NSW weekday ride - Whatagains - pick a day NOV 20/1/2/3/4

[bonox]

Originally Posted by rjf

Rode Sylvia's 950 SE today

ahh - welcome back

crikey was the putty hot after you left!

[Sylvia]

Originally Posted by rjf

Rode Sylvia's 950 SE today

Great Day out thanks Rhys.

I'm, knackered. Took the daughter for a horse ride this sarvo and had a kip in the car...!

I have a photo of the new 908rr and it does not look good. Must have been you Rhys cause I was very kind on it. Here is what it looks like with 280K's on it.


I'm thinking 1000k will pull it up.

[vbstubby]

Another great day organised by Rhys - had ball despite the stack

Fantastic weather, good group of guys to ride with and hope the ribs get better by next Monday

Thanks again Rhys

Here's some pics

Pizzaz on his 990 Adv



KTMajor carving the dirt up


Swapping bikes - rjf and Sylvia


Bonox


According to rjf - a bit of a steep hill. I just about sh!t me pants coming down it - pictures tell the story....

[Major]

Pizzaz on the 990.....




Sylvia on the SE over an erosion mound....



Bonox....how he punts this 'Mothership' along fast as he does I do not know.





This is my favourite....our fearless leader for the day rjf....




vbstubby havin' some fun......



The lot of us at the obligatory BEER stop.....great burgers too.....


Thanks guy's for a fantastic day's riding and great company. Special thanks to Rhys for organising and directing. Thanks mate.

Pizzaz, I hope you had a good day. The difference in your riding from the morning to the afternoon was remarkable. Well done.



To those that haven't been on one of these rides get into it. It doesn't matter how fast or slow it is for everybody.

Grant

[Mouse]

so rhys, feedback on the se? sounds liek another good ride, i hpe major ddn't get too home sick (not to grant, if you gunna leave me alone with your wife I'll discover all sorts of interesting info)

Sylvi, if you toast that 908 in 1000km, i'll be most interested to ride with you and see how you manage to do it. My bike's heavier and i'm not easy on tyres so I'll be if you can wear it out that quick. i get about 4k out of mine which is about half the distance of certain other reports.

[Major]

Originally Posted by Mouse

so rhys, feedback on the se? sounds liek another good ride, i hpe major ddn't get too home sick (not to grant, if you gunna leave me alone with your wife I'll discover all sorts of interesting info)Poofta

Sylvi, if you toast that 908 in 1000km, i'll be most interested to ride with you and see how you manage to do it. My bike's heavier and i'm not easy on tyres so I'll be if you can wear it out that quick. i get about 4k out of mine which is about half the distance of certain other reports.

I watched from behind as Rhys rode the SE. We came out of a corner on the tar and the SE just left this dirty big black stripe about 20 - 25 metres long. Great to watch.......

[rjf]

Originally Posted by Sylvia

I have a photo of the new 908rr and it does not look good. Must have been you Rhys cause I was very kind on it. I'm thinking 1000k will pull it up.

well the engine in my 640 is stuffed up, it's real doey and won't accelerate.

I think you did something to it, cause it was fine before you rode it, and felt like riding a postie bike when I rode it after riding the 950

Thanks for the ride on it.

[Sylvia]

Originally Posted by Mouse

so rhys, feedback on the se? sounds liek another good ride, i hpe major ddn't get too home sick (not to grant, if you gunna leave me alone with your wife I'll discover all sorts of interesting info)

Sylvi, if you toast that 908 in 1000km, i'll be most interested to ride with you and see how you manage to do it. My bike's heavier and i'm not easy on tyres so I'll be if you can wear it out that quick. i get about 4k out of mine which is about half the distance of certain other reports.

Hey Mouse,
Was good ride. There is no secret to doing a tyre in. Just keeping it on the tap minces em. I'm not doing anything else but riding it as I envisaged it should be ridden. Ask Rhys he had a bash at it as well.

On the way home coming up out from Wollombi there is some tight twisties. I can tell you I left some dunlop on the exit of some of those corners.

[Sylvia]

Originally Posted by rjf

well the engine in my 640 is stuffed up, it's real doey and won't accelerate.

I think you did something to it, cause it was fine before you rode it, and felt like riding a postie bike when I rode it after riding the 950

Thanks for the ride on it.

lol, no problem. Sorry bout that. Now you have been bitten by the SE, its all down hill to the KTM shop for you. Mouse you have been warned..

Well thats what happened to me anyway, one ride and I was gone for all money. It goes alot harder now with a bit of smoke and mirrors than standard.

[rjf]

Originally Posted by Mouse

so rhys, feedback on the se? sounds liek another good ride, i hpe major ddn't get too home sick (not to grant, if you gunna leave me alone with your wife I'll discover all sorts of interesting info)

Sylvi, if you toast that 908 in 1000km, i'll be most interested to ride with you and see how you manage to do it. My bike's heavier and i'm not easy on tyres so I'll be if you can wear it out that quick. i get about 4k out of mine which is about half the distance of certain other reports.

to ride the SE feels much lighter than the 640ADV. Its like riding a normal dirt bike with a big tank - a little top heavy and takes a bit more effort to tip in than a 450 / 525, but no where as much difference as its actual weight suggests.

