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Happy Belated Birthday Wolfie, I trust your lovely looked after you
TB
Bulls Wool wrote:Fine looking machines there mate, where did you come by the chainswaw rack?
I could see these “pre-run” bikes becoming “adv-lites” too ?? :whistle:Chainsaw racks like 95% of the parts on these bikes can be sourced from Adventure Moto link here
Adv-lites? umm not for me :laugh: , I will do all the bike rides on my Tenere. These for me are strictly prerun. If you wish to hire a bike and try a ride, well watch this space
TB
So the build got under way big time this week. Now it’s finished I have to ask, what carries a chainsaw, all my gear and does 450kms between drinks?
Firstly I would like to thank, Adventure Moto, Yamaha Australia, Teknik Motorsport, Barkbuster Handguards, GFMS and Barrett Exhausts
I had fitted the bars, barkbusters, USB ports, B & B radiator guard, B & B bash plate, Motion Pro billet rear rack to my bike earlier. We then decided to try just a set of heavier springs in the bikes. The thought was the development of these bikes would be as cheap as possible. Testing showed quickly that for me I couldn’t slow the rebound enough on the rear shock, the stronger spring just provided too much rebound force for the valving to handle. After playing with the clickers it was decided that Nick needed to work his magic.
Monday night at Teknik’s was another midnight affair, thanks Nick
The bike lifts just make it so much easier
So the shock was stripped and revalved
Back on the bike
Next the forks, a lot of work went in to the forks and the compression damping setup
Back in the bike and stickered up
From there the build moved to GFMS (Lefty, or Geoff Forshaw Motor Sport) awesome workshop facility. We had two bikes to build and I wanted them finished for this Sunday to give them a shake now before next weekend when Steve Smith and I finish the High Country routes for the May ride.
Steve’s bike with only the racks fitted and 2kms on the clock!
Parts and tools
Motion-Pro Billet Chainsaw holder
Motion-Pro Billet rack
Fitted and the Chainsasw added
B and B Bashplate
B and B radiator guard
The IMS tanks were fitted, they have a vacuum pump so they can pick up all the fuel in the tank wings. Lefty hard at it.
Hard at it in the workshop
I fitted pivot pegz to my bike, Steve wanted a set of Fastway pegs. These things are massive
Lefty in the GFMS machine shop
Screens have been fitted to both bikes, Steve’s has the clear high impact screen for test and mine has a dark standard screen. Both screens came from “Screens for Bikes” I top Australian making quality Australian products
Next fitted were some of Barrett’s finest
Mine got a black one
Steve’s
Steve’s had a set of grip warmers fitted. Power for the warmers was fitted up behind the headlight, actually sourced from the high beam.
Both bikes got Dunlop Geomaxs 71 for both ends and ultra heavy duty tubes of course
Finished products
Mine
Steve’s
Random’s
Looking forward tomorrows ride at Hampton.
TB
Happy Birthday Amy, hope its a cracker and you are enjoying yourself. Will catch up soon
TB
For either of the above bikes I would run a Dunlop 952 front, an aggressive front that wears well. For the high country I would run a 606 rear. Great traction and will last the ride well. The high country is rocky is places and the taller profile of the 606 and the 952 will help prevent pinch flats. Ross if you can only get 1500 out of a 606 rear I bow to you my friend because I am hard on tyres (harder than most I am reminded often :whistle: ) and I a little better than that out of them. Actually thinking about it the last few have finished on the rubber between the knobs :laugh:
High Country, any chance of rain I will have the best most aggressive tyres I can to start the ride so the above is my choice.
TB
One more pre run, weekend after next and it will be all go. I am pre running with Steve the “Wolfman” Smith on the soon to be completed Rideadv pre run weapons. The build will be finished this weekend with Lefty and I giving them a shake down ride Sunday. The build has been hectic including at Tekniks the other night until midnight. A massive thanks to Nick @ Tekniks for getting it done last minute. Was awesome watching him work, and after a little ride yesterday the results have been awesome as usual.
Forks underway
TB
