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Re: The power of orange compels you!
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November 26, 2011, 07:26:25 AM »
Lots of folks completely bit by the orange bug.
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Knee braces are nice, I wore them in the 1990s-2000 when I was racing a lot. I'll get another pair if/when I start riding MX or really hard off road again. Now I mostly do dual sport and trials, just got bored of east coast dirt riding after a couple decades of going in circles in the woods.
When you get the Warp 9 wheels check the dish and run-out, they don't have a great track record of building wheels properly. I think the hard parts are fine, they just don't always assembly them all that consistently.
You'll need to upgrade the front brake for sumo. At a minimum a 320mm rotor and if you plan on pushing it hard you'll want a sumo caliper and mc.
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Quote from: DRKWNG on November 26, 2011, 07:26:25 AM
Lots of folks completely bit by the orange bug.
the overall poor condition the roads are falling apart into makes makes the one that doesn't mind pot holes make more sense
that and my area is probably 1/3 dirt roads that I had been avoiding on the Monster so there is lots of exploring to do, ML's area is probably similar
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Quote from: lethe on November 26, 2011, 06:38:16 AM
and I found another good "road" that will make a trip over worthwhile for you, Mush Paw Road is far more of a trail than anything
I'm trying to string together a loop of roads that would keep me off the pavement for as much of the day as possible and already have a good few hours covered
Awesome!
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Quote from: bikepilot on November 26, 2011, 07:29:53 AM
Knee braces are nice, I wore them in the 1990s-2000 when I was racing a lot. I'll get another pair if/when I start riding MX or really hard off road again. Now I mostly do dual sport and trials, just got bored of east coast dirt riding after a couple decades of going in circles in the woods.
When you get the Warp 9 wheels check the dish and run-out, they don't have a great track record of building wheels properly. I think the hard parts are fine, they just don't always assembly them all that consistently.
You'll need to upgrade the front brake for sumo. At a minimum a 320mm rotor and if you plan on pushing it hard you'll want a sumo caliper and mc.
They come with a 320mm rotor and caliper relocation bracket. If that's not enough ill do a pad upgrade. Then caliper and mc after that.
From what I've read about Warp9 they had some issues early on and as of late have their act cleaned up. Seems there are a ton of these wheels sold and no real problems that I could find easily on the net.
I know im taking a chance. Well inspect them before tires get mounted.
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Cool deal. They do sell a ton of wheels, many seem fine and a ton of people wouldn't know if they were dished a half-inch off. I've been building wheels for 15 years and am picky. I've not heard of any hardware issues, just check to make sure its a good build and if not, re-dish and tension them. New wheels usually need re-tensioned and trued up after a few rides anyway.
The oem pads tend to be quite good. Main issue with the stock dirt caliper is heat, for riding on the road I think it'll be fine, if you hammer it hard on the track it might get a bit warm. It'll be huge fun with the 'tard wheels.
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I know...I can't wait
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Quote from: Monsterlover on November 26, 2011, 07:46:05 AM
They come with a 320mm rotor and caliper relocation bracket. If that's not enough ill do a pad upgrade. Then caliper and mc after that.
From what I've read about Warp9 they had some issues early on and as of late have their act cleaned up. Seems there are a ton of these wheels sold and no real problems that I could find easily on the net.
I know im taking a chance. Well inspect them before tires get mounted.
what size caliper you going to do? Mine has the 4 piston Brembo and 320 mm rotor, it can stop the bike really quick and probably will work well on the track...we shall see
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Quote from: lethe on November 26, 2011, 08:04:15 AM
what size caliper you going to do? Mine has the 4 piston Brembo and 320 mm rotor, it can stop the bike really quick and probably will work well on the track...we shall see
Gonna run the stock 2 piston. I wonder if yours would fit. Could be a cheap upgrade.
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Quote from: Monsterlover on November 26, 2011, 08:33:39 AM
Gonna run the stock 2 piston. I wonder if yours would fit. Could be a cheap upgrade.
might be, although the more I look at this thing, the more expensive looking stuff I see that is stock on it. Sounds like yours is the same.
The big front brake is borderline dangerous off road
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If your not always wondering if your bike is trying to kill you, what fun is it?
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A few pics of the bike as it sat last night and some of the stuff I got this weekend.
Can't help but want to step on someones face with these boots on. They seem pretty much indestructible.
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On the upside I'm out of 999 money so at least it can't get much worse
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Quote from: Monsterlover on November 27, 2011, 03:48:35 PM
On the upside I'm out of 999 money so at least it can't get much worse
are those boots sumo worthy?
I'll be looking to get another set soon as my Vertigos just don't seem right with mud on them. That and the soles are a bit thin for foot out style.
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