Rally Raid Level 1 Rear suspension Just wow!
Bit of an overall update for anyone that's been following my Stuff on the CRF 300 Rally.
Just got back from doing 3/4 of Macclesfield old Road from Macc then that in reverse then Sir William Hill Road in full was so much fun on that! Absolutely transformed the bike an I can confirm if you need to paddle its still easy to do
Was really nice stood up as well and very confidence inspiring best I've rode on a green lane. Thanks to everyone that let on the two peeps on Ktms an the two 4x4s who were great with advice on Macc old Road.
On a few bits where I had to sit down that's where you notice the difference the most as it's not booting you all over the place.
A huge difference though as well is on the road transformed it no more squatting now handles as it should brakes well, goes well and handles well noticed the difference right away when I set off.
I've not been brilliant over the past few days with a food allergy issue so was nice to get out even if just for an hour or so.
Should have a new video coming providing the gopro played ball
Kudos the team at Rally Raid stunning work!
It really is how the bike should have been from Honda. Very happy with the money I spent on it.
In other news it looks like I'm gonna be moving to either highland Perthshire up in Scotland around Blairgowrie ish or a bit more North or near Dumfries and Galloway (thornhill ish) so something may end up joining the Rally now my shoulder is better
just trying to decide between the two areas.
The Rally will be staying for trips to trickier bits an for Iceland but the nearest green lanes will be a good 5-6 hours away depending on which bit we end up in so thatl probably lean towards bringing a t7 in as planned or a Vstrom 650xt again or a GS mainly just for road use up there. Then keep the Rally for the odd weekend away to England.
The only thing that slightly worries me with the T7 is the exhaust bracket anyone experienced one breaking?
All being well we will have alot more space so the Rally can stay to an we can pick dad one of each up as he's bikeless at the moment. Gonna be an interesting few months and very full on with the move.
We did about 4,000 miles up Scotland in dads car exploring so it's good to know where we are looking now for the next steps in life.
Just the current thoughts really Rally is really ticking the boxes for a lightweight all roads bike
happy days.
It's a shame though Yamaha havnt got a Tenere 300 or 500 twin that'd be interesting to see.
Was interesting green laning though still not sure what I quite make of it, the 2nd lane I really enjoyed the first I wasn't to mad on. Probably helped as well that I'd stuck some road miles on by the time I got to the 2nd lane as the bike was drastically different light and day in a better way.
