What a week!!

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What a week!!

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Well, its taken a while, but finally sorted..
Last Tues, the Doka was finally ready for its Controle Technique (MOT) and the exhaust blew a hole on the way there!!! patched it up and told the guy..
He failed it on no french registration!! and the number plate bulb not working.. the exhaust was just a remark as was play in the lower ball joints!! (but I could drive now for 2 months with a fail cert!!!)

Got to the Prefecture (local Gov office for registration) 5 mins before closing.. the girl wanted to go home, so she hardly looked at the papers and gave us the new registration.. :lol: :lol:
here it is that eve.
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A few bits of service etc and on Thurs it was loaded up for the french syncro club do in the Cantal. dropped in to the CT man to show him the reg doc and plates + the lights working and he gave us the pass.. off we go..
250km later.. some big climbs and the exhaust ewas blowing well.. repaired Fri morn.. and off onto the first set of trails.. wow... what a learning curve, steep narrow rocky climbs... with tight hairpins.. the skies open'd and made things interesting... for some!!!

top of a muddy forest climb that caused a few stuck syncros..
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Saturday saw more muddy and rocky tracks.. with one route climbing at impossible angles (well I wouldnt have thought possible!!) but being led by 2 of the most experienced syncro members.. I had not a lot of choice!! follow or chicken out and return to camp.. not an option..
We found a nice spot for lunch, by a small river..
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Sunday morning.. I was invited by the same experienced drivers to tag along again.. I couldnt have been too bad then!!!
This time it was the hairiest rocky track climb we had seen all weekend... barely wide enough for the syncro in places.. and I was wishing for more power even in G gear..
We finaly hit the lunch spot and the others arrived in groups after..
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What a great weekend.. again made to feel very welcome and my doka with its tyres was discussed in great depth.. several had seen how easy I made some climbs and crossed a soggy field where most had to use sheer speed and brute force.. (cant believe nobody broke anything..)
Some of you guys should try and make a "Special Sortie"

Sorry for not having many pics.. but by the time we realised it would have been a good photo opportunity.. we had crossed/climbed/etc it... There should be a bit of video coming my way, from the vehicle in front.. of a very tight down hill hairpin where I was playing at "sea saw"..... after having to do a reverse to get round.
Must get a digital camcorder...
Must get over for a 80-90 syncro do...
Got to do a few jobs to the old girl now though.. first being a new exhaust system!!!
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Post by Diamond Hell »

Thank heavens you've finally got it on/off the road.

More interesting from the driver's seat, isn't it?

You can't link pictures with a space in the file names, which is why your pics don't work.

I look forward to you fixing the links. :lol:
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Yeah realised that after I pressed, "post"... so just fixed them....

Yep.. it was Mmmmmm .. very interesting.. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Bloomin surprised myself at how well I coped... especially as it was my first time offroad propper!!!

Ready for more now though!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Suppose the habit has finaly hit hard!!! :lol: :lol:

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Nice one Si............and about time too! :D
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Oh.. should have said.. I did nearly 300KM down there.. and I reckon half of it was offroad... (but it may have just felt like that) the other half was just the link roads (very tight/steep/twisty in themselves and worth a drive) and a visit to the supermarket 6km away...

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Totally Jealous Si

Oh and your Doka looks good by the way

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Having seen some of the Dutch videos it's odd that those on the continent don't seem to have fully figured the importance of tyres and tyre-pressures.

Atacamas at under 20PSI on soft ground will make mnce-meat of most other things. Are they Atacamas, or are they just MTs, or something else all together?
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Glad you got it sorted mate, nice job of the work....enjoy :D
As Matt says, wish we were there, but hey it's actually as hot here as there if not hotter...dales weekend looking hot and humid : )

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The tracks were awesome..
Yep.. a lot were running road/at's.. and not many had pressured down..
I didnt either.. but as the tyres are super aggressive, it didnt matter.. prob a disadvantage on the rocky tracks, but I didnt seem to have a traction problem..
They are Blackstar Guyane's in 205/70R15, actually bigger than the BF Goodrich 215/75's that others had on!!
Was gonna get some tyres from CJ, but work/time/delivery all fell apart, he had a cracking price..

Ill post a couple of pics of the worst I had to repair..
Hope to see you mid Aug Aidan.. :)

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Nice report Simon - thanks!

Glad you had a good time and showed them your tracks - and didn't decide to reverse back out... there are few places they won't go - just watch deep mud and bogs, especially when diving down into them- that's when to temper that newborn confidence :)

Great though isn't it... looks nice!

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toomanytoys wrote:The tracks were awesome..

I agree with you, Si. There are some very nice tracks in Cantal.

My pictures and videos from this event are on my website :
http://www.181spirit.com/portail_phpBB/ ... hp?page=69

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Nice exposure!

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