I thought I might throw this out there to see if anyone may be interested
If so we should start a new thread.

Weekend (extended) coffee ride on the 15 Th of October to PHILLIP ISLAND for the GP.

The Missus and I are playing around with the idea of a   pilgrimage   to the Island .

We have not purchased tickets yet and have yet to decide about camping or not.
Me thinking renting a house off the Island may be more comfortable/cost effective  and befitting the high standard
Monster owners are more accustomed too  
especially in the event of Brian going and the higher than normal chance of inclemency  
sharing costs and at least getting away from the drunken riff raff around the campsites
oh hang on that's us    

So for the journey if anyone has a route that is more interesting than highway please throw your
knowledge and map into the suggestion box.
I am thinking two days of riding down there ,with camping if the weather is good, Pub's if not.

Not set in stone yet just a whiff of an idea ,
we have to clear children/pets and job constraints before
we commit .

I have emailed a real estate in San Remo (just over the bridge) with request for availability and prices
as the Island is already pretty heavily booked.

Sorry mate,..........can't make it anyway that weekend........so you will be ok with the weather.....

A friend of mine recently had his ducati rebuilt and a new exactfit timing belt fitted. Less than 500kms later bike seizes and mechanic who fixed the bike said the belt had failed and all the notches were stripped off. Would this be covered by some kind of warranty from belt manufacturer?

Spotted these "items" on the net

Quote from: macca on April 17, 2011, 12:23:47 AM
A friend of mine recently had his ducati rebuilt and a new exactfit timing belt fitted. Less than 500kms later bike seizes and mechanic who fixed the bike said the belt had failed and all the notches were stripped off. Would this be covered by some kind of warranty from belt manufacturer?

Hey Macca that sounds a bit sus to me .
More than likely poor valve cam rocker assembly, ie dropping a valve buy the collets not seated, rocker arm moved from position locating clip moved, seized cam?
If it was only the belt had stripped you will only have a few bent valves?
But that can be easily proved buy an independent mechanic.
Or buy some one that know what they are looking at.
You might best to start a new thread on this more people might see it and or on the main forum

Rob

Thanks Rob i started new thread. I thought it sounded sus too as i have only heard good things about those belts.

Hi Rob i just found out it was just the valves that were bent.

Quote from: Brian W on April 17, 2011, 01:12:06 AM
Spotted these "items" on the net

They put these in racing yachts to keep the weight down, average cost for a custom built one is about $10,000

Well the original battery finally died on the DS, so I got one from these people and also a charger, a CTEK XS800 which is a pissa!?

The battery delivered, ( Yuasa ) was cheaper than quoted by local shops by anything from $20-$35 over the counter, and the charger was on special apparently.

Have a look at www.batteriesdirect.com.au for your needs.

Here is a Vid for the CTEK range of chargers.

Ctek Battery Chargers Video - batteriesdirect.com.au

Quote from: dragonworld on April 21, 2011, 02:51:45 AM
Well the original battery finally died on the DS, so I got one from these people and also a charger, a CTEK XS800 which is a pissa!?

The battery delivered, ( Yuasa ) was cheaper than quoted by local shops by anything from $20-$35 over the counter, and the charger was on special apparently.

Have a look at www.batteriesdirect.com.au for your needs.

cheers for the info dragon

interesting video - don't know why they included HD in with Mercedes, Porsche, Lamborghini as an elite motoring brand!!

and what was the classic bike doing in a puddle?

anyhow worth a look! 

I have a cteck, mainly for charging the battery's on the 4by.

And they are very robust, Dragged mine down the road for about a kilometer under the 4by.
Forgot to unplug it
Just a mild case of road rash,still works fine

Quote from: Paul on April 24, 2011, 11:52:09 PM

                                    Is that the new star of the latest block buster ?


                                                       THOR

Paul... ....by chance.... ....do you reside on the Northern beaches............?