Itchy boots Season 8

[ChrisL]

For those that follow her, Noraly's shoulder has healed and she is in the process of having a bike built especially for her next trip, it's being built in Germany by a Tenere specialist, he certainly has an interesting workshop, proper old school, I'm not sure I agree with all his ideas but he definitely knows his bikes. Let me know what you think and what you'd do differently if anything.

 

[Carpmart]

The design principles are sound.. get her on a bike she pick up, lower to the ground, bush mechanics can fix etc

The builder is the kind of old school engineer mechanic I love who will have hopefully built in reliability and durability… time will tell if it’s a vanity build for him or a genuinely bullet proof bike for her.

Did he say something like the Ohlins rear shock is forty years old, rebuilt of course? Why are they not fitting the classic Paris Dakar wheels that they showed.

 

[dazandandrea]

I love the idea of the simple principle. To be honest i think the additional tech being added to bikes and cars now is getting to the point of being ridiculous.

 

[ChrisL]

Why are they not fitting the classic Paris Dakar wheels that they showed.

They may yet, if I've understood correctly the bike is in the 'try it for size stage' in the first episode she had a little ride around on it, no doubt there will be more mods done, she talks about a different fuel tank being fitted as one, the only thing I don’t like so far is it has no fuel gauge and very little reserve, some of which can't be accessed without lifting the front of the tank, maybe the new tank will resolve that or she will fit an auxiliary fuel tank and a fuel pump to get it into the main tank. We'll have to keep watching to find out.

 

[Oldrat]

I’m a fan.
Both of Norally and of low tech motorcycles.

I reckon the Yamaha is a good choice, simple tech and plenty of spares available, the only problem being for which model.

That makes her very reliant on being in contact with the builder when anything goes wrong.

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[Geistguy]

I'm a big fan of Itchy Boots and look forward to seeing how this "new" bike works for her, i just hope that it's not too basic, not having a dash screen to show speed and fuel level would worry me. Last nights episode was worth watching just for the guys knowledge of Teneres.

 

[ChrisL]

I'm a big fan of Itchy Boots and look forward to seeing how this "new" bike works for her, i just hope that it's not too basic, not having a dash screen to show speed and fuel level would worry me. Last nights episode was worth watching just for the guys knowledge of Teneres.

She has a navigation device which displays her speed but agree about fuel level gauge, I would have though that essential when travelling long distances in the bush.

 

[Davebe]

It's good to see her back to planning one of her epic trips! Probably she develops a good idea of miles covered/fuel left after day upon day in the saddle!