ajcmbrown
Husqvarna
Pro Class
Over the previous weekend, May 6-7 the Yass Vinduro was held on a private property in, you guessed it, Yass!
There was a big turnout of bikes and riders which were eligible under the rules of VTR, Vintage Trail Riders, the only criteria is "no USD forks, no rear disk brakes, a headlight (doesn't have to work) and pre 1995".
My 1988 400WR just scrapes in under these rules.
Each loop of the circuit is 24 kms long but there are a couple of short cuts which cut the loop down to as little as 7 kms, 14 kms or 21 kms if my memory serves me.
Surprize drove 7 hours from Bendigo in Victoria to attend on his '85 400WR, and another good friend Peter Gell drove even further for the event.
Surprize proved to be blindingly quick on his 400, I tried to keep up but in the thick dust I nailed a 8 inch square rock and pinched my front tube, man was that a slow 15 kms back to camp!
Another friend, Neil Frost drove down from Sydney with his 1986 400WR on board which I did a 21km loop on, only to have the muffler fall off! After a bit of a wait for the muffler to cool down, I shoved it down my shirt and rode rather carefully (so I didn't take any core samples of my body) back to camp. These incidents were on consecutive loops, I was hoping things would start improving very soon!
Things did improve, and the next three loops went without incident.
Many beers were enjoyed on the Saturday night, many tales were told, mostly by Surprize, many laughs were had accordingly!
Looking forward to the next Vinduro event!
Tony.
Yours truly!
Surprize
Surprize
Me again.
There was a big turnout of bikes and riders which were eligible under the rules of VTR, Vintage Trail Riders, the only criteria is "no USD forks, no rear disk brakes, a headlight (doesn't have to work) and pre 1995".
My 1988 400WR just scrapes in under these rules.
Each loop of the circuit is 24 kms long but there are a couple of short cuts which cut the loop down to as little as 7 kms, 14 kms or 21 kms if my memory serves me.
Surprize drove 7 hours from Bendigo in Victoria to attend on his '85 400WR, and another good friend Peter Gell drove even further for the event.
Surprize proved to be blindingly quick on his 400, I tried to keep up but in the thick dust I nailed a 8 inch square rock and pinched my front tube, man was that a slow 15 kms back to camp!
Another friend, Neil Frost drove down from Sydney with his 1986 400WR on board which I did a 21km loop on, only to have the muffler fall off! After a bit of a wait for the muffler to cool down, I shoved it down my shirt and rode rather carefully (so I didn't take any core samples of my body) back to camp. These incidents were on consecutive loops, I was hoping things would start improving very soon!
Things did improve, and the next three loops went without incident.
Many beers were enjoyed on the Saturday night, many tales were told, mostly by Surprize, many laughs were had accordingly!
Looking forward to the next Vinduro event!
Tony.
Yours truly!
Surprize
Surprize
Me again.
clipped something big in the grass...gave the bump stops on the ohlins a real fright. great weekend and good fun. video under production