Thursday
Wednesday
Friday
Monday
Vibraction Boluce Andorra
A group of friends, good weather and some waist deep snow. Makes for a great 3 Days of Trail riding. Northern spain and Andorra is great at this time of year we felt like we had the hills to ourselves. We carried what we needed and stayed out till bed time. Tapas, cheap hostels and good company. Only one trip to hospital and all the bikes made it until the end.
This guy who writes these road books derserves a medal. I cant believe how good and easy the are to follow.
Friday
Philippe Vandewalle
What a great guy........
Hello friends of this marginal recreation sport we love…
The SWM dirttracker does not only look good, its works like a Swiss watch
J
That will be until I got a puncher at the rear…
So, what is all about? Just going in Essex kindly invited by Anthony brown who run a series of flattraker for every levels…
The venue was Rye House near Stansted and even the sun and blue sky came along…just great!
I never knew what was flattraking, kind of guessed it was easy, just lean the bike and….voila!
But
reality was of course a bit different, first a briefing from the
organizer, a selection of riders in 4 different groups and levels as
well of a nice mix from BSA, Triumph,
lots of 4 stroke Rotax powered machines, some Husqvarna, few Japanese
and…. Of course few KTMs
Been lend a steel sole and a Daytona boot for my left foot and we make our way to the short oval (same as greyhound track it was
J) Anthony did mention to me…as a novice …don’t use the brakes, just acceleration, lean the bike, gentle but progressive throttle and
then full whack!
OK, did exactly that, second then a touch of 3rd gear, then…..whooaaaaaa already the turn and no engine braking, so that was a near miss by doing a longer turn near
the hay stacks
Tried again, then not much better, then been told
“Sorry Philippe…forgot you have a 2 strokes” Yes it was one of the two that day (a young lady on a 125 KTM and me)
We
set up for more runs, 12-14 minutes at a time, stop for 30 minutes and
start again…well, it was really fun and I just started to understand the
technique of leaning the bike
earlier and keep 3rd gear and open a lot more...great that
looks like a long slide and got into a rhythm that was consuming all my
energy, but equally was placing a large grin on my face…
Then got this puncher…but it was nearly the end anyway and if I could simply conclude with these:
·
The bike….not bad at all for a Chef
J works superbly and what a noise!
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I will recommend Flattraking to any of us “off road riders” that is really a Must Do experience
Bye for now, and be open minded!
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Wednesday
Tuesday
Co-Built Panther
Following on from a small mention in the Febuary Bike Magazine we have had a lot of questions about this bike we built for our friend Dael last year.
The bike was a work in progress, it started as an enquiry about an exhaust pipe and snowballed from there. In the end it was pretty much a full rebuild with only the motor and frame remaining standard. Dael was keen to keep the bike usable but wanted something that was much lighter wieght and more rideable. The amount of stuff we removed was incredible.
Our Trimuph pipes have been pretty popular with custom builders watch this space as we have another set just finished that we will show you all in a week or so. We build them to individual spec so contact us if you want a set or more info.
Anyway here is the spec list for the Co-Built Panther for those who are interested or are creating something similar.
2003 Triumph
T100 (bought in 2009)
Classic
Triumph 1" Grips
Bates 5.5
Headlight
Bates 55W
internal
Motogadget
speedo
LSL Flat
Track Bars
Monza
(small) gas cap
Triumph
Fork Gaitors
Joker
Machine Sprocket Cover
Joker Machine
Ignition Re-locator
DNA Air
Filters/ + crank case breather
Bitubo
Rear Suspension
Bitubo
Front Suspension
Leather
seat £300 (from CE Moore - they were great)
2 x NGK CR1
Racing Cable and Plug Cap
Shorai
LFX14A2-BS12 Battery (LFX14A2BS12) =
Oberon
Indicators x 2 pairs
Oberon
Touring Pillion Foot Pegs
MAS
Engineering Fender Eliminator (now modified by Co-Built)
EBC
Floating Front Disc Brake
Used R6
Caliper
LSL Brake
+ Clutch Lever
Braded Clutch
& Throttle Cables
LSL Bar
Ends
Wheels
REAR: 5.5
INCH RIM / 17 - BLACK HUB/ BLACK RIM / STAINLESS SPOKES / STAINLESS NIPPLES
FRONT:
3.5 INCH RIM / 18 - BLACK HUB/ BLACK RIM / STAINLESS SPOKES / STAINLESS
NIPPLES
TYRES
£190 - PIRELLI ANGEL ST 120/70-18 + 170/60-17 (SEALED TUBELESS )
Co-Built
Custom Handlebar Clamp
Co-Built
Yokes
Co-Built Front
WheelSpindle/ Spacers
Co-Built
Custom 2 into 1 exhaust (stainless steel headers/ Inconel silencer)
Co-Built
Custom Seat Pan
Co-Built
Custom Battery Bracket
Co-Built
Tank Re-Spray and De-Badge KC
Co-Built
Carbon Carb Support Bracket
Co-Built
Electrical Cover Seat Plate
Co-Built Front
Brake Caliper Bracket
Co-Built
Front Mudguard Bracket (to lower guard)
Co-Built
Headlight Bracket
Co-Built
Speedo Bracket
Big thanks to Chippy Wood for the pictures
Friday
See you at the Ace
Sorry its been quite I have been away travelling. Anyway hope to see you at the Ace!
Tuesday
Monday
Boundsy is still in there
He had a crash when a guy on a quad rode in fromt of him a few days ago but he is still in there.
Here is that latest from Tamsin
We spent the rest day getting Craigs kit and bike sorted. You can
tell that the pain in the back is getting him down so we went to get him
another xray. he is OK and had some physio and they have given him
some stronger pain killers. Bumped into Lyndon who is absolutely
chuffed with his 9th place yesterday and amazingly well done to him.
The rest of the Brits and Si Pavey seemed to be in good spirits. Paul
Jay was taking in the atmosphere with is arm in a sling - just enjoying
being around the Dakar and getting as much info and experience he can
for next year. The weather is hot and humid and will tire them all
out. 6 days left Cordoba tommorow and the super fine sanddunes of
Fiambala to come.
Craig said he has lost alot of
confidence in riding since the crash
- which is unlike him and he has so skirt around all the big bumps to
avoid them causing him more pain. Lets hope the stonger pain killer do
the trick. I have given him all your messages of support which he
loved.
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