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Tyre`s...why worry

Started by PeteH, December 23, 2013, 12:07:55 AM

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PeteH

When people ride around with knobblies on a sportsbike, the guy reckoned it handled ok although the bodywork showed signs of a hard life, he had ridden up from somewhere in the midlands to the Raven cafe in Whitchurch on a chilly December morning on damp roads and had averaged 69mph
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Nick Calne

Is it really an adventure bike if its wheels never see dirt?

nickjtc

They look like the tyres that were put on the Speed Triple that Tom Cruise rode at the climax of Mission Impossible 2
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Chris Canning

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Bixxer Bob

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Quote from: Chris Canning on December 23, 2013, 11:24:03 PM
There are times when a shake of the head will suffice  :icon_scratch:

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blacktiger

Quote from: PeteH on December 23, 2013, 12:07:55 AM
When people ride around with knobblies on a sportsbike, the guy reckoned it handled ok although the bodywork showed signs of a hard life, he had ridden up from somewhere in the midlands to the Raven cafe in Whitchurch on a chilly December morning on damp roads and had averaged 69mph

Was he duped by the dealer?
I can imaging the conversation:-
Buyer; "But I ordered the Adventure.
Dealer; " yeah, of course it's the Adventure model. Look it's got knobblies on it." :wheel
2013 800XC 33000 miles & counting.