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Tech Information => Technical Discussion => Topic started by: Glen on February 27, 2006, 12:27:40 PM
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For all of you going to the March meet down under, the best of luck, hope all of you have a safe trip and set the records you are seeking. I will be with you in spirit. Jon, Joe Mike, Sam & John all all of your support members. Go fast. Jon thanks for all you are doing to keep us posted during the event. Wish I wasa there to time you. :D
Glen
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Im just finishing a few things here, bank, emergency phone numbers, will, health insurance..Clean dog poo from backyard, clean furnace... man all the little things that the wife makes you do...
Got bags packed and im ready to goto the airport, just waiting for the wife to come pick me up... You know that means she has to leave work early to take me there... Someone has to work around here to pay for the trip... She is a good gal, im lucky to have her... 12 years of married and she still puts up with me...
I will be checking the internet as soon as I arrive to make sure everthing works, so Feb 1, we arrive about 8 am.. Funny we leave on the 27th and get there the 1st... And shortly after Ill be checking the internet and posting the first few pictures of the arrival, and again when we unpack the containers,, then off to the salt...
Jon
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Jon..before you shoot any fotos, take a look around and see if other Americans are holding their cameras upside down. An Oz's camera would already be programmed and could lead you astray.
Since it's digital, there may be a setting in the program that will automatically switch the image.
You could have serious problems if you shoot a sunrise and it's inverted. Porta potties could be intimidating if not properly oriented.
Guidance from G'Pa Freud
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Jon..before you shoot any fotos, take a look around and see if other Americans are holding their cameras upside down. An Oz's camera would already be programmed and could lead you astray.
Since it's digital, there may be a setting in the program that will automatically switch the image.
You could have serious problems if you shoot a sunrise and it's inverted. Porta potties could be intimidating if not properly oriented.
Guidance from G'Pa Freud
It's not an issue EVERYTHING is upside down.....so in relative terms there is no problem , I just looked out the window and checked!....much looking forward to meeting everybody which I gather will take a while 'cause there's so many of you coming....sleep all you can on the 'plane because you're gonna have trouble keeping up with it when you get here.The day you lose on the way here will be held in escrow for you until you go home again :wink:
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8:50 PM Pacific Standard time.
Jon just called me from the DENVER Airport. Their flight has been delayed all day. First airplane problems and then when that was repaired the crew had been on shift too long. It will be another hour before they can leave Denver for San Francisco. Their scheduled flight has already left for Australia with Jon and Joe sitting in Denver. After they arrive in San Fran they can not get a departure until around 10 PM Pacific time on Tuesday. That automatically puts them 24 hours late in arriving. Part of the people that were at the airport in San Fran were bumped and shipped to Los Angeles. They will fly directly to Aidelade. Jon and Joe don't know if their luggage will keep up with them If not they are screwed. There are spare bike parts, the satellite link for the computer and miscellaneous other stuff in the bags.
The next problem is that all of the fellows have to be there at one time to pick up the bikes. If Joes bike is unloaded w/o him being there a great chance exists that the fairing will be broken. It's a jig saw puzzle the way the crate is built around the bike.
The other immediate problem is that both of them are starved and they can't get off the plane.
Australia..........be ready to make adjustments for these blokes. They will need all the help they can get.
God Bless United Airlines. Maybe this is why they are banko.
FREUD
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Thats bloody bad news , I will make some calls this end to Paul Rogers who is putting them up in Adelaide and see what we can do this end , did Jim Higgins get the correct flight ? , we should be able to pick up his bike if Joe /jon are not there on time , as to the luggage ,thats a different story , I tried Joes # but it was not available , will try again later , Im sure it can be worked out for the good :)
Gary
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Ok here is the deal.. First I get to DIA extra early to meet Joe when he gets off of his plane at 3:33 pm from Rapid City.. Found out that our 5:50 PM flight to San Fran is delayed until 7 PM. Ok not a problem that would leave us like 1 1/2 hours to make the connection flight to Sydney.. We board the plane at 6:45.. About 7:10 comes and the pilot states that they have a fuel leak and repair crews are working on it... Comes back on 10 minutes later and says fuel leak is repaired but the bad news is the crew has will have been flying to long and the flight has to be cancelled.. Everybody off the plane.... We reboard the same plane at 9:30 pm and when we get aboard the new pilot comes on and says that arriving flights to San Fran have been delayed and we cannot take off for over an hour... We finally get into San Fran and guess what the baggage department is closed and will not let us get our luggage. COme back tomorrow they say... They put us up at a hotel for the night,, but we have to check out by 11 am, and the next flight out is 10:15 PM on Tuesday which puts us about 24 hours behind everybody else.. Should not be too much of an issue as long as our luggage is found, the group is not leaving for Port Augusta until the 3rd... This puts us in the morning of the 2nd...
Part of the Other group that left out of San Fran directly got split up due to overbooking of the flight.. So some had to split up and leave out of LAX to Adelaide and not Sydney...
The pilot did come on to say that they were now featuring Broke Back Mountain for the in flight video to San Fran...
Let this be our "Hitch" for the trip.
Jon
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Message rec guys bad luck on plane problems.
