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[Dino]

Looks good for no dust.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR66C.loop.shtml#skip

Maybe bring some wet weather gear.
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/qld/forecasts/brisbane.shtml
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[Earthmover]

wet one in AYR to
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/qld/lower-burdekin/ayr
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[The Jackal]

Hey Dino,
thanx for the invite. Had a great morning and I reckon it'll take about a week to clean up!!!
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[The Jackal]

http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy253/TheJackal59/Beerwah%20Ride%20Jan%202010/
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[Dino]

The Jackal wrote:

Hey Dino, thanx for the invite. Had a great morning and I reckon it'll take about a week to clean up!!!

Hey, no worries mate. You were a pleasure to have aboard. ( and seeing as how wet it got, aboard is appropriate. )
More pics, trip report and helmetcam footage 2 come.
I'll chuck up a trip report soon.
We all loved your raptor.
Big thanks to Rosco (trip leader ), Vonhammer, Rusty , Teesh and yourself for a memorable day.
A coupla trip notes.....
Now I know why CanAm changed their name from BRP........
Bring Rope Please.
Rosco's handle will be the Yellow Submarine from this day forth.
Do not argue with ex-cyclones named Olga.
Grizzly riders should have pilots's licences
It is probably bad Karma to let your trip leader drown. We didn't find out today.
My wet weather gear does not work up to my chest in water.
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[The Jackal]

All good mate. Give me a call next time you head off and providing I'm not working I'd like to tag along. Had a ball.....
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[Vonammer]

Thanks very much guys, and gal, for the ride today. It was very amusing, especially for the guy on the 'Yellow submarine'....UP Periscope Rossco !!!!.

Vonammer

[Dino]

http://s898.photobucket.com/albums/ac185/next2u/Beerburrum%20Quad%20Ride%2031012010/
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[Dino]

And its good news about the yellow submarine.

Her bilges have been pumped.
Her decks are yet to swabbed
Her engine room looks fine.
We got her out in time.

Her return to port under tow.
Means shes good to go.
Despite all the mirth.
She had a crew that knows what its worth.

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Last edited by Dino on Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

[Dino]

But its bad news about the helmet cam.

The footage is great.
Showed how we help our mates.
The sound all round.
How wet was the ground.

But who was the clown?
Who filmed it all Upside Down!
It was the one who flashed his quads undies.
Quiet and ashamed, he's reaching for his coke and bundies
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Last edited by Dino on Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:35 pm; edited 1 time in total

[Rossco]

Gotta give a special thank's to Matt, Dino, Teesh & Russell for getting me out of a bit of a pickle earlier on today If it wasn't for you guy's getting me out of that little predicament, the yellow sub would still be at the bottom of the river

[Dino]

The dive, dive, dive. worked pretty good.
The surface, surface, surface might need some work.
VERY GLAD to hear she's all functional.
Top day Rosco.
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[Vonammer]

Rossco, your more than welcome, let's go for your 3rd trick on the way back, on the next ride.....
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[Rossco]

Vonammer wrote:

Rossco, your more than welcome, let's go for your 3rd trick on the way back, on the next ride.....

Mate that's gonna be a while coz she's in getting fixed, and the parts usually take awhile to come from overseas

[Dino]

Rossco wrote:

Vonammer wrote: Rossco, your more than welcome, let's go for your 3rd trick on the way back, on the next ride..... Mate that's gonna be a while coz she's in getting fixed, and the parts usually take awhile to come from overseas

Lucky she's out then.
They had over a 100mm there last night. She coulda gone to get the parts herself!
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[The Jackal]

Hey Guys,
great pics. Don't think the Raptor would have got through there afloat! Dino, I read your comment about the video, what happened?
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[Dino]

The Jackal wrote:

Hey Guys, great pics. Don't think the Raptor would have got through there afloat! Dino, I read your comment about the video, what happened?

Ahh, boys were wanting to go and I just threw the helmetcam on.
Didn't realise until I uploaded it that it was upside down.
After watching it in the laptop upside down a few times, I figure the editing will be worth it......

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[Rossco]

Can you rotate the footage mate

[Dino]

Rossco wrote:

Can you rotate the footage mate

I did. eventually......
I pop it up soon as I edit it. Some things there wouldn't get a PG rating.
Probably have to put in a disclaimer.......
WARNING This video my be offensive to some groups.
Get over it yah wingers. And I don't care.

