still fast mate!

Watching your vid reminds me how much i hate it when your getting a move on on hard packed tracks then out of no where a little mud section just pops up (usually hidden in a dip)...and you think "****...im going to fast for that!" :)

That was basically the entire rally. 90% fire roads, but they were all pretty 'green'/unused.

Erm, so I've kinda neglected this thread for a while, will try and do a proper catch-up at some point. In the meantime, have some head-cam footage from the Cambrian Rally last weekend...

https://vimeo.com/51813348

Nice landscape and driving! Superb

I'd be tempted to do it in a kayak next year!:D
Nice vid.

A bit of a teaser...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8...9225a4e9e0.jpg
Making plans by dashmoto, on Flickr

This weekend I have mostly been washing and winterising, and assessing the damage from the rally season.

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/5222/p1010456z.jpg

New sidestand spring fitted (pinged off into the scenery during a crash at the Cambrian), took the centrestand off (bent in the same crash so it wouldn't go down past the swingarm). Replaced the indicator that fell off at some point, and put everything back together with a liberal coating of ACF50.

When I changed the front end, I was a bit worried about the brake line rubbing on the bottom yoke. Of course I then completely forgot about it. Turns out I didn't need to worry about wearing through the brake line - quite the opposite!

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1536/p1010457u.jpg

Strategic zip-tie applied to prevent the brake line cutting the entire bike in half ;). You might notice that one of the lock-stops has also fallen off. No idea when that happened.

MTC can and undertray looking a bit battered after the tail-tidy snapped at the Brechfa and then flapped around on the end of the wires for a while until I wondered what the banging was and stopped.

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2517/dsc0913j.jpg

The Mk2 tail-tidy. This one hasn't fallen off yet (apart from one of the indicators, hence the dangling wires)

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8070/dsc0916g.jpg

I think it might be time to take the brake pedal off and hit it with a hammer again...

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3620/dsc0918xk.jpg

A couple more of the undertray...

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8960/dsc0912gj.jpg

PCV lurking up in the tail, and one of the holes punched clean through the bottom of the undertray by the aforementioned stray-tail-tidy incident...

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6755/dsc0920v.jpg

Plastic cups turn out to be quite handy to avoid filling your airbox with water while washing the bike with the seat off...

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7401/dsc0922k.jpg


There's a long list of jobs to do over the winter.

Looks like a good old strip clean you got started there.

How easy is the bike to disassemble UT? I could do with giving mine a good old clean. Took utility to the jet wash the other day, spent 5 quid and still came out filthy haha

tank off
 

Can you give me a few pointers on getting the tank off.

I have undone all the bolts and its free and liftable - but not enough to undo the electric/Petrol connections.

What am I missing?

Dead easy to take apart as far as it is in the photos, only fiddly bit is the tank.


To get the tank off, I take the handlebars off and strap them vertically to the side of the screen/headlight. With them out of the way, you can tip the tank right up on its back end, which allows you to get at the fuel hose and electrical connections. The fuel hose is still difficult, just because of the nature of the connector, but it's a hell of a lot easier with the tank stood up than trying to prop it up at the back and reach underneath.


There's still bits of mud in and around the engine. I don't think you can get one of these properly clean without taking the motor out :D