Well done.....sounds like you did well Dave. More rallys next year??? Hopefully I will do my first one then (even if I finish I will be happy....and if I don't complete it, I won't be that bothered as long as I am all in one bit!):102:

Good skillZ fella, nice to see pics of Tens being used.

Definitely. Going to try and do the full BBRC season next year - and it sounds like the organisers have got a few things up their sleeves to make it even bigger and better.

You'd have had no problem getting a finish on Sunday. It's a long way and bits of it are hard work, but there weren't any bike-swallowing obstacles. Besides, with your monster engine in you'd be really quick down the fire roads, so you could have a breather after the tricky bits :D

Provisional results for the Hafren:

http://www.mx247.com/home/Hafren_Pro...al_Results.pdf

43/45 in the trail class. Might have been about ten places higher if I hadn't spent so long faffing around with a bent handguard in the middle of the first timed special. I think the message there is "don't crash you muppet". :D

Excellent stuff - looking forward to following your progress!

btw. if you are looking for a foreign event, the Tuareg Rally in Morocco (end of March each year) is a corking desert event, and would suit the Tenere well I think... It's not stupid expensive either, not when you consider the size of the event and the terrain you get to ride in...

Patsy (Desert Rose Racing) is one of the UK teams that offer assistance and transportation if you fancy it...

Jx

The thought had crossed my mind...

Well, less 'crossed' than jumped right in, put the kettle on and started rearranging the furniture to make itself more comfortable :D

Its a pretty sound observation across the entire motorcycling world that when the bean-counters start getting involved with a bike design, one of the first things to get 'economised' is the suspension. The Tenere is no exception.

In all fairness, it's a cheap bike, and the stock kit is perfectly adequate for road and trail use - when it's new at least. The shock is the first thing to give up the ghost, and I have already replaced mine with a rather tasty Nitron Racing item. The downside to this is that it makes the front end look bad, especially when you start trying to go a bit faster than trail-riding pace. So with the Rally season over until about April, it's time to do something to bring it up to scratch.

Conveniently, a couple of residents (you might even say Heroes or Legends ;))of this parish have already been down this path, so a mere amateur like me can know what needs to be done without too much hard thinking or experimentation :D.

And so it was that, last week, I had a rather expensive parcel arrive from Germany...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/...4b0211e5_z.jpg


My budget didn't stretch to buying a brand-new set of WP48s from Off The Road, or a new front wheel from Talon, so I'll be putting the rest of the front end together from second-hand KTM parts. I already have a set of forks from a 2007 450SX, which I picked up on the way to the Hafren Rally. They'll need respringing and possibly revalving for the heavier bike, but at about 1/6 the price of new ones I can live with that. Still to be sourced - front wheel, axle, spacers, brake disc, and master cylinder.

I'm counting down the days to the next pay cheque :D

Mega Stuff Uber, you know it makes sense x

Regarding the front end components, you shouldn't have much trouble sourcing a front wheel from a KTM, but I do recommend you go for a larger front disc (particularly since you're running a single on a big heavy bike)...

I fitted the Breaking Wave 270mm 'oversize' disc, which if you order for a KTM, comes with the correct adaptor to fit one of your existing Brembo caliper bodies to the forks - result!

I coupled that to a Brembo master cylinder (same as fitted to a KTM 690R as I recall), however, either that master cylinder is a bit small, and/or else I'd go with the even larger 300mm (I think it might be 298mm) single disc, basically the same spec as you'd find on a 690 Rallye... there are aftermarket discs available.

Don;t get me wrong, there is plenty of power in the set-up I have, and it is very progressive so great for feathering in off-road conditions... only you might prefer to have a little more initial bite? In fact, you might want to see what the single caliper is like using the stock Tenere master cylinder? - could save a few pennies!

Watching with interest!

Jenny xx

I've run twin-disc master cylinders on single disk bikes before, and the result is a bit, erm, wooden :D. I'll be looking for something a bit more appropriate.

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