Is motorcycling allowed?

[WrightJnr]

I grew up in the back of combis

You mean conceived?

 

“Don’t come a knocking when the van is a rocking”

[Spokey]

This one for Andyman. I like it a lot bar the belly pan. On these types of big old muscle bikes I like to see the whole pipe especialy if it is something nice ...........(like the Yoshi on Big Zed my ZRX)

[Hairy]

I grew up in the back of combis

Ja well .... I was most likely conceived in a Beetle

[Patchelicious]

You mean conceived?

 

“Don’t come a knocking when the van is a rocking”

Back of a Ford Escort MK2 to be very honest... but enough about that. Back to bikes

[WrightJnr]

Back of a Ford Escort MK2 to be very honest... but enough about that. Back to bikes

If it had a Cosworth motor then that’s a story worth telling!!

[WrightJnr]

This one for Andyman. I like it a lot bar the belly pan. On these types of big old muscle bikes I like to see the whole pipe especialy if it is something nice ...........(like the Yoshi on Big Zed my ZRX)206BE506-0113-4D48-8F13-363C04852E10.jpeg

That’s a beauty! Agree belly pan should go, pipe has some beautiful colors in it. It’s a shame. Oh, and the Ohlins suspension, too much of love!!

[Andymann]

It was! Watched it all last night. Shame, the big guy reallllly suffers. 

 

I've sneakily watched the first two episodes at work, and I'll watch the rest later.  But if I was putting money on it, my bet would be on the DT.  I've had 5 of those specific models (125 and 175) and grew up generally abusing my 175 as I learnt to ride.  I even did an enduro in Newcastle on the 175 and it was fine.  The tank took a hammering because it was steel, the bars were bent and the brakes I remember to be really bad in water.  But it finished......and ahead of my mate on a KDX175 too

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

I've sneakily watched the first two episodes at work, and I'll watch the rest later.  But if I was putting money on it, my bet would be on the DT.  I've had 5 of those specific models (125 and 175) and grew up generally abusing my 175 as I learnt to ride.  I even did an enduro in Newcastle on the 175 and it was fine.  The tank took a hammering because it was steel, the bars were bent and the brakes I remember to be really bad in water.  But it finished......and ahead of my mate on a KDX175 too

I reckon if they'd redone the brakes and given the bike a new coil, the straight up low down torque of that XR would have been excellent for the trail. But drums need to be set up properly to be effective. And that kid wasn't small!

[Grebel]

I reckon if they'd redone the brakes and given the bike a new coil, the straight up low down torque of that XR would have been excellent for the trail. But drums need to be set up properly to be effective. And that kid wasn't small!

Or fit......

[mazambaan]

I found this very interesting:

 

https://advrider.com/why-i-chose-the-690-rally-and-not-a-690-enduro-r-for-races-to-places/

 

Now all I need is 50 000GBP 

[Grebel]

I found this very interesting:

 

https://advrider.com/why-i-chose-the-690-rally-and-not-a-690-enduro-r-for-races-to-places/

 

Now all I need is 50 000GBP

Been following him on Instagram and Youtube for a while now. Prepare yourself to lose days of your life watching the videos [emoji1303]

[patches]

Been following him on Instagram and Youtube for a while now. Prepare yourself to lose days of your life watching the videos [emoji1303]

 

I still need to catch up on all the Africa Eco Race episodes. A friend of mine was on the team.

 

One of my favourite parts of any of Lyndon's races-to-places vids is the servicing/rebuilding/kitting out of the bikes.

 

Those 5 matching KTM 450 Rallies in Motorex green  

 

 

Edited February 13, 2020 by patches

[Grebel]

I still need to catch up on all the Africa Eco Race episodes. A friend of mine was on the team.

 

One of my favourite parts of any of Lyndon's races-to-places vids is the servicing/rebuilding/kitting out of the bikes.

 

Those 5 matching KTM 450 Rallies in Motorex green

 

 

Yeah those bikes were purdy. I saw the Eco posts on Instagram but haven't had a chance to watch the vids yet.

[mazambaan]

Been following him on Instagram and Youtube for a while now. Prepare yourself to lose days of your life watching the videos [emoji1303]

 

Oh ja, been following him since he was part of the team that rode a 950SE in the Baja 1000 and his 950 rebuild threads.  The Basil description was the most detailed I have seen and explained quite a few things about FI and bike geometry that were interesting.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

I still need to catch up on all the Africa Eco Race episodes. A friend of mine was on the team.

 

One of my favourite parts of any of Lyndon's races-to-places vids is the servicing/rebuilding/kitting out of the bikes.

 

Those 5 matching KTM 450 Rallies in Motorex green  

 

 

 

I have watched the whole series, watch for the camel if you are still going to, hectic.

 

This one was cool, much longer video's and I also love the mechanical side of his last malle moto series. This one has less of that though. It does have a nice segment explaining the navigation, it's so old school though!!

Makes me want to go ride in the desert.......

[Andymann]

I've sneakily watched the first two episodes at work, and I'll watch the rest later.  But if I was putting money on it, my bet would be on the DT.  I've had 5 of those specific models (125 and 175) and grew up generally abusing my 175 as I learnt to ride.  I even did an enduro in Newcastle on the 175 and it was fine.  The tank took a hammering because it was steel, the bars were bent and the brakes I remember to be really bad in water.  But it finished......and ahead of my mate on a KDX175 too

 

So I finished watching and I'm sorry to admit that with mt DT rose-tinted spectacles I didn't even notice what the other guys were riding and when I saw TTR-225 I should have known that bike was going to walk the challenge.

 

How do I know this - well in 2007 or 2008 I think, Wild Will Gillet rode a bog-standard TTR-230 (the 225 and 230 is the same bike - ours just had a plastic tank) to a top 10 place in the Roof of Africa - it started as a bit of a joke over a beer, but in the end we as Yamaha agreed to supply him a bike and he agreed to ride it.  We put on a GYT-R silencer, and some preload washers on the forks with heavier oil, some Protaper bars with hand guards, and Mousses and sent him on his way.

 

All we did at the stops was check spokes - only because from the previous Enduro Africa rides we knew the spokes had a habit of coming loose.

 

He enjoyed riding that bike so much, that we seriously discussed putting a TTR230 motor into a YZ125 frame for the next year and sending him out again.  He reckoned the Air-cooled engine, and the low end torque was perfect for that year's ride.  it was just the brakes and suspension which held him back.....