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Cranky
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Location: Weipa
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 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:06 pm Post subject: Western Cape York Peninsular |
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One of the boys from work organized a bit of a trip down the western coast of the Cape york Peninsular , after a bit of begging with the boss we managed to get a few days off work, and also managed to get one of the supers at work to lend us the brand new Barge (which hadnt even been used for work purposes yet) and drive us across the river to get to our set off point.
We had a fair bit of a mix of quads, had my grizzly, a king quad, a polaris, a old and very well used Honda from one of the local stations and a unknown brand of quad... seriously, no one knew what brand it was.. no markings on it anywhere lol..
The drive down the coast is pretty easy really, but the tides played a bit of havoc and we had to head inland a few times and up over the cliffs as we couldnt get around the rocks below. We rode around 80km down the coast to a river called Norman River.. bloody top spot and really only accessible by either boat or quad.. (or foot if u were that stupid).
heres a map of roughy where we went.. its basically from the very top of the page to the bottom left hand side of the page.
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&ll=-12.884102,141.865768&spn=0.334679,0.617294&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=11
I'll let the pics do the talking
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ltd800r
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:24 am Post subject: |
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fox'n
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Top looking country! looks like a great adventure...i am jealous!
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dan1el101
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sort of a stupid question but why are there no waves over that side of the head?
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Guttruck
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Joined: 14 Nov 2011
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Location: Palmerston NT
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome great pics
My mates and I use to do similar trips but only for the day strap the esky on and fishing rods and off we would go.
Miss it so much that am looking at getting back into it.
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Dino
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Top stuff Cranky. I'd rather be up there riding quads and dealing with saltwater crocodiles than talking about legal quad riding to the George St variety of crocks down here!
BTW, that unknown bike, it's a CF Moto.
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Cranky
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Joined: 12 Apr 2010
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Location: Weipa
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| Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Guttruck wrote: | Awesome great pics
My mates and I use to do similar trips but only for the day strap the esky on and fishing rods and off we would go.
Miss it so much that am looking at getting back into it.
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It went well mate, but so did all the bikes 
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GRIZZLY700
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AWESOME PICS MATE. 
Bloody great country this one of ours.
Cannot wait to get up there one day.
Cheers
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can-am 800rxmr
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Joined: 09 Nov 2011
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Hey Cranky love your pics looks like you all had a ball of a time. I'd love to do the same type of ride around the top of QLD but how and where do you even start in planning a trip like this?. Any help or pointers would be great Thanks
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OzTEXS
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Joined: 02 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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yeah great pics mate .. thanks for sharing
the grizzly certainly looked the part !
I WANT ONE !!
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Banff
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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| That looks like an awesome trip. |
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Guttruck
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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hi cranky
i see you have the full ricochet skid plate set up
what is the quality and fit like
dont they do a better job then the standard setup
dont you think it is money well spent
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GRIZZLY700
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject: Ricochet Skids |
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Hi Guttruck,
Mate I have the full ricochet skids including floor boards on my Grizzly 700.
I think they are the best after market product that I have fitted to my bike. The quality and fit is AWESOME. I cannot fault them and they have paid for themselves many times over. They are also dead easy to fit and I am no handy man by any stretch of the imagination.
When I buy another bike in the future this will be the first after market accessory that will go on the bike.
The advantage is the confidence you get knowing that the complete underside of your bike is protected.
Price wise they were not cheap keeping in mind that I had to have mine shipped to me here in Tassie. I bought mine from Graham from www.atvoffroad.com.au in QLD. Graham is a legend and knows what customer service is all about.
Mate hope that helps if you are thinking about getting a set.
Cheers
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Dino
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+ 1 for Graham @ ATV OffRoad.
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Guttruck
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info
Am going to get a set for sure just wanted to make sure they where top quality as have not seen any in person.
Just have to look into front protection now as the radiator on the kingquad seams not to well protected.
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Cranky
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Location: Weipa
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Richochet is definatly worth the money man!
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heading over next year to do this...... Sam Nolan better get ready lol
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kingchevy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Just sorted the barge planning the trip looking forward to some more runs next better get those artuc cats ready. |
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Huskygoat
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Are u ready .... 7 of us this year
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kingchevy
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| Are you coming over for the trip to the tip again? |
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