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lookin good
sijohnston
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lovely!
mikestatt
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Now that is a big improvement.
tr5esu
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F800gs dakar ready (cheap photoshop)
I played with photoshop for a while and got this as a result:
I hope to have my one looking similar to this one day! (colour was random)
Can you spot tell where the parts come from??
I am already looking for a way to replace the standard mudguard.
Cheers
I played with photoshop for a while and got this as a result:
I hope to have my one looking similar to this one day! (colour was random)
Can you spot tell where the parts come from??
I am already looking for a way to replace the standard mudguard.
Cheers
shag
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I like that, is it a KTM front? 650
everywherevirtually
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That is seriously cool Shag! I had a feeling it would be good but that is better than I had envisaged
shag
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Cheers
The black was mixed with 25% matt so it's just like the semi shine of the old black..I made sure the side black panels was coated too.
Graphics are from humvee and are dayglo too
Not been out on it for weeks and not to sure when, still laid up with dodgy elbow
Also spotted the spots brackets were wrong way around
Fixed now..Even the missus says its a big improvement.........but what does she know.
shag
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Touratech...
freeloader
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Now that looks good. Much better than the mockup IMHO.
Mine's staying yellow for the foreseeable future though, but that's purely on the basis of "no unnecessary expense".
tr5esu
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Rocky steps
I've put the adventure spec bash plate to test today! These rock steps turned out to be higher than I thought
The bash plate too quite a few hard hits but it's still in one piece!
The puddles were also deeper than I thought.. I managed to get the bike looking the dirtiest it's ever been!
I've put the adventure spec bash plate to test today! These rock steps turned out to be higher than I thought
The bash plate too quite a few hard hits but it's still in one piece!
The puddles were also deeper than I thought.. I managed to get the bike looking the dirtiest it's ever been!
everywherevirtually
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Now that's how an F800 should be used
shag
Registered user
Great Pics.
Did the backup truck with the medical team and the camera man and the sercurity team manage the rocks too
Looks like a great trail!
Did the backup truck with the medical team and the camera man and the sercurity team manage the rocks tooLooks like a great trail!
mikestatt
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Sorry slightly off topic but which crash bars are those? They look the business.
SamD
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They look like the Adventure Spec ones to me. They are great - very substantial, amazingly well made and a piece of p*ss to fit
twisticles
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<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3671007097_456c43d966.jpg?v=1246358217"><img style="margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 334px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3671007097_456c43d966.jpg?v=1246358217" border="0" alt="" /></a>So my bumblebee has been with in Singapore for a couple of months now, but work has been crazy so no chance to explore. *Apart from the stop-start traffic in Singapore that is.
Until today. *I took the day off and headed to Malaysia to get some speed, some miles and some unpaved roads under my belt.
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</p><div align="left"><span class="">I left Singapore at 9.30am via Woodlands checkpoint. I figured it would be quiet going into Malaysia at that time, and I was right. *Lots of dedicated bike lanes - but no white bit of paper (we'll come back to that later).</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">I followed the roadworks and occasional sign until I hit the E2 North/South Expressway. *Two lanes in either direction, good tarmac and reasonable manners from other people on the road.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">My GPS kept screaming about the speed limit - 110kmh. *That's 70mph, yet another hangover from the colonial days <sigh>. There was the occasional lunatic going at 200kmh, and most of the little scooters toddling along on the hard shoulder at 30kmh.</span></div><div align="left"><img style="cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3671823528_d03d2e2e19.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class="">
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</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Lots of rest areas along the way, but I stayed on the E2 until Yong Peng, where I stopped for petrol and a coke. *I filled up 14 litres and it cost something like RM25 which is almost free. *I have to come here more often!
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</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">From Yong Peng I took the Hwy 1 then J150 to Bekok and carried on...the tarmac becomes broken tarmac, then occasional gravel. *Then mostly gravel.</span><span class="">
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</span><span class="">* Then *the gravel runs out too.
