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by jim-500
Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: FOR SALE - WANTED
Topic: For Sale: Tenere Face - fairing/light/screen/tower - Yamaha rally fairing
Replies: 6
Views: 2808

Re: For Sale: Tenere Face - fairing/light/screen/tower - Yamaha rally fairing

Pics seem to be working for me? And yes, you're right - you'd need to either weld or bolt an adapter onto most dirtbikes (I have a machined adapter which could be included if needed). On stuff like an old model tenere/xt660r there may be enough framework already in place to mount without much modifi...
by jim-500
Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:00 am
Forum: FOR SALE - WANTED
Topic: For Sale: Tenere Face - fairing/light/screen/tower - Yamaha rally fairing
Replies: 6
Views: 2808

For Sale: Tenere Face - fairing/light/screen/tower - Yamaha rally fairing

Bit of an oddity but also very rare to find as a full kit, I got quoted almost £950 from Yamaha for these parts. My plan was to mount this on a wr450 along with a rally tank and have a very factory looking 450 tenere. But house move means no time for bike builds right now so it's for sale, would als...
by jim-500
Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:40 pm
Forum: WE LOVE PICS
Topic: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!
Replies: 26
Views: 11152

Re: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!

Might even be one of the ones you rode with... I collected it from portsmouth so down that way. Chap i bought it from also had a beautiful gasgas with the same wr250 engine. And you're right about the wheels... I just had to do all the wheel bearings for exactly that reason... Lots of little italian...
by jim-500
Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:03 pm
Forum: WE LOVE PICS
Topic: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!
Replies: 26
Views: 11152

Re: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!

Its a t ride... As mentioned by frenchy, it runs the wr250f engine with a few mods... I spent ages trying to find one :)
by jim-500
Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:35 pm
Forum: BIKES
Topic: What are big Adventure bikes for?
Replies: 85
Views: 24306

Re: What are big Adventure bikes for?

My view would be there's no such thing as a do it all bike. I had an xr650r with the hope of it being somewhere between an enduro bike and a big ktm and while it was probably the best middle ground I've ridden it still sucked compared to a 990 on the road and was way too heavy, undersprung etc compa...
by jim-500
Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:31 pm
Forum: ABR Midlands Rally 7th-9th July 2017
Topic: ABR Midlands Rally 2017 sign up thread (7th-9th July)
Replies: 340
Views: 123540

Re: ABR Midlands Rally 2017 sign up thread (7th-9th July)

Ha - :silly: the joys of motorcycles, just about to load the bikes in the van and found the riejus airbox is full of fuel, looks like a sticky float. Is it ok if instead of camping tonight we get there tomorrow morning at 9ish and join the rideout - hopefully have it fixed by then! :side: Have a goo...
by jim-500
Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:23 am
Forum: WE LOVE PICS
Topic: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!
Replies: 26
Views: 11152

Re: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!

That is lovely. Exactly what off-roading should be about: light, minimal, nimble. Not this overloaded elephant nonsense so many people seem to think represents an 'adventure'. Nice bike. Thanks... B) (thumbs) I guess it's horses for courses, but after riding fairly lightweight bikes across Canada, ...
by jim-500
Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:19 pm
Forum: WE LOVE PICS
Topic: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!
Replies: 26
Views: 11152

Re: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!

Cheers all, Yep it's the 250f originally, so it runs the wr250 engine with a few tweaks...the service manual I have here says around 34hp which feels pretty good in what feels like a big mountainbike. Looks great :) Can the rear rack hold a lot of weight? No not really, there's no subframe beyond th...
by jim-500
Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:12 pm
Forum: WE LOVE PICS
Topic: Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!
Replies: 26
Views: 11152

Another one...My lightweight scorpa/yamaha greenlane bike!

So the plan here was to build something useable for trails in wales, but also general dicking about on rocks/tight tracks etc. So here it is - weighs near enough exactly 100kg, built it a rack, a little fairing for my phone/roll chart, added some spotlights for nightime riding, an aux tank, changed ...
by jim-500
Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: GREEN LANES, TRAILS and OFF-ROAD
Topic: Trail info elan valley.
Replies: 38
Views: 14862

Re: Trail info elan valley.

We just moved house down to Machynlleth, been riding the trails around Rhayader/Nant-y-Moch for years. I'd be happy to show you some of the loops down that way in a few weeks if you like...I know some all day loops from the elan valley down to devils bridge, up to talybont, over to aberdyfi etc (th...

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