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Ah sorry, for some reason I assumed that you had a Bosch motor. I wondered why the cast bolt retainers weren't being used. If you get really stuck, and happen to be located close to either East Grinstead, or Crowborough, I can recommend two highly skilled companies that would be able to sort...

Not a very good photo, as it doesn't show the correct side of the motor where the bolt heads sit, but this is how the motor is mounted on the KTM. [ Another not so clear shot, looking up towards the motor mount tubes that are built into the frame. Ignore the arrow, it was to indicate...

Out of interest Mossie, is there a threaded/captive insert, or is the thread cut directly into the alloy of the frame? On the KTM range, the head of the bolts, sit within a raised casting on the motor to prevent them from turning, and nylock nuts are used to fasten the bolts against a steel...

I'd have stopped after stripping the first one. ☺

I've also just been given a new toy to play with. A Proform Tyre lever. I've sung the praises of this lever previously, and now I have my own one. :) http://www.bikegoo.co.uk/bike-parts-c8/tubeless-products-c27/proform-tyre-tool-p774 Henry, I'll be riding in your neck of the woods fairly...

I skipped some household chores this afternoon, to pop out in the freezing cold wind, in order to have another play. I left the bike in 'auto' for today's 34.5 mile ride, which had an elevation gain of 2,962' https://www.strava.com/activities/503582754 The bike returned with two of the five...

Gringo, could you put me down for the Acuter field scope? :)

Superb Henry. :) Because of the mud being frozen solid, I couldn't clean mine the other night. It didn't look too pretty this morning when I went out to look. :( All clean and mint looking again now though. Apart from swapping the tyres around, the major service of Macina Lycan is all...

Trying not to laugh at the irony of the above. :rolleyes:

Something else to think about if are going to start comparing bikes. Take a look at the price differences of consumable spares. This topic came up just a few weeks ago, and depending on how you intend to ride, and in what conditions, the frequency of service intervals can soon come around, so it...

The sealskinz gloves get a big thumbs up from me. :) I had my doubts, but wore them on tonight's ride, which saw the soft sticky mud on the bike, turn frozen rock frozen, along with frozen gears...

The Macina Lycan should up and ready tomorrow evening, but I popped out tonight for an 18 mile ride on the brilliant 1964. I shouldn't have gone really, as I have felt crap all day and had to stop twice, as I wanted to puke. Thankfully I didn't. That was one very muddy ride, with way too much...

Footpump, my Stihl work gloves do a brilliant job, but aren't waterproof, so based upon the recommendations on here and Cyclezee's second link, I ordered up a pair of Sealskinz on Sunday afternoon, and they arrived safely today from Absolute Cycles, price £18.95 delivered. First impressions are...

This made me smile when I saw it. I did exactly the same the first time that I rode it. That's actually quite a climb up out of there.

There is a good real pub at Horsted Keynes. Perhaps we could meet there. :) Ref Pippingford, you could have also gone straight down through it, and come out at the bottom of Kidds hill. It's a brilliant place for winter riding, and the route straight through is tarmac and roadstone, so no mud...

Thanks for the report Nealh. :) The run down to the Vachery does get really wrecked by horses, but down by the bridge, there are quite a few good routes to either side, that horses aren't allowed to use. It says nothing about bikes though. ;) When you reached the A22, you could have nipped...

I'm not into jumps anyway, but even if I had been, I personally wouldn't want to subject my bike to the jumps as shown in the first clip, as I wouldn't know what the limitations of the bikes design capabilities were. (If that makes sense) I only flicked through the clip that SW has just shown...

Jumps aside, the video didn't show anything over and above what my bike is easily capable of, so if that is the kind of riding that the OP is after, then yes some e-mtb's are capable of it. If I know that I'm off to somewhere like Friston Forest for example, I do add a cable tie around the...

One donor bike. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141907257303?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT .

I hope that you left the dog behind! :) .