Jim will be here Lunch time 1st March.
If you dont get here on the 2 nd Jim and Ross will get the Bike in the crate to my place for you to unpack when you arrive.
Ross tells me that they will not leave without you. Australians are more reliable than US Plane services.
Will have some cold beer in the fridge for you when you arrive.
If you get a chance e-mail me your arrival time and flight info for Adelaide.
paul at westonsi dot com dot au.
Paul in Oz unlike you guys. Mate
:lol:
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Note for any trip to Oz. Leave a day early. Good luck guys!
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Thanks Paul, I dont have the total info yet this morning I will post when I do.
We survived our first Australian adventure when we asked a 6'3" Kiwi, did he play for the Australian soccer team... He very quickly stated that Kiwi's and Aussies are very different teams... Very spirited reply....
Jon
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Jon
Why would you at 5 foot zero inches mess with a aussy giant over 6 feet tall. even standing on Joe's shoulders wouldn't get you eye to eye. Hang in there Jon and Joe.
Glen
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Thanks Paul, I dont have the total info yet this morning I will post when I do.
We survived our first Australian adventure when we asked a 6'3" Kiwi, did he play for the Australian soccer team... He very quickly stated that Kiwi's and Aussies are very different teams... Very spirited reply....
Jon
If I have someone in the store and I can't understand their English they are usually from England, no offense Malcolm 8). Some parts of England are better or worse than others depending on what is better or worse. If I can understand most of what they are saying then they are probably from Australia or New Zealand. I never try and guess anymore as I only have a 33% chance of being correct and if you aren't you could be in trouble :oops:
Jon and Joe hope things smooth out for you. Sounds like you have good help waiting. Any word from any of the others?
c ya, Sum
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All the others did leave out last night.. But the plane they were all taking from San Fran to Sydney was overbooked.. So part of the crew got split up and some went straight into adelaide and some went to Sydney...
I really want to thank Top Oil they are getting things taken care of for Joe and I... Frank Ryan had to stay behind to run the business and he and the travel agency have been all over it this morning trying to get us taken care of.... Thanks to those guys doing what they can... As of right now until we hear different we are leaving out tonight at 10:17 pm to Sydney... Then a new flight will have to be made from Sydney to Adelaide... Oo yea did I forget to mention that Joe's visa is messed up too.. Top Oil and Travel Agency are also working on that as we speak also... Im sure things will be fine...
Joe and I are leaving the hotel right now to go find our luggage. When we got it this morning at 2 am the baggage claim area was closed so now we get to search around for the checked in baggage...
Jon
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As I type Jim should be being searched in Sydney, hope they get out the rubber gloves and give him a good going over. John as soon as you get an arrival time in Adelaide try to e-mail me.
Contacts in Adelaide
Home 08 8351 7365
Work 08 8268 9551 (Kathy)
I leave for Singapore 12:20 pm 2nd March up till then 0417 834 598 Cell (Paul).
If I miss you on arrival will see you for the Party my Place 11th March.
PaulinOz
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All of us left here in the states really appricate what you mates are doing to help out our racers, sure wish I could have gone. Watch out for Keith, he talks funny hick and hates flies because they are smarter then he is.
Glen
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Here is the latest update for Joe and I and the rest of the Top 1 Ack Attack crew.
First off the Ack Attack crew missed their flight from Sydney to Adelaide because of there delay's in San Fransisco they left about 1 hour late and that made them miss their flight.
Second Joe and I are all set. We leave at 10:17 pm tonight to sydney and expected to arrive in Sydney at 8 am the 2nd of Feb...
Then from there we leave Sydney at 12:25 and arrive Adelaide at 14:05 PM on flight QF751.. So that is our plan.
Right now we were picked up at the airport by Frank Ryan and he took us out to lunch and a quick tour of San Fran then back to the airport... SO that is our plan hopefully our contacts in Australia can work around our "adventure" and get us where we need.
If questions arise please email me at webmaster@landracing.com
Jon
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Jon you better hope you arrive on March 2nd, if Feb2nd as in your note thats one hell of a layover.
Glen
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Jim and those who got on the plane from USA are in Sydney awaiting flight to Adelaide they missed the earlier connection. ( Reminder to self if booking trips for US racers get them to leave a day early and they just might make it on time) They will arrive Adelaide South Australia 3:30 pm local time 1st March.
I have never seen 1 fly at Lake Gardiner, on the other hand 1,000,000 is very common number to see and that's just on the back of your mates shirt.
Lets hope they manage to ride faster than they travel and can kick some records next week.
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Frank Ryan from Top 1 Oil gave us a nice tour of San Fran, seen most of the major attractions and a nice lunch...
About an hour from flight time... We had some food vouchers to use so we are sitting here enjoying a couple beers, 1 valium tablet each, 2 advils, and some sushi.... Plz wake me when plane is unloading im going to be sleeping pretty good in lala land.
Jon
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Jon you better hope you arrive on March 2nd, if Feb2nd as in your note thats one hell of a layover.
Glen
Glen I think he is already experiencing JET LAG. If that is the case and they still have to fly all the way over there the posts ought to get better 8) .
