Cleaned my bike on Saturday

**marks** · 26th August 2007, 21:30

Spent 2 hours cleaning all the crap from mmmmm off my bike on Saturday. It looked really good.

On Sunday Glen wanted to go for a liitle ride so we went and checked tire pressurs etc...

And went to see what we could see..

It was a bit more slippery than we expected..

This is where I dropped the 660..

This is where Glen got stuck (needs a knobby)..

I think I need to clean my bike..

**Wellyman** · 26th August 2007, 21:43

I've ridden in worse then that, Ya need proper knobblies for that for sure.
cool pics though man
WM

**Transalper** · 26th August 2007, 21:45

good stuff, like to see bikes getting used, u a real adventurer

, hope you submitted some of your pics for the calander.

**alfonz** · 27th August 2007, 04:50

hey the photos are great good to see you getting the bikes dirty easy to get stuck in that stuff different tryes will help but you still get stuck even will the right tryes

**Taz** · 27th August 2007, 06:06

Originally Posted by Wellyman

I've ridden in worse then that, Ya need proper knobblies for that for sure.
cool pics though man
WM

Yeah but I bet you haven't ridden a big XT through stuff like that.

**marks** · 27th August 2007, 07:55

Originally Posted by Anthrax

Yeah but I bet you haven't ridden a big XT through stuff like that.

One magazine review called the xtx 'morbidly obese' and after picking it up yesterday I'm inclined to agree - 170 something kilos is faaat.

**CBobR** · 27th August 2007, 08:33

Cool ride marks.

What model and size tyre do you have on the front of there?
Have you written anything on how it handles tar compared to the previous ones you had mounted?

**tri boy** · 27th August 2007, 10:57

Time for a new E-09 ya think?
Good to see the beast is doing the bussiness.

**bart** · 27th August 2007, 18:18

Your bike looks good in brown.

**marks** · 27th August 2007, 20:07

Originally Posted by CBobR

What model and size tyre do you have on the front of there?
Have you written anything on how it handles tar compared to the previous ones you had mounted?

Hi

the tire is a TKC 80 120/90-17 and is a vast improvement on loose services over the pirelli scorpion A/T that I had on it before. On sealed surfaces I cant tell any differences - which is pretty high praise because I think the Pirelli was a 90% on road 10% off road type of tire and never gave me any cause for concern. I suspect though that I simply lack to skill/experience/confidence to really push the envelope on (or off) road and as a consequence will never find the real limits of these high quality tires.

Originally Posted by Tri Boy

Time for a new E-09 ya think?

Nah - its got another 5mm on the center knobs or so before if gets replaced - its been an awesome tire.

Originally Posted by Batk

Your bike looks good in brown.

yup - looks like I rode it through a septic tank