Bermagui Shed Days December 6&7

[ribbert]

Phil, if you want to wrench the title away from Bermagui you'd better get busy on eBay and BikeSales. According to the Bureau of Statistics, you'd need 8.9 FJ's to match them and another 0.1 of an FJ to beat them  

Noel

Noel, there are 6 Fj's in town, Greg has 2. You also need to take into consideration that 5 of the 6 in town are the best models made, red and white 1100's.
  Regards, Pete.
  Ps. Are you still an FJ owner Noel? Haven't seen your fine example for quite a while. Not too sure if you haven't crossed totally over to the dark side. (German Harleys)  

Haha, I'm not going to re do the maths but 6 bikes only further extends your unassailable lead.

Yes Pete, and I still do 90% of my miles on the FJ and ride it every day. It's just that a 1000km day at speed through the mountains in all weather to your's or Troy's place is the very thing the Kraut bike was made for and excels at and trips like that is really the only time it comes out.

I will be on the FJ next manshed, the other one needs a few things doing to it anyway, so to speak. I came home from Troy's on this road and the only car I saw in first 4-5 hours ran me off the road, it took me over an hour to get it back on the road, I can still smell the clutch. Much of this track is single vehicle width and meeting an oncoming car more often than not requires one of them reversing until a spot they can pass is reached.

What few locals there are will only drive at night when they can see headlights well in advance of the actual oncoming vehicle.


Credit: Stock Photo


I had to remove all the luggage from the bike and shed my cold weather gear to get it onto the road and must have dropped my heated vest controller there somewhere, I won't be going back for it! Coming from this end would have me on the outside most of the time and that would just be suicidal.

It is suggested that not only should a chain saw be carried but sharpening equipment as well, along with shovels and crow bars to move land falls and rocks as turning around is not possible for considerable distances. On my trip there were sections where zig-zagging at walking speed between scattered rocks up to football size was necessary.
It took me until early afternoon to do 230km.

The FJ's much better at this stuff.

Noel

[Troyskie]

I'm in fellas! But I have my work Xmas party on the 6th, so I can only make the Saturday.

[Troyskie]

I have ordered the six wide fibre discs with one narrow, a new Yamaha clutch spring, SS Clutch Line.
I already have a gasket and a new cover.
Gavin

Gav, follow this method http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1808.0
Dump the narrow fibre and replace it with a full size. Throw away the retainer spring, you don't need it.
You can do this job with the bike on the side stand.
As Pete suggests, bring a gasket & you won't need it, but if you don't bring one....
I've not had an issue with my 11 or  12 since doing the above method. I use one old diaphram spring doubled on a new one.

[Troyskie]

I came home from Troy's on this road and the only car I saw in first 4-5 hours ran me off the road, it took me over an hour to get it back on the road, I can still smell the clutch. Much of this track is single vehicle width and meeting an oncoming car more often than not requires one of them reversing until a spot they can pass is reached.

What few locals there are will only drive at night when they can see headlights well in advance of the actual oncoming vehicle.

https://wickedwalkabout.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Australias-Most-Dangerous-Public-Road-McKillops-Road-Victoria.jpg

I had to remove all the luggage from the bike and shed my cold weather gear to get it onto the road and must have dropped my heated vest controller there somewhere, I won't be going back for it! Coming from this end would have me on the outside most of the time and that would just be suicidal.


Noel

That is a huge bummer Noel, you all good?

[racerrad8]

I have ordered the six wide fibre discs with one narrow...

Gavin

Gav,

If doing the WCD Mod,  you'll need 7.

Randy - RPM

[Tuned forks]

If Randy is referring to the adding a clutch disc in place of a steel mod, then I wholeheartedly recommend it.  My clutch was slipping during Kookaloo moments but now it holds solid and that's with just one Yamaha clutch spring.

Joe

[racerrad8]

If Randy is referring to the adding a clutch disc in place of a steel mod, then I wholeheartedly recommend it.  My clutch was slipping during Kookaloo moments but now it holds solid and that's with just one Yamaha clutch spring.

Joe

Nope,  I would never recommend removing a steel floater in favor of a fiber.

You need 7 if you remove the most inward narrow clutch disc, cushion spring and wear ring.

Randy - RPM

[Tuned forks]

Oh yeah, that was it.  Sure worked great!

Joe

[fj-f3a]

I have ordered the six wide fibre discs with one narrow...

Gavin

Gav,

If doing the WCD Mod,  you'll need 7.

Randy - RPM

Randy and Troy

Sorry for the confusion.
I have ordered the RPM kit which contains 7 wide and 1 narrow disc so, it appears I have ordered the correct kit.
I mistakenly thought the kit contained 6 wide discs.

Troy, which day are U leaving, Friday?

Gavin

[Sparky84]

14 days til bike packing time 

Any fires down your way Pete & Alf?

Also hoping there's no fires on the way down that are closing the roads.

[oldktmdude]

   G'day Al, no fires down this way yet although it's very dry down here. We've just got back from a 8 day ride up north, as far as just over the Queensland border and compared to to what we saw, we have it pretty good down here. Hopefully it stays that way. What's happened to the time, its gone so fast!
Looking forward to catching up with everybody.
  Regards, Pete.  

[Sparky84]

  What's happened to the time, its gone so fast!
Looking forward to catching up with everybody.
  Regards, Pete.  

Well that's what happens when you go and Retire Pete!

Did you have to change your routes due to the fires?

[fj-f3a]

Alan

Which day will you be leaving and have you a preferred route?
I am hoping to leave Thursday and travel via Tumbarumba.
Trying to get more than two days off at this time of the year, near on impossible.

Gavin

[oldktmdude]

Well that's what happens when you go and Retire Pete!

Did you have to change your routes due to the fires?

I haven't retired yet Al, I consider myself as semi-retired. We intended to ride via Waterfall Way down to Grafton but due to fires we had to go through Dorrigo, Bellingen and Glenreagh. We passed through Glenreagh at about 3pm and had to use our headlights to see where we were going until about 15kms from Grafton.
The smoke was incredible and we were bombarded with ash and debris from the fires. Apart from that our ride was not affected too badly. Our timing was pretty good as more and more roads were being closed after we had left. We covered nearly 4,000 kms and traveled on some great roads and saw some awesome and  shocking sights with the drought and recently burnt bushland.
  Regards, Pete.
P.S Gav, if you need any info on the roads to get down here via Tumbarumba let me know.

[Sparky84]

Alan

Which day will you be leaving and have you a preferred route?
I am hoping to leave Thursday and travel via Tumbarumba.
Trying to get more than two days off at this time of the year, near on impossible.

Gavin

Sounds like it might be Thursday.
As for route, not northwards