At last had time to fit the Marchesini wheels complete with Dunlop Roadsmart IV’s. Went for a ride with Uncle Baz to bed them in. The tyre fitter had put 36 psi in them which was too much. They felt great, really great and even better once I’d let some air out. V pleased.
Wild camped overnight just down the lane from where I’m enduro’ing today in Kent and woke up to find I have a lovely view over the Thames Estuary
Urgh - I can't locate the trailers thread... What's the make of yours @Zhed46 ? I'm looking at 2-bike trailers for enduro fun...
That’s the thread: https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/campervans-with-motorbikes.102586/ It’s an Easylifter Hydratrail. You’d need to modify it to take two bikes though and the max load is 250kg.
You could probably fit a second platform or just replace it with one that’s twice the width. I’m not sure how you’d address the weight limit though as my specialist subject is advisin’ and arguin’ rather than engineerin’.
Only did the morning sesh at Action Trax Enduro today as I fried my clutch just before lunch. Conditions were pretty treacherous as it briefly bucketed it down at about 1030, which didn't do anything to soften the hard packed ruts, but left the tree roots and rocks (of which there were lots) extremely slippery. My tyres also got so clogged with mud at one point that it felt like riding on ice. I was the only rider not to have an off, which either means I'm amazing or I wasn't trying hard enough (almost certainly the latter). One guy didn't even wait for conditions to get tricky as he somehow managed to bin his brand new full bells and whistles GS in the field on his way to the start of the loop and we never saw him again. https://www.actiontrax.co.uk/gallery/
Had a spare hour so stripped the 916 belt pulleys down ready to fit new bearings - sourced these from Bearing King at £18 for the four delivered, so not an expensive job. I don’t have a hydraulic press but the old bearings came out pretty easily using the right size sockets and my large vice. The old bearings actually felt ok, a slight bit of play, but I expect they’re the ones originally fitted in 1994, so I felt worthwhile changing with easy access whilst doing the belts. Bearings / shafts now in the freezer, so hopefully they’ll just drop into the warmed up pulleys in the morning.
