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Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mad_Fisho View Post
    She's all back together now - had a bit of a win, turns out they forgot to deregister it so I didn't have to go through the re-vin process
    What are the issues you mention mate? The engine tuning I could be interested in, probably not so much the traction control.
    The 675 Daytona is really short on top end, so it has to be ridden to it's strengths: torque that gets it out of the slow corners, GP level steering and stonking brakes that make it possible to pass the only place it can against the R6. But..... it has problems that get exposed when you become genuinely fast on one.

    You need to:
    1 - fit a Triumph Rocket 3 oil pressure relief valve.
    2 - fit a race sump gasket.
    3 - dump the stock rear spring and fit an Ohlins, a 10 if you are between 75 and 85 kg.
    4 - raise the triple clamps until flush with the top of the forks.
    5 - remove the bumpstops at the bottom of the forks.
    6 - change the front and rear sprockets for 15/45 you will be 16/47 at the mo, 520 is best, means the chain as well.
    7 - fit tank grips for your knees to carry your body weight allowing your hands and arms to steer not brace on the bars.
    The trail numbers on your model 675 are extreme and dangerous in the hands of the inexperienced at genuine fast corner entry. Raising the triple clamps and changing the rear sprockets alters the trail and lengthens the wheelbase, this massively improves mid corner stability and exit ( at the cost of just a little turn in) , removal of the bumpstops allows for much improved trail braking ( the front end valving and springs are good enough until you start running at the front, but the bumpstops are stealing 17mm of useful travel. The sprocket and chain change also allows you to spin the engine up faster and get out using the torque to drive. The re springing of the rear shock gets you compliance from the rear you will not currently have, wheel spin and instability are what the stock spring give you ( unless you weigh a 100kg )

    Under hard braking ( not what a road rider thinks is hard braking though) the sump design has all the oil bugger off to the front and it can't be picked up meaning the engine can be scavenging frequently under hard use of the brakes.

    I could go on for a bit, but I'll stop there for now.

    I'll leave you with a pic of a multiple title winning Daytona.
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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    For those of you on trail bikes, I cannot recommend the Tubliss system highly enough. Especially on the back end.
    For competitive riders, Mousses are most probably better, but for heading bush on a two wheeler you cannot beat the added traction the Tubliss setup offers.

    The photos below are of my Michelin S12 with 90 hours on it...mostly ridden at 5psi Occasionally zero psi, and sometimes at 10psi if on an organised trail ride with gravel road sections.

    Once you get the hang of fitting (and maintaining!!!) the setup they are pretty bulletproof. And a puncture takes mere minutes to sort and you are off again. Not like getting a puncture in a tube

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    While there was still some rubber left, a nice new nobbly with sharp edges gets up up the steep stuff with a whole lot less drama

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    An added bonus of having a tyre last so long, is when you eventually swap it for a new one, you have mastered the bike with poor traction for so long you look like a pro when the new tyre 'gives you wings'
    I put off doing the rear tyre on my 250 for way to long. Was like a whole new bike!! Hmm might need to look into the tubliss

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    2012 KTM xcf 250 wicked bike coming from a crf230 for years

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    No pics but Mrs Finnwolf and I went for a ride on our Royal Enfields, with the weather being the way it was it would have been mad not to eh?

    Only thing better would have been hunting…
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    ‘Many of my bullets have died in vain’

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    Quote Originally Posted by muzza View Post
    "Worked from home " today - Stratford - Ohura - Taumaranui - Wanganui - Eltham 440 kms without missing a beat .

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    How's the forgotten Highway on the CX?
    Experience. What you get just after you needed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by muzza View Post
    Very pleasant. They are going to ruin it by sealing the section through the Tangarakau gorge - surveyors on the job this morning .
    Bugger.
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    Experience. What you get just after you needed it.

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    Rode the Haast several times on the old XR500 before it was sealed. Boy what a blast! Big sweeping corners on the eastern side. Tapped out pretty much as fast as she would go. Lovely hard packed gravel with bugger all potholes. heaven
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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    Rode the Haast several times on the old XR500 before it was sealed. Boy what a blast! Big sweeping corners on the eastern side. Tapped out pretty much as fast as she would go. Lovely hard packed gravel with bugger all potholes. heaven
    Fun in the day, I'm sure. Makes the hair on my 65 year old neck stand on end now though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    Rode the Haast several times on the old XR500 before it was sealed. Boy what a blast! Big sweeping corners on the eastern side. Tapped out pretty much as fast as she would go. Lovely hard packed gravel with bugger all potholes. heaven
    Got to just over 160kph in my car on that piece of road, a rooster trail of dust and stones like you wouldn’t believe!

    And I found turning the steering wheel in either direction didn’t amount to much change in direction…
    ‘Many of my bullets have died in vain’

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finnwolf View Post
    Got to just over 160kph in my car on that piece of road, a rooster trail of dust and stones like you wouldn’t believe!

    And I found turning the steering wheel in either direction didn’t amount to much change in direction…
    Yep, steering by accelerator
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    Looking dry already.

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    Here is my dr650 while out looking for some Canadian geese, the wee aluminium bracket I made up to carry rifle/fishing rod etc (excuse the welds, was my first time mucking around with tig welding alloy) Name:  IMG_20211107_170702.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by XR500 View Post
    Looking dry already.
    Its always dry up there! Off the top the Nevis Road at about 1300m.

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    Yes, I recognised it from last years' trip into Nevis Valley Station.
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