A phone holder because the one it comes with is for teeny tiny phones.
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You're showing your age, they've been replaced by https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224982820821
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Yup and some big alloys and lowered suspension to really mess the ride up, on the plus side it’ll impress other sad middle aged men
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Nah. It's a film meme - including Space Cowboys, Madagascar and others but, dammit, I can't remember the film I had in mind. The helicopter? pilot has one and crashes and burns. Touches it for good luck I think, or puts it on the dash before things get fighty.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:36 pmYou're showing your age, they've been replaced by https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224982820821
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TBF, there's only 8 to go
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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Oh yes! I reckon it could easily go more, but I hedged at 20
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MTR VDB for sale
This is a very reluctant sale so it’s not priced to give it away, yes there are newer bikes out there for sale so feel free to move on to those, no problem
This bike is the genuine MTR VDB bike bought from Franco. I still have all the original VDB plastics and number board if wanted too
MTR VDB frame
MTR swingarm and linkage
MTR clamps
Ohlins forks and shock
108mm brake, choice of brembo or DP Racing
Brembo rear brake, the fancy billet one
16x16 brembo master cylinder
PFM 300mm disc
Chassis and motor has all titanium bolts
Exhaust is the MTR SC Project headers and link pipe with akro end cans that are mint.
16 inch front and 5.5 rear, wheels are perfect no chips
Motor has just been rebuilt by Dave Barrington at TKB Racing Ltd
KTM 505 kit (477cc)
Modified engine cases, something to do with the oil ways (?)
Carrillo rod
Factory cams
Crank is the lighter 3/4 crank
Airbox is a modified 2010 smr rubber boot and K&N filter which gave better results on the dyno than the 2012 flat foam thing that came on the 12.
Since having a full rebuild the motor has been set up on the dyno and done one hillclimb event totaling about 3 minutes. Absolutely no expense spared developing and maintaining this engine
Spares to come with the bike include engine cases, original SC Project end cans as used by MTR back in the day, sprockets, discs, step seat, standard seat, plastics, everything is either new or as new.
£8k
Won’t split and not road registered
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get some seat covers - save you getting mtb mud all over
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Having some rear interior debates as to whether i do anything with it at all.
2022-12-08_01-38-11 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr
This is the demo-van, but the same inside. So grey painted ply panels.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275181765062 ... 5454899366
You can get stretchy fabric for the panels for not terrible money, but part of me wonders "well, is there any real point in it" and i'm not fully convinced there is. As i've said, it's not like we'll be living in it or unless the boy goes crazy one evening, sleeping in it. Been there, done that, hotels are the way forward..
I do also need some storage solutions here for helmets and kit. I've already got 2 Halfords storage folding things which work really well for throwing the messy stuff in after riding. But something to get the helmets a bit more accessible and stop them rolling around is needed
Also need something for the 2 spare wheels we'll take. I think they'll fit nicely on the side walls, but i wasn't thinking of above the wheel arches as they're paneled and i was assuming one of them would be where you'd sit and change shoes etc... So maybe could do 1 wheel on the passenger side wheel arch, the other at the front on the drivers side wall. I've got a couple of bit stretchy cargo nets coming for the wheels.
2022-12-08_01-38-11 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr
This is the demo-van, but the same inside. So grey painted ply panels.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275181765062 ... 5454899366
You can get stretchy fabric for the panels for not terrible money, but part of me wonders "well, is there any real point in it" and i'm not fully convinced there is. As i've said, it's not like we'll be living in it or unless the boy goes crazy one evening, sleeping in it. Been there, done that, hotels are the way forward..
I do also need some storage solutions here for helmets and kit. I've already got 2 Halfords storage folding things which work really well for throwing the messy stuff in after riding. But something to get the helmets a bit more accessible and stop them rolling around is needed
Also need something for the 2 spare wheels we'll take. I think they'll fit nicely on the side walls, but i wasn't thinking of above the wheel arches as they're paneled and i was assuming one of them would be where you'd sit and change shoes etc... So maybe could do 1 wheel on the passenger side wheel arch, the other at the front on the drivers side wall. I've got a couple of bit stretchy cargo nets coming for the wheels.
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I don't know what your woodwork skills are like but I built these over my wheel arches. Ideal for keeping rarely used oddments and spares. There were designed to suit this trailer board, and the other side had the spare bulb kit, jump leads, etc.
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DSC00001 by photostoff, on Flickr
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They're rubbish matey... I don't do woodwork. I have a drill and a standard hand-saw... but not really my thing.
It's a good idea though... but i'd expect a little small for what i need.
This sort of thing is another potential option.
It's a good idea though... but i'd expect a little small for what i need.
This sort of thing is another potential option.
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Easily made bigger or more suitable, but if you're rubbish at woodwork then probably a non starter. I adapted them to have a removavble bed across the van.
Pockets on the van wall are good too.
Pockets on the van wall are good too.
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I have older version of one of these, it used to fit nicely across the Custom and supported itself. Dunno if you have something similar but it was simple and effective.
https://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbveh ... C4ure7yanU
https://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbveh ... C4ure7yanU
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This works well enough for the wheels, we won't need them often if at all, so it's more just about carrying them out of the way
2022-12-18_10-12-09 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr
2022-12-18_10-12-09 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr
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Lined, lighting, stove and a diesel heater it’ll then be an ace place for a true mtb’r to enjoy the wild