer
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Howdy All,
Day three of the rideabout took us from the country to the heart of the big city of Sydney. When we left from Jon's home it was quite brisk, the seats of the bikes were covered in frost, the skies blue and cloud free. The fuel tank on the Ural holds five gallons, many of the places we were to travel over the next three weeks were more then five gallons apart so carrying and using a spare gas can was an inescapable task.
We rode around and over another small mountain range called the Nowindoc Range, again not much traffic but many very steep grades. In the USA most of the major roads and all of the freeways have grades of 7% at a maximum this was done as anything over a 7% grade was determined by the military to be unsuitable for military transport, there is also a minimum curve radius but I forget what it is, in Oz I noticed that many of the grades that were marked were in excess of 10% many at 12% and 14% this made for very slow riding when coming up on or trying to pass some of the large trucks.
About 150k from Sydney we meet up and had lunch with a local Ural rider his screen name is "roscoau" he rides a green Patrol and is standing to the left of Jock in this photo.
This was the first time I had eaten an Australian burger with the "works", the works is a pile of lettuce, some onion, tomato, some kinda sauce, topped off with a fried egg and beets. First time I had ever had a burger with egg and beets on it. I learned to oder the burgers without the beets, they were a bit to much for my taste.
roscoau, rode with us for a while through some nice country rolling hills criss-crossed by many small streams, he lead us to the motorway which would take us to Sydney and then pulled off and headed back to his home. Thank you roscoau, it was a pleasure to meet, eat and ride with you.
Here we are gassing up the bikes just before roscoau, lead us to the motorway.
Riding the Ural with the sidecar on the left, on the left hand side of the road in the country was not that big of a deal; doing so in heavy traffic at motorway speeds trying to keep Jock in sight in an area I had never been in before was down right nerve racking at times. It was getting dark when we got into Sydney, we found the shop where would spend some time the next day as I was to be interviewed by a local bike magazine reporter, Roland the owner of the shop stayed late to let us park our bikes in the shop and then took us out to dinner before setting us up for the night in his home.
Somehow I lost all of the photos I took that evening, I took many of the shop and the bikes that were for sale, some of the project bikes in the garage and of the neat BMW sidecar rig in the basement. Roland to us to a Thi restaurant, a very nice restaurant, Roland must be a regular as we were picked from the line waiting for a table and shown to our places well before those who were in line ahead of us. I am NOT much of a fancy food person, just a meat and potatoes man. The food we ate that evening was really good but I dare say I don't have a clue what most of it was, the way it was served much of it wrapped in leaves was all new to me and quite enjoyable.
Roland kept an apartment in Sydney that he lived in during the week as his regular home was a quite a drive from the shop, again I have no photos of this neat place. We spent the night in Roland's apartment before heading to his shop the next morning.
Day four of the rideabout, started by me working on the Ural at Roland's shop as we waited for the reporter to show up. There were somethings about the setup on the Ural that I wanted to change to make it more suited to my personal riding style. I reset the lean-out of the bike, leaning the bike toward the sidecar at about 1 degree rather then the 3 degrees it was set at, I removed and re-positioned the rear brake lever so it would provide stronger braking action, and re-positioned the reverse lever to make shifting into and out of reverse with your heel much easier.
While I worked on the Ural, Roland on the left talked to Jock about our trip.
Here's a photo of me and the Ural I was riding in front of Roland's shop along with a couple of the Ural's he had for sale.
Th entire staff at Roland's shop, we took this photo after the interview and before we left in the early afternoon.
I am going to post this part of the ride report and then EDIT this post to show a good photo of the front of Roland's shop, as I have forgotten what he calls it. I am going to email Roland and ask him to email me a photo for this ride report. He took great care of us and his shop deserves recognition for the services he provided. Stay tuned.
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I'm looking forward to reading of the rest of your trip...
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The 24-year-old Apalachicola man who shot and killed an unarmed intruder onto his front yard last week, does not face arrest by the sheriff's office.
Sheriff Mike Mock on Monday morning informed relatives of his conclusion that Ronald Joseph Page, 24, would not be charged in the April 3 shooting death of Charles Thomas Wayne Fasbenner Jr. The 20-year-old had entered Page's yard at 277 Timothy Simmons Road minutes before 9:45 p.m., when Page's mother, JoAnna Page, called 911 to alert them that her son had shot a man.
Minutes later, Apalachicola Sgt. Wesley Creamer and Officer Ginger Creamer had arrived on the cul-de-sac, around a secluded curve off 25th Street, to find Fasbenner dying from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency medical personnel did not transport the young man to the hospital, as he had expired despite their frantic effort to apply CPR.
The bewildering shock that a well-liked young man, a towering lineman on the Seahawk football team, regarded as a good friend by his classmates in the FCHS Class of 2012, was dead from what so far appears to have been a tragic series of miscommunications spread quickly throughout the county like torrential rain.
Bubba's parents, Charles and Cindy Fasbenner, the grandparents who raised him, Buddy Wayne and Carolyn Butler, and Bubba's sister, Heather Maxwell, anchored a benefit Monday in Eastpoint that will help the family defray the cost of Wednesday's funeral at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Apalachicola. Burial was to follow in Magnolia Cemetery, next to Bubba's brother, Darin Wallace, who died as an infant.
