DenArnold
Wizard
ABS was definitely off, but I was braking first on gravel and then ended up braking on grass...which I slipped through and could not avoid tipping over the edge
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Well I reckon it was finally time to have a closer look and do some maintenance on my new black little Tiger. She has given me much fun over the past year, both on road as off road. She sendured lots of dirt and some dropps, one flat tire, a bent gear-pedal and now some issues with her idling.
So I took some wrenchtime and removed the fueltank (not before I removed a lot of plastic covers) and the airbox. Noticed (not to my surprise) a dirty airfilter, dust on the TPS and throthle cable (couls this cause the idle issue?) and lot's of dirt on top of engine...so also took her out for a proper cleaning (not after I taped off the flies and electric connectors)
On order a new K&N Airfilter
To do; replace rear brake pad, adjust chain slack, get the bike into the dealer to check the TPS-steppenmotor or TCU
The 20mm risers are indeed mild, no immediate impact on your arms positionwhile riding street, but when offroad standing up I noticed less impact on my shoulders. So definitley worth the purchase.How do you like the new mirrors so far? The risers are mild but must make control while standing better. The fork skins will help, but if you run in muddy conditions they can also hold dirt in so keep that in mind. One of these comes in handy to clean out the cause of minor leaks.
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Managed to get some more kilometers onthe bike, but mostly paved roads. Last week we went to our annual Allroad Endurofun day. So I mounted TKC80s for the challenge. Despite the rain the past weeks prior to the actual riding day, it was already pretty dry (with exception of a few mud puddles) so I could have done the route perfectly with the Anakees
Anyway some pictures to give an idea. Also had the bad luck to pick up a marble plinter on the road, which was long enough to puncture trough the nob the innertube. So had to drive back on a flat tire to the nearest garage to have it repaired.
Managed to get some more kilometers onthe bike, but mostly paved roads. Last week we went to our annual Allroad Endurofun day. So I mounted TKC80s for the challenge. Despite the rain the past weeks prior to the actual riding day, it was already pretty dry (with exception of a few mud puddles) so I could have done the route perfectly with the Anakees
Anyway some pictures to give an idea. Also had the bad luck to pick up a marble plinter on the road, which was long enough to puncture trough the nob the innertube. So had to drive back on a flat tire to the nearest garage to have it repaired.
By the way, how do you like the TKC's? They are a favorite 50/50 tire of mine, and I always end up coming back to using the front one, regardless of what I put on the rear. The rear TKC-80 just doesn't last enough on the 990 and is too pricey as a result.
At first it does need to get used to ride these on street.
So far experience is pretty good where I still need to grasp the idea on riding on lower pressures.
What pressures do you maintain on dirt roads?