flyingbrick Posted February 4, 2021 Author Posted February 4, 2021 I been playing on the 525 every night round the farm and Theres an awesome play area for people better than me... I didn't fully understand what was over a rampy jump thing and landed nose first into a small ditch/bank. Stopped very abruptly, got burns on inside of knees from sliding forward on radiator shrouds lol and pretty bruised chest area from smashing into the un padded stem and bars 1 3 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 5, 2021 Author Posted February 5, 2021 Never even considered wrist braces! Don't be like Nathan 2 Quote
jessemk2 Posted February 5, 2021 Posted February 5, 2021 Dirt bike life Better than a car pulling out in front of you on road Always good idea to have a look at landing of a jump beforehand Good luck with recovery 1 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 5, 2021 Author Posted February 5, 2021 So fuckin basic it hurts. Just got too excited. In other news, the bike fuckin boogies in softer ground with Heaps of traction. 2 Quote
rumrum Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 On 05/02/2021 at 11:56, flyingbrick said: Get a ktm it will be fun ohh noooo! run out of talent or bikes fault? hope your ok 1 Quote
hampie Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 On 05/02/2021 at 13:01, flyingbrick said: Never even considered wrist braces! Don't be like Nathan Someone pointed out recently that if you have wrist braces then the next point that's probably going to snap from the impact/shock is your collar bone. Whether they are correct or not I'm not sure but I'd rather a wrist than a collar bone 2 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 6, 2021 Author Posted February 6, 2021 Unfortunately the scafoid bone makes a terrible sacrificial link. It's a very shit bone to heal and can have some terrible consequences. Last time I was in a cast for 16 weeks. Nightmare. I don't agree with those guys about transferring the damage, I have delicate lady wrists that I reckon are just piss weak. 1 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 6, 2021 Author Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, rumrum said: ohh noooo! run out of talent or bikes fault? hope your ok Definitely talent. Bike is faultless. I was too focused on the immediate challenge and not looking far enough ahead to see where I was going to end up. Really lucky I was so close to home and not in the Bush or whops as was able to pull choke to raise idle and get it back one handed. 2 Quote
tortron Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 TBH i assumed you had fallen over while trying to push start it 3 3 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 6, 2021 Author Posted February 6, 2021 31 minutes ago, datlow said: So bikes all good then? Haven't really looked. There was a strange buzzing from the front end during the return trip which could be front bearings but that's a minor. I was a bit worried about the forks being bent backward but haven't checked, people stack these things far harder than this without problem. To clarify, this was the 525 dirt bike not the 530 road legal bike. 1 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 6, 2021 Author Posted February 6, 2021 30 minutes ago, tortron said: TBH i assumed you had fallen over while trying to push start it Lol, pretty lippy for a guy who owns the world's most unreliable GN 1 4 Quote
tortron Posted February 7, 2021 Posted February 7, 2021 and possibly the fastest, so theres that. Sometimes you have problems to overcome when you are pushing the limits of what is possible 3 1 Quote
jessemk2 Posted February 8, 2021 Posted February 8, 2021 Ive had my dirt bike cart wheel four or five times down a hill,tweaked handlebars straight and barrp im out of here Also had my dirt bike fall over in the shed and its fuct the header pipe When i was young fella i went for a ride,jumps missing trees by mms and wheelies all day Then broke my collar bone when i slipped on the deck of the ute loading the bloody thing 2 Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 9, 2021 Author Posted February 9, 2021 Actually while at A&E there was woman who had smashed her arm rock and roll dancing! She was off to hospital to have it reset. Made me feel pretty lucky lol. Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 21, 2021 Author Posted February 21, 2021 Spent an hour today making a tail tidy. Could have ordered one but aside from costing $40 off Ali express it also would have taken 6 weeks to get here... And broken arm so what else am I gonna do. Basically just removed the stock mud guard, cut it down Heaps using a renovator, bent it Using a lighter with its button cable tied down and then drilled some holes. Still need to buy a nice compact numberplate light. Before During After 6 Quote
johnnyfive Posted February 21, 2021 Posted February 21, 2021 That's doesn't look like a KTM? Did I miss something? 6 3 Quote
kicker Posted February 21, 2021 Posted February 21, 2021 Nice Busa, my old man had one for a while, just a little bit rapid 1 Quote
Popular Post flyingbrick Posted February 21, 2021 Author Popular Post Posted February 21, 2021 Yeah so I think it took about 6 weeks for me to plan and get this past the wife - then my breaking my wrist and my fear of doing it again really sealed the deal for me personally. Seemed like I'd never get another chance to own something this cool. Guy from bike shop turned up with this And took away these Bit sad but I had nobody local who wanted to do ADV riding and it was a bit too punishing on the open road for my liking. So yeah, swapped two bikes for one. Have only ridden it for maybe 6 minutes in total, hurts like hell with the arm, but it's extremely easy to handle on account of being a sports tourer. Far easier to get off the line than a 600 sports bike or the ktm because of its high rotating mass. Suuuuper stable even at walking speed and really appreciate its low seat height, super easy to move around. Doesn't seem lacking in power 15 Quote
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