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Craig321 said:
That's why clutch ups are better imo. Easier on the bike overall and easier to control.
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This! I find clutch ups much more controllable and easier to get consistency.

Edit: Let some air out the rear, it'll help. :)

BTW, did I mention they're really fun? :D
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You on it too? :D Track is like a big roundabout, you're going in a circle. Thanks to the practise on a roundabout, I can get my knee down in corners too. Left side I'm twisted, need to work on the positioning. I deffo prefer right hand side vs left.
 
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They've pushed our summer shutdown forward by 2 weeks to try and align our US partners, which means I have 3 weeks from the 21st of July until the 14th of August off. Sadly before you lot visit the alps as I'm busy the 3rd week of my holiday.

My plan is to load up whatever bike I have, make my way down to the euro tunnel, cross over to France for the night in a pre booked hotel, then that first night I'll choose a place to visit and keep it going from there for around 7 days hopefully covering France, Switzerland and parts of Spain. Does that sound achievable in 7 days? I could stretch it to 10 days but id have to use the last day or maybe 2 to start my travels back.

I'm looking at another satnav (shouldn't have sold the TomTom rider) to start venturing out for longer rides building up to ride in another country.

I also found out today that when I pass my level III in NDT, there could potentially be a position for me in the south of France (Saint-Tropez) which I would snap their hand off if a position is offered.
 
IC3 said:
This! I find clutch ups much more controllable and easier to get consistency.

Edit: Let some air out the rear, it'll help. :)

BTW, did I mention they're really fun? :D
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Where is it you go and do this stuff ic3?

And go did you find the seemingly abandoned tarmac lol
 
Tefal said:
Where is it you go and do this stuff ic3?

And go did you find the seemingly abandoned tarmac lol
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Yep, that's me... its an old car park away from town center that me and some of my mates use to practise. The car park is mainly used by circuses, theme parks and sometimes as a car park as there's a big field behind it where people play football.
 
IC3 said:
Yep, that's me... its an old car park away from town center that me and some of my mates use to practise. The car park is mainly used by circuses, theme parks and sometimes as a car park as there's a big field behind it where people play football.
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Can't thibk of anywhere like that near me :(

Except the carprark the motorcycle school uses but they gate that lol.

Been thinking it might be fun to get a light bike like a ktm 690 duke and just do some stuff like that.
 
Tefal said:
Can't thibk of anywhere like that near me :(

Except the carprark the motorcycle school uses but they gate that lol.

Been thinking it might be fun to get a light bike like a ktm 690 duke and just do some stuff like that.
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I would get the SMC690R, lighter and less things to damage if you drop it.

My mate has one, he can wheelie it for 3 miles straight. :D 145kg wet weight :cool:
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IC3 said:
I would get the SMC690R, lighter and less things to damage if you drop it.

My mate has one, he can wheelie it for 3 miles straight. :D 145kg wet weight :cool:
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Ah cool not seen that one more of a super moto?

How'd you think it would handle the motorway though?

The 690 duke weighs 156kg iirc
 
Tefal said:
Ah cool not seen that one more of a super moto?

How'd you think it would handle the motorway though?

The 690 duke weighs 156kg iirc
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How much motorway riding do you do? At 70, it's fine, no real discomfort - especially with the SMs more upright position. If you push it, at 90+ the lack of wind protection sees you having to lean forward a bit, but the bike feels perfectly stable. I imagined I topped it out at 119 and you need a bit of a strong neck at those speeds, but still a lot of fun.

As a commuter, a SM is fantastic on city streets - its thin profile is perfect for filtering, and its light weight and big single gives it fantastic engine braking. The 701 (and 690SM) has obscene amounts of torque, so fantastic for accelerating away, or overtaking.

I've had mine for a year now, and still grin every time I ride it.
 
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misterjingo said:
How much motorway riding do you do? At 70, it's fine, no real discomfort - especially with the SMs more upright position. If you push it, at 90+ the lack of wind protection sees you having to lean forward a bit, but the bike feels perfectly stable. I imagined I topped it out at 119 and you need a bit of a strong neck at those speeds, but still a lot of fun.

As a commuter, a SM is fantastic on city streets - its thin profile is perfect for filtering, and its light weight and big single gives it fantastic engine braking. The 701 (and 690SM) has obscene amounts of torque, so fantastic for accelerating away, or overtaking.

I've had mine for a year now, and still grin every time I ride it.
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I used to do a lot but I nornally take the train now but it would be nice to have a hiek agsin


say 60 miles to Manchester on friday then town then 60 miles bsck the monday.

My commute is back lanes and bit of town riding.

With it being a SM is the service intervals low? I did 16k a year on average when I last had a bike
 
Diddums said:
I'll just leave this here :D


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Seen it ages ago, there's a 2-3 year old that has a little pocket standbike and does stand up wheelies on it.

Can't find it, it was on facebook a few times...
But found this...

Like I always say though, age doesn't say how good someone is. :)
Tefal said:
I used to do a lot but I nornally take the train now but it would be nice to have a hiek agsin


say 60 miles to Manchester on friday then town then 60 miles bsck the monday.

My commute is back lanes and bit of town riding.

With it being a SM is the service intervals low? I did 16k a year on average when I last had a bike
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Same engine as the Duke, so it'll be the same service intervals. Its not a proper Supermoto that weights 100kg wet weight and produces stupid amounts of power from a little 400cc engine.
 
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