Recent content by xtpete

just wondering how meany of you's realise the date of manufature is stamped on a road motorbike tire... some dirt tires... I just got this Shinko 705.. ordered it online... it's already 2 years old.. Something I check before buying from a shop but online yer can't... Date code on this...

And I wish I never sold it..

theres a couple of bike shop with in walking distance of me that have the CFMoto naked version.. nice well built bikes... but I have only ever seen 1 on the road.. they are like $3,500NZ cheaper than the NC here... mined you I have never seen a NC on the road.. when yer think about it..it's a...

diameter times 3.1415927 = circumference circumference devided by 3.1415927 = diameter

The thought that jumps into my mined is.... If you are unable to figger out how to remove a spark plug.. Should you be playing with the motor in the first place ?.. Sorry it may sound a bit harsh...

you have made no mention of the sag hights static & loaded these all come into play..Unless you get them right your bike will NEVER handle as it could..even with a crappy standard shock.. the bike should sag about 15% under its own weight & 35/40% with the rider seated..now these are aprox...

My next bike will be a NC700X.... But I did ride a KTM freeride the other day around a few single tracks... It's becomeing a toss up... (2 bikes that couldn't be so diffrent)

I'm a one or two finger braker .. So I move the master cylinder along the bar so my fingers are closer to the end of the lever... gives more leverage...

Duramax Air Filter Testing * - Diesel Bombers

there should be a NC700 in Transalp700 gold ==> http://nomadacases.com/images_mce/Transalp_700/img_0633.jpg

I know what yer saying.... but where there's a will.... The bike at the back with the twin head lights is a Suzuki DL650 Vee Storm... Where no Vee storm should be... but we got him though... meany hands and the like.. Even my much moded XT660R is hard work on these scree slides & it has a...

just copy Graham Jarvis & yer be ok on those curbs.. Graham Jarvis - A Training Day In Winter - YouTube

2" (50mm).. will decrease the rake & add at least 1" (25mm) to the trail.. will slow the handling down Trail --- the diffrents between where the fork angle (rake) intersects with the ground & the vertical line from the ground though the axle centre.. When you turn the handle bars the wheel...

put a blob of grease in the air box then go for a good ride on a dusty road... have a look at the grease when yer get back.. Bet yer don't put the K&N/DNA back in if yer going to ride in dust condictions.. This type ===>...

No not the K&N or DNA style filters... they don't stop fine dust... They are great if yer don't ride on dusty roads...