I was suprised that KTM let them do the bit about how trick the bike is,the carbon swing arm is one thing but a top and bottom yoke in carbon 😳😳 so heaven knows the the th8ngs that didn’t get mentioned.

Having recently had a trip to the tarmac on our XR I sympathise takes some getting over,no panniers but a fully loaded 50l and tankbag helped,oh and locals on the way to work who helped us pick bike up outside of Portsmouth docks.

Look forward to replies cuz ever since the demise of Clark’s on top of the Lickies and the complete lack of any attempt from BMW to fill the gap,their are good mechanics out there(as in put a 1300 gearbox in my 1200 as a favour ) but I’ve been looking for a true independent ever since and that’s got to be 6 years or more.

So are Sycamore the only ones with a new rad in stock ?

According to the add they’ve sold 17 

Welcome to the madhouse,cheapest advice is do lots of homework and understand how these K’s tick,they still need a few bob(Euro’s) to bring them into the 21’st century but it can be done,and I say that who is currently trying to get his head around(and failing) a MT10,can we have some photo’s.

Did the rear brake bleed last night,cap back on the res,tighten it and all is good,go out for a test run this morning doesn’t feel right and then brake warning light comes on  and I’m thinking Jeeze….just about to phone my other half to bring the van!!! Have a look at rear res see I’d tightened the top too much and it had twisted in the metal clip twisted the rubber brake pipe  ,twisted res the other way and all’s good….phew

The important part of this thread the miles were done outside of the UK….if folks think it’s enjoyable doing such in the UK good luck to e’m,my advise would be go see a shrink!!! It’ll be more fun.

We had been to the GP on the Sunday and I mentioned to my other half that if we rode home in one go on the monday we would have a day off on the tuesdy before back to work on the wednesday so that was the driving factor.

Did we enjoy it?? as I said in the earlier post we were match fit(and younger) and doing it as a one off,without either of the other two mentioned would have all the attraction of a hole in the head,I’ve had a spell of not riding a bike in the UK(I’ve got 7) cuz the next speeding ticket was going to be a ban,even this year it’s Le-Man’s in April,and the NW200 in may which at least Southern Ireland on the way.

The question most folks ask us,what state were we in when we got home? Watched a film on the box then went to bed 😊