Wilbers shock for X-Challenge, where from in UK?

[JohnnyBoxer]

I've said that all along with the airshock................'ejection' is its worst feature and the only times i've 'stepped' off it, is when the shock did this and I laid the bike down

It only becomes a problem in 'nadgery' going, where you need to take a prod

Feet off pegs and the seat hits you in the bum..............

 

[Gaz]

I've now done 7K on mine, the large majority of that off-road.

I perservered with the air shock and I am now completely used to it and it is at a higher than average inflation (cos I'm lardy). I never thought I would get used to it but gradual inflation over 2 years worked for me.

The only time it is ever an issue is on the type of extreme downhills such as one we did in France the other week. It was so steep that you couldn't hold the bike still anyway, it was moving under it's own weight, my balls were on the tank and the rear shock wasn't helping!

We rode *lots* of slippy stuff including some very narrow hunting tracks, 2 feet wide. The bike is so competent that even someone like me with just a few years experience could consciously drift the whole bike sideways, a first for me, and not break my neck.

I still fell of at other times though (see pic).

So don't rush to change those shocks, it is rideable at lower pressures, you might look a bit Easy Rider but unless you're going mental it won't matter.

 

[The White Rabbit]

Its so bad the bloke in the middle is in tears , looks like

 

[Gaz]

Its so bad the bloke in the middle is in tears , looks like

They had both just fell off as well. KTM 525 and KTM 530.
The bloke leading didn't tell us what was coming up, we went round a bend and found a white wall of rock. The 530 eventually made it up on the 3rd attempt

I was so shagged at that point (4 days riding) I went straight home

 

[kiwiAdventure]

The large rear number plate looks like a reverse thruster plate on a plane. It must slow you down or make the bike unstable

 

[Timpo]

The large rear number plate looks like a reverse thruster plate on a plane. It must slow you down or make the bike unstable

?.....
You've lost me there dude. That's a legal UK plate innit.......

T.

 

[The White Rabbit]

I think it has a Gaz-special-anti-splatt backing plate to the plate.

 

[Gaz]

I think it has a Gaz-special-anti-splatt backing plate to the plate.

It stops you getting covered in sheep shite, you know, the stuff that covers New Zealand, gets in the water supply and warps their minds.

 

[kiwiAdventure]

It stops you getting covered in sheep shite, you know, the stuff that covers New Zealand, gets in the water supply and warps their minds.

Must try

My old HP2 in the thick of it

This is our small reg plate