Wilpena Pound 2nd run.

Tolong

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In just over 12hrs time Camel and myself will again be heading for wilpena pound, this time for 4 days.

The weather looks great and will be able to take in a few more of the dirt tracks surrounding the area,,, should be good.
 

Tolong

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Well we are leaving in exactly 1 hr 45 mins ::001:: This time we are more prepared for the dirt with both of us having fitted K60 scouts WOOOHOOO!!! ::015::
 

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Got back late last night after deciding to cut the trip short by a day. During one of our gorge rides Camel was unlucky enough to badly twist his knee after placing his foot on a rock to steady himself.

The ride up there was perfect and the traffic was minimal, reaching the campsite I begun to wonder if we had come at the the right time as there were people everywhere!!
Easter in the Flinders Ranges is a very popular spot and its not hard to see why. With peacefull star lit nights to crisp mornings the atmosphere is relaxed and the people are friendly.

Our bikes attracted alot of interest as many people either had never seen them before or were astonished at the amount of gear we were able to comfortably bring without any trouble at all. This combined with the fact that we able to ride hassle free through the surrounding gorges and creek beds was a instant ice breaker with people keen to come and talk to us about our adventures.

The gorges themselves were quite busy with easter campers from around the globe converging on the area with a spirit of exploration. We met people from America, Germany, Asia and also interstate travellers keen to get away from it all and discover the wonders that our great state has to offer.

The tracks through the gorges where getting rough from tyre wear at times and were alittle scary but our bikes performed flawlessly, with the only thing to start rattling was my dashboard display. With roughly 100+ kms on winding dirt tracks, creek beds and crossings this little hiccup was easily forgotten as the majesty of the terrain was leaving a deep impression on our minds.

At this point id better mention the dropping of my bike before Camel dobs me in!! HA. We had just entered Bunnyeroo Gorge and were crossing our first small creek when I made a split second decision to go around it rather than following my instincts to just go through it. Camel has video of it and you will see the low speed impact was easily avoidable but was a lesson we both had to learn about the bike. My front wheel managed to find some very mushy ground and just dug in, loosing momentum and forcing me to just lay it down as gently as i cound manage.

Resulting damage was a few small scratches on the left panel and a small dent on the top right side of the tank. The dent is still debatable as to weather the spill caused it or at some other stage i managed to do something that i have no memory off!! Either way with pounding these bikes took this small amount of damage was easily acceptable.

Ill post a short slide show and video of our ride, again taken with my HTC desire phone with Camel compiling a more detailed video of the ride taken from his helmet cam...

Hope you enjoy!!

Yamaha Super Tenere Wilpena2nd run
 

spklbuk

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Spectacular place to ride! Thanks for posting. Anxious to see the helmet cam views.
 

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Was a great trip. Cant really add any more to the post by Tolong, apart from the film crew we run into out in the middle of nowhere. They were filming a scene for a movie about Ronald Biggs, the great train robbery guy. Tolong may be able to add more info, I stopped listing after I found out we couldn't be extras HA.

I got some good footage out in the gorges from the helmet camera, and looking back over it, the is some very beautiful scenery. Will try getting some footage up for interested viewers, just so much to go through, I have to decide what to leave out.

Anyway heres a couple of pics.






 

Tolong

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After some more inspection of the bike ive found that the slight movement of the dash is normal and was acctually my head stem nut that had come loose!!!! ???

Also going back through my distorted memory Ive come to realise that the small dent in my tank was from when we first pulled up at the camp, I placed my helmet on the mirror and it fell off.. Landing on my tank producing the dent...... :mad:
 

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Thanks Guys.

And Camel, It's hard figuring out what to leave out. I feel your pain :D
 

bikerdoc

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Guys (Tolong & Camel) looking forward to reading and viewing the photos of your planned trip to the big red rock, ok, ok, monolith then... anyway, this and your previous run to the pound were tops. Tolong, do you think that had you been on your HD you would have so much interest from all and sundry this trip? How you feel with your decision late one night/early morning when you couldn't sleep to part company with the HD and go full monty with the S10?

Will keep watching for your red rock butt buster... ::017::
 
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