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<blockquote data-quote="Yowie" data-source="post: 1451120" data-attributes="member: 98432"><p>I must admit, with lower tire pressures, and softened-up suspension, it's not <em>TOO</em> bad.</p><p>I've racked-up well over a thousand off-road K's on some of the shjttiest roads you'll ever see (not mention the higher distance I've done on mucked-up once tar roads) since getting it a few weeks ago. We've had multiple floods over the last couple of months. The road crews and graders have been out in force though, so the roads which aren't kinda disintegrated are deep in freshly layed course gravel.</p><p>Yesterday I deliberately aimed for many of the thicker gravel bits and ignored the mal-effects. Worked pretty well as long the power was on.</p><p>You really have to work hard though! If you drop into the overly cambered bits there's no coming back!</p><p>Have, unfortunately, warped a disc (maybe two) by running too hot through causeways deep in water. And the neck has lossened up a lot. Both these issues need pretty prompt fixing.</p><p>Other than those things, the bike has had no issues at all!</p><p>A really good thorough service is what's next on the agenda - unless ....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yowie, post: 1451120, member: 98432"] I must admit, with lower tire pressures, and softened-up suspension, it's not [I]TOO[/I] bad. I've racked-up well over a thousand off-road K's on some of the shjttiest roads you'll ever see (not mention the higher distance I've done on mucked-up once tar roads) since getting it a few weeks ago. We've had multiple floods over the last couple of months. The road crews and graders have been out in force though, so the roads which aren't kinda disintegrated are deep in freshly layed course gravel. Yesterday I deliberately aimed for many of the thicker gravel bits and ignored the mal-effects. Worked pretty well as long the power was on. You really have to work hard though! If you drop into the overly cambered bits there's no coming back! Have, unfortunately, warped a disc (maybe two) by running too hot through causeways deep in water. And the neck has lossened up a lot. Both these issues need pretty prompt fixing. Other than those things, the bike has had no issues at all! A really good thorough service is what's next on the agenda - unless .... [/QUOTE]
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