'We want justice for our young man'
Dressed in civilian clothes, Mock came in person at the outset of the benefit, and spoke at length in his sports utility vehicle with Buddy Wayne Butler. The sheriff shared with Bubba's grandfather the conclusions reached by he and the investigators, a team led by Detectives Brett Johnson and Duane Cook.
Afterwards, Butler said he was not pleased with Mock's finding, just three days after the shooting, that there would be no arrest.
"He was telling me it was justified by him being in the yard," said Butler. "I told him I wasn't happy with it. I don't like it. I don't think anybody has the right to kill somebody because they're in your yard, unless they threaten you. Just to shoot somebody in your yard, I don't think that's justified, unless his life was threatened by him.
"I told the sheriff I don't like the way things are turning out," he said. "We want justice for our young man. My grandson can't tell his story because he's not around."
At an interview Tuesday morning, conducted together with Johnson, Mock stressed that his decision does not mean the investigation is over.
"People think we're done with this case. That's not the case," said the sheriff. "The case is not closed by any means."
In a written release dated April 7, the sheriff's office summarized its report of the investigation, and Mock and Johnson filled in details during the interview as they recounted what happened.
"Right now we feel like we do," said Mock, when asked whether investigators had a clear idea of what happened that night.
Page said he was alerted by the sound of someone entering the gate of the chain link fence that surrounds the yard. "He had a window open at the home. He heard some noise and looked out and seen him and went to the front door," said Mock.
Page told investigators he asked what Fasbenner was doing on his property, but received no verbal response. "You need help or something?" Page recalled saying.
He also told investigators that he went back into the residence to retrieve a .22-caliber rifle and stepped out on the porch to confront Fasbenner. Page told investigators he knew Fasbenner when they were young boys, but hadn't seen him in eight years and did not recognize him during the confrontation.
Page said Fasbenner started towards him, and that he continued in Page's direction despite what the release termed "several verbal commands" from the homeowner.
"He fired a warning shot at his feet," said Johnson. "(Fasbenner) stopped for a second, and smiled at Mr. Page. He tried to reach for the gun, and at the second step of the porch, after Mr. Page backed up half a step, and when he reached for the gun," the homeowner fired the lethal shot.
"He ran inside, put the gun down in the house and asked his mother to call 911," said the detective. The Pages said they ran outside with paper towels to apply pressure to the wound, but stopped when police and emergency medical personnel arrived on the scene.
No blood test given to shooter
Mock said Capt. Brad Segree was on the scene with the team of officers. The sheriff said Page was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car, and later questioned by Johnson as part of an investigation that included speaking separately with Mrs. Page as well as neighbors. Page was released later that night, and was not asked to submit to a blood draw, Johnson said.
Toxicology tests on Fasbenner's blood were conducted as part of the Leon County medical examiner's post-mortem examination in Tallahassee. Those results are expected in the next six to seven weeks.
The detective said Mrs. Page "could hear her son talking" but had not witnessed the shooting. He said there were no eyewitnesses, although several neighbors said they heard the two shots, and described them as being about 10 to 15 seconds apart.
Johnson said investigators have not recovered the bullet Page said he fired as a warning shot. No weapon or other criminal implement was found on Fasbenner.
Johnson said investigators looked into Page's background, which includes a misdemeanor conviction for which he is on county probation, but no felony convictions which would bar him from possessing a firearm.
The detective said Page told him he wrote a letter to Fasbenner's family, but whether it was sent was unclear. "He was crying," said Johnson. "He's remorseful, very remorseful. He's still upset about that."
Mock said he must act based on the law, not his personal thought or feelings, and that the law protects the right of Page to act as he did.
"He had a right to defend his home, Mr. Page did. If they feel threatened or they're scared, they have the right," said the sheriff. "It's a terrible situation. It's a tough time. I feel like what we have right now is that he was defending his home."
Mock and Johnson both said the home's isolated location, and the time of night, figured into investigators' analysis of the circumstances surrounding the situation.
"It's all based on what Mr. Page believes," said Johnson. "He was in fear of his life."
Stand Your Ground 'potentially pertinent'
Mock said he could not answer as to why Page did not call 911 when he first noticed Fasbenner on the property, and after he was non-verbal to Page. "It was absolutely a time for law enforcement," said the sheriff. "There's no way to know why, only he (Page) knows that. That would be a question he would have to answer."
Mock said investigators remained in contact with Assistant State Attorney Jarred Patterson throughout their work, and in the written release wrote "both came to the conclusion that there would be no charges filed based on the information at this time."
Patterson said he spoke with State Attorney Willie Meggs Friday morning, to inform him about the shooting. Patterson said he planned to meet Wednesday with Mock to go over his findings, and at that time the prosecutor's office would review the case to determine whether or not to take any further action in the case.
"That is not a decision I would make unilaterally without discussing it with Mr. Meggs," said Patterson Tuesday afternoon. "The case is still ongoing, that's where we are. Our (the state attorney's office's) decision has not been made. That hasn't been determined yet, as far as we're concerned."
