 Clake Auction
August 14, 2008, 09:14:37 PM by David Smith
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Owen Hutchison from Clake Australia, has made available a Clake (Combination Clutch and Brake) system for an on-line auction.
The patented CLAKE is a combined clutch and rear brake lever for motorcycles and ATVs. Use your rear brake and clutch independently, or combined, for flexibility and sensitivity - in all riding conditions.
The Clake system retails at $1298.00, and includes fitting (valued at $120.00) provided you can get your bike to Owen's Melbourne based workshop. Bikes with cable-operated clutch will need to mount a hydraulic slave cylinder to actuate the lever at the clutch housing. This modification is not part of this auction, but can be installed by Owen and is supplied complete with a hydraulic line and mounting bracket if required.
For more information, go to www.clake.com.au or email Owen at ovhutch@bigpond.net.au
Auction closes at Midnight September 1st. 2008.
Opening bid has been placed by Wade E at $500.00
Please post your bids below in a reply to this post.
Or email your bid to amtramag@hotmail.com and i will post it here for you.
Note: All bids will be taken in the order they are recived
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Ouyen Ride 12 & 13 july
July 29, 2008, 10:39:02 PM by Wade E
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OUYEN, WHAT A SANDBLAST
12 & 13 July 2008 by Wade Evans
After a 6 hour drive to get to the start of Big Als Desert ride saw me walking into the Ouyen pub at 9 o’clock Friday night looking for someone I knew and finding none at first, hmmm not a good start until, Mark Salter’s familiar face came into view. After a beer I found out that the rest of the crew were still eating elsewhere in the pub after Al and few others had been out riding most of dayand they looked stuffed. Must have been one very tough day Alex. More amtra members arrived over the next 2 hours and at midnight feeling tired I found my room and went to bed.
Saturday morning, with breakfast and Als bike maintenance session done 16 riders filed out of town heading for Hattah Lakes 35km north following the sandy, tight and at times whooped out trail next to the railway line. This gave Serge and Aaron our back up crew loads of photo opportunities. Having never ridden in sand before the 35km was a real education for me. Deep loose sand plays havoc with your steering, following tyre tracks from riders in front rather than where you want your front wheel to go. Stand on the pegs lean back and keep the power on and don’t stop, was the advice from Shane. This worked but took some confidence to master.We cleaned out the general store at Hattah Lakes of all their hot food and refuelled our bikes ready for more trails. Another facet of riding the desert is speed. There many wide open roads that must be travelled to connect up with the more challenging tracks, so speeds up to 100km/h on hard packed sand are the norm slowing at times for the odd bend or soft sand section and the thought of kangaroos bounding out of the scrub and into your path are never far away. The challenging tracks were worth the long drive they were AWESOME some following fence lines, round dry salt lakes others tightly twisting through the mallee bush like a skier on a slalom course, and up and down whooped out sand ridges resulting in smiles and sweaty faces at the next regroup. Mopoke is name of a bush camp where would stop for lunch, Serge and Aaron had set up in a hut here and had salad rolls tea, coffee, soup, fruit and cakes ready for 16 grateful riders. Well done to you both. Mark at this stage had hurt his left foot and elected to ride the DR650 back to Ouyen with John and Steve, and then all the way to Melbourne the next day. Upon his return Mark spent most of the next week in Alfred Hospital with broken bones in his left foot.
Dave had been tailman up until lunch so I took over from him, more fantastic tracks after lunch, more high speed straights and corners to miss. I then had the opportunity to take a few pictures along the way. Hayden and Rowan were having a big day out riding the wheels off their bikes giving the back markers, mostly me a good sand blast on their way past to the front again. It was now late in the afternoon, Al had us all on our way home, which seemed the long way back, however heading in the right direction and still in daylight until we rolled up behind Haydens Husky which had ceased all forward motion. Tim and Hayden checked the Husky’s engine for signs of life and finding none decided that the Husqvarna should be towed home and not be set on fire as some had suggested. Alex had volunteered as the tow truck on the all conquering KTM450 for the slow, cold trip back to Ouyen. In the now fast disappearing daylight for the rest of us it was back to business lights on following the ever winding sandy track along side the railway line to Ouyen.
Ouyen pub on Saturday night is the focal point for local entertainment being that nothing else was open we had our meals and liquid refreshments here, and while most of the crew partied well into the night the tired old bloke with his eyes hanging out his cheeks called it quits at 10pm.
Sunday and nearly a full nights does wonders to an aching body, only waking once to the noise of some pissed as locals out in the street trying coax some life out the dead Husky on Hayden’s trailer.
