White barkbusters
Rad overflow bottle in airbox
Stegpegz
Front pads
For those that are wondering, yes the swingarm sticker is from the 1990's CR500's, it's a bit retro and i wanted a clear background but he didnt have it in stock.
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parts to come:
Semco "red" rad hoses
Boyesen black engine covers
Scotts steering damper kit
Fast flex bars
CRF450X brake pedal (might fit better)
pivot pegz
Full suspension rebuild and geometry setup (this week.)
Went away for a 4 day weekend out in the sand in the Mallee country with the club for FULL on testing
It's incredibly light and well balanced, it stops a little too well, turns very well which is expected from this frame, went to 14/45 gearing which makes this very tractable out of the tight sand corners and can ride in 3rd everwhere. it had a few attempts at a big sand dune hill climb (video later I hope) which it did with predictable ease with 2 of our club gun riders making it look easy.
(I didnt make it)
We clocked it at 165kmph indicated at 7/8ths throttle once the chase bike caught up and was as fast as he could go, we reckoned maybe 175 was possible which is pretty quick on sandy/hardpack paddock for a dirtbike, they run 40 rears for finke at 180+kmph.
About 8 club members had a blat and the look on their faces afterwards was priceless. Some of these guys ride competitively in SAORC, 24hr reliabilty trials, Hattah and Finke
It is an absolute hoot to ride for 20 mins blats hitting the whoops at speed on the back wheel pingin the the tops of them
it is a bit twitchy at high speed.I rode for 1.5 hrs through a tight sandy loop through scruby sand hills then a hill climb and return ride, I couldnt even hold a can of beer unless I was using 2 hands afterwards. the strength and endurance needed to hold on to vibrating bars and manhandle it over that time is huge, arm pump central and my arms are killing me still. riding the Husky the next day was a breeze in comparrison and a welcome relief on the 120km ride.
Hence fitting the stegpegz already which are worth every penny, the pivotpegz, flex bars and the scotts will be fitted when they arive, once thats all on and the suspension is rebuilt it will be one hell of a trail weapon. hopefully most of this will be done for the next club ride in less than a fortnights time.
If you think this is a crazy m/f bike... it is
So who wants a ride!
but ill probably just idle around and shit myself haha