Patterson said Florida's "Stand Your Ground" laws are "potentially pertinent" to the case, but he declined to elaborate on the matter until his office has had to review the sheriff's findings.
Mock said investigators are also probing Fasbenner's whereabouts and prior behavior that evening. The family believes that Fasbenner may have gotten lost while walking back to his grandparents' house at 47 Pine Avenue.
'He was quiet, and led by example'
At Monday's benefit, his grandmother recounted a "teeny, scrawny little thing" who had grown into a tall, strong young man, who had a happy childhood and never gave his grandparents the least bit of trouble.
Chris Granger, who played linebacker alongside Fasbenner during his high school years, and ran as a fullback through holes punched by the hard-hitting lineman, said "he was a good guy to play with, for sure. He was quiet, and kind of led by example,"
After graduation, Fasbenner had made plans to attend Tallahassee Community College, but lacked the funds, and went to work as cook at "That Place on 319," a restaurant owned by Mike Keller in Crawfordville.
It was while there that he met the love of his life, Brittany Lewis, a 2012 Wakulla High School grad, and the two made plans to marry. Fasbenner's long-term plans were to become a correctional officer.
His short-term plans were to attend Saturday evening's prom with his cousin, Franklin County High School junior Gracyn Butler, who were like brother and sister.
On the Wednesday before the shooting, he had rented his tuxedo, and on Friday he was to pick it up.


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An attractive yellow fleshed peach ripening
just after Redhaven. Origin: Coloma, Michigan by Annette and Randy Bjorge.
Fayette x Newhaven. Tested as FA 11. Introd. 1997. USPP 10548 assigned to
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large, covered with a 80% red blush with a mottled stripe. Flesh melting,
yellow orange, semi-firm, freestone, sweet, mild acid flavor. Ripens 3 days
after Redhaven. Tree: Flowers pink, small, nonshowy. Leaf glands reniform.
Moderately spreading, medium vigor, and very productive. Resistant to bacterial
spot. Chilling requirement 850 h.
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My smartphone: Apple iPhone 5s
My Tablet: iPad Mini
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It's not always convenient to log onto my laptop after every customer interaction or sales call. Having Salesforce available via my mobile devices allows me more flexibility and freedom, and also helps ensure that data is timely and accurate. I started with the Salesforce Classic app but recently switched to Salesforce1. It's much faster and the user interface is significantly better.
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2. Cisco WebEx Meetings
Our company uses WebEx for web conferencing and remote training. When I need to jump onto a client conference or an impromptu staff meeting it's nice to know I'm able no matter where I am. The app's video capability works great on my iPhone and iPad.
3. Dropbox
Since much of what we do at Blue Archer is visual, Dropbox is a great way for us to share files with clients as well as internal resources that may be remote at any given time. If I'm at the airport or simply at lunch, I can securely access important files from anywhere.
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I'm rarely in the office and often find myself needing a scanner for contracts and specifications. There seem to be a number of good scanner apps on the market, but I use Genius Scan. It's fast and easy to use. The photo manipulation feature is very intuitive and I can quickly email or export my completed image as a PDF to Dropbox, Evernote, and more.


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Can it works with iphone 4 with IOS 6.0.1?
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Sundance will slap you silly and fuck you stupid if you cross him.
Sundance will slap you silly and fuck you stupid if you cross him.
P.S why would I neg you if my ass hurt?
lol you sent Sundanace a Neg to tell him that his sig is gay.
Tonite I propose that you go tell your boss that his suit is gay.
These threads are great.
Sundance can't be a Nazi. He's Southern.
Here's a quick suggestion on how to avoid this situation:
Don't neg a mod. If you feel the need to neg someone it should be a new person who has just gotten 75 rep to view the vids, has seen the vids, and then with your neg they can't see the vids. This will then prompt said person to go on a tirade about how they can't view the vids anymore which will in turn get more negative reps
In all seriousness if you feel the need to neg someone who has infinity rep, mod or not, you better not just say something stupid like "your sig is gay". If you really don't like the sig and feel it deserves a neg rep then you should at least put something funny in it. Like if you really wanted to comment on how homosexual his sig is you should have said something like "hey your sig is a whore. it got my friend drunk and made him gay. That's not cool so I neg you for it". Whenever I neg someone it is always for breaking a rule or skirting it or just trying to derail a thread. And I always explain why rather than say "fuck off" or whatever else people have put in their negs against me.
Oh and this thread is epic - like these:
Don't censor me bro!
I vant to motorboat
Its generally a bad idea to neg anyone who has 10x as much rep as you, the math will not work out in your favor
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Dr. No Barbie® Doll
Gorgeous, smart, and intriguingly named, the Bond Girls made each 007 movie more exciting. Some were fellow agents or allies, others a villainess. Forever alluring, each Bond Girl joined an exclusive club of extraordinary women.
The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, introduced us to the first ever Bond girl: Honey Ryder, played by Ursula Andress. Cool, confident, and completely unforgettable, this shell diver helped James on his mission and found romance along the way. Now, Barbie® doll pays tribute to the original Bond Girl, dressed in a re-creation of Honey's iconic white bikini.