It steers nice and light if you spin the back , and its fairly easy to control slides on. A steering damper would be a benifit, as it was twitchier than most bikes if you finish the slide early by backing off, instead of keeping it spinning till upright and pointed straight.

I kept the corner speeds low, not my bike and all, but I think it would push the front heaps if ridden like a normal dirt bike, trail braking right into the apex. Brake early, tip it over and get on the gas and step the back out before the apex would be my prefered technique if I was trying to go quick.

The engine - - . It lights the tyre up when ever you want. It can be ridden without spinning the tyre all the time. it just takes a higher gear and gently rolling the throttle on. Only problem is as soon as you hit a bit of a bump it lights up anyhow. Maybe a session fidling with the shock settings would help, but it couldn't help much with that much poke in that light a bike, eh.

Oh yeah, that 908rr is gunna be gone in 1000 - 1500 KM easily. If I owned one, and I'm not going to (at least for a few years) I'd try a perelli suppermoto road tyre on the back. I cannot remember the name MT90 ??? but it looks like a roadracing wet, but a fairly hard compound. I had a set on my old Husky years ago, but I dunno if they come in an 18 inch.

[rjf]

Iwas thinking of a MT60, but they only come in 17 inch

MT 60

DESCRIPTION

• Street oriented on- off tyre for high performance Enduro bikes, with excellent off road performance
  
• Modern bias construction for exceptional comfort and stability, with loaded bike also
• Special on – off knob design for more grip and traction on all surfaces and in all weather conditions

SIZE RANGE

120/70 R 17 58V TL

• Product datasheet

[rjf]

actualythe MT60 RS comes in an 18 inch. I think its a fairly soft compound though.

MT 60 RS CORSA

DESCRIPTION

• Radial tyre designed for super-moto and recreation bikes, with ensured light handling
• Optimized pattern design for street use also on wet
• More grip with cornering pleasure provided by the Corsa super-moto compound

SIZE RANGE

100/90 - 19 M/C 57H TL 80/90 - 21 M/C 48T 90/90 - 19 M/C 52P 90/90 - 19 M/C 52T 90/90 - 21 M/C 54H TL 90/90 - 21 M/C 54S 90/90 - 21 M/C 54T

160/60 R 17 69V TL 110/80 - 18 M/C 58T 120/80 - 18 M/C 62T TL 130/80 - 17 M/C 65H TL 140/80 - 17 M/C 69H TL 110/90 - 17 M/C 60P 120/90 - 17 M/C 64S 120/90 - 17 M/C 64T

• Product datasheet

On the 640 Michelin desert rear grips better off road than the 908 rear, and last very well, even on the road. All bets ar off on wether it would last on the SE, but I think it would be about the same as the 908rr

DESERT http://two-wheels.michelin.com/2w/Im...&codeSite=LP2R

The tyre for extremes No matter the terrain, the temperature, the horsepower, or the weight of the bikes, the Desert is the unanimous choice of Dakar winners. Its exceptional durability and performance in all conditions have made it unbeatable. http://two-wheels.michelin.com/2w/Im...&codeSite=LP2R

Performance

Sizes FRONT 90/90-21 TT 54R REAR 140/80-17 TT 69R 140/80-18 TT 70R http://two-wheels.michelin.com/2w/Im...&codeSite=LP2R

[bonox]

Another great ride thanks chaps.



Alex sure knows how to grab an audience!


perhaps we should move this thread to orange crush .


Oodles of haze around - bike reckoned it was 37 degrees in the shade.

[Pizzaz]

Ok so not organised enough for pics... (Hmmm, small soft bag on chrissy present list...)

But, first organised adventure ride... 2nd time out on 'real' dirt... . Who'd buy a sport bike?

Excellent day's riding... mental note, when rjf says 'some single track but it'll be ok... apart from one hill' he really means it! It actually wasn't me, the big girl got a bit tired and wanted a little lie down and thanks all for ensuring that pics were taken before assistance was offered

The annoying part it that I got down the difficult bit - not stylishly - but down and then kind of relaxed at the bottom and over she went. No damage, slight scuff on the crash bar and it now sits a little closer the the bodywork than it did before (hmmm, anyone rebend these?)

How bonox was punting along the big GS I'll never know - the 990 was scary enough.

Now, when's the next one and can we have it on a weekend please?

Great day.

[rjf]

Originally Posted by Pizzaz

when rjf says 'some single track but it'll be ok... apart from one hill' he really means it! .....The annoying part it that I got down the difficult bit - Would you have rather gone up that bit than down ? just wondering for future rides.
Now, when's the next one and can we have it on a weekend please?

I'll have to see when I have the next weekend off. There might be a weekday one from the 1st -11th of Dec as Legglessone wanted to go for a ride once he gets moved over to Sydney