Good lad! Look forward to reading the Ryedale report when you get the time.

Ryedale results now out. 20th in the Rally Class (over 575cc), which when you separate the single- and multi-cylinder results ought to place me 18th in the singles and finally give me my first Big Bike Rally Challenge point.

(points awarded down to 18th, so far I've - frustratingly - finished 19th in last year's Hafren, and 21st in the RallySprint)

Brechfa Rally this weekend, which is non-championship, but I'm looking forward to it - supposed to be easier going/faster fire-road type stuff, which should suit the Tenere better than the Ryedale mudfest.

Shore looks the biz mate.Will a ktm rear shock fit off sa 625 lc4 or duke 2.?:sbike:

Not a clue. You'd have to try it and see.

Brechfa is lovely fella. Done some MTB pleasure riding and racing there. If you have time to pop by and fancy a brew and or a bed and a feed let me know.

Lovely weekend at the Brechfa...

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o...ob69/045-1.jpg

Didn't answer this after the Ryedale, because it was such atypical conditions I wasn't sure, but having since done the Brechfa under more normal conditions, it's a great improvement in at least a couple of situations...

- Getting out of corners. Can often pull the next gear up without bogging on the apex, so get a lot better drive out of the corner without running out of revs and having to shift while still leant over/drifting.

- A lot of the tight single-track stuff I was able to keep it in third and just 'tickle' it along at low revs, and still be able to give it a quick burst along the straight bits. A bit more controllable than being in second and in the middle of the rev range on slippery stuff, and I think it also made me attack some of the corners/obstacles a bit faster to avoid changing down - if I'd been in second I'd subconsciously let the revs drop right down and be going much slower.

nice rally photo there ubs, looks at if your pushing the ten on a far bit there:emoticons:

Well of course. I'd just seen someone I knew stood by the side of the road with a camera :D

Still struggling to get Ryedale and Brechfa writeups done, but in the meantime, have some video from the Saturday...

https://vimeo.com/46708987