© 1962-2009 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation. "James Bond", "007", "007 Gun Logo", "Gun Barrel / Iris" logo, "Silhouette" logos, "Fortieth Anniversary" logo and related James Bond Trademarks are Trademarks of Danjaq, LLC, Licensed by Eon Productions Limited. All rights reserved.
For the adult collector.
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.


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Ugly? The concept is amazing for me.
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Ugly? The concept is amazing for me.
Agreed. I saw it up close when I was in New York a couple weeks back; Its incredible.
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Its an eyesore to me.
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Caught ;DD +1
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Model No. 01 — Collection 002
This season, denim is all the fashion rage! And who better to rock the denim look than the Barbie Basics™ dolls? Wearing the latest styles with plenty of sass and attitude, these girls (and guys!) know how to strike a pose and turn heads. Featuring for the first time 3 ruggedly handsome male models as well as a bevy of breathtaking beauties, personalization and play has never been more stylish, fun, or fabulous!
Model #01 is a gorgeous blonde wearing a white halter top and rolled up light denim jeans.
Each sold separately, subject to availability.
For the adult collector.
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.


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シカゴ Quality Inn & Suites - Elk Grove
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Chicago O'Hare Hotel Rooms Quality Inn & Suites is a Chicago area hotel offering tastefully decorated, modern rooms and suites, outstanding vacation packages and a convenient location near to downtown Chicago and O'Hare International Airport.
Our spacious rooms and suites include comfortable king or queen beds, complimentary toiletries, refrigerators, and high–speed Internet access. Start your day right with our complimentary hot breakfast, and enjoy a myriad of other extras like our fitness room and a convenient, 24–hour airport shuttle.
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Stay in one of our spacious rooms with comfortable king or queen beds and your choice of smoking or non–smoking accommodations. Our deluxe suites include spacious king or queen beds and comfortable sleeper sofas. All of our relaxing rooms include free daily newspapers, cable television with premium channels, voice mail, and complimentary high–speed Internet access.
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The Quality Inn & Suites is a comfortable, modern hotel centrally located in beautiful Elk Grove Village, just 6 miles from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and 20 minutes from downtown Chicago. Our hotel is just a short drive away from some of the area's finest attractions, including Sears Tower, Wrigley Field, Lincoln Park Zoo, and much more.
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Nov 24, 2009
TV Review of the NXT and the NXT "Zoo" Book
Here's a seven-minute TV piece featuring the NXT and Fay Rhodes' "NXT Zoo" Book. The interview is in Swedish, but the film is fun to view even if you don't know the language. (If a Swedish-speaking reader could give us the gist of the interview, that would be great).
A companion print article, with a rough translation is English, is here.
11 comments:
- Jim Kelly said...
That is AWESOME, Fay! I hope you can get a translation!
- Nov 24, 2009, 3:37:00 AM
- lars said...
wow, that was a really bad translation from googles side, ill see what i can do, ill hope you guys dont mind some spelling errors or grammaticall misshaps :)
- Nov 24, 2009, 4:21:00 AM
- Fay Rhodes said...
All we really want is some idea of what was said in the interview with the two men. Also, does anyone know who they are?
- Nov 24, 2009, 7:07:00 AM
- Laurens Valk said...
This looks great!
This made me think... Long time ago a few Swedish TV producers asked me to film my robots and myself for one of their tech shows. As far as I know, they had also asked Daniele Benedettelli. After filming, I didn't receive a word from them, anymore.
So, it might be the videos have been used in other episodes of this tv show. Can anyone confirm that?
- Nov 24, 2009, 8:38:00 AM
- Peter Forss said...
@Fay Rhodes:
Short summary:
They've tested Lego Mindstorms NXT based on the Zoo book. I guess they are not "lego people", just people from that TV show testing technical stuff.
Anyhow they say that the most funny part is to build Lego (not to play with it) but they are not good at because Lego has changed since they were 9 and played with Lego.
They recommend the book (and Lego Mindstorms NXT) as Christmas present for both children and adults.
They also recommend people to read more at the blog from the author of the book.
@Laurens Valk:
What kind of robots? RCX? NXT? What did they do? Can't remember anything at the moment.
- Nov 24, 2009, 8:55:00 AM
- Fay Rhodes said...
Thank you, Peter!
- Nov 24, 2009, 10:56:00 AM
- Laurens Valk said...
I filmed a NXT grabbing robot, and Danny filmed his Johnny NXT, I think.
I don't have any problems with them using the videos I made, but at least a link to the episode in question would have been nice...
But, I'm not sure this is the same show, although it is likely...
- Nov 24, 2009, 11:20:00 PM
- lars said...
Hi All
looks like peter have already summarized the TV show :)
here is the a brief summery from the google translated article:
Seems like Google assumes that Lego is the same as Lego mercenary, the article is the second part of the TV Show where Dag and his father Erik are enthusiastically evaluating the book, it's also mentioning that the book is in English and that you need to have some basic understanding of programming.
- Nov 25, 2009, 1:45:00 AM
- Fay Rhodes said...
Thanks Lars!
- Nov 25, 2009, 3:31:00 AM
- iMarc said...
