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OMG I think it's beatiful
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:44 pm
by javaman
Just keep thinking that instead avoiding those gravel track I would be looking for one
. Imagine going to grand ridge road or that road to chesthunt or woodend - jamieson .... How nice would that be ?
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:58 pm
by hoffy
Have you been smokin weed again??
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:00 pm
by Smitty
hoffy wrote:Have you been smokin weed again??
..naaah
dreamin' of Scootland and malt
by the piccie
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:28 pm
by javaman
What is the possibility of fitting a sports bike i.e. zx6r with those kind of tyre. Would it handle better on gravel or it's the general weight distribution of such bike which makes it really ill on dirt ?
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:06 am
by I-K
javaman wrote:What is the possibility of fitting a sports bike i.e. zx6r with those kind of tyre.
Adventure tourers typically come with 18" front wheels or bigger. Some have 17" rears, but none have 17x5.5"s like the ZX6.
So, you might be able to scam a front off-road tyre to fit to a ZX6. You'll pretty much have to change the wheel to do it to the rear.
Would it handle better on gravel
Not really, seeing how gravel grip doesn't really improve until you start going to something with a proper chunky tread pattern, like a Metzeler Karoo or similar.
Seeing how or it's the general weight distribution of such bike which makes it really ill on dirt ?
The hard springs, stiff damping, steep rake, short trail and narrow handlebars don't help either.
Bikes like the V-Strom aren't built for rough-road capability, really. They have fragile cast alloy rims which'll crack on a pothole sooner or later, big rock-magnet headlights, lots of plastic to crack when the bike goes over on its side. They're comfortable and chuckable on gnarly tarmac, but adventure tourers, they're not.
If you really want to start sniffing around all the hillbilly country to the northeast of Melbourne, buy something like an XR650 (Kawasaki just haven't been interested in enduro for about the past 10 years) and fit a smaller rear sprocket to make it top out at around 180. That way, when you're on a trail and you pass a much gnarlier-looking trail, you have the option of going off and exploring it...
...even something like a KTM 640 Adventure is built for blasting across open country. It takes an accomplished dirt pilot to clamber up a 4WD track on one of those. Bikes like the 950 Adventure, Triumph Tiger or the BMW R1200GS are another 50-60kg and couple of levels of difficulty further on. The Varadero, V-Strom, Cagiva Navigator, Aprilia Caponord... forget it.
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:49 am
by Neka79
all of what I-K said plus add this....
THEY LOOK LIKE POO
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:36 pm
by robracer
its a spewsuki ..... SV650 motor rrrrrrrrvrrrrrr
thats the sound it makes as it goes over the cliff
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:31 pm
by javaman
Nice.... thanks I-K... exactly what I needed to hear
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:10 pm
by NovaCoder
Here you go Mr Java, something sexy, off-road and cheap (at half the price anyway!).
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:17 pm
by javaman
Ducati and cheap in the same breath ?
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:52 pm
by robracer
SEXY the only sexy ducatis were the 916 & 748 mods
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:14 pm
by mrmina
hoffy wrote:Have you been smokin weed again??
i think he has been
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:15 pm
by mrmina
robracer wrote:SEXY the only sexy ducatis were the 916 & 748 mods
mate i think u've been smoking weed too.
there is no such thing as a sexy ducati
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:16 pm
by Neka79
mrmina wrote:robracer wrote:SEXY the only sexy ducatis were the 916 & 748 mods
mate i think u've been smoking weed too.
there is no such thing as a sexy ducati
nope..hes got a point....those duke 916's in the movie FLED...mmm that got me back into bikes....
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:40 pm
by mrmina
Neka79 wrote:mrmina wrote:robracer wrote:SEXY the only sexy ducatis were the 916 & 748 mods
mate i think u've been smoking weed too.
there is no such thing as a sexy ducati
nope..hes got a point....those duke 916's in the movie FLED...mmm that got me back into bikes....
and thats why u ride a honda and not a real bike