Recent content by Padawan

Hi Everyone, Planning a ride to the above mentioned areas this upcoming long weekend. Would like to leave early the Friday for Carolina, easy back country tar roads. Then spend most of the day exploring the Chrissiesmeer & Amsterdam area and visit some of the dams. Sleep over in Piet Retief or...

My additional 2c, already echoed by some: (1) A used 4-stroke older than a couple of years is looking for trouble - unless you know its history and owner. (2) 2-stroke MX is making your life difficult if you want to do lots of technical riding. A four stroke would be more suitable to trail or...

How much do you weight and what do you want to do with the bike? I have owned a KDX 200 and KTM 200. The KDX is a great play bike and probably all you need if you are never going to race or are not the super competitive type. That said, the step up in suspension, motor and handling to...

Have a look at my Youtube channel. I have a GoPro 960 and most of the video was shot in 480p. I find that it is not worth shooting in a higher resolution if you want to share the video on the net. The file sizes become too big, youtube compresses it any way and people don't have time to watch...

Got the DNA kit...but with the mod adventuremx did for my seat/airbox (covering the gap left by stock pipe), the filter stays pretty clean. Also fitted the SW Motech crash bars. Not difficult, but you need an extra hand, unless you have lots of patience and long arms. 

Dit is 'n awesome bike wat jy nog baie gaan geniet! Baie capable off-road - veral as dit nogal woes raak. Myne is net so oor die 20 000km en moes nog net die steering bearings vervang. Het die volgende ekstras aangebring: Leo Vince pipes, Givi touring screen, sw-motech crash bars, 12V hell plug...

I started out riding dirt bikes. Rode almost every weekend for about 3 years, before getting the Tenere. The first week I just played around in the suburbs. The 2nd week I started commuting back roads to work (about 7km away). After about 2 weeks I was confident enough to tackle the big road...

Thanks foxi, I had a feeling the pressure washer could be the culprit. I went a bit overboard the other day when the bike was really filthy and might have "hit" the steering head area...Will remember that next time...

Hi Everyone, So I noticed my bike is handling differently - the steering feels very unresponsive - almost "sticky". If I go around a corner it feels like the bike is fighting the turning of the handlebars. If I pull away it sometimes pulls me to one side or I almost need to wiggle the handlebar...

Okay, So the normal DNA filter I can service with the DNA kit or omo/dirt bike oil and the foam dirt bike/quad filter I can service the normal way(spray on air filter cleaner/air filter oil) or lecap's engine oil/sunlight method? Is this correct? I know from cleaning my dirt bike air...

I have also wondered about the air filter. I did not worry too much when I was just commuting, but noticed after doing a lot of dirt this weekend how sandy/muddy it gets under the seat. I am begining to think of selling my ktm so much fun I had riding the Tenere on jeep and single track...

Maybe, I heard wrong (labour is R350 an hour - so maybe I just heard the 3 part), but looking at the instruction it at least seems like you don't need anything extra and can do everything straight out of the box.

How difficult is it to fit crashbars? I was at my local Yamaha dealer and they want to fit crashbars that is 4K. They will fit the Mototech, but that is going to be 3 hours labour? So if I order the Motos from somewhere, is it recommended that you fit it yourself or do you need lots of tools and...

Why not just get a powerlet kit that mounts to the handlebar? Do you go with cigarette lighter or hella? Any way, the Etrex 30 uses batteries, so only need the 12v socket to charge electronics (which means tank bag) and maybe eventually for a compressor. That also made me think...how...

I guess I will have to go with crash bars, but what about the bash plate? Wait until I break the stock plastic one or will I regret that?