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Finke Training Run #1
Date 20/Feb/16
3 Riders Acid Gloves Eddy, Inver, XRCass
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Inver, XRCass (and Eddy)

Inver's riding three times a week when not working and is getting bike and rider ready for Finke. I volunteered to do some sand miles, sand whoops, sand straights and then a few more miles of whooped out sandy straights on the way back to help out with his training. All good except I like to stop for a breather now and then. Whenever I pulled over for a stop his helmet and goggles stayed firmly in place even when the motor was killed so we could talk - I got the message - keep riding buddy. 2.5 hrs straight before the first real stop (what is this an ironman event?) at a new cafe in Woodridge. Pie and cool drink for the fuel tank (salad roll and powerade for the healthy guy) - nothing for Eddy. Another 2 hrs of familiar sand back to OVT - including a cautious but unneeded stop for go-gas at Yanchep servo. Its hard to gauge fuel consumption when sitting on 100kmh+ in boggy sand for an extended period so it was my call to topup just in case but turns out we didn't
need it. The ktm and honda both have had recent rebuilds which is great for improving fuel economy. Back to OVT and Inver mentions he's going out again the next day ... not me.

140km of sand and cold beer in hand by 12.30 - not a bad sunday morning.

(P.S. I hooked up the cam facing backwards this time - just above the muffler ... actually works better than I thought it would ... some great roost and awesome sound and you get to see the second rider 'chasing'. Will edit some bits together sometime and post up.)

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