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</span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2585/3671847648_c273fdefdb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class="">
</span>* Sandy/gritty roads all the way, complete with deep gorges where the rain water has washed the road surface away.</div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3576/3671047625_582d3d858e.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left">* I was totally in my Simon Pavey moment. *Up on the pegs during the tricky parts, razzing along at a steady 70kmh, slowing down for the corners on account of the loose surface and lack of experience and confidence.</div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Of course, there are people living out here also...and the kids have to get home from school somehow.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Now, I thought I was doing pretty well with my little 'off-road' excursion...</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3671064417_3b05dc822a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left">* ...until dad and son on a little scooter come pootling past. Obviously they do this every day, risking life and limb.</div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">You can see from the photo that in Malaysia (and often in Singapore) there is no need to wear any kind of safety gear. *No boots, helmet, jacket or gloves here - the power of sunshine will protect you.</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3671068833_d2e036360b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left">* Of course, I am sweating my ass off inside my mesh armoured jacket, kevlar jeans and knee protectors and Tech3 boots. I feel a right ponce. *But also slightly glad after taking a couple of corner a little hot and musing on the consequences.</div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Out here theres little chance of an ambulance, and you can't call the AA...you need to be self sufficient and sure that if you do come off you can still ride afterwards. *Similarly, any problems with the Bike...well there ain't no BMW Assist out here.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">About 5kms short of Sg Selai, the sky turned black and I could see lightning in the distance. *Not wanting to be riding on this surface in a downpour of biblical proportions, I figured it was safest to head back to civilization.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursorointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3671886474_0ac1ed2278.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">I made it nearly as far as the E2 again before the sky opened up on me, so I stopped to put my wet weather gear on.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Thankfully, the temperature dropped to about 32 C, so it wasn't too uncomfortably hot. *But the rain...man can it rain here.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">An hour later I was 40kms from Tusa and able to stop long enough to take the wet stuff off.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Passing through Passport control leaving Malaysia, the guy kept asking for my white card. *I had no idea what he meant. *Apparently, you're supposed to fill one out when you enter Malaysia...so why did nobody ask me to on the way in?!? *After telling him I didn't have one several times, he caved in and just let me pass. *Can't see that happening in the UK.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">The last hour of the trip was the worst. *Singapore passport control goes like this:</span></div><div align="left"><ol><li><span class="">Stop at booth</span></li><li>Remove gloves</li><li>Remove helmet</li><li>Remove cashcard</li><li>Pay toll</li><li>Pull forwards then put gloves/helmet back on</li></ol><p>Now, you'd expect that at passport control. *The bit that makes me mad is that 20 metres around the corner you have to...</p><ol><li>Stop</li><li>Remove gloves</li><li>Remove helmet</li><li>Have temperature taken to make sure you aren't carrying the pig flu</li><li>Put gloves/helmet back on</li></ol><p>
</p><p>Kind wish they could have taken my temperature at the same time as the passport check, right? But with Singapore's typical efficiency, the passport clerk probably isn't certified to use a thermometer.</p><p><span class="">Then, to really make my day, a few meters further on I have to stop and go through the whole routine again for customs to inspect my wet gear and empty coke cans in my pannier.</span></p><p><span class="">Anyone that has traveled the AYE at 5pm on a Friday will know its quite a demoralizing experience. *My adrenaline high from some excellent biking in Malaysia was quickly damped. * I can't even filter (lane share) with the panniers on, that 800GS is a wide-ass bike!</span></p><p><span class="">
</span></p><p><span class="">But all in all, a good first trip to Malaysia, I promise I will have to go more often now. *We're lucky in Singapore to be so close to such excellent biking roads and off-roads, I must make more of my time here.
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<p><span class="" id="fullpost">
</p><div align="left"><span class="">I left Singapore at 9.30am via Woodlands checkpoint. I figured it would be quiet going into Malaysia at that time, and I was right. *Lots of dedicated bike lanes - but no white bit of paper (we'll come back to that later).</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">I followed the roadworks and occasional sign until I hit the E2 North/South Expressway. *Two lanes in either direction, good tarmac and reasonable manners from other people on the road.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">My GPS kept screaming about the speed limit - 110kmh. *That's 70mph, yet another hangover from the colonial days <sigh>. There was the occasional lunatic going at 200kmh, and most of the little scooters toddling along on the hard shoulder at 30kmh.</span></div><div align="left"><img style="cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3671823528_d03d2e2e19.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span></div><div align="left"><href><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Lots of rest areas along the way, but I stayed on the E2 until Yong Peng, where I stopped for petrol and a coke. *I filled up 14 litres and it cost something like RM25 which is almost free. *I have to come here more often!
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
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</div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/3671011559_e00abdf19a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">From Yong Peng I took the Hwy 1 then J150 to Bekok and carried on...the tarmac becomes broken tarmac, then occasional gravel. *Then mostly gravel.</span><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
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</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2475/3671835250_89fd298348.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span><span class="">* Then *the gravel runs out too.
