JayBoRovers 101

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Brute

Did the same to mine last weekend John, did the back first. 40 mm of flare is all that's needed, did 40mm at the front too and then realised the front track is about 1" wider than the rear. Hopefully it will be good enough for the pits.

---

Mine is a 40mm flare too. I only measured the tyre protrusion at the back though because the front tyres weren't pointing straight ahead when I went out to do the measuring. I hadn't thought about the front track being different. I might have to check that one so thanks for the heads-up. I would have assumed the body would be panelled out to the same cover for the front regardless of the track, so would have thought the same 40mm extension should do it.

When are you going to be ready for the pits?

I,m pretty close John, just need to follow up on Stu's tip for the wipers, get theW4 challenge out of the way, and sort the engine so it runs better. I,m going to do the pits without a roof so hopefully that will be ok. What about you

Mine is close as far as what it needs for me to be comfortable to take it to the pits but a while away in time. My priority is getting my Dakar bike complete, in the crate and on it's way to Buenos Aires in the next couple of weeks. The I can start playing with the 101. So I might be similar timing to yourself and Stuee.

Mine is the same as yours and I am thinking of taking mine off and putting something wider on. Not sure of the laws but I think the entire tyre has to be covered not just the tread - if it is just the tread then that is great.

Irrespective of the - like mine, the pic of the rear shows that the tread is not covered by the mudflaps and rear bodywork. I will be using some rubber at the ends of the rear cross member to cover the tread at leas and moving the mudflaps across as well.

With mine - I get worried when I part it somewhere as you have found the vehicle attracts a lot of attention and sometimes the cops and while they are normally OK I am waiting for the defect notice on the mudflaps not covering the rear tread.

Garry

Another weekend and another wheel arch flare done - drivers side rear this time. At this rate ... :D

Some irony for the evening: The entry list for the 2015 Dakar Rally has been released and I'm number ... wait for it ... 101:cool:
I figure with me on my KTM #101 there'll be nothing we can't get around, through or over!
45 days to go!

Oh, and I fitted another wheel arch flare - this time the drivers side front, so only the passengers side front left to do. Pic's soon.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/11/266.jpg

Got the last of the four wheel arch flares done, so I celebrated by putting the 101 to work for the day!
Out on the fire break on my block, it gets a bit "squeezy" in a few places so I've been doing a little bit of trimming:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2014/11/3.jpg

Okay, maybe you could call it a fair bit of trimming:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2014/11/4.jpg

Got 3 good loads out and the firey's should be able to get through without losing too many heads now. Of course the downside is that my "fire-pile" is a bit high:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2014/11/5.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im.../2014/11/6.jpg

It was a great day to be out in the 101 though, even if only pottering around my 5 acres. Got to love that V8 exhaust note and sheer "grunt":burnrubber:!
I can't wait to get it licensed but that's going to wait until I get back from the Dakar now, so February sometime.

Not really a 101 post but I got my wheels back from Stuee the other day so put the 101 to work again today. Well ... not really working, just carting the pruning saws and some water for me, but it's more fun than driving the tractor and makes a nice background for the piccies;). Got a fair few waves from people driving past too!

It was my birthday earlier in the week, and Western Power, the power supply company that operates the power lines between my boundaries and the roads, were very thoughtful and tied some nice pink ribbons on my boundary fence on my birthday - 8 of them! Unfortunately it means I have 8 trees that need to be trimmed to maintain the power line clearance areas. So I grabbed my pruning tools and the 101 and set out.

Now you see it ...:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/12/325.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/12/326.jpg

... now you don't:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/12/327.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/12/328.jpg

Now I just have some "slicing and dicing" to do.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/12/329.jpg

I suspect my idea of "trimming" might differ from Western Power - or at least from the local council. The tree stepped out as 16m - the tallest tree I've dropped so far! It couldn't have gone any better, falling exactly where I planned (as opposed to over the fence and through the power lines and onto the road:eek:!). I can't drop the next one with a pink ribbon against it the same way because of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline easement. Mightn't be too good to rupture that!

So does this mean plenty of firewood for next winter, and is the idea of a working bee to help fund Dakar still on? (I'm still getting through the last lot of wood)