Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17

brucek

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Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 9, 2017 11:36:45 GMT 10 chrisdips likes this

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Post by brucek on Dec 9, 2017 11:36:45 GMT 10

Finally getting around to reviewing some pics from my trip to Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater in August this year.
The Tanami Rd and Wolfe Creek Crater access road were shockers - cost me a sidecar mudguard and a final drive re-build but worth every bone-jarring km of it.
Also great to catch up with my son who's in the Army and doing his trade training with RAEME at Robertson Barracks in Darwin.
The Gunbarrel Highway is next on the list, pending successful repairs of course.

NT/WA border

A couple of local kids at Billiluna

Some useless info:
Machine = an overloaded 2015 Ural Ranger.
Distance covered = 9,434 km (corrected).
Av. distance per day = 314.5 km (travelling days only)
Cruising speed around 90km/hr on the bitumen, 40km/hr on the Tanami Rd and 10km/hr on the Wolfe Creek Crater road.
Total fuel cost $1163.04
Litres used = 729.59
Av. cost / litre = $1.594
Av. fuel consumption = 12.93 km/litre or 7.7 l/100km
Worst fuel economy = 9.47 km/l
Best fuel economy = 16.06 km/l

Last Edit: Dec 12, 2017 11:29:23 GMT 10 by brucek

Bruce
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"

2015 Ural Ranger
1981 Triumph Bonneville
1972 Norton Commando
1967 BSA B44 Victor Roadster

maccaoz

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Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 10, 2017 7:27:34 GMT 10

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Post by maccaoz on Dec 10, 2017 7:27:34 GMT 10

Great Pics and the info was far from useless

Wolf Creek Crater is on my bucket list ,great looking country county out there.
The Gunbarrel Hwy

That should be interesting.
What conditions gave you the highest fuel consumption ?
Cheers, Macca

brucek

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Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 10, 2017 12:39:32 GMT 10 Piper likes this

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Post by brucek on Dec 10, 2017 12:39:32 GMT 10

Dec 10, 2017 7:27:34 GMT 10 maccaoz said:

.......What conditions gave you the highest fuel consumption ?
Cheers, Macca

Hi Macca, highest fuel consumption was between Port Augusta and Pimba (Woomera) in SA.

Killer westerly crosswinds totally sapped all the Ural's energy on this stretch. Hard work too, wrestling the handlebars all the way. The wind eased off from about Glendambo and fuel consumption returned to near normal after that.
I was wringing its neck all the way just to hold 70-75 km/hr and ran out of fuel about 2km from Spud's Roadhouse at Pimba. Tipped in 10 litres and carried on.

Surprisingly the most economical was on the Tanami Rd where I was down in 3rd gear most of the way poking along at 40-50 km/hr.

Cheers, Bruce

Bruce
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it"

2015 Ural Ranger
1981 Triumph Bonneville
1972 Norton Commando
1967 BSA B44 Victor Roadster

Piper Posts: 344	Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 10, 2017 14:41:26 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Piper on Dec 10, 2017 14:41:26 GMT 10 You have a lot of hill climbing from Port Augusta to Spuds that would not have helped any . Cheers Rob

brucek Posts: 180	Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 10, 2017 14:49:24 GMT 10 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brucek on Dec 10, 2017 14:49:24 GMT 10 Dec 10, 2017 14:41:26 GMT 10 Piper said: You have a lot of hill climbing from Port Augusta to Spuds ....... You're right about that. The horizon always appears just above eye level.
	Bruce "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it" 2015 Ural Ranger 1981 Triumph Bonneville 1972 Norton Commando 1967 BSA B44 Victor Roadster

Piper

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Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 10, 2017 15:44:28 GMT 10

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Post by Piper on Dec 10, 2017 15:44:28 GMT 10

Even the Train locos used excessive fuel on that leg from P.A. to Pimba , I know that as an ex rail service fitter from Port Augusta my old home town , on the downward leg it was brake shoe wear factor or the dynamic brakes on the CL class locos

maccaoz

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Wolfe Creek Crater Aug '17 Dec 10, 2017 16:00:33 GMT 10 brucek likes this

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Post by maccaoz on Dec 10, 2017 16:00:33 GMT 10

You blokes are spot on about the hill between Port Augusta & Pimba .😝 The ex and did a push bike ride up there on the way to Alice (twenty odd years ago) , uphill all the way , and that bloody wind .I thought it was going to be flat country out there but no way. 😡 We passed a little Japanese bike rider curled up on the roadside,he was OK just defeated by the conditions and was going to wait untill the wind dropped..We saw him in Coober Pedy later making hard work of the ride. "I must do this " was all he said 😃

Thanks for the report,pics & info Bruce it's great info .
Cheers, Macca

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