The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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Brenhden wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:06 pm
daveuprite wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:48 pm
Brenhden wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 4:45 pm 2335 does sound a lot of money however if you think what else you would do in that time it's not so bad. I always like to compare anything I do with the pub.

17 euros and hour on beers, crisps, wine, jukebox, taxis. Good deal. Also no hangovers on a bike :)
Good point Brenhden. But what if you do all the enduro riding AND spend hours down the pub....?

You sound like my ex wife...
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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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Cone wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:21 am So if you get a doall bike and can commute to work you can sell it to the wife on creating efficiencies
I tried that with my 690.....
So ended up buying the Husky 450 as I wasn’t good enough a rider to cope with the 690 on nadgery trails.

Then decided to sell my classic Triumph........
And ended up keeping it and the Husky and pxing the 690 for a new Triumph Street Twin.

So after trying to live with two bikes I’ve ended up with three again.

Plus I’m retired so can’t play the ride to work card.

And
NEVER NEVER NEVER add it all up. :lol:
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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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Has the swelling gone down yet Dave , ?
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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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Four rear tyres seems like an awful lot in those hours if not racing.
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Mike54 wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:03 pm Four rear tyres seems like an awful lot in those hours if not racing.
Yeah I am a bit hard on rear tyres. I just love spinning everywhere like a loon. Can't help it. If the bike isn't fishtailing about I'm not happy. Which does mean I get through a lot of Mich AC10s. It might be more like three rears per year in reality, but I largely destroyed one over 5 days off-road in Spain last month.
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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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You only knocked the edge off Dave, there's another cyear left in that :-P

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bowber wrote: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:33 am You only knocked the edge off Dave, there's another cyear left in that :-P

Steve
Yeah, I'll still be using that tyre this Summer and it'll be fine in the dry stuff. But when we start doing the wet slippery ascents in the Autumn down at Phil's you need that edge and it'll be time for a new one.

I gather all my old tyres up sometimes and sell them as a cheap job lot to local lads who get more work out of them ragging around their farms.
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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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But have you enjoyed yourself on your trips? :D
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Barftone wrote: Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:50 pm But have you enjoyed yourself on your trips? :D
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Re: The Real Cost of Greenlaning

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daveuprite wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:43 pm
Mike54 wrote: Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:03 pm Four rear tyres seems like an awful lot in those hours if not racing.
Yeah I am a bit hard on rear tyres. I just love spinning everywhere like a loon. Can't help it. If the bike isn't fishtailing about I'm not happy. Which does mean I get through a lot of Mich AC10s. It might be more like three rears per year in reality, but I largely destroyed one over 5 days off-road in Spain last month.
If you actually bought decent tyres you might get some grip :lol:
The AC10 is Michelin's universally hated bastard child
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