First Major Ride on my TE449 - 852 Miles in the San Juans

[tshea529]

This was my first Major DS Ride on the TE449. It performed great! No issues, other than dropping it and putting the Brake Pedal thru the Clutch cover on Day 1. Fahrenheit Epoxy and JB Weld held the oil in for the remaining 6 days of the trip

 

[tshea529]

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[Motosportz]

Another happy 449/511 customer. Great bikes regardless of what the "pros" say on the mags.

 

[glangston]

You must be engineers with all that nice record keeping.

 

[Tinken]

Like the titanium fiber wrapping on your exhaust.

http://www.forceaccessories.com.au/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=118

 

[tshea529]

Like the titanium fiber wrapping on your exhaust.

http://www.forceaccessories.com.au/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=118

That is an awesome piece from Force, I have been trying to find one in Carbon Fiber, more impact resistance. Touratech has a small piece that covers that area but is not very thick. Might have to make a mold and lay my own Carbon Fiber.

 

[tshea529]

You must be engineers with all that nice record keeping.

Not Engineers, just OCD.

 

[LandofMotards]

I like the picture of everyone pointing and laughing lol. Seems like a great group!

 

[ray_ray]

Nice reporting and cool chart ...

Is the moving time row the total time in saddle for each day?

 

[ghte]

Tell me about the pipe wrapping is it really needed. Love to get your thought on the trials tyre. what brand, what pressure, how does it hold up and does it roll around on the rim in corners at speed.
Great shots by the way. Looks like a cool bunch of Hombres

 

[tshea529]

Nice reporting and cool chart ...

Is the moving time row the total time in saddle for each day?

Ray_Ray, Yes, that is time in the Saddle or on the Pegs each day. With Lunch Stops, Photo Opportunities, Gas etc we were out 8-10 Hours a days.

 

[tshea529]

Tell me about the pipe wrapping is it really needed. Love to get your thought on the trials tyre. what brand, what pressure, how does it hold up and does it roll around on the rim in corners at speed.
Great shots by the way. Looks like a cool bunch of Hombres

ghte, the pipe wrapping keeps the pipe from melting my pants. Pirie Performance makes a cool carbon fiber guard but its $130.00 vs. Titanium Pipe wrap $15.00

I have been running Trials tires for about 6 years, full time, all the time, all terrain. The Pirelli MT43 has been my favorite. The side wall is a little stiffer than the others. The trials guys I talk to don't like it because of the stiffness, seems to be perfect for DS. I am getting at least 2k miles or more out of them. Michelin was the worst, knobs started to peeling. Sidewalls were too soft.

Depending where I am riding I run 6 to 10 psi for Air pressure. I recommend Bridgestone Ultra Heavy Duty Tubes.

Never had any "roll around the rim issues". The biggest thing to get used to is, if your riding style is to "back it in" on the corners, in otherwords slide the rear tire into the corner, you will have to adjust, the trials tire is a little more difficult to do this with. One of the other guys on the colorado ride, used a tire knife and cut the corners off the outside knobbies and he said that made it easier to back it in.

another group of guys were running Trials up front, I have one on order to try. Let you know.

 

[ghte]

Thanks for the info tshea. Been umming and ahing for ages on trails tyres. Love to hear your report on the front trial as well.

 

[OlderHuskyRider]

What was going on here?

 

[tshea529]

What was going on here?

Dropped the bike on a rock and the rear brake pedal cracked the clutch cover. Fixed it with Epoxy Puddy and 6 minute JB Weld.