droffarc
Race Dog
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2006
- Messages
- 1,381
- Reaction score
- 134
- Location
- Cape Toon - TransAlp XL650V 2004
- Bike
- Honda NC750X
At last! At 70200km I had to change my TA's sprockets.
For a while now the chain was making a klonk sound at low speed, regardless of how much WD40 I squirt at it so today I did it!
I actually went to Craigs Parow to have a new set of tyres fitted - The Pirelli Scorpion A Ts
https://www.pirelli.co.uk/web/catalog/moto/moto_catalogo_schedaDescription.page?categoria=/catalog/moto/on_off_road/enduro_on_off&vehicleType=MOTO&product_id=12578&uri=/pirellityre/en_GB/browser/xml/catalog/moto/MOTO_MV_SCORP_MT90AT.xml
and I said they must replace the chain and if the sprockets need replacing I had a set I last bought
https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=1470.msg19703;topicseen#msg19703
All that time ago.
They showed me the front sprocket and even I could see it was ka-poet without resorting to braille, so they lost out on a chain sale charging me only for the fitting.
So now the TA is Lekka again - new tyres, new chain and sprockets.
Could only go for a short ride after work - Malanshoogte, Occultdale, Mellish and the tweespoor to the Phesantekraal airstrip and back via Spes Bona and Malanshoogte again.
On tar WOW what a difference! Feel almost like road tyres, feels faster and smoother than the TKC80 front and Serac back.
On gravel - acceptable, not too much to write home about. Did notice a bit of a side to side movement on the handlebars in loose stuff - which underscores what Ama Ride Ride said about a knobbly front tyre. It really does make a difference.
For a while now the chain was making a klonk sound at low speed, regardless of how much WD40 I squirt at it so today I did it!
I actually went to Craigs Parow to have a new set of tyres fitted - The Pirelli Scorpion A Ts
https://www.pirelli.co.uk/web/catalog/moto/moto_catalogo_schedaDescription.page?categoria=/catalog/moto/on_off_road/enduro_on_off&vehicleType=MOTO&product_id=12578&uri=/pirellityre/en_GB/browser/xml/catalog/moto/MOTO_MV_SCORP_MT90AT.xml
and I said they must replace the chain and if the sprockets need replacing I had a set I last bought
https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=1470.msg19703;topicseen#msg19703
All that time ago.
They showed me the front sprocket and even I could see it was ka-poet without resorting to braille, so they lost out on a chain sale charging me only for the fitting.
So now the TA is Lekka again - new tyres, new chain and sprockets.
Could only go for a short ride after work - Malanshoogte, Occultdale, Mellish and the tweespoor to the Phesantekraal airstrip and back via Spes Bona and Malanshoogte again.
On tar WOW what a difference! Feel almost like road tyres, feels faster and smoother than the TKC80 front and Serac back.
On gravel - acceptable, not too much to write home about. Did notice a bit of a side to side movement on the handlebars in loose stuff - which underscores what Ama Ride Ride said about a knobbly front tyre. It really does make a difference.
