► Post pics of your F650/800GS
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gbreffitt
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And my white one, dirty at last from a run out in the Peak District 30th Dec 08
The right way to wash your new 800
everywherevirtually
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ya, and if you get bored with the coast the inland valleys aren't too bad...
This territory looks familiar. I'm guessing everything from the Dukes of Hazard to Knight rider was filmed around there.
samuelsnow
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Not a pic but a quick snippet of the F800gs in Morocco last October. Handles like a dream in the sand! Full video of trip is coming soon
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3Ox48aITU
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3Ox48aITU
snowlife_9999
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Great place to ride. Great surface, but you must get it when there is no traffic. That phot was take 9.30am christmas morning, no traffic to speak of! Next time ride the Great Ocean Rd, then head inland to the Grampians, ride the on-road left side, great. Then turn around and do it all again. 2 days min.
snowlife_9999
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Photo of the year
I Judge;
Number 1
Micky in the snow. Balls to ride through that.
Number 2
tr5sue; for keeping up with the light off road bikes
Number 3
Chrisjk; for the water at 'speed', good pic.
Number 4
Virtuallyeverywhere, great country view.
Number 5
gbreffitt, nice long shot.
Thanks for the fun.
snowlife
I Judge;
Number 1
Micky in the snow. Balls to ride through that.
Number 2
tr5sue; for keeping up with the light off road bikes
Number 3
Chrisjk; for the water at 'speed', good pic.
Number 4
Virtuallyeverywhere, great country view.
Number 5
gbreffitt, nice long shot.
Thanks for the fun.
snowlife
Baard
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Winter riding
Thougt I should share a pic I took three weeks ago.
I had been to a winter meeting in Dalarna in Sweden, we did 900 km all in temperatures between -5 and -10 degrees.
The weather was nice until the last part home, it began to snow...
The last 10 kilometers home was a little bit exiting with 10 cm of snow and really bad visibility.
Baard.
Thougt I should share a pic I took three weeks ago.
I had been to a winter meeting in Dalarna in Sweden, we did 900 km all in temperatures between -5 and -10 degrees.
The weather was nice until the last part home, it began to snow...
The last 10 kilometers home was a little bit exiting with 10 cm of snow and really bad visibility.
Baard.
everywherevirtually
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you win baard!
I thought I was on the only one cazy enough to go out in the snow at night
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I thought I was on the only one cazy enough to go out in the snow at night
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everywherevirtually
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The vid was taken on my Kodak camera. It has a video function. My knobbly TKC-80's are actually sitting on my balcony waiting to be fitted. I was riding back from London when I hit the snow just north of Watford. I rode the 125 miles on the stock Battle Wings
It was my Hid's that saved the day because the lines on the road had disappeared so the light thrown out to the left gave me a point of reference. Looking forward was not good as it had that star field warp drive effect. Everything was clogged up with snow anyway.
Baard
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More winter pics
It's good to see that I am not the only one out in the winter.
It can be really nice:
This is when I started friday morning.
-10 degrees and just a little of snow.
The most of our 900 km's was like this.
I got home on sunday afternoon:
As said, the last 10 km was hard. I used 30 mins where I normally should have used less than 10 mins.
On the bike I use Trelleborg tires with studs.
Everything else is useless with winter conditions.
I have tried studless once, it doesn't work. With studs I can ride almost as normal in all conditions exept like the last pic shows.
Happy winter to all.
Baard
It's good to see that I am not the only one out in the winter.
It can be really nice:
This is when I started friday morning.
-10 degrees and just a little of snow.
The most of our 900 km's was like this.
I got home on sunday afternoon:
As said, the last 10 km was hard. I used 30 mins where I normally should have used less than 10 mins.
On the bike I use Trelleborg tires with studs.
Everything else is useless with winter conditions.
I have tried studless once, it doesn't work. With studs I can ride almost as normal in all conditions exept like the last pic shows.
Happy winter to all.
Baard
moto1527
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Hi Baard,
ah studded tyres, that would be the bees knees for the conditions weve had here for the last week or so but how do they fare if you have to ride on tarmac at all?
The journey i have is snow and ice for afew miles up in the hills then when i get down lower its just wet tarmac
I ride 60 miles a day all year round but ice and snow is a nightmare with std road tyres (Battlewings)
Moto
ah studded tyres, that would be the bees knees for the conditions weve had here for the last week or so but how do they fare if you have to ride on tarmac at all?