Pretty cool Fay I have this book and I recommend it also.
Could it be that the guys who built the gator did not setup the legs and gears properly it was walking funny? I have not built that one yet!
- Nov 26, 2009, 8:20:00 PM
- Rick Rhodes said...
Yes, you're right.
The TV guys didn't stagger the positioning of the gator's legs: one leg needs to be "up" and one "down". Unless you position them that way, the gator doesn't really walk--it just "rides the waves", like it did during the TV segment.
Rick R.
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Truth be told, we've wanted to host our own event for quite some time now, but we wanted something different, something far better than the typical cookie-cutter challenges. It took a little forethought, but in the end the solution seemed pretty obvious to us, and it was worth the wait.
We wanted a pretty aggressive autocross course that would allow us to see how a chassis would react to a variety of situations, including tight turns, decent-sized sweepers, along with a slalom section and a number of difficult transitions. The autocross was just one portion of our challenge; we also wanted to showcase real-world situations, such as 60-to-0 braking, and the one component that we know the majority of you take into heart—running cars that are technically labeled corner-carvers and seeing how they performed on the dragstrip. Yes, we went there. We invited several well-known manufacturers, including Church Brothers Racing, Detroit Speed, Fatman Fabrications, Hotchkis, and RideTech.
To execute our plans, we decided the best way to meet up with everyone was to immediately follow the Columbus Goodguys event. If you don't already know it, then we need to point out that this is a big show, where many folks lobby for the Goodguys Street Machine of the Year award. We chose to host our event at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio; it's a short 26 miles away and the facility could easily accommodate all our needs.
When it came to the rules, there was only one: All vehicles were required to run on tires with a minimum treadwear rating of 180. This would open up the doors for most brands and, more importantly, it would prevent anyone from showing up wearing race-inspired rubber—stickies if you prefer. That's it.
To test the cars through our autocross course, we had Danny Popp, our course designer and a seasoned veteran, who has earned five NASA National Championships and seven SCCA Solo/ProSolo National Championships, including 10 Divisional SCCA Championships, 18 Regional Championships, and a NASA Regional Championship. To say that list is pretty impressive would be a complete understatement. For the dragstrip portion, Editor H got behind the wheel.
Here's where the fun really began. Rather than having the owners sitting idle, we wanted them to join in on the fun, too. We started with the dragstrip, and once we had the opportunity to run each car, those rides were placed in a separate lane, where the owners were given a chance to make a few shakedown runs for themselves. Interestingly, a few had never been down the dragstrip before with their rides, but it didn't stop them from trying it out and having some fun! Editor H made two runs, the owners made two runs, and the best of the four runs were listed as the final results.
Once the quarter-miles passes were complete, we moved onto the autocross course. Popp started off the session and the owners were later allowed to do the same. Only we had one major problem: Mother Nature unleashed a fury that some of us have never seen before. We could see the gray sky rolling and when it let loose it was absolutely brutal. Unfortunately, it was about this time our friends at Fatman Fabrications had to begin the long trek home and we lost the opportunity to finish our testing with their '57 Chevy.
It became a waiting game. We stood our ground, and as the rain left, we ran all the cars to the top end of the dragstrip, where we made hot laps in an effort to dry off the track for our 60-to-0 braking. It took awhile, but we managed to dry the track to proceed with the braking session.
Now before you think all hope was lost for the autocross, we planned for a rain date and returned the next day, then we spent the better part of the morning putting the course back together and drying off the track. In the end, we were able to get our numbers, making our inaugural Street Machine Challenge a complete success.


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Motorola Aura Diamond Edition announced
Motorola has just made its £1400 Aura even more expensive with the launch of the Diamond Edition, that takes the high-end handset and adds 18 carat gold and 34 diamonds.
Plated in the gold, the handset gets 30 round-cut diamonds embedded in "sparkling arcs" above and below the circular display.
The "cafe brown" keypad meanwhile gets a solid 18 carat gold navigation key which features those additional four diamonds in a compass configuration.
If this particular combo of gilt and gems doesn't work for you, then Amosu is offering a similar take on blinging the handset up.
The Motorola Aura Diamond Edition will be available on sale from 26 October for a whopping £3500.


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Music Program Homecoming ReceptionEvent Details: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., September 23, Xavier Hall, 3733 West Pine Mall, St. Louis, MO, 63108
The SLU Music Program will hold a homecoming reception for alumni, students, faculty and staff from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, in room 348 of Xavier Hall.
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This reception is being given in honor of SLU music alumni and to kick off the fundraising campaign for the new All-Steinway Initiative.
Prior to the reception Friday afternoon, the department will take delivery of three new pianos from Steinway Gallery -- two 7' Model B Studio Grand pianos and one 5' 7" Model M baby grand. The new instruments will be rolled in, set up, and immediately performed on by students and faculty, and interested alumni.
This initial purchase was made possible by a generous gift from the President's Office.
The "All Steinway School" designation is awarded to an institution by Steinway in recognition of that institution's commitment to excellence. With the signing of the All-Steinway Initiative agreement on August 10, SLU began the process of becoming an "All Steinway School" and when all the required guidelines have been met, the University will be listed on the "All Steinway School" roster, a small but select list of institutions.
