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by phil_h
Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:07 pm
Forum: BIKES
Topic: Trail Bike advice please
Replies: 62
Views: 19018

Re: Trail Bike advice please

I have a Husky 701 and its fine on stuff like Sarn Helen but on the technical stuff its not a good choice unless your some sort of man mountain or an off-road-god. You're talking to someone with a big GS !!! And I'm a long way from a man-mountain, but I want to get proficient enough so I can take t...
by phil_h
Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:48 pm
Forum: BIKES
Topic: Trail Bike advice please
Replies: 62
Views: 19018

Re: Trail Bike advice please

KTM 690/ Husky 701 150 kg with 74 hp Good offroad, works on road 10.000km service interval Masses of parts/ bling available to turn it into the bike you want. Expensive though. I had a 640 duke on the road for a while... didnt really mix with traffic 'down south'. I loved it when I could relax on a...
by phil_h
Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:42 pm
Forum: BIKES
Topic: Trail Bike advice please
Replies: 62
Views: 19018

Re: Trail Bike advice please

You're going to get loads of suggestions but I'll chip in with mine anyway, Beta 390. Yes its relatively high maintenance ( compared to a true "trail bikes") though handbook on mine says 30 h oil change interval which is longer than many enduro bikes....but if you want light and modern......
by phil_h
Mon Feb 10, 2020 1:28 pm
Forum: BIKES
Topic: Trail Bike advice please
Replies: 62
Views: 19018

Re: Trail Bike advice please

Hate to say it but it sounds like a rather boring crf250l is perfect :lol: Actually, the crf250 was one of the first bikes I thought of, as I have fond memories of a day at a supermoto track riding one I'd talked a racer (supermoto das) into hiring to me... he was the same weight/height as me, and ...
by phil_h
Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:31 pm
Forum: BIKES
Topic: Trail Bike advice please
Replies: 62
Views: 19018

Trail Bike advice please

Firstly I am not an experienced offroad rider but... I did 5 years / 250 Observed Trials in my 40's I have done a couple of MX experience days and a couple of surrey trail riding days. Then I retired and moved to Wales, and... I have done a full day on a Husky fe250 here I have done 4 sessions with ...
by phil_h
Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: GREEN LANES, TRAILS and OFF-ROAD
Topic: OS Mapping question
Replies: 30
Views: 12877

Re: OS Mapping question

I use a free android app with some old bootleg unlocked os files from memory-map AND the full version of memory-map that was on offer a little while ago (with license for 5 devices !). The free app (alpinequest) has much better software than memory-map, but that has 2018 os maps down to 1:25k. The c...
by phil_h
Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:54 pm
Forum: GREEN LANES, TRAILS and OFF-ROAD
Topic: OS Mapping question
Replies: 30
Views: 12877

Re: OS Mapping question

In West Sussex where I used to live for 30 years, the council definitive map is online, and it was easy to see the classification of a number of 'big-dotted tracks' as being 'un-maintained rights of way'. Most of them had a 'Public Right of Way' finger-sign with no colour. Its most unfortunate that ...
by phil_h
Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:30 pm
Forum: ADVENTURE BIKE RIDER
Topic: RT to GS and Off Road Skills Course
Replies: 16
Views: 12198

Re: RT to GS and Off Road Skills Course

I would like to try this too What I just wrote ! ^^^^ Their calendar is coming to the end for the year, but keep an eye on their website for cancellations - theyre not very good at posting them on fb, and the website doesnt make it easy to spot the cancellations, but I've booked 4 times with them t...
by phil_h
Wed Oct 09, 2019 8:26 pm
Forum: ADVENTURE BIKE RIDER
Topic: RT to GS and Off Road Skills Course
Replies: 16
Views: 12198

Re: RT to GS and Off Road Skills Course

Thanks, guys. I've booked. You will not regret it - for anyone reading this - its the kind of thing that, if you _think_ you'd like to try it, you definitely will. The course structure is perfect, the venue is perfect, and the instructors are... amazing, all of them. I dont know when youve booked S...

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