Raptor Chapter

Yeah Nitron do do a shock for the Raptor and as you say they are quite pricey, although I often wonder how much of that comes from it being made in the UK rather than any superior quality or damping. And, yes, Nitron will offer a choice of spring rates dependent on the riders weight & riding sty...

Hmmm... I just added the pics as an attachment &set it to be inline & that worked.

The cable itself does actually lie flat - I just moved it up so you could see the path.

The WIlbers rear shock I had installed on the Raptor has finally succumbed to mileage & the inclement conditions it was put under e.g. ~60k miles & 5 years all round commuting. The bottom bearing has given up the ghost and collapsed. So after much dithering I opted to replace it with a YSS s...

Hurrah!!

doesn't take much to wear them out the little white pin just needs a fraction of a mm or two to stop working and it is very soft material that wears quickly Yep and they can also stick along with the switch itself providing a intermittent connection. Cleaning and checking this is one of my regular ...

The only thing that blights my riding of the 1K Rappie is the low seat height and the effect it has on my hip joints, which cramp up all too often when I lift my feet back to the pegs. Being able to flat foot at a standstill is great, but not when I have to start waving my legs around to ease the p...

And 8 grand does seem steep but I notice a couple of magazines have mention both it and the Suzuki TL so the sellers could just be testing the water.

I thought was supposed to have Ohlins suspension No.. I believe it just had the fully adjustable Marzocchis I expect someone has production figures. I dunno about the production figures but How Many Left provides the registered numbers. This is just for the 650 and there are separate pages for the ...

Even though I'm not a great fan of rim tape I did put some night time reflective stuff on 'ol Reggie primarily as a safety feature.

I used two separate strips each covering only 90 degrees of the wheel to hopefully make it more noticeable.

The Tuono V4 always strikes me as either a licence loser or a ditch visitor

Or both... at the same time

So what happen to all the (V-Raptor) front end fairing panels etc...

So from 2016 the 'ol Raptor did the following in each year, 9k miles, 12k, 10k, 10k, 10k and then 1,300 miles & 2,500 miles.

And, of course, the last two were due to Covid and furlough/working from home

Nice... and they do look so much better in the flesh.

Red wheel tape in 2 photos & yellow in one