Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Burwins have moved but still do tyres.

They are in stoke Newington now 19a victoria road n16

Oh right, where are they now?
Good guys in my experience. Went in there as a total noob with seized and snapped header bolts and they really helped me out without being judgey

Burwin in Islington

They are based in Stoke Newington now.

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Updated with the address as I thought it might be useful.

What are people betting on, the price of OG DRZ’s going up, or down?

Were gonna do orkney next year, I also wanna do the weston.

Same. They sell enough CRFs to mean the new ones will sell fine and the old ones still have their place in the Market and I can't see many people who have an existing one buying the new one.

I rode a CRF300 Rally the weekend and it was so good. It had some suspension work done on it though. I was on a TS185 though so any suspension was going to feel amazing ha.

Haven't watched the reviews yet but I would be interested to see how much the rider aids hinder the DRZ and if they can be turned off.

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Didn't even know there was one in Orkney! Looks an amazing location. Have you done a beach race before?

Dibs the TS185

I guess it's logical they made it how they did but I wish it was more RMX450 with a 6 speed.
I'm an enormous fan of the old DRZ400 (and Suzuki dirtbikes in general) but if it needed anything, it was a 30lb weight loss and an extra gear.

Agreed but I guess they said “shove the R&D, just make a 25yo design emissions-legal”.

Thank you ☺️

I see the logic in building something at a lower price - that seems to be a segment doing better these days. I think KTM and their ilk are going to run into a wall with highly priced, race rep off road models sooner or later - especially with rates where they are.

If it ain't broke, how can we make it cheaper.

So I'm adding re-upholstering a motorbike seat to the list of things I can't do.

Fuck my life. It's clearly witchcraft, therefore I'm on the lookout for someone to do it for me. I got a quote locally for £150... Needless to say I could pick up a 2nd hand one up for much less but Id still like to get it recovered.

Has anyone had it done, and any recommendations?

diggerseat@gmail.com in Newport did my 1100S nicely, around the same price though.

If I can do it you can.

What bike?

Ah ta. I'm not underestimating the task but should probably suck up the cost.

It's the bastard banana shape, oh and the corners. Maybe there's a reason it's £150

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What material is the base, plastic or steel.

What material have you got to recover it. Is it stretchy enough?

Have you checked it’s warm enough? You should use a hairdryer to get the material warm and flexy to get it into position. A strong staplegun needs short short staples or you’ll punch through on the sides.

Like @lynx said. Definitely how to make it cheaper.

I guess it needs to be a direct price competitor to the CRF300L, or else who is buying it?

I thought KTM were already in financial trouble.

We've done orkney once its fun but fucks your bike.

Hell yeah. What you race on? I have a WR250. Last of the two strokes variants but the wide ratio box makes it good on the straights. I imagine the torque of a 4 stroke helps in the sand though when you are getting tired.