OT: Pick up the KTM tomorrow!!

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Nige

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• Jul 20, 2006

• #1

If you see a P38 towing a very big off road bike on the M1 tomorrow, it's me!!! I can easy chuck it on
the back if anyone fancies a go for the Oct unofficial? I know it's about LR, but it is a beast! Having
said that, if the place we're off to don't like bikes I'll not bother.

I don't want to upset anyone etc.

Did I say it was big......

 

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Buzby

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• Jul 21, 2006

• #2

> If you see a P38 towing a very big off road bike on the M1 tomorrow, it's
> me!!! I can easy chuck it on the back if anyone fancies a go for the Oct
> unofficial? I know it's about LR, but it is a beast! Having said that, if
> the place we're off to don't like bikes I'll not bother.
>
> I don't want to upset anyone etc.
>
> Did I say it was big......

Spilt the beans on UKRM yet ;-)

Enjoy!

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Jul 21, 2006

• #3

Buzby came up with the following;:
>> If you see a P38 towing a very big off road bike on the M1 tomorrow, it's
>> me!!! I can easy chuck it on the back if anyone fancies a go for the Oct
>> unofficial? I know it's about LR, but it is a beast! Having said that, if
>> the place we're off to don't like bikes I'll not bother.
>>
>> I don't want to upset anyone etc.
>>
>> Did I say it was big......
>
> Spilt the beans on UKRM yet ;-)

You've a cruel streak ...

> Enjoy!

Indeed. Awesome bit of kit.

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

 

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Nige

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• Jul 22, 2006

• #4

Nige wrote:
> If you see a P38 towing a very big off road bike on the M1
> tomorrow, it's me!!! I can easy chuck it on the back if anyone
> fancies a go for the Oct unofficial? I know it's about LR, but it
> is a beast! Having said that, if the place we're off to don't like
> bikes I'll not bother.
> I don't want to upset anyone etc.
>
> Did I say it was big......

My god, it is the best plaything i have bought in ages! I(t's a huge beast that sounds like a tank & goes
like a rocket. Handles like a dream too. There was a white 101 on the M1 today, anyones here? Near Derby
turn. Jc28 A38

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Jul 22, 2006

• #5

On or around Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:27:21 +0100, "Nige"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>My god, it is the best plaything i have bought in ages! I(t's a huge beast that sounds like a tank & goes
>like a rocket.

I've had a hankering for one of those supermotard things for a while, the
ones like a big trailie/trials bike but on sticky road rubber. They look
serious fun.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Too Busy: Your mind is like a motorway. Sometimes it can be jammed by
too much traffic. Avoid the jams by never using your mind on a
Bank Holiday weekend.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

 

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Nige

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• Jul 22, 2006

• #6

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Sat, 22 Jul 2006 19:27:21 +0100, "Nige"
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> My god, it is the best plaything i have bought in ages! I(t's a
>> huge beast that sounds like a tank & goes like a rocket.
>
> I've had a hankering for one of those supermotard things for a
> while, the ones like a big trailie/trials bike but on sticky road
> rubber. They look serious fun.

Same thing really Austin with the KTM, just swap the wheels & rubber for an instant supermoto! The
problem is, i have no desire to ride on the road & never have had.

I have just started taking this to bits, it is mint, probably done no more than 60-100 hours in it's
life! It's been run on the best oil, the best powershock & it even came with supermoto plastics but no
wheels!

Not bad for £1500, was a very expensive bike new.

Nige

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Jul 22, 2006

• #7

On 2006-07-22, Austin Shackles <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've had a hankering for one of those supermotard things for a
> while, the ones like a big trailie/trials bike but on sticky road
> rubber. They look serious fun.

Some of the two-wheel-drive bikes look interesting, the Rokon's a big
beast.

http://www.rokon.com/products/trailbrkr.htm

The KTM on here uses hydraulic drive to the front wheel, not sure if
that has speed implications, I'd have thought so.

http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=892&fArticleId=2099027

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

 

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William Tasso

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• Jul 22, 2006

• #8

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:00:10 +0100, Ian Rawlings <[email protected]>
wrote:

> ...
> Some of the two-wheel-drive bikes look interesting ...
>
> http://www.rokon.com/products/trailbrkr.htm
> ...
> http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=892&fArticleId=2099027

bikers at the AWDC? whatever next?

/wanders off chuckling.

--
William Tasso

Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

 

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Larry

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• Jul 25, 2006

• #9

Well round here the only use the chavs have for offroad bikes is to ride
them up and down the pavement impressing there mates, I imagine they would
get lost if they ever took them off the estate.

--
Larry
Series 3 rust and holes


"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> If you see a P38 towing a very big off road bike on the M1 tomorrow, it's
me!!! I can easy chuck it on
> the back if anyone fancies a go for the Oct unofficial? I know it's about
LR, but it is a beast! Having
> said that, if the place we're off to don't like bikes I'll not bother.
>
> I don't want to upset anyone etc.
>
> Did I say it was big......
>
>

 

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Karen Gallagher

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• Jul 25, 2006

• #10

Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
If you see a P38 towing a very big off road bike on the M1 tomorrow,
it's me!!! I can easy chuck it on the back if anyone fancies a go for
the Oct unofficial? I know it's about LR, but it is a beast! Having
said that, if the place we're off to don't like bikes I'll not bother.

I don't want to upset anyone etc.

Did I say it was big......

Larry wrote:

> Well round here the only use the chavs have for offroad bikes is to ride
> them up and down the pavement impressing there mates, I imagine they would
> get lost if they ever took them off the estate.
>

My mother always told me the only difference between a man & a boy was
the size/price of his toys

Karen

--
"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit
just behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" -
Jake Stonebender

 

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PirateJohn

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• Jul 27, 2006

• #11

Ian Rawlings wrote:

>
> The KTM on here uses hydraulic drive to the front wheel, not sure if
> that has speed implications, I'd have thought so.
>
> http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=892&fArticleId=2099027
>

One of the bike shock absorber companies -- Ohlins perhaps? -- was
showing around a hydraulically <spelling?> -powered front drive unit
that could be added on to most bikes, and I presume that's what KTM was
testing. That's been kicking around for a few years and shows some
promise. I'd love to see one on some of the big on/off road touring
bikes like the BMW GS series.

Nige, congrats on your KTM. Big on/off road motorcycles open up an
entire world of possibilities for adventure, and combining that with an
interest in Rovers demonstrates that you can't be all bad

I've got a few photos and stories of my bikes and traveling in Mexico
and that sort of thing scattered around my website at
http://www.PirateJohn.com. All good, clean fun ...

--PirateJohn--