[Wayne DrewMember]

Grabbed a photo of a Beta today at a checkpoint , been up there for the last 2 days awesome :woohoo:
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[Wayne DrewMember]

I am a fiddler :S always adjusting things to try and find the optimum settings , I back the steering

dampener off in the tight singles . To be honest the Beta does not really need a dampener as it is

quite stable without , I just had it in the shed so mount it .

[Wayne DrewMember]

I had the Marzzocci forks on my TM450 they are a top fork , you could hit anything with confidence

with no bad habits that I could tell . Maybe I was spoilt with such a good fork but am hoping the Sachs

will be near as good now . The rear end seems OK but if the forks are working a lot better I might have the

rear shock done as well.

[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Guys

After clocking up a few hours on the Beta 300rr the only real issue on an otherwise top package

in my opinion is the Sachs forks They work OK on the small stuff but suffer deflection on the sharp

mid to large hits, played around with dampening adjustment with slight improvements but no fix .

Have taken them down to Terry Hay ( Shock Treatment )today for a rework , 4.4 springs fitted and some major work done on the valving .

Will give it a run on the weekend and report back on the forks performance

Cheers Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Guys

If there is still spots available I am keen and my mate Leon :cheer:

Cheers
Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Bowie
I am assuming you are talking about the 660 Tenere ? I fitted Mefo Explorers to mine and thought

they worked great as an allrounder and also seemed to wear well .

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Cheers
Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Ian

I heard she was a bit slippery up there on the weekend :pinch: ?

My work mate young Mitch ( ktm 350 six day ) was on the ride , he rides well and makes it look easy :huh:

These young fit guys makes me feel really old :blink:

[Wayne DrewMember]

Fitted slightly lower bars , problem is they sweep back more than the stock bars which

makes it slightly cramped may need to fit the standard bars back on until I can find

a bend similar to the stock bars but a bit flatter ( not sure if you can get them lower ) :unsure:

[Wayne DrewMember]

Which model are you buying Spud?
Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Nick

Went on OK but had to modify the scott pin to suit , otherwise all good .

The bars seem a bit high so might fit a set of lower Carmichael bars I have lying around

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[Wayne DrewMember]

I think Spud might be coming over to the Beta side .

Scott damper post arrived today so will fit it up Tonight ( hope it fits )

Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Your right LC , the more your on the pipe the more fuel you use .

the good thing is the strong bottom end allows you to go reasonably hard without being on the pipe all the time

(Unless you want to roost your mates ) then it makes sence.

Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Yes they seem to be quite good on the fuel range, I done 60km of mainly 2nd and3rd gear single trail and used

5 litres , so 100 to 120 of general trailriding should be achievable out of the 9.5 litre tank.

Drewy

[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Guys

The damper mount was for a TM which is a fair bit different to what was needed for the Beta
Hole centres and heights were different so I done up a rough sketch and had the machine shop guys at work to machine it up and believe it or not and taking into account my crap drawing it fitted perfectly .

May need to modify slightly when I fit the post , we will see ( I love steering dampers )

Nato
I have only been out twice but with the changes I made after the first ride the bike performed
great , it steered much more precisely and felt very confident on it ( quality tires makes a big difference )

Having not ridden a 2 stroke since 2008 I am still adapting but sure don’t miss that extra weight .

Next ride will have the steering damper hooked up so can only get better , got to love it .

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[Wayne DrewMember]

Hi Guys

Done some fine tuning after my first ride –

Removed the standard 6 day front and replaced with a Pirreli
set the rear sag at 100 mm , was measuring 112 – 115 mm when settled in
moved the forks up through the tripple clamps around 5mm
fitted steering damper ( had to machine my old mount up to suit ) MSC do not make a mount to suit the Beta , just waiting on the headstock mount from Scotts .
Bike felt awesome after the mods .
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