Itchy Boots - New Season

zebra said:

I felt a lot like Jacobsroodt (what he expressed about Noraly's bike...) , BEFORE reading his comments, now I feel even more like saying it...:

I don't reckon she will FINISH this trip on THIS bike, and that she will revert to a DIFFERENT bike...

DELIGHTED to be proved wrong, but I too think that all that talk about 'double-redundancies' on EVERYTHING was above her head, and that the bike SEEMS to me, to be 'wrong' for her.... Always useful to have a fuel gauge, when going half-way-round the World...

On THIS bike, she remind me of Gustav Rahier - not his legendary riding skills, but rather his HEIGHT (or lack thereof!).
(That said, it did not slow HIM down!!!)

I wish her well, but still think there were other - even better-suited VINTAGE bikes she could have tried...!
Just not 'getting' her plan...

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Fuzzy Muzzy said:

I'll give it to her for trying something different and from what Ive seen of the rebuild its an excellent bike, there is no reason why it shouldnt finish the trip but Im with you, I didnt think its the right bike for her, happy to be proven wrong

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sidetrack said:

Die Dominator sou ook lekker gewerk het
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zebra said:

I felt a lot like Jacobsroodt (what he expressed about Noraly's bike...) , BEFORE reading his comments, now I feel even more like saying it...:

I don't reckon she will FINISH this trip on THIS bike, and that she will revert to a DIFFERENT bike...

DELIGHTED to be proved wrong, but I too think that all that talk about 'double-redundancies' on EVERYTHING was above her head, and that the bike SEEMS to me, to be 'wrong' for her.... Always useful to have a fuel gauge, when going half-way-round the World...

On THIS bike, she remind me of Gustav Rahier - not his legendary riding skills, but rather his HEIGHT (or lack thereof!).
(That said, it did not slow HIM down!!!)

I wish her well, but still think there were other - even better-suited VINTAGE bikes she could have tried...!
Just not 'getting' her plan...

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Lars said:

Gaston Rahier

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sidetrack said:

@Dorsland hy is mooi rooi !

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sidetrack said:

@Dorsland hy is mooi rooi !

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sidetrack said:

Gaan Itchy en of haar bike dit maak ? Sy het ons almal reeds gevang. Nog so paar honderd duisend views by. Welgedaan Noraly

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Jacobsroodt said:

Soo, you lift the gas tank 5cm higher, and then you can use the 2l...

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TheBear said:

Die beste vir my is dat sy die hardebaard WildDogs so lekker uitvang.

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sidetrack said:

Ja die trip se hype het al klaar al die vorige reekse verbygevat. Die ou Yammie het almal warm onder die kraag

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TheBear said:

Worked very well with both my Yamaha RD50 and RD250. Once all out of fuel, I'd push it backward against a pavement, lifted the front wheel of the ground, gave it a good shake and voila! 15 - 20 odd more kms. Of course the lifting bit would be a issue these days, but doing that with just the tank would be possible.

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Hairy said:

My one neighbour with a KTM 950 said he tilts the bike over to the left side to get a bit of fuel from the right tank (At the bottom of the tank) to the left tank as a bail out if he runs out.

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sidetrack said:

Yep worked on the DRZ400 as well. Could get another 500ml or so into the fuel tap side with aftermarket tank

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