First Ride on the TE510 today

I couldn't have picked a better day for my first ride in the one and a half years since I sold the XR400. It was only 42c and I havent been on a motorcross track since the late 90's. These are the things you need to contend with when you get to drop the kids off at the grandparents

I swear to god after the first five minutes I was ready to go home with forearm pump. It didn't take long for it to pass but I will need to adress that in the gym and more seat time.

Anyway I'm seriously impressed at the at the speed and accelleration of the 510. It was a bloody missile. I will need to add a few more teeth to the rear sprocket to made it more manageable as I will be mainly using the bike for trails with my mates. The brakes were orsome though

I did run into a problem though, the hose clamp between the carb and the head becaame loose and the bike died after a backfire and stall. I was not impressed at pushing the thiung back to the pits in that heat.
(I would rather the heat than the snow you poor guys have to indure though)

After riding the rock infected tracks and dust infected motorcross tracks in Oz make me realise how lucky I was in New Zealand with the prestine enviroment I had at myt back door. All is still good though.

c yas later

XR400 to a TE510... Nice upgrade !!
I saw some pictures of New Zealand that my folks took while
vacationing there a couple years ago and the scenery was just
incredible. Beautiful waterfalls and green rolling hills.

The power up kit has been done and the throttle stop / plate has been removed.

I read the forums and found the process very easy due to the excellent posts by the other members

Thanks guys.