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Moto wrote:
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I think you missed my point there a bit Scotty. I wasn’t referring to me or my 450. I meant exactly what I said, I wonder if eagles KLX would have faired so well with someone giving it curry through the bush for 16,000 Km’s. I’m also not saying the engine would have failed, it’s just we should appreciate that the quoted figure isn’t the same as someone quoting 5000Km of hammering their Wr250 through the bush. It’s just a supposition, not a ‘I ride my bike harder than you’ contest.The service intervals on the WR are crazy, they are something like 5,000Km’s for oil changes!! It totally eclipses the WR-F in terms of service. A 450 version would be like a yamaha version of the DRZ, but with fuel injection, more power one would expect and mayeb even a smidge lighter though the WR-R is much heavier than the WR-F
Ah yes I see your point, although I would still back the KLX/XR on a km for km basis riden by the same average trailrider under the same conditions. Riden by a world champ, different story.
Point here is the manufacturers warrenty doesn’t differentiate between riders. If poor old Eagle was to buy a high performance bike with a long warranty period and putter around the bush with it he is expected to service it at the same period as some top gun rider.
Now from what I understand the BMW for one has a very high tech engine management system that stores a lot of data on how the engine has been run. Surley this data could be used at the service period to determine if the engine really needs such a major rebuild.
As for 2T, it’s should just be a quick topend strip down and inspection of parts to determine if a new piston is needed.
Moto wrote:
Quote:EAGLE`02 wrote:Quote:I am thinking the same way XR
My good old KLX has nearly 16,700 ks on the same engine :laugh:Yes, but your mileage figure isn’t comparable to most as they are mainly road K’s and you do ride the bike sensibly. I’d be interested to see how it fairs after having it’s nuts revved off in the bush for 16,000 Km’s by someone who doesn’t mind hitting the rev limiter.
I’m glad you got your bike back Mal, I hope it gives you many hours of joy. Your patience was much better than mine would have been given the same situation, to take that long for a bike so new is disgusting.
I don’t know about the KLX but my old 98 XR250 easily did those Km’s on the same engine. I’ll bet this little engine spent more time at the rev limiter than any of the high power race engines. I’m sure most like to believe they are riding there 450’s and the like at the limit but lets face unless your racing Fink, the Safari or spend all your riding time on fire trails there’s no way you could hold one of these things at the rev limiter for long.
As for the little XR, it had so little power the throttle was more like a switch, ya basically held it at the stops with the valves bouncing. Yes I know not a highly stressed race motor but still took more of a bashing than most would these days.
With the lattest race motors making more power than we need maybe the manufacture should offer slightly detuned less stressed versions of these engines. They would still have more than enough power for most and not need as much mantanence. I think Yamaha have done this with the WR250R. It’s a softer version of the WR250F. I havn’t seen the service intervals but im betting the R is longer than the F.
I would like to see a WR450R, that is a bike that would interest me.
Moto wrote:
Quote:Trailboss wrote:Quote:Moto wrote:Quote:With some maintance they dont give a problem mine are still original and I only repack them once a yearWell they would be wouldn’t they. I don’t have to repack bearings at all now
Repacking them even once a year is just additional work.I’m not saying it’s hard, I’m saying is additional work before you go getting your knickers in a twist
This will be my last post on this particular subject before it turns into another anti PDS thread.
Moto i’m sure even PDS equiped bikes have bearings on the swingarm pivot points that need servicing. In my experiance these are the bearings that need the most attention. Takes me about another 10-15 minutes to do te pivot while im doing the swing arm. My previous two bike I had for 7 years each, never replaced a bearing.
Well im rooted. Just finished a 14 hour night shift then went to do my medical/physical for the mountain bike course. no sleep, been up now for 22 hours.
Good news, 95.5Kg and passed the physical, woo hoo,fuck I hate the beep test. Going down for the bike course on the 24 December for a week mountain bike riding. Better news I now have seven days off to recover. First two days will be spent in the Hunter Valley wine tasting. The next night I have my work team christmas party. Then the next night i’m off to a mates bucks party.
Bad news is the is not going to be good for the waist line but fuck it, I deserve it.
champo35 wrote:
Quote:scotty: what camera did you take your photos with?Sony H50. 9MP 15x optical zoom. I’m starting to get the hang of this camera. I had the image quality down to 3MP as I knew some of the photo’s would be loaded up online and the 9MP piture are big file that eat into my monthly limit. I also had some issues with the sun outside. I took a shitload of photo’s but again would kill my monthly download limit if I put them all up.
EAGLE`02 wrote:
Quote:USD is UNITED STATES DOLLARS
Upside Down,,,, 6,100 USD forks :laugh: You have bikes & components on the brain :blink:
Nope the add I looked at in Uncle Festers link had $6100 AU
Moto wrote:
Quote:The Zero’s look gay too. don’t think they will sell new technology like that very effectively when they look crap. they basically have MTB suspension too which won’t be helping matters.Not to mention they basicaly had MTB brakes.
That being said I have seen pics of the KTM version and it looks the goods. Like it or not there will be a future in these things it’s more a case of when rather than if. I don’t see that as a bad thing. The electric motor technoligy is already up to the task, eletric motors are capable of very high RPM with masses of torque right across the rev range. It is only battery tech that is holding them back but batteries are getting more powerful, longerlasting and lighter all the time. I do hope they improve the styling though.
DanD wrote:
Quote:boulder wrote:Quote:Hey Dan take note of the Braces!! We are trend setters on OB, maybe we should get some made with our logo for next years show. But who could we get to model them??I think there is a market there for us Boulder. You were the true OBT brace wearing trendsetter, I mearly followed your lead mate
What do you reckon we get cracking on the 2010 OBT brace range.The YZF450 looks the poo. When will they bring it over onto the WR? :huh:
Fuel Injection is the go – it will be happy days when the WR450 gets FI
One issue I could see with the new design is the fitting of larger tanks. The way the tank fits over the filter any large tank would no doubt need to be completely removed to get at the filter as I can’t see them making a large tank that is hinged like the standard one.
On the possitive side the filter is up nice and high, should be good for deep water crossings.
WikdBeemer wrote:
Quote:Also making its first appearance in front of a local audience is BMW Motorrad’s F 800 R Chris Pfeiffer edition, featuring a number of competition-spec upgrades to celebrate the stunt rider’s success.BMW Motorsport paintwork is detailed on the bodywork, wheels, rear shock spring and pillion seat cover and an Akrapovic sports muffler adds a sporty sound to the motorcycle’s dynamic look.
The production version will be revealed to Sydney showgoers this week and will be available by special order only, with delivery slated for April 2010.
This looks like the stocker (?)
This was the F800GS not the R. The R was at the other end of the display with all the other more road oriented bikes.
