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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: TECHNICAL
- Topic: Satnav vs Mounted Phone
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2575
Re: Satnav vs Mounted Phone
We used Gaia in Colombia on a smartphone, it worked really well and you can save areas and data for offline use which helps with battery life. We tried using it in Portugal as our maps are very old and had plotting route issues where it routed a long way around routes that I knew went through. It ma...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: WE LOVE PICS
- Topic: Photo chain link...
- Replies: 3455
- Views: 872206
Re: Photo chain link...
Link = Looking towards Serra de Estrella from Baloiço dos Penedos de Góis last week. Snow still on some hills and just above freezing early in the morning.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: ADVENTURE BIKE RIDER
- Topic: Am I not a human?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 546
Re: Am I not a human?
Surely a computer can be programmed to identify and tick that box without to much trouble.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: WE LOVE PICS
- Topic: Photo chain link...
- Replies: 3455
- Views: 872206
Re: Photo chain link...
Link = KTM with luggage. Hekla, Iceland.
Re: kove 800
So £14k for the non homologated rally and £10k for the standard version if their pricing compares to the 450.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: BIKES
- Topic: Go Big and Ride Small
- Replies: 1590
- Views: 405250
Re: Go Big and Ride Small
I’ve been looking for something a little larger for my side panniers for my Innova. My last trip down to the Pyrenees and then to the Picos area resulted in me carrying a fairly large bag on the back seat which for my type of travelling isn’t ideal. IMG_8846.jpeg I found a good deal on eBay with a ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: TECHNICAL
- Topic: Steering stem cracks
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5342
Re: Steering stem cracks
I think I can see an issue if not the cause, ball bearing are not suitable for anything but small radial loads. You should be using taper roller bearings that transmit the axial and radial loads that you find in sidecar applications.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: BIKES
- Topic: SWM is back in UK
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4048
Re: SWM is back in UK
It's bigger than it looks but most complain that bikes are to big these days and this is probably built with that in mind.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:45 pm
- Forum: BIKES
- Topic: SWM is back in UK
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4048
Re: SWM is back in UK
Popped in today, they have two demonstrators, a 300 and a 500 called "6" ??
Staff were helpful and keen.
Staff were helpful and keen.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: TECHNICAL
- Topic: Steering stem cracks
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5342
Re: Steering stem cracks
Yes, I'd like to know as well. What brought you to change the bearings. Were they notched and if so was it straight ahead or a bit to the left.