</span><span class="">
</span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2585/3671847648_c273fdefdb.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span>* Sandy/gritty roads all the way, complete with deep gorges where the rain water has washed the road surface away.</div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3576/3671047625_582d3d858e.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span></div><div align="left">* I was totally in my Simon Pavey moment. *Up on the pegs during the tricky parts, razzing along at a steady 70kmh, slowing down for the corners on account of the loose surface and lack of experience and confidence.</div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Of course, there are people living out here also...and the kids have to get home from school somehow.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Now, I thought I was doing pretty well with my little 'off-road' excursion...</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3671064417_3b05dc822a.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span></div><div align="left">* ...until dad and son on a little scooter come pootling past. Obviously they do this every day, risking life and limb.</div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">You can see from the photo that in Malaysia (and often in Singapore) there is no need to wear any kind of safety gear. *No boots, helmet, jacket or gloves here - the power of sunshine will protect you.</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3671068833_d2e036360b.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /><span class=""></span></div><div align="left">* Of course, I am sweating my ass off inside my mesh armoured jacket, kevlar jeans and knee protectors and Tech3 boots. I feel a right ponce. *But also slightly glad after taking a couple of corner a little hot and musing on the consequences.</div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Out here theres little chance of an ambulance, and you can't call the AA...you need to be self sufficient and sure that if you do come off you can still ride afterwards. *Similarly, any problems with the Bike...well there ain't no BMW Assist out here.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">About 5kms short of Sg Selai, the sky turned black and I could see lightning in the distance. *Not wanting to be riding on this surface in a downpour of biblical proportions, I figured it was safest to head back to civilization.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor
ointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 334px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3671886474_0ac1ed2278.jpg?v=0" border="0" alt="" /></div><div align="left"><span class=""></span></div><div align="left"><span class="">I made it nearly as far as the E2 again before the sky opened up on me, so I stopped to put my wet weather gear on.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Thankfully, the temperature dropped to about 32 C, so it wasn't too uncomfortably hot. *But the rain...man can it rain here.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">An hour later I was 40kms from Tusa and able to stop long enough to take the wet stuff off.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">Passing through Passport control leaving Malaysia, the guy kept asking for my white card. *I had no idea what he meant. *Apparently, you're supposed to fill one out when you enter Malaysia...so why did nobody ask me to on the way in?!? *After telling him I didn't have one several times, he caved in and just let me pass. *Can't see that happening in the UK.</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">
</span></div><div align="left"><span class="">The last hour of the trip was the worst. *Singapore passport control goes like this:</span></div><div align="left"><ol><li><span class="">Stop at booth</span></li><li>Remove gloves</li><li>Remove helmet</li><li>Remove cashcard</li><li>Pay toll</li><li>Pull forwards then put gloves/helmet back on</li></ol><p>Now, you'd expect that at passport control. *The bit that makes me mad is that 20 metres around the corner you have to...</p><ol><li>Stop</li><li>Remove gloves</li><li>Remove helmet</li><li>Have temperature taken to make sure you aren't carrying the pig flu</li><li>Put gloves/helmet back on</li></ol><p>
</p><p>Kind wish they could have taken my temperature at the same time as the passport check, right? But with Singapore's typical efficiency, the passport clerk probably isn't certified to use a thermometer.</p><p><span class="">Then, to really make my day, a few meters further on I have to stop and go through the whole routine again for customs to inspect my wet gear and empty coke cans in my pannier.</span></p><p><span class="">Anyone that has traveled the AYE at 5pm on a Friday will know its quite a demoralizing experience. *My adrenaline high from some excellent biking in Malaysia was quickly damped. * I can't even filter (lane share) with the panniers on, that 800GS is a wide-ass bike!</span></p><p><span class="">
</span></p><p><span class="">But all in all, a good first trip to Malaysia, I promise I will have to go more often now. *We're lucky in Singapore to be so close to such excellent biking roads and off-roads, I must make more of my time here.
</span></p></div></span>
Hey tr5esu - I'm hoping to get an 800 in August (a few things to sort out first) and am dying to get it dirty as soon as I have it but I have no idea how to find the places that I'm allowed to ride off road.
How did you find the ones that are in your pics? Are you able to provide a link to a map or describe where the lanes start from?
I live in Cheam so figure since you're in Epsom, you were referring to a part of Surrey that is simple to get to from home?
Any advise or info you have is greatly appreciated.
Cheers
How did you find the ones that are in your pics? Are you able to provide a link to a map or describe where the lanes start from?
I live in Cheam so figure since you're in Epsom, you were referring to a part of Surrey that is simple to get to from home?
Any advise or info you have is greatly appreciated.
Cheers
When I lived in KL, I used to go off-roading occasionally in the Genting Highlands. That was in the early 90s so much has no doubt changed but it's probably still cooler at altitude. Once saw a couple of elephants up there! You'd need a weekend to make it a worthwhile trip from Singapore though.
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