Nelson Rideouts - Where next?

[rigley]

yep charged the battery up, soldered & ran a couple of red & black wires in parallel with the original wires straight to the battery & buttoned up. Battery reading >13v drops to 12.8 with key on, started first push after 2 secs & voltage went to just over 14v over idle. All good.

From reading around, the DRZ' have a leak from the trip meter & the skinny lil battery doesn't like hanging around for more than a couple of weeks without a battery tender on it.
So all good in the hood.

i went for a ride yesterday. Over the Whangas to top of Rai saddle & back. Just enough to feel the cool breeze thru the scarf & remind me not to ride the Whangas again till Spring & the gravel has been swept up. The ride yesterday reminded me of the time a few of us went silly going over there in Winter. On that 1st right hand corner where you can see up the road far enough to pass my back wheel hit a bit of ice while passing a few slow cars. I felt bit of a slippy slip - apparently the guy also passing behind me did the legs out wobble dance for about 50 metres. You learn to button off a bit after that

Maungatapu is my nemesis, my leg constantly reminds me in this cold weather, ice spares no prisoners, none of us bounce as well as we used too.

[NordieBoy]

But you didn't even make it to the gravel road, let alone the Maungatapu!


He he he...

[rigley]

But you didn't even make it to the gravel road, let alone the Maungatapu!


He he he...

I could see it in the distance...... lying upside down.....

[Padmei]

But you didn't even make it to the gravel road, let alone the Maungatapu!


He he he...

ohhhh nasty...

nice tho

[JATZ]

Maungatapu is my nemesis, my leg constantly reminds me in this cold weather, ice spares no prisoners, none of us bounce as well as we used too.

I think I ended up on my ass in a ditch that day too but got up before Nordie arrived with the camera

I suggest you don't go over the Lewis Padders if pea metal is not your thing. Came over on Sunday morning and it's frightening how much gravel is on the road

[gsig]

Not once did I find myself thinking "I'm glad I've got knobblies on".

The 3 guys I regularly ride with now all use trials rears. Glen and Andrew both seem to manage to get along at a fair old clip on them.

I rode Andrews ktm300 with trials tires at both ends up a very rocky river bed yesterday and it was like it was glued to the ground.

I can't see me ever buying another knobby tire

cheers


Mark S

[rigley]

The 3 guys I regularly ride with now all use trials rears. Glen and Andrew both seem to manage to get along at a fair old clip on them.

I rode Andrews ktm300 with trials tires at both ends up a very rocky river bed yesterday and it was like it was glued to the ground.

I can't see me ever buying another knobby tire

cheers


Mark S

Hi,

So what are they like on the road?

[andy mac]

Most trials tyres are a very soft compound, which gets hot at highway speed and then sheds knobs off (photo of a second hand IRC after 400km)
However the Pirelli MT43 is DOT certified and rolls smoothly on tarseal with some tyre howl. I used it on the Dusty Butt route and they wear from the rear edge (like a front knobbly) and probably last 2-2,500km. All trials tyres are tall, raising seat height and lowering the gearing (also needed to add 2 links to chain to push wheel back to stop rubbing on shock flap)
I normally changed non DOT knobbies at 8mm/1,000km and the best value knobby is a Kenda 760 DOT which got 1500 km.

[Padmei]

Today was a two pie ride day

[NordieBoy]

The MT43 is really tall. about 5cm taller than a Dunlop comp trials tyre.

"Proper" trials tyres are, well, freaky on the road, whereas the MT43 is no problem even at 8psi.

I just did the same loop as yesterday and the only place I found the trials tyre lacking was steep loose downhills.

Everywhere else, it was head and shoulders above the knobs I used.

Far less dabbing and much more drive.

The rear has been on and off the bike since March 2012 and has done about 3,500km. Probably about half life.

Today was a 2-pac Moro day.

[rigley]

Most trials tyres are a very soft compound, which gets hot at highway speed and then sheds knobs off (photo of a second hand IRC after 400km)
However the Pirelli MT43 is DOT certified and rolls smoothly on tarseal with some tyre howl. I used it on the Dusty Butt route and they wear from the rear edge (like a front knobbly) and probably last 2-2,500km. All trials tyres are tall, raising seat height and lowering the gearing (also needed to add 2 links to chain to push wheel back to stop rubbing on shock flap)
I normally changed non DOT knobbies at 8mm/1,000km and the best value knobby is a Kenda 760 DOT which got 1500 km.

Something else to try once I wear out my rear Shinko 705, yes Fran, you finally brain washed me

[NordieBoy]

Our builder tried 705's and he absolutely hates them.

[rigley]

Our builder tried 705's and he absolutely hates them.

I had some fun trying to get up a muddy bank with them, otherwise "good as gold" Do you run rim locks with yours?

[Padmei]

Our builder tried 705's and he absolutely hates them.

The barstard that's doing MY cape york ride?

[NordieBoy]

I had some fun trying to get up a muddy bank with them, otherwise "good as gold" Do you run rim locks with yours?

2 opposing rimlocks on the rear so I don't have to add 80g of lead to balance them.
But off-road, I do air them down to 14f/12r on the 115kg TT and 20f/18r on the DR.
On road, 24f/26r max on both. Any higher, especially in the front, and it feels like there's no give at all.
Gravel, 18f/16r on the TT and 20f/18r on the DR.