I,ll try those next time. My rear is just about shot after 200 miles !!! Going back to dealer for free check next week. I,ll try one.thanks.
If you have ridden the bike in the Alps, then I'm not surprised. I wrote a tyre off in a similar mileage last year, over a two week period in Switzerland. I might rethink tyre choice for my trip out there this year.
Yes, happy memories, though trials were more my thing back then.
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I had a Bultaco Sherpa in my Teens, then switched to a TLR200 which was a big mistake, and then ultimately after watching Jordi Tarrés, I ended up with a Beta Stripey. That bike was way to fierce for my riding ability, but still good fun. People that have never ridden trial, don't seem to believe you when you say that a trials bike could be too fierce. But the power delivery was far too sharp form me, and in reality I never really gelled with trials riding. I also just wanted to get through the sections as quickly as possible. I also tried MX on a Maico, but preferred to sit back and let the race go on without me, so again, gave that up as well.
The best fun that I had though, was racing this in Super Sport.
I then switched to a lovely Honda RS250 that I built from pretty much scrap, to compete in GP250. That bike was way better than my own ability, and handled as though it were on rails. I never found it's limits, just my own, and had to do what was called "The walk of shame" up to the race control office at Brands Hatch, after how shall we put it, a little high speed road rage incident. Apparently, nudging someone off the track, and then not allowing them back on again, isn't seen as fair play!
The trouble was that it wasn't my first incident, as I ran into the back of a slower rider entering Paddock Hill bend, and both bikes locked together, and we sailed straight on into the gravel trap. Happy, but equally very very sad days.
