Sandy needs to roll. Out of the factory, Sandy comes with spoked wheels and tubeless tyres. These are quite the 50/50 combo journalists like to call so. In reality though – any faster approach offroad or to a big pothole and it can end up with the rim bent slightly and a flat tyre. How […]
Category: Tech tip
Sandy – The new girl in the family.
Lets talk bikes. If money was not a question. What would it be? You want power and good looks and … Power. No. What you want for your money is ridability. You want to be able to go places with the bike and not not worry about fuel range, suspension travel, few scratches and sore […]
701 Rallybike – removal of emissions parts
In order to comply the emissions rules of the EU and other parts of the world – bikes are equipped with different devices to help the catalyst and fuel vapours to be kept to a minimum. All is good in the perfect world. On the road and in nice conditions the systems rarely fail and […]
Vugtec one. Suspension.
Ahhh, the dark art of suspending us. The motorcycle has just 2 wheels with a spot the size of a tea cup, touching the ground. Suspension setup for a particular model bike, is a physical aspect of the design of the bike and something, that has been rather carefully done by engineers. And then You […]
Tech tip for air filter
Tech tip of yesterday: these performance cotton air filters are not for offffroad use! There is strong sand blowby in the intake and engine. Good it was an old bike but dead nonetheless. For dusty offroad always use paper oem or a good foam filter with oil