Light refreshments will be served and the public is welcome.
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In springtime, Holland is poised to exhilarate all the senses—but you must be close to the source to appreciate it to the fullest. That's exactly where you'll be, as you cycle along intimate bike paths and relax aboard a barge that draws close to everyday life along the shore. Inhale the fragrance of millions of blossoms, taste farm-fresh cheeses, hear the whirr of a wind-powered sawmill, and behold fertile landscapes reclaimed from the sea on a journey that also features Keukenhof, with its 7 million blooms, and the world-famous Aalsmeer flower auction. Spring is short, and departures are limited. Reserve your space right away!
Cultural Highlights
- Cycle through a pristine polder landscape characteristic of the Dutch countryside
- Marvel at the ingenious mechanics of a windmill at the Schermerhorn Windmill Museum
- View rare and historic bulbs on a guided tour of a unique garden museum
- Ferry across the North Sea Canal
- Tour the pretty cobbled streets and canals of Haarlem
- Explore Keukenhof, a magnificent flower park
- Sample delicious cheeses at a family-owned farm
- Witness the hustle and bustle of the world's largest flower auction
- Indulge in a complimentary glass of wine with dinner aboard our barge
What To Expect
This tour offers easy terrain throughout the trip. Our VBT support shuttle is available every day at designated waypoints for those who need assistance.
Average Daily Mileage: 15 – 35 miles
Average Daily Ride: 2 – 4 hours on bike paths and roads through both urban and rural areas
Climate Information
Average Daily Temperature (°F) – Amsterdam
Apr 53° May 61° Jun 66° Jul 69° Aug 70°
Average Rainfall (in.) – Amsterdam
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What's Included:
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- 7 nights aboard a canal barge
- 15 meals – 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 5 dinners
Air Package Plus
- 7 nights aboard a canal barge and 2 nights in an Amsterdam hotel
- 18 meals – 10 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 5 dinners
- Roundtrip international airfare
- Transfers
- Guided walking tour in Amsterdam
- AND the option to add our Low-Cost Trip Extensions: Pre or Post-trip Extension: Amsterdam – 2 nights for only $295
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- 1 glass of wine with all dinners aboard the barge
- FREE use of our custom VBT bicycle and helmet
- Service of two bilingual VBT Trip Leaders
- 6 days of cycling with FULL VAN SUPPORT (where possible due to bike paths) during the cruise portion of your trip
- Daily route directions and maps
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I have been asked by many of my non-computer science friends to teach them how to program. I have agreed to hold a seminar for them that will last for approximately 1 to 2 hours.
My thoughts are to use Python as the language to teach them basic programming skills. I figured Python is relatively easier to learn from what I have researched. It is also a language I want to learn which will make holding this seminar all the more enjoyable.
The topics I plan to cover are as followed:
- Variables / Arrays
- Logic - If else statements, switch case, nested statements
- Loops - for, while, do-while and nested loops
- Functions - pass by value, pass by reference (is this the correct terms for Python? I am mostly a C/C++ person)
- Object Oriented Programming
Of course, I plan to have code examples for all topics and I will try to have each example flow into each other so that at the end of the seminar everyone will have a complete working program.
I suppose my question is, if you were given 1 to 2 hours to teach a group of college students how to program, what language would you choose and what topics would you cover?
Update: Thank you for the great feedback. I should have mentioned in my earlier post above that a majority of the students attending the seminar have some form of programming experience whether it was with Java or using Matlab. Most of these students are 3rd/4th year Engineering students who want to get a refresher on programming before they graduate.


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Eekon is minimalistic and modern WordPress theme made for Business, Portfolio, Personal Blog, Photo Blog, or any kind of website.
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Economical, easy-to-program pond fish feeder automatically dispenses food up to 4 times a day. Easy-view window shows food level at a glance. Runs on two "C" batteries (not included) so feeder placement is not restricted by the location of an electrical outlet. Pole mount or hang above pond. Large hopper holds up to 2-1/2 lbs of pelleted food up to 3/8" diameter. Durable plastic construction. 6" x 8" x 14" high. Optional Mounting Pole includes a 10" ground stake. 16" x 14-1/2" high.
Please click on "More Information" for installation instructions.
|The Pond Fish Feeder is designed to automatically dispense pelleted koi/pond fish food, 1 to 4 times daily. Fixed quantity at each feeding interval ensures regular feeding for healthy and long fish life.
Feeder Installation
Before installation:
Programming the Feeder
Button Descriptions
To Set the Clock
To Set the Feeding Time
Feeder Installation
Post Mount Installation
2. Slide Feeder onto Mounting Bracket. Make sure the Feeder is located above the water so that pelleted koi food will drop into the water and not onto the ground.
3. Test feeder by pressing the "M" button on the Timer.
Hanging Installation
2. The Feeder features four hanging holes located at the top of the housing, under the lid. Attach either a wire or chain to the hanging holes and hang Feeder over water's edge.
3. Test Feeder by pressing the "M" button on the timer to make sure the food drops into the water and not onto the ground.