Breakfast, Big Al looking bright as a button was in the centre of much discussion over where we would ride, who was riding or not, which bike was going back on whose trailer etc. while light rain fell on cold early morning. Back to Hattah was the popular decision and at about 9 we were underway again this time using some of opposite side of the railway line before changing over to the now well formed 30 odd km track used the day before. Again topping up fuel tanks at Hattah saw us heading for parts unknown under a dry, but uncertain sky. Exploring some that tracks took us in a North West direction (I think) we moved onward and with Tafun as tailman there would be no slacking off. Moving quickly through low mulga scrub slowing only when a mob of Kangaroos crossed our path and a quick stop to check out some old buildings, eventually ending up at water tank on private property with sheep carcases scattered about the place and know land marks to go by. After some back tracking with Jay keeping us entertained along the way leaping the Yamaha off anything he could find to leap off (making mental here not to crash in front him) Al got us back to what he thought was the right road only problem was a 4WD vehicle some way down the road was seemingly blocking our path. Was this an angry farmer whose land we had mistaking been riding around on. One way to find out and that was to send Shane down there and ask and that way only he would get shot at instead of all of us. Sounded reasonable to me. Shane came back explaining that the police had been called and we had better get out of here Quick! I had my finger on the start button until Shane took his helmet off revealing a smile. Jake had parked his 4WD down the road with lunch and drinks waiting for us to turn up.
Some open roads after lunch and speeds were up using the banks on either side as berms or if you over cook the corner as a jump, lots of fun to be had but sadly the afternoon shadows were pointing the direction we had to return to. A short haul back over some more sandy ridges saw the group back at the railway and sandblasting our way back to Ouyen for the last time.A big thank you to Alan White for all his organising, navigating and never ending wit also Aaron & Serge for their support roles and photography, Saturday lunch was fantastic guys.
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 First Class Motorcycles
August 18, 2008, 10:42:56 PM by David Smith
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First Class Motorcycles is having a huge sale
and have decided to let the local Motorcycle clubs know about it before they open it to the public.
On Friday 29th August commencing at 6pm and going through till 9pm we will be opening the doors to club members only.
All 2008 Fox gear ( and there is lots ) is going at 30% off, superceded Fox gear at up to 50% off, all 2008 Thor gear at 20% off. These special discounts apply to club members only on the night for the 3 hour period. We have a huge range of other accessories that will be on special as well and there will be a barbeque supplied from 7pm on with free soft drinks .
You are welcome to come and take advantage of these great specials and have first dibbs at the huge range of gear.Proof of membership is required.
Looking forward to seeing you there on Friday 29th August 08
Regards Aidan Mc Conville.
First Class Motorcycles
26 John St Lilydale Vic 3140
03 97397277 fax 03 97397010
www.firstclassmotorcycles.com.au
e-mail firstclassmotorcycles@bigpond.com.au
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Trailriding with AMTRA
July 01, 2007, 01:13:03 AM by David Smith
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ABOUT AMTRA
AMTRA is a club that was formed to cater specially for the Trailrider. AMTRA is a non-competitive club and holds rides throughout Victoria. Our members organise rides in areas they know or want to explore. Club members are invited to participate via the rides being advertised on the web site or the clubs monthly newsletter, AMTRACTION as well as at the monthly meeting.
AMTRA was formed on the 16th of January 1969 and the first meeting was held at Milledge Brothers Yamaha with 24 people in attendance. The club membership varies and in the mid seventies had over 500 members. We average around 300 members a year at present. AMTRA members have always been very pro-active at Trail riding and helping to preserve the rights of trailbike riders and access to the track network for riders of registered trailbikes.
AMTRA rides consist mainly of day rides however we also have weekend, Easter and Christmas camps organised by members. Rides are held in all areas of Victoria with day rides reasonably close to Melbourne being very popular. AMTRA owns a property south of Myrtleford in northern Victoria which is free for members to use as base to explore the Alpine areas. There is direct access to the track network from our property and it is a very popular place for members to base rides from. As we ride on gazetted roads all members must have a valid licence or Learners Permit and a registered bike.
AMTRA members have also been known to organise the occasional car rally, 4wd trip, theatre night and restaurant night. We encourage families to enjoy the camping and social activities the club runs.
AMTRA meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month (except for December) from around 8 pm onwards at the St Davids Church hall opposite Tunstall Square Shopping Centre in Doncaster East. Meetings comprise of brief reports on club business, ride reports and details about coming events and often have a DVD of recent rides showing. All members as well as visitors are encouraged to come to the meetings and socialise with other members.
AMTRA fees comprise of a once off joining fee and a yearly subscription. The fees are very reasonable and the clubs fund raising subsidises the yearly fees in order to keep the fees down. The current fees are listed in the store on this web site. The fees include 11 copies of our magazine Amtraction either posted to you or downloaded from the web site as well as access to the members’ pages of the web site for details on the latest rides and other articles of interest.
For those of you in NSW and South Australia, AMTRA also has branches in those states.
To Join AMTRA Click Here
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