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Does it come with the MTV flag?

Shoulda detoured via Devizes and had a coffee with us.

If you’re running 18/21 then buy Pirelli MT43 … they’re trials type pattern in a very hard compound. I found them awful on the 60kg ST300 and was told “what did you expect?”

Apparently they’re weapon of choice on classics and heavies. Would be ideal on the DR at 160kg.

Precedent…

https://www.classicdirtbike.co.uk/from-the-archive-you-need-a-matchless-trials-bike/

They did terrible things in the 50’s.

puppy slaying

If you do a search for all the pre-65 trials / twinshocks you’ll have more than enough inspiration on the precedent.

I mean, you could even just look at a VanVan or a RE Trials Rep…

In @M_V ‘s case I think it’ll be a case of finding a small long end can that is as long as bearable, then fabricating the up and over header/link pipe.

There are lots of bolt-on options that way once link pipe diameter has been set/swaged.

He’ll probably never get walked off-lead for the rest of his life.

underserved

This is why a lot of us ended up with Dominator on our bikes. I think it’s too loud out the box, and too difficult to get a balance right (loud not obnoxious) with baffles.

I went through a number of amazon/aliex baffles to increase back pressure on the DR350, ended up with longest possible, minimum airflow holes, extra wadding inside.

Sound level reduced somewhat and pressure improved a bit.

The original Suzuki DR exhaust is a marvel of engineering. Super heavy with a maze of channels to reduce noise and increase pressure.

People open them and remove half the channeling to increase flow and lose some weight.

The key seems to be making it light, small, and not like a 19yo’s “my first lawnmower”.

Actually no. I needed to buy a set of bushes for both shoes and got distracted with skateboards and forgot all about them.

Funny you ask, as I was tidying and found the bag with skates in earlier.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296792274434

Oof. You bought the real deal didn’t you?

Anyone within a drive of Devizes, I’ll be selling my Singer 211G (needle feed industrial) for about £350. New Jack 513C servo motor fitted a month ago. Prefer my compound feed.

Comes on old tubular steel Singer table, I can include a new Jack tabletop if you want.

I think I met someone who set up a DRZ400 for Hellas then mechanical’d and crashed on day 1

In what capacity?

I marshalled a Sweet Lamb Baja, saw loads of punters panic drop their bikes.

Got a number of friend/acquaintances that do lots of big bike events (dusk/dawn) etc. PM me your whatsapp and I’ll add you to the group. They can tell you lots more than I can.

moody

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Probs crossover to sewing thread

Yea. It took about an hour for the embroidery machine to stitch the design (that I had to make from scratch). Then I stitched up the panels for the jacket, so probably 3 hours plus prep.

Weeb cosplay for halloween… way effort to make, will be used daily.

Pretty much either of these two options. Better to bespoke it to the bike.

Got a AliExpress fake one. Wears well. Wouldn’t pay for the real deal, and wouldn’t risk damage for the insane price for a Swatch.

Hopefully before you used/after you flushed.

Not sure I’d like to present my work, but the soldering iron is good.

Having mapped and soldered up nearly 10 broken traces (going straight to the component legs), I hate the wire off Amazon. Must be some AliExpress shit.

Anyway.

I now have a 50% improvement in that project, in that I’ve gone from 1 of three reels spinning to 2 of 3. Continuity with multimeter checks out across all the bodges, but no idea where the next problem is in the PCB. Maybe a component is fubar.

Finally you can dazzle and blind all the cagers who fail to adjust headlight beam and leave on high.

Not sure which I want more…