Day3 – Tricky Trails and Burned Clutches! – Trans Euro Trail – Wales!

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Day3 – Tricky Trails and Burned Clutches! – Trans Euro Trail – Wales!
Started our day fairly early, before leaving I managed to get my bike completely sorted like we planned (sort off, at that point it was just a matter of time when one of the sensors cleared out from excess oil that appeared because of my lousy and stupid crankase breather mod on my AJP PR7, you can read about it here! https://www.trailknights.com/how-to-upgrade-the-ajp-pr7-crankcase-breather/ ).
Left the camping spot early with the idea to get to the nearest town on the Trans Euro Trail to get some good hot breakfast. However a few lanes later, and one particularly big bike unfriendly lane – part muddy and part slippery big rocks on the fairly steep incline – Andrew clutch started slipping.
After a quick look and some adjustments, we decided that Andrew would limp to the nearest workshop – Overland Motorcycle Preparation Workshop in Brecon that was just 4 miles away, and me to the nearest motorcycle parts shop in Swansea – M&P Parts shop, that was some 33 miles away as well as Euro Carparts Shop for some silicone sealant!.
After a couple of hours and a few stunning miles to and back to get some spares, I found Andrew sitting with Gary from Overland Motorcycle Preparation Workshop, but no Andrews XT! Andrew burned out his clutch completely trying to get to the workshop, and had to abandon it on the side of the road.
One rider on the way stopped to give Andrew a hand towing it, but that didn’t end very well either so after a few miles of pushing the bike, he ditched the idea as it was way way too hot for that and got in contact with Gary, who went out of his way to pick up Andrew and take him to his workshop where we agreed to meet.
Back to the abandoned XT where it took us a good few hours of cleaning Yamaha’s internals and swapping clutch friction plates! While Andrew gave his XT a good clean with cotton buds I tried to oil the clutch plates with the oil from XT oil dipstick – slow process that was.
When we finally managed to get back on the road, obviously Andrew’s mood was way down by that time, and he was ready to quit as there was no trust in his old trusty XT660Z Tenere. But after a good chat we agreed that we will give it a go, and see how he feels before ending the trip.
First trail we bumped to was fairly easy, but a second one just next to Trecastle seemed a bit steep, so not to put the strain on Andrew and his new clutch plates, we agreed that we will skip it. And that was a good thing, as the next few lanes were fairly easy and they definitely lifted the mood up for both of us, and we felt like we could keep going instead of turning back!
The rest of the day was very easy flowing, with some really stunning views on the way but mostly tarmac… Managed to get to Strata Florida and by the end of the day to finish it too, however I didn’t get any videos of us there as right after the gate camera overheated and stopped filming – no footage just sound!
Camped, again, not too far from the trail, setting up tents late and out of sight, leaving nothing behind!

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