Forum Replies Created
-
AuthorPosts
-
Alot of what the guys here have said is spot on.
I’ve ridden a few 24 hour Trials here is SA, and what I’ve found is not to go out to hard, too early. All the fast guys leave their fastest lap for the last quarter. Save your self and your bike in the early stages. The amount of times that you pass that dude who was going 100mph past you not long after he passed you as he is on the ground or trying to fix a damaged bike is not funny. Ride your own pace and stay upright.
As far as preparing your self. Drink heaps for a few days leading in, as well as pasta/ rice for a few days too. The night before is a little late to start. Eat bananas during the day. Also force yourself to eat and drink at every opportunity. Cans of cold baked beans are great! If not you’ll end up with headache before you know it. If you regularly drink coffee, drink it at the same rates, or you will get Caffiene withdrawls later in the day. Use talcum powder in your gloves to keep your hands dry and prevent blisters, and a smear of vas up your crack will minimise monkey butt better than powder down the dacks.
I have just recently bought a 6 Days 350. I had never ridden a 350 before that, and have now just done a 6 hour road trial on it only.
A few weeks earlier I borrowed a mates 310 while I was waiting for the 350 and went for a ride with mates.On the 310, when it got up in the top end it was a hoot. It hauled ass on the whooped sand and open mallee track we were on. Then, just as I was convincing myself this bike was brilliant, and questioning why everyone bagged Huskys, I dropped down to first for a tight corner, and couldn’t get any more gears. It would only click to neutral, and back to first. This sucked for a few reasons. One I was in the middle of no where, but luckily we had a mate following around in a car, and two, I had borrowed a bike, and it died. Never nice. mate got it looked at, and I was bracing for a big bill, but ended up being a loose bolt jamming the gear box or something, and a cheap fix, but I would think twice on relying on one. But I loved riding it.
The 350 is just a brilliant chassis. It seemed to corner intuitively, like it was reading my mind, even if I was in a bad body position, the bike would rail around beautifully. The engine was plenty powerful, and I only found I was a gear too high a few times, where either a good fan of the clutch, or a knock down was all I needed to do to get it back on the boil.
I’m 6’2″ and the KTM feels tiny, where the Husky felt a little bigger and roomier.
In all honesty I love my KTM, but if the Husky had the reliability reputation of the Japs, or a KTM I would be torn. But unfortunately, through mine and other experiences I have seen too many build quality/electrical/reliability issues to trust one.Top effort with the upgrade. It’s never easy…
Is this the reason I can’t access the forum on Tapatalk on my Iphone? It stopped working a few weeks ago.
Will it be available again once everything settles back down?
Well done Gibbit. Glad you had a clean run and a good time. Top right up too. Really enjoyed the read.
With the costs, you didn’t include the rebuild leading up, but you would have done that anyway I suppose.
My run last year was almost identical to yours. I prologued at 160 and was holding my own until I stacked at the 150 mark passing a quad. From there we park similarities. I had to get my shoulder back in, and had to survive the rest of the ride. I would have much rather done it how you did it!
Well done. Those YZs are powerful desert sleds aren’t they?Completed the Robertstown 2 day trial over the weekend, and it was the first decent ride with the Traverse jacket on.
I got an XL, and was wearing it over an alpine star pressure suit. I found the jacket a little tight in the forearms over the elbow pads and across the shoulders. This was fine for riding, but when you stretched, it was restrictive. One activity it did make tough was zipping and unzipping the pit vents.
The rest of the jacket is really quite generous in sizing with plenty of room around the belly. The collar is really comfy, and the front zip and flap was good to use.
It’s been cold here in SA at the moment. We rode until 930 pm, when it was down to about 4 degrees, and the jacket was great. Air flowed well through it during the competitive sections, but kept the wind chill out on the transports. The next morning we left at 8 am, and it was just over 0 and once again it was great.
So in summary, the build quality and material of this jacket is top quality. The goretex is brilliant. Usually you ride the whole event bathed in sweat, but I never noticed that. The jacket lets your sweat evaporate as you go. Brilliant.
Sizing is a little confusing with some areas being too tight(shoulders and sleeves) while others a but roomy. But if your a slim shouldered big bellied lad, this may well be your jacket. With out the pressure suit it would be fine with a few mid layers on, but I don’t feel comfortable riding with out armour these days. I like the jacket, and am going to try and wear it to death. That may be hard due to the build quality.
And the best bit is I still haven’t worn it in the rain. When it does rain, I’ll be glad I’m in my goretex traverse jacket while everyone else is getting soaked.I’ve got a shift enduro jacket for the warmer rides so I can remove the sleeve. This bad boy will be for wet days and the 24 hour trial. It can get cold and wet at 4 am in the middle of July here in SA. I don’t get too hot on Adv rides here in SA. Tracks aren’t too challenging.
Nah, I wear an alpine star pressure suit on the enduro and tenere. Just looking for the goretex out shell mostly.
Sent my order in yesterday, and got the email back this morning. XL traverse jacket coming my way. Janice even threw in free postage because I’m an Old Bull. Nice!
Will do guys. They said it was a little narrow across the shoulders on Advrider, so i think an XL will be the go. I find my chinook pant are fitted where they need to be but the pants still feel generous around the thighs and stuff. I think this jacket might be the same. Must be a klim thing.
I’m looking to get one of these jackets too. On the sizing thing they seem to be a bit different from what I have read on ADV rider. I was wondering if you guys could help.
I’m 6′. 2″ and around 95 kg and wear a alpine star pressure suit. I’m in SA so can’t just slip down to Steves shop. I’m thinking large should do it. Or will I need an XL. I know I can exchange like Nick did, but want to try and minimize postage and stuffing around.Righto, got out on my new suspension this morning. The bike definately felt different, but that could be due to multiple changes while I had the bike apart.
I found I felt a lot more of the small stuff through the bars, but the big pot holes and roots which made me tense and pucker up in the past just flowed on under the wheels. I went up a rocky rutted eroded track and felt alot more comfortable. It used to barge over everything and scrape, but the bike seemed to sit higher in its stroke, and rode the ruts better. The back end was magic. I didnt even notice it, which shows how good it was. No way near bottoming out and no nasty kicks. I might have to play a bit as it seemed to jump out of power slides a bit half way through.
All in all a great investment for people wanting to use a tenere off road.The suspension rocked up at 430 this arvo, and the bike is back together.
Will give I a test tomorrow.
A little excited now.I think mine was there at the same time as you Gus. They finished it Tuesday arvo, and Mr Toll should be on my doorstep any hour now with it. I did the same as you with front and rear springs, fork valving and shock rebuild.
This should be good…..
Believe it is something to do with copywrite or info sharing. A couple of bills heading through US parliament, that if passed will make alot of forums potentially shutdown. Apparently they have all dropped out for 24 hours in protest.
My vote would be for the Husaberg. They have developed a good reliable rep, Garry Connell in WA leads the world is rallye development and the engine style makes them handle lightly.
-
AuthorPosts
