It's fine. And can be massively cheaper if you don't mind the long shipping times.

Similar to AliExpress. They both essentially skip the middle man, and you order directly from the Chinese manufacturer. I.e, the products you see multiple times with different random names on Amazon and eBay (and ...

WesleyDRZ400 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:33 pm Just logged back in after a few years, time goes fast

Yes i finished it along time ago. Not used it much at all

Would still be great to see the finished product!

There's a Chinese entry as well using Arctic Leopard E-XE 880 .
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2023/12/arctic-leopard-bringing-three-electric-bikes-to-2024-dakar-rally-mission-1000/
These bikes (and cars, and trucks) are in the "Mission 1000" challenge class which runs differently to the ...

I had a similar experience with the RAC. I only had it because it was thrown in with my insurance at the time.
About 10:00 I pulled off a dual carriageway and the bike just died and wouldn't start. Tried the usual fiddling, wiggling, unplugging but nothing worked.
Called about 10:30 and was told it ...

Mason Klein is being supported in the 2024 dakar by Kove. Admittedly he reached out to them so there is the angle of sponsorship and a free bike. It'll be a good tes being that he's a young rider who finished 9th in 2022.

And good for Kove to have a non Chinese rider they're supporting themselves ...

449cc water-cooled DOHC parallel-twin. 43.6 horsepower and 44 Nm of torque.
KYB front fork and a multi-link KYB monoshock, both 200 mm of travel and adjustable damping.
21-inch front and 18-inch rear.
220mm ground clearance.
Seat height can be set at either 800 mm in the low position or 820 mm in ...

Use the bike every day. M40 M25. Every night I look at all the cars crawling along while I zip in between the queues and I think 'why is there so few bikes'? I might see one now and again.
If you ride every day your gear is stored right by the front door and is ready to go. Each time I think ...

Ok so the guy was riding without due care and no insurance.

But also that car turned right across an oncoming lane... from the back of a line of traffic on a (slight) left hand bend so they had an obstructed view... didn't come to a complete stop to make sure the lane was clear.

If it was someone ...