The journey i have is snow and ice for afew miles up in the hills then when i get down lower its just wet tarmac
I ride 60 miles a day all year round but ice and snow is a nightmare with std road tyres (Battlewings)
Moto
Baard
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Studs
Studdes tires are always a compromise.
They are slippery on all surfaces, but you get used to it.
I have a sort of studs for small cars in the front wheel and studs for vans in the rear tire.
As you said, it is no good on tarmac when dry, but I can ride when I want to ride. With studs I decide when to ride (-> every day) not the weatherconditions.
I guess it is more winter and ice up here in Norway than at Your island, even this winter
Baardtopic ?)
Studdes tires are always a compromise.
They are slippery on all surfaces, but you get used to it.
I have a sort of studs for small cars in the front wheel and studs for vans in the rear tire.
As you said, it is no good on tarmac when dry, but I can ride when I want to ride. With studs I decide when to ride (-> every day) not the weatherconditions.
I guess it is more winter and ice up here in Norway than at Your island, even this winter
Baard
topic ?)moto1527
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Studdes tires are always a compromise.
They are slippery on all surfaces, but you get used to it.
I have a sort of studs for small cars in the front wheel and studs for vans in the rear tire.
As you said, it is no good on tarmac when dry, but I can ride when I want to ride. With studs I decide when to ride (-> every day) not the weatherconditions.
I guess it is more winter and ice up here in Norway than at Your island, even this winter
Baard
yup a bit off topic
never mind eh!?
Here's to springtime
M
REE
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It's good to see that I am not the only one out in the winter.
It can be really nice:
This is when I started friday morning.
-10 degrees and just a little of snow.
The most of our 900 km's was like this.
I got home on sunday afternoon:
As said, the last 10 km was hard. I used 30 mins where I normally should have used less than 10 mins.
On the bike I use Trelleborg tires with studs.
Everything else is useless with winter conditions.
I have tried studless once, it doesn't work. With studs I can ride almost as normal in all conditions exept like the last pic shows.
Happy winter to all.
Baard
Could you tell me the name of the trelleborg tires, and what size is the front and rear tire?
everywherevirtually
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You're me hero baard 
Great photos!
Great photos!
Baard
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Trelleborg
The name of the tires are Trelleborg Army Special T-644.
90/90-21 front
120/90-17 rear
And yes, I know the rear tire is out of tire range, but it fits
I used the same tires on my old F650 Dakar and I know they do their job on snow and ice. When I got the 800 I planned to build a rear wheel hith the hub from the 800 and the rim from the 650, but I was not able to find the hub as a separate item. When winter came I tried the tire on the wide 800 rim, and with a tube from the 650 inside it fits, but the profile is of course not correct.
The good thing with Trelleborg compared to other brands is thet Trelleborg is still soft when it is wery cold. Most other brands acts like plastic when cold which is bad for traction.
Baard - back to Pics.
The name of the tires are Trelleborg Army Special T-644.
90/90-21 front
120/90-17 rear
And yes, I know the rear tire is out of tire range, but it fits
I used the same tires on my old F650 Dakar and I know they do their job on snow and ice. When I got the 800 I planned to build a rear wheel hith the hub from the 800 and the rim from the 650, but I was not able to find the hub as a separate item. When winter came I tried the tire on the wide 800 rim, and with a tube from the 650 inside it fits, but the profile is of course not correct.
The good thing with Trelleborg compared to other brands is thet Trelleborg is still soft when it is wery cold. Most other brands acts like plastic when cold which is bad for traction.
Baard - back to Pics.
everywherevirtually
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Snowlife I rode 197km's after this. It was a case of having to get home. The hardest bit was when the motorway had no lights. You get that starfield warp drive effect and its quite disorientating.
I'm buying a HD Camcorder in the next week or two for a bike trip at the end of March so look out for much better footage and locations
I'm buying a HD Camcorder in the next week or two for a bike trip at the end of March so look out for much better footage and locations
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Just the 'rear view' snapped quickly out on a TRF run yesterday...
Weather was great, bike was heavy when the going got sticky, tyres shite when clogged...
Greg
Weather was great, bike was heavy when the going got sticky, tyres shite when clogged...
Greg
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