Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Seems great if you want to eventually add on all the bells and whistles like blind spot and cameras but if you just want a CarPlay display and know that’s all you will want then it seems a bit ott.

Right, thanks

Damn, there's been some action on here.

@MrBaklava - Congrats mate, epic trip. How did you get on in the deep sand?

@Soul and @Markyboy - phwoar....giz a go, etc.

Hell yeah

No fucking around here! This will be smiles every time you look at it.

Happy new bike day.

Sure. We had a bunch of adventurous mishaps along the way...

Day 1 - We found a man stranded in the middle of nowhere on a rental bike, with no tools and no spare tube. Broken down at the side of the road in a panic. We managed to fix his bike and send him happily on his way. good deed for the trip done

Day 2 - First entry to the desert. The temperature was 42c. Pretty tricky when you stop moving

Day 4 - We finished the desert section of the trip at Merzouga, and I decided I'd like to drop the bag to surf the big dunes, with great success. Afterwards I convinced my mate to follow, so we dropped our bags at the only tree for miles around and took off on a little loop. 600m and a couple mountains of sand later, my bike broke down. We spent an hour pushing, one metre at a time, at 3pm in the afternoon (see foot steps and tyre tracks in photo). Exhausting. Made it back to the tree for water & shade, and then my buddy rode to find someone with a jeep to tow the bike back to the tarmac.

End of Day 4 - After the bike had broken down in the sand the ignition barrel was clogged up and the key stopped working. Found this out when I removed the key to fill up with petrol. 3 hours of wiggling and a new key later and we were back on the move.

Things got easier when we headed north from the desert towards the mountains. Well, cooler at least.

@Jung the deep sand was lovely to ride and much easier than I expected. You just sort of surf over it. The more difficult sand was on the flat lands, where 4x4s have carved in tracks that pull the bike all over the place.

10/10 experience though, and I've finally found a type of motorcycling I love.

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Great trip and photos, adventures are made by the mishaps.

Sounds nothing short of epic. Trip of a lifetime material.

Ah what a trip! You did much better in the sand than we did but I suppose actual grown up bikes are a help!

The heat is actually OK as long as you cover up and keep moving but it's serious stuff when you stop alright!

Would be keen for forum Maroc trip in future if others fancied it?

Just picked this up from a service for DGR this weekend. Anyone else partaking?

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Top work mate, sounds like you did brilliantly, especially on those tyres.

I love the sand, it gets easier the faster you go. As you mention, vehicle tracks in the deep stuff can be a bit distracting.....stay loose and keep right on it!

What a trip.

Amazing! This is premium stuff. Let me get this straight, you grabbed two bikes and fucked off into the desert? I thought this was some group thing?

@Jung question. If say the thermostat or radiator switch are faulty on an FI bike, will the ECU shut the bike down if it overheats?

No idea mate, I'd guess no, particularly on anything a bit older. Might go into some sort of limp mode. There would be a big risk involved in ECU shutting down a motor unexpectedly.

Saga begins once again. Running fine all winter. SV has started just....shutting down.
No timing, no reason. Starts on the button every morning. Idles nicely, no pops, no bangs, fine through out the rev range in all gears. At lights or low speed, it just sometimes dies. Leave it a few minutes and starts right back up.

Maybe fuel pump on the way out / part clogged filter. That does stuff like that....

Yeep. Where I'm heading to as well. Spark is fine, Air is clean, Fuel is unknown. Also had trouble with it before.
Annoying as its a sealed unit. Ebay here we come.

Wiggle the bars and see if it starts. Could be a broken wire around the headstock.

No, a bike or most cars will cook themselves..

There should be an fi light come on.

Looks like I'm going to be ordering a custom bike rather than one available right now. 8 week wait but means I get the exact spec I want.

Only issue is I'm having problems choosing the colour. It's between these two exact builds. The green build works out around £1,500 more expensive but you get fancy aluminium bits as well as the colour.

Which one should I choose?

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White/Blue for me - I can't imagine how good these must be to ride. I loved my r1200gs

If it's only colour and aluminium bits, save the money for aftermarket mods.
Also blue looks better anyway

I'd be keen. Haven't ridden a dirt bike for 10 years though...

@MrBaklava I have serious adventure envy, looks like a real experience

Found an IRL pic of the Trophy with the forged wheels. I think it's the one...

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