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Ready for winter...
Just serviced the bike last weekend, and fitted a few bits ready for winter...
TKC80s:   Barkbuster Storms for if, no wait, when she ends up horizontal...  Touring screen to keep the winter chill off:  Ready for action   First proper outing is Thetford Forest on the 11th...
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30-09-09, 02:01 PM
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Re: Ready for winter...
watch them knobblies on the road, no grip at all.
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30-09-09, 02:09 PM
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Re: Ready for winter...
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These are sposed to be some of the better road knobblies and instead of wheelying over crests the back wheel just spins, the result of about an inch square contact patch and 70lbft or torque... boooo  Still, I'm more interested in mud plugging in the winter tbh, and these should be better for that...
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Re: Ready for winter...
Watch those barkbusters if you go into the back of anything!
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30-09-09, 02:11 PM
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Re: Ready for winter...
Although to be fair they do get a good lean on before they go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCeihk5hheY
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Re: Ready for winter...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJEbhpzPtRc
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30-09-09, 11:00 PM
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Re: Ready for winter...
No comment on the bike, but I preferred your last avatar
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01-10-09, 02:25 AM
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Re: Ready for winter...
I don't get why two fuel caps? Does it have 2 tanks or 2 caps leading to one big tank?
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Re: Ready for winter...
Watch that big screen for looking at things....
TKC80s are fine, not bad in wet. Don't like the white bits on the road when wet but neither do lots of things. Lots of folks use them as an all year round tyre. Don't go too quick when loaded though, I thought I was going to die once due to a high speed wobble, but that could have been I was loaded a bit wrong. |
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