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Adamd
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 06:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Part 1:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16471&l=9392 2&id=575895428

Part 2:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16483&l=ffe3 c&id=575895428

Part 3:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16492&l=129a 6&id=575895428


PArt 4:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16493&l=4857 1&id=575895428


Part 5:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=16495&l=ea57 9&id=575895428


Enjoy!
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Khelton
Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 09:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So...how did it handle in the gravel ?

We are planning on running this road in Sept.
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Newbuellertoo
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 12:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Adam,
Beautiful pics. Thank you for posting them. Looks like it was a great trip!
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Treadmarks
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 06:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

+2 great pics, looks like you guys had a blast.
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Thunderbox
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 09:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That is one hell of a trip you took. Awsum ride thanks for the pictures.

Envious.
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Adamd
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 01:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"So...how did it handle in the gravel ?
We are planning on running this road in Sept."

We went the long way round to the Lab Highway.

The road from Blanc Sablon to Cartwright was perfect. I was passing my friend on the DRZ400 in the straights (50-60mph) I'd slow it down for the turns though. I was running stock pirelli scorps. They were OK... I was super pumped for GooseBay, thinking that it'd be a breeze...

The road from Goose Bay to The Manic 5 Dam is not so great to say the least.. As soon as you get out of Goose Bay, the road is loose and sandy. I have a good amount of dirt experience and let me tell you that the 17inch front just floats. I was fighting it the whole time at about 15mph. When I thought the road was clear I'd wick it up a bit, but prob not over 35.
It was a miserable f'kin experience. Find a knobby for the front. Use a TKC80 rear or something lol...

Watch the edges of the road. For 2 reasons.
1) I pulled over to stop and touched the rear brake and low and behold there was sand and whoosh! bye bye! That's the only time I binned it (except when the side stand broke)

2) The road gives out sometimes, so be careful. The truck in the ditch is proof. They usually have signs that indicate it, but just watch it.

WATCH FOR GRADERS! I hit the wake of dirt and almost lost it (My own fault, I wanted to go through it : D ) don't drive through the wake.
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Adamd
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 01:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh and that BMW1200GS was behind me the entire trip and he had way better tires ... : D: D: D
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Alchemy
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 01:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How much damage did the rock do to the belt? Did you eventually replace it?

Great pictures, thanks!
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Adamd
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 02:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Never changed the belt, it took a good hunk out of it. You can put your thumbnail in it a few mm deep.

I abuse her, clutchin up 2nd gear wheelies which stress that belt a lot and nothing yet. If it lasts to 25000miles I'll change it : D
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Alchemy
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 03:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for the belt feedback.

That tipped over Semi is wild. I bet the driver was browning the seat when that happened. I wouldn't want to call in that problem to the home office.
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Maximum
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 04:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Adamd said: "If it lasts to 25000miles I'll change it"

Good idea...My belt broke last night at 24,400 miles!
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Blake
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 04:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice! Thanks for sharing. : )
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Khelton
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 06:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"It was a miserable f'kin experience. Find a knobby for the front. Use a TKC80 rear or something lol... "

Figured it. As much as I love my Uly and as comfortable as it is for hours on end, this doesn't look like the Uly's kinda road. ( I'll just put a better seat on the XR, enjoy it less but with fewer hospital bills )

Tks for the feedback, we've been having a "disagreement" over this.
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Old_mil
Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 08:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Spectacular pictures - thanks for sharing them. One of these days I'm going to have to make my own foray into Nova Scotia and NE Canada.
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