Feeding Guidelines
In general, the following guideline should apply:
Winter - No Feeding.
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RTW... Which Bike Stays Home?
Own both as you can see.
The 990 came 1st, followed by the WR250R which beckoned consideration.
Each bike's strong suits and weaknesses are very apparent, having explored the way they move, respond, lead, follow, and their mechanical whims and demands.
It is my intention to spend the next year taking them (seperately of course) on increasingly more distant journeys, while pondering quietly which would win the ultimate "nod".
Please educate me;
Of anyone who HAS actually taken their bike over rivers or ponds, by boat, barge, ferry or air-lift, consisting of spontaneous destinations aimed towards remote civilizations, world wonders, or villages with fascinating names; Which bike would ultimately be favored by the wisdom of those who have gone before me? << Around the world!
My style and rationale;
I may flip a coin, unless of course someone tried THAT too and chose wrong... TELL us about it!!! .
Trust me when I say this, we may be gone for years. Those here who know me know I will, and they know why.
They meet
Wonder what they're thinking??
Less pondering. Simply march ahead, to the ends of this majestic planet.
etingelefunts screwed with this post 10-14-2012 at 09:31 PM
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reliable japanese tech & most of the worlds roads are slow and dirt.
i was living in mexico for a year and the 2 most popular (by a huge margin) south of the border bikes were dr650 and klr650
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Thanks for the mention.
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Not in the clique...
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If I know eakins (from the short time that I've been here), he's telling you to leave BIG ORANGE at home. And, despite the fact that I'm not an extensive world traveler (as you eluded to, in your first post), I would have to agree with him.
I would agree with him, first, because of the reason that he mentioned. WRs, KLRs, and DRs (and the like) are just anvil reliable. That would be my first concern, especially if I was exploring beyond my comfort zone. My second concern, for some of the stuff you mentioned, would be weight. And, the WR has the Adventure beat on that account, too.
To me, unless you foresaw that your travels would include days and days of slabbing, the WR is the winner, all the way around...
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Thanks Warrior.
The WR is the much lighter than most of the bikes I've used similarly, but with EFI and sparse maintenance schedule, has swept past the others in the "fun-factor" category mainly due to her agility and being much more nimble, while suprisingly able to navigate at the posted limit (exception uphill) I often find myself wondering why I don't sell the 990.
NEVER would have believed it. I actually ENJOY intentionally laying the WR over and showing people how to properly pick a bike up... never thought that would be "fun" for any bike with adv touring potential either.
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I have no doubts, that both bikes could go RTW. But which one will be the better choice for YOU, for YOUR trip, I think I would need to know more about your plans, to even try to guess an answer.
For 2-up, the choice would be pretty obvious... but even if your riding solo, how much luggage will you be carrying (are you carrying camping gear) is one important thing. The 250 can´t be packed very heavily, or youre bound to have problems. Your own weight with the riding gear naturally needs to be count in.
Another important thing is, where do you plan to go, and what kind of roads are you planning to ride? You could go practically around the planet without leaving the tarmac these days, but that´s not everyone´s cup of tea. If you want to do a lot of smaller backroads, then this kind of tour will take quite a bit of time. For this reason I think it´s quite normal, that people mainly use main roads on their RTW-trips (even though there will certainly be exceptions to that) and if you´re using main roads, then off-road capabilities of the bikes will be secondary to comfort on steady highway speed.
Smaller & lighter bike WILL definitely have an advantage on the most demanding stretches of road, but like I said, those are becoming optional. Main roads will be used by buses & trucks, so even streetbikes can normally handle them just fine.
Smaller bike will also be better, when you need to lift it into a boat, or freight the bike across oceans, as it will pack into a smaller, lighter box.
You will need to be able to do the regular maintenance to the bike practically by yourself most of the time, so the bike, that is easier to maintain, is better in this respect. Spare parts, the Yam might have a small advantage, because it is Japanese, and a 250, but I would not expect to find parts widely available outside the areas, where these models are imported.
One more thing to consider is the bike´s value. It will most likely be uninsured in most countries, so if it´s stolen, for example, then it´s gone and you won´t get a dime from anywhere. Even if that does not happen, the bike´s value will usually go down rapidly, because it will look a lot more used, than if you´d do the same mileage back home! Also if your plans will take you to carnet-countries (East Africa, Asia, Australia) then the bike´s value will affect the carnet bond amount.
Bottom line, there is no 1 definite answer to this, you´ll just need to pick the one, that YOU feel happier to go with. Even if someone else feels differently, they can only speak for themselves.
Pecha72 screwed with this post 10-15-2012 at 03:12 AM
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I have both a WR250r and a 1200GS. I'm currently in S. Korea, a common jumping-off-point for RTW trips heading West. I have the GS here... The thought crosses my mind a lot...
It's nearly 50/50 I think. The GS would kick my ass at times, in bad conditions. At the same time, the WR would do the same when I had a decent piece of tarmac ahead of me.
I think the WR is a better machine for the job, when you get all the way down to brass tacks.