I'm getting anxious already for some runs to happen and they are still 6 days away or is that 5 days since the 6th is on the 5th here :? :?: .
c ya, Sum
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Joe /Jon Im heading off for adelaide in aprox 10 hrs , crazy thing is that you blokes will get there before me and Im already in Australia , see you soon
Gary
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Have a safe trip Gary, and catch up with ya in a few days. ie Sunday noon ~~~ Will have 3 Busa's in tow...lookin forward to having some fun and catching up with the guys from the US of A
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I have never seen 1 fly at Lake Gardiner, on the other hand 1,000,000 is very common number to see and that's just on the back of your mates shirt.
This is the reason why it's nonsense to wear a t-shirt with the sponsors add on the back...........
As a OZ says...eat fast or it's eaten by the flies.....
have a good one......in downunder....
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Joe and I are in Sydney finally.. The 13+ hour plane trip was nothing, dont remember much other then food... Very humid out, but scenery is very nice. We are well rested and just waiting for our plane to adelaide.. I already called Paul in OZ to let him know the schedule...
Look forward to meeting up with rest of group..
Jon
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Check my post under ANXIOUS thread. They arrived in Sydney a few hours ago. Since they missed their first flight to Australia they were rebooked from Sydney to Adelaide on Quantas.
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Good job Jon. I was writing as your post arrived. What's your flight number to Adalaide? Is it a Quantas flight?
Stand Joe on his head so his brains don't run out his nose and keep his hands out of his pockets. The Boy Scout Master told us that so many times when we were away from home.
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Jon wrote:
Then from there we leave Sydney at 12:25 and arrive Adelaide at 14:05 PM on flight QF751.. So that is our plan.
It's 4:33PM PST and it's 11:33 AM in Sydney. So they depart in about an hour.
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It's 7:55 PM PST They arrived about 30 minutes ago in Adelaide.
This is their flight info from the airline.
QF751 Sydney (Scheduled arrival)14:05 (Actual arrival) 14:02 Landed
Now it's up to Jon to inform us.
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Joe and I finally made it.. Our flight from Sydney to Adelaide even got delayed a few.. .Anyways we are here with Jim Higgins staying at Paul's house.. Very unique house very nice...
Jim went and got the bikes out of the containers this morning so when we arrived it was already at the house in the mini-crate and all..
Everything looked great, a little rust on the mini-container, 1 broken sensor, and a little rust on the chain.. Everything else looked great.. Bike started 1st crank of motor... A little to do list but not much...
The rest of the group is at a Hilton in Adelaide somewhere I have yet to make contact with them..
Pictures are already posted im on a hard line right now and will test satellite internet later...
Jon
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Its 4:30 am and we are just about to leave adelaide to goto Port Augusta to meet up with rest of clan...
about 3-4 hour trip.. Their speedlimit is about 65 mph and they dont travel faster then that...
We all had our "Dingo's Breakfast" ..... Piss, Scratch and a look around...
We are off...
There are two days of pre-meet pictures nothing too exciting but will give ou something to check out.. Mostly Amo and HIggins bikes unloading, loading, sitting around and of the house we are staying at... No we get on the road..
Jon
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The fotos were fine. Their house is impressive. Remember...they don't recycle down there so no reason to keep a bottle in Joes back pocket.
You are delinquent in your second report today. Being tired is no excuse. Remember what you always say to your wife?
Get us an update.
G'Pa Freud
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Pardon me if I sound.....eh...uninformed and new...but since I am uniformed and new...where can I find these pictures?
Thanks!
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At the top of the home page
Click here for DLRA Australian Speed Week,
when it opens, Click on Pictures,
Click Lake Gairdner. 2006 Folder,
Bottom of the opened page,Pre Meet Mar2 and Mar 3.
Welcome,
Freud
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Freud, they found the 5.0 beer and the rest is history and Joe has one hell of a head ache.
GB
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It's his conservative nature that worries me. He wants to recycle everything and on a long trip with few stops, that's bad.
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With the recycling methods he has developed, it is easy to measure the
net loss to sweat and reduce the workload to minimize those losses and make them up quickly.
The extra vitamin P will help to replace the time lost from his dance lessons during the trip.
I wouldn't put it past those "DOWNUNDERS" to actually lie to him just to see him dance.
As for the headache, you have to get past it and stay there.
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Freud, they found the 5.0 beer and the rest is history and Joe has one hell of a head ache.
GB
Glen, if Joe has a head ache from a 5.0 beer, than I fear the most for Joe - the beer is normally only the practice run for a proper barbie.......
Port Augusta is than the right place to train this again...properly.....
Damn...I like to be there, tooooooooooooooo
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At the top of the home page
Click here for DLRA Australian Speed Week,
when it opens, Click on Pictures,
Click Lake Gairdner. 2006 Folder,
Bottom of the opened page,Pre Meet Mar2 and Mar 3.
Welcome,
Freud
Thank you Freud....
I see sunshine, motorbikes and beer..... 8)
What more can a man want....
Later,
Bob T.
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Was it Campbell that just about lost his car to a rainstorm in Australia?
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He didn't take anything valuable like a bike. :wink: