New Bike!

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herman
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Re: New Bike!

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micksea wrote:
herman wrote:These trips are good http://www.sport-adventure.com/
is that the company run by chris evans? bloke who used to manage Cyril depres
Yes and highly recommended. :)
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Barnman
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Re: New Bike!

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Very nice Steve (thumbs)

Just need to help you get it dirty now
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Re: New Bike!

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Looking good big lad ..........now you eed to see if it can keep upwith the Donk ;)
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
PHILinFRANCE wrote:Looking good big lad ..........now you eed to see if it can keep upwith the Donk ;)
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Re: New Bike!

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Very nice, I hope that u have a good lock & chain.
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Re: New Bike!

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awesome looking machine :woohoo:
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Post by special one »

I've got a 2013 450 exc with a rekluse and LHRB, I'd never go back now, it's frickin ace (thumbs)

Good luck with it, looks awesome.
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Re: New Bike!

Post by vRSG60 »

I saw this in the flesh today whilst we had a nice bimble around The Ribble Valley and it's a bloody tall bike. Looks great though.
Steve lent me his F800GS, a bit tall for me but at least I kept it up (oh err. missuses...) and didn't drop it. Despite the 90 degree uphill adverse camber turn onto Whalley Old Road!! :woohoo:
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New Bike!

Post by drumbrakes »

That is' a beautiful looking bike.
Was it hard to get insurance for such a heavily modified bike?
How much are Michelin paying you in sponsorship for a bike with Maxxis tyres?

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Re: New Bike!

Post by SteveW »

Ah, well spotted regarding the tyres! Mike was showing me some pictures of graphics on bikes he'd previously built, I just said "That's nice, I'll have mine done the same as that one"
Regarding the Rekluse and the left bar rear brake. I am 100% convinced about the brake, you have so much more control with your hand than with your foot, especially with Enduro boots on.
The Rekluse is an interesting one, I need to play around a bit with the settings, but I don't think you can ever get quite the same amount of fine control at very low speeds as you can get with a normal clutch. Throttle pick-up in tight manoeuvres is critical and its effect can't be countered by feathering the clutch.
Edit....insurance, err.....I guess I better tell them!
But I don't think it would matter too much, the proformance hasn't changed but I suppose the value has increased.
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