I may be totally wrong on this, but I think one thing (seeing your bikes together) your KTM has going for it is it's ALL black. The WR by contrast stands out like a sore thumb. I wonder if this "camouflage" might be valuable on the WR in other countries. In other words, perhaps you need to make it look a little shitty?
My TAT trip in 2014: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=998193
SR1 screwed with this post 10-15-2012 at 06:22 AM
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Don't worry you'll stand out like a sore thumb anyway...
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6 one way, 1/2 dozen the other.
There have been a lot of guys that have taken the LC8 engine all over creation (Jean-Luc, Crashmaster, Misery Goat, Aurel) and never really had a problem. If a town doesn't have parts then UPS to the rescue. Obviously carry stuff you know you'll need like the water pump kit, maybe a sprocket set. Plus there are so many guys in OC that have done so much stuff to those bikes that if the Great Pumpkin goes down we'll likely be able to help you fix it.
The WR will be a lot nicer when the road turns to shit, you can kick it off of you if you crash solo, and from what I've seen those little bikes are bullet proof. A lot of Jap bike brands use the same parts so thats a plus.
Me, personally, I'd take the 990 because I know I can stand to ride it for days on end. Compared to my 250 XC-F which I think I would be sick of after a few days, and also to my 525 EXC that I made into a motard that after 8,000 miles I realized the seat sucked (better than the old KTM seats though).
It all comes down to you. What do you think you could stand to ride after camping in the rain, waking up wet and cold, and realizing you have to ride a bike for the next 6 hours?
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I don't meet your requirement of having travelled around the world by bike, but I do have some experience nonetheless.
I don't much care for the choices.
The KTM is a beast and frankly, I wouldn't trust it.
The WR, while very cool, isn't well suited to carrying lots of stuff for an extended tour and wouldn't be too pleasant on open stretches of highway.
I'd choose a KLR. Kinda boring but can carry a huge amount of stuff (if desired), gets excellent fuel mileage, and is reliable. Large fuel tank, great after market, theoretical parts availability, and good balance of dirt worthiness and highway manners are a draw. Do the doohicky, thermobob, Odyssey battery, front rotor, sub frame bolts, add an SU rack and Caribou bags, DR650 footpegs (or similar) and head out.
A DR650 wouldn't be a bad choice either.
IMO the bikes you currently have are neither fish nor fowl for a RTW trip. My $.02
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kconville screwed with this post 10-15-2012 at 04:15 PM
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Good for campfire talk....
Two different mindsets, IMO.
Depends on what types of roads you plan to travel.
I'd put the small bike at a 300ish miler and the big bike at a 500ish miler, highwaywise. Huge difference for long trips.
The small bike will go thru a keyhole trail, and the big bike doesn't like keyholes.
Fuel costs, maintenance needs, etc differ.
Big bike is the express option. Small bike opens other options, but not express.
Endless... Again a mindset.
PM crashmaster, who contemplated similar scenarios and options, and recently rode many miles south. A solid source to tap.
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Came away from the campfire and purchased these two bikes.
Now I'm in the trip planning phase, seeking advice from predecessors.
It is my sincere hope that those who went before might be willing to express how they might approach the journey given a choice between the two bikes I have aquired, if they were to start all over.
As I stated, the routes and roads will often be on a whim, and accordingly will vary considerably. Only turning back when safe passage is doubtful, while taking full advantage of the type roads these suspensions are adept at navigating.
Keep in mind, if I had done this before I wouldn't be compelled to ask, I would recall what they already know.
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You get it from your local Automobile Association, typically before you leave (should be able to arrange it while underway, too, but can be costly) and you are usually required to leave a bond to the AA. In case you violate the agreement on the carnet (means you have used the carnet for temporary import to a country, but don´t re-export the vehicle within the speficied time) then that countries customs will contact the AA and ask for import taxes and duties be paid from that bond. But if you return home with the bike, and have all appropriate import/export stamps on your carnet, then the bond should be released back to you. I had 5000 euros bond in my local AA (the bike was a DL650 - the bond amount may also depend on the countries you plan to visit). Note, that I arranged this bond as a ´bank guarantee´, so it´s like taking a loan from the bank, and placing it in an account, that the AA is, and you are not, authorised to use.
Generally I would not worry about the carnet too much. Or at least I would not let it dictate my plans, like some people seem to do. It is something you typically arrange before you leave, so once you´re underway, you don´t really have to worry about it (except keep it safe & use it correctly, of course!).. so yes, it is some sort of PITA, but no more than other usual paperwork involved in this kind of trip.
Pecha72 screwed with this post 10-16-2012 at 03:12 AM
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So I've been thinking more about this and think the WR is the way to go. Here's why:
You don't know what roads you're going to ride. It'll be a lot easier to extract a 250 pound bike from the bottom of a snotty hill than a 500 pound bike.
If the bike breaks down it'll be a lot easier to throw the WR in the back of a truck/cart/tie it to the roof of a car than the 990.
You'll have to ship it at some point. If I remember what Aurel said correctly, shipping is based upon size and on weight. It'll be a lot cheaper to ship the WR.
Fuel mileage will likely be better with the WR. My 990 is getting about 40 mpg when I'm just cruising around 4K rpm. I would imagine the WR would get better than that and every dollar saved will help.
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