Although I left the GoPro at home with a flat battery, I thought I'd record a few thoughts on the new BT100 while having a rest at a tiny mountain town rent-a-hall. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJiVvdUW4iY
This is just a pissy rant about the Nanna State. Join me if you want to, click away if you don't. What do I care?
https://youtu.be/kyQNyyyC-ug 11 year old article about the legality of motorised bikes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4nWW5HgHM
What matters more, Power or Experience?
I've put ~10,000 kilometres on my 2024 Honda CB125F, but only ~500 kilometres on the 2014 KTM 390 Duke and while the 390 Duke has roughly 4 times the power of the CB125F, I'm still learning to trust the different dynamics of the KTM so it I feel like I'm actually quicker as a rider on my trusty 125cc. Well, today I decided to put it to the test. I'm not confident enough on the KTM to push it as hard as it can go, but I'm so familiar with the Honda that I can push through the corners with more confidence.
I wasn't planning to put these two videos side by side, so there is a little overlap on my narration from time to time, but the end result surprised even me!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ae1VHyisyI
In order to complete my first service of the CB125F, I had to inspect the chain. In order to do that, I *obviously* had to remove the cover, a job which I had been pre-warned could be a bit of a pain! It was a bit tricky, I admit, but nothing that caused tears and swears.
The slack in the chain was bang-on 25mm which meant I did not need to make any adjustments to it today and seeing as the chain guard has done an exceptional job at keeping road grime off the chain, I did not need to clean it. So I simply had to lubricate the chain before replacing all the panels again.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19fFAFniAh4
Thanks to my local bike shop I finally get a bar mounted mirror for the Mk5.
This should have been sorted out ages ago except typical of wish.com, what I ordered was not even close to what arrived.
The new mirror is decent quality for its price - $20 AUD. The engine vibrations still shake it from its position, so I'll have to come up with a solution for that in the future, but it seems to be holding up well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gXWKWXyptk
A clip from the 2 hour video. After spending and hour and twenty navigating gravel forest roads, I was excited to get back on the bitumen... Only to get held up by a logging truck.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jQ1-4cHB8
This is the first time I got to use the GoPro Hero 7 Silver so I wasn't sure what to expect. But I made the correct assumption that wind noise was going to be just as much of a problem now as it was with my cheap old camera.
Using my genius "Wind Sock" technique I was able to cut out almost all of the wind noise and that is an achievement, especially considering just how windy of a day it was.
0:00 Wind Sock Off
3:40 Wind Sock On
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9xUk0l8ZY