KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric)
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Finally ordered a set of off road wheels for it yesterday. Had to shell out a very unfriendly price of £700 with tyres.. Madness! But you just can't get the Freeride series wheels in used condition yet. They are a very odd combination of hubs similar to the tiny KTM 85 bikes (20mm rear spindle), laced onto normal sized rims. Only SM Pro or genuine KTM parts are available. So I went for SM Pro Platinum orange hubs and nipples, with stainless spokes and black rims. Should look nice!
TDR 125 - 2001
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Finally ordered a set of off road wheels for it yesterday. Had to shell out a very unfriendly price of £700 with tyres.. Madness! But you just can't get the Freeride series wheels in used condition yet. They are a very odd combination of hubs similar to the tiny KTM 85 bikes (20mm rear spindle), laced onto normal sized rims. Only SM Pro or genuine KTM parts are available. So I went for SM Pro Platinum orange hubs and nipples, with stainless spokes and black rims. Should look nice!
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Dude you are savage.
What do you do for a living, and can i do it lmao. That was a joke btw.
Mate it's an investment, you only live once so go out and enjoy it. Oncr you are finished I am sure you wilk have no problems selling those itens.
Throw some photos uo asap though. Sounds lush
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Finally ordered a set of off road wheels for it yesterday. Had to shell out a very unfriendly price of £700 with tyres.. Madness! But you just can't get the Freeride series wheels in used condition yet. They are a very odd combination of hubs similar to the tiny KTM 85 bikes (20mm rear spindle), laced onto normal sized rims. Only SM Pro or genuine KTM parts are available. So I went for SM Pro Platinum orange hubs and nipples, with stainless spokes and black rims. Should look nice!
@MIGHTYMAN KTM black and orange - how can you go wrong???
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Funnily enough Calum, you are probably more qualified to be doing my job than I am aha! Currently an apprentice software developer working mainly with web based apps. Crap money at the mo, but I just don't spend it on anything else. When I move out, I'll probably have to sell the lot.. So best make the most of it!!
TDR 125 - 2001
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Funnily enough Calum, you are probably more qualified to be doing my job than I am aha! Currently an apprentice software developer working mainly with web based apps. Crap money at the mo, but I just don't spend it on anything else. When I move out, I'll probably have to sell the lot.. So best make the most of it!!
@MIGHTYMAN Yeah fair play mate.
Sounds like you have got the right attitude.
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Funnily enough Calum, you are probably more qualified to be doing my job than I am aha! Currently an apprentice software developer working mainly with web based apps. Crap money at the mo, but I just don't spend it on anything else. When I move out, I'll probably have to sell the lot.. So best make the most of it!!
@MIGHTYMAN said in KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric):
Funnily enough Calum, you are probably more qualified to be doing my job than I am aha! Currently an apprentice software developer working mainly with web based apps. Crap money at the mo, but I just don't spend it on anything else. When I move out, I'll probably have to sell the lot.. So best make the most of it!!
What The Feck - you mean no DRINK, GIRLS, BEER, DRUGS, SEX, ROCKnROLL!!!
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@MIGHTYMAN said in KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric):
Funnily enough Calum, you are probably more qualified to be doing my job than I am aha! Currently an apprentice software developer working mainly with web based apps. Crap money at the mo, but I just don't spend it on anything else. When I move out, I'll probably have to sell the lot.. So best make the most of it!!
What The Feck - you mean no DRINK, GIRLS, BEER, DRUGS, SEX, ROCKnROLL!!!
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@MIGHTYMAN said in KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric):
Funnily enough Calum, you are probably more qualified to be doing my job than I am aha! Currently an apprentice software developer working mainly with web based apps. Crap money at the mo, but I just don't spend it on anything else. When I move out, I'll probably have to sell the lot.. So best make the most of it!!
What The Feck - you mean no DRINK, GIRLS, BEER, DRUGS, SEX, ROCKnROLL!!!
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@MIGHTYMAN 2T FTW then, is the misses a 2T junkie as well???
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So I ordered the wheels from SMPro on eBay and paid an additional £15 for them to include and fit rim tape and rim locks, so all that was needed was for me to fit the tyres. The wheels and tyres arrived today..
http://i.imgur.com/7Od5oOS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UXLQkaM.jpg
Looking very nice..
http://i.imgur.com/Znf20DB.jpg
But they forgot the rim tape & rim locks!!!Here's another vid in the meantime, if you lot even watch them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQaK90ovZn8TDR 125 - 2001
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So I ordered the wheels from SMPro on eBay and paid an additional £15 for them to include and fit rim tape and rim locks, so all that was needed was for me to fit the tyres. The wheels and tyres arrived today..
http://i.imgur.com/7Od5oOS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UXLQkaM.jpg
Looking very nice..
http://i.imgur.com/Znf20DB.jpg
But they forgot the rim tape & rim locks!!!Here's another vid in the meantime, if you lot even watch them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQaK90ovZn8@MIGHTYMAN they are stunning!
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So I ordered the wheels from SMPro on eBay and paid an additional £15 for them to include and fit rim tape and rim locks, so all that was needed was for me to fit the tyres. The wheels and tyres arrived today..
http://i.imgur.com/7Od5oOS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UXLQkaM.jpg
Looking very nice..
http://i.imgur.com/Znf20DB.jpg
But they forgot the rim tape & rim locks!!!Here's another vid in the meantime, if you lot even watch them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQaK90ovZn8@MIGHTYMAN Gorgeous wheels dude, I'm soooooooo jealous! Shame that they screwed up the order, but a 3 day delivery is awesome. And your skills are improving dude, keep it up. But I feel that your going about it all wrong and seriously think that you should give this a try;
How frigging insane yet totally cool is that tobogan run? Me wanna try that sooooooooooosooooooooooooooooooooosoooooooooooooo bad!!!
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Started putting the tyres / rim locks / rim tape on, on Monday
http://i.imgur.com/KQo2LXO.jpg
It was horrible drilling holes into these brand new babies!
http://i.imgur.com/MSKkHsR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/R7mKAra.jpg
Rear wheel done
http://i.imgur.com/waPXmWZ.jpg
Then did the front yesterday
http://i.imgur.com/Xmx48Vf.jpg
All done!
http://i.imgur.com/ODe1Hf7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3Rnc0L8.jpg
They look mean! It's so nice to have traction again off road...TDR 125 - 2001
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Started putting the tyres / rim locks / rim tape on, on Monday
http://i.imgur.com/KQo2LXO.jpg
It was horrible drilling holes into these brand new babies!
http://i.imgur.com/MSKkHsR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/R7mKAra.jpg
Rear wheel done
http://i.imgur.com/waPXmWZ.jpg
Then did the front yesterday
http://i.imgur.com/Xmx48Vf.jpg
All done!
http://i.imgur.com/ODe1Hf7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3Rnc0L8.jpg
They look mean! It's so nice to have traction again off road...@MIGHTYMAN FYI dude - There's normally an option to have the rims predrilled. Looking damn sweet tho and this will be you pretty soon I'm sure, buzzing around the woods;
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@CYBER-NINJA Sadly not... Although we had a go on segways the other day and she enjoyed it! So maybe after a couple of years of convincing she might try