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[Rusty]

thanks all for a great day riding, i had a ball...mud, mishaps, mayhem and plenty of air.
Now the cleaning begins...thanks Rossco for leading us on some great tracks. Look forward to heading out again soon.
Dino and Teesh, spectacular mud hole roll, and then pulled the CF on its wheels and were strait back into it, well played!
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[Dino]

Well, I've had a few, umm, difficulties.
But here it is.......
Warts and all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozXdrGXeLR4
Enjoy my first ever go at producing a movie.
Sorry the PG rating cut out the REALLY funny words.....
And thanks to my wife, Teesh, for her invaluable bex and coffee....

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[Dino]

TRIP REPORT 31/01/2010

At 6am on the sunday morning, Rusty, The Jackal, Rosco ( trip leader ), VonHammer,Teesh ( my better 1/2 ) and myself met at the BP Burpengary near the KFC sign. ( bucket on a stick )
The bikes were Grizzly 700, 350 raptor, Outlander 800, another Grizzly 700 and our CF Moto 500A. ( a 2 up ). With the weather forecast to hit that afternoon, and only Vonhammer and Rosco able to play on after lunch, we still reckoned a good mornings ride could be had. All keen as, we set off.
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A hour later we were unloaded, kitted out and off in this maze of forestry tracks in the Glass House Mountains. All bikes registered and good to go. Err, Vonhammer "had misplaced" his number plate, but it wasn't long before we found another one if required.
Rosco lead us all over the joint, at a pace a bit brisk for some, at times. The weather was showery with occasional squalls. The tracks were sandy clays. The bush was wet and beautiful. Some classic rainforest that had me thinking:
"This is a cross between mountain biking and boxing. I can't let go of the bars and I can't hit back!" The vines were fairly thick in spots.
The Jackal did a awesome job getting that 350 every where the 2-diffed quads went, only needing a helping hand once. A quick discussion agreed that smoko was a good idea. While we had smoko, the Jackal packed up. Not chicken but had commitments. The really 4wd quad stuff started after smoko.....

Deep and deeper holes, bigger washouts and rougher tracks. Rosco was determined to show us everything this scenic spot had to offer.
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I managed to zig when everyone else zagged. Ended up with Teesh and I on our backsides in the mud, with the bike on it's side on dry land.
Naturally this happened at a very large boghole surrounded by a larger group of 4wd enthuiasts carrying a big variety of film and recording equipment
Put it on its wheels, mounted up and left them behind. And thanks for coming back Rusty! Only real wound was pride.
It was not long after that when the video , posted above, happened.
It was a combined effort to float that .....error onto more solid ground.
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Vonhammer towed the sulking yellow submarine to the nearest level ground.
The panels were taken off and we tipped her on its side to drain the airbox out. The sparkplugs came out wet. The sump overflowed out of the dipstick....
We looked at the options and got it figured.
Rather than be wizz kids on the track, we figured, don't start it. We'll just flat tow it back to camp. And Rosco can get done what needs to be done at home. We still had to negoiate a few gnarley bits and load it but Rusty and his trusty Grizzly did the tow-truck thing easy. He's made a top class hitch for it. While Vonhammer, Teesh and I swept for easier ways past things.
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Back at camp, I put the icing on Rosco's day by using that "China bike, you know? The good one!" to scull drag him onto his trailer. Rider, bike, brakes on and and all like a sling shot. Yee-Haa
Other than the naval incident, it was a top ride. We're all keen to meet up and do it again. A bit drier and slower perhaps.
P.S.
That afternoon and night, ex-tropical cyclone Olga dumped over another 100mm in that area.
P.S.S.
The Can-Am may be down, but it's not out. The full report isn't in yet,
but a few cleansing oil changes may well be all that's needed.
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[dangerman4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpy2NGLkKSo
u guys need one of these things as a lead vehicle

[Rossco]

Hey Dino the trip report just about sum's it right up I like the footage as well, now I can actually look back and laugh And yeah we'll be doing that trail again but I've got a few thing's planned for that particular water crossing I might trade the Outty in for one of those thing's in Dangerman's video

[The Jackal]

Hey Dino,
thanx mate for another great ride and sooooo much drier....
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