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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665   
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5"7" on a CRF! Well done sir!
Fancy bringing it North for a DEF2 CRF outings? Plenty of great trails here  Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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15th Jan 2023 1:55pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579 
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Def something worth a go. This post has renewed my interest. Might treat myself to the 300, my 250 is pretty old and bashed about now. Other bikes have had my attention instead.
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15th Jan 2023 3:36pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665
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I have bigger (road) bikes too, Rob. The CRF has been great to get me into trail riding.
I have had naughty thoughts about a GasGas ES 700 or a Husky 701 but I doubt I'll ride any better or go any faster. The wee CRF is plenty for the trails, and the long service intervals and Honda build quality make it a shortlist of 1 really. Maybe KTM will bring a more trail-focussed 400cc bike out soon, or maybe the new Bimota 450 will get to the UK. But just now the little CRF's are about the best out there for the guys who like to tootle around. I reckon I'm getting over 90mpg (even tho my trips almost always involve an off-road ride), and very low running costs... Don't know if you guys are following Itchy Boots, but she's just completed a 42,000 km (36k miles) trip on a CRF300 - almost entirely off road. South America to Alaska. It's addictive watching once you get hooked! There's dozens of detail sections, or this one "movie" of the best bits. I watched them all!!! She started on a RE Himalayan about 4 years ago, then a CRF250, then a CB500X, but since COVID she's done it all (36000 miles) on a CRF300 - Season 6 is all on the CRF. There's a couple of nice threads showing the mods she has done, and the problems that needed fixing after 36k miles... Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) Last edited by MartinK on 15th Jan 2023 4:33pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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15th Jan 2023 4:19pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579
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She was in the next garage at a track day at donington.
If I was going bigger it would be the husqvarna. They looked great at the nec. I think they are basically a ktm. But there’s something that attracts me to the husqvarna brand. |
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15th Jan 2023 4:31pm |
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| RobKeay Member Since: 19 Jul 2009 Location: Stafford Posts: 1579
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Ignore that it was girl on a bike at donnington. She also does YouTube off road riding.
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15th Jan 2023 4:35pm |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2665
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Yeah Rob, the KTM 690, the GasGas ES 700 and the Husky 701 are all the same basic bike. There's a few "tweaks" between the models, but same frame and engine. Some say the KTM is more full-on and "ready to race", the Husky has slightly softer suspension and a softer engine mapping to make it more of an ADV bike than a race bike. The Gasgas is the cheapest, even tho it's the same bike, it's £1k cheaper (because it's red
) Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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15th Jan 2023 4:36pm |
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