Magnus:
Our riders had a loop to do today, Laverton to Laverton.
Two crews had to go out. One fuel stop crew had to drive 80 km at 6 am in order to be on time. The second crew was the service crew, they had to cover the double distance 160 km one way.
I was on the service crew and we came to the service place 2 mins before the riders.
In the morning outfit, not pretty but warm...
David ready to race
Our riders dropped in one by one! Damien, Manuel, Sam, David, Mick, Annie, Ben and Garry.
The service crew have found their designated task on the service stop so handling up to 3 bikes at the same time is going well. Damien got in, he was clearly in pain after his fall yesterday all the others had minor or no issues.
Damien and me at todays service stop
After the last rider we packed up and headed back to Leonora. Andrew was driving and me, Richie, Murph and Kelvin was sound a sleep when a loud bang woke all of us up. A rock had been kicked up by our 4WD, it bounced off the trailer and smashed the rear window.
We stopped and taped it up to continue the last 10 Km we had left to Leonora, keeping our fingers crossed it will last us back to Perth on Saturday.
The temporary repair of the smashed rear window
As we serviced the bikes at night one of the “adventure tour” bikes that follow the race came in to us with a noise from the engine and quiet a lot of “fuzz” on the magnetic chip detector… engine change.
I was hoping for a quiet eve as Damien’s bike only required a service and a new rear tire…
Ray giving Manuel some advice at the fuel stop today
Eppis on the fuel stop
Agnes:
Since I didn’t have to put up the tents today I followed the mechanic crew (fuel and service) out to help the riders on their way. I couldn’t go with any of our crews because there wasnt any seat left for me so Damien’s friends let me go with them.
Damien ready to race on day 4... Maybe
Sarah and her father, Damien's friends. They took me with them out on both fuel stop and service stop
So I went to both fuel stop and service stop because they only had one crew and one rider. We had a fun time counting abandoned cars along the way, we got to 56!
The riders that came in looked really tired, they got what they came for and left.
The Yamaha crew filling someones tank with fuel
Magnus the Arab, someone don't like the fly's
Tomorrow we’ll leave for Leonora and I belive we will stay there for another two nights. Today Annie showed me how she highlight the information in her road book, and I will get it when she’s done with it. Then I will have two different road books (Damien’s and Annie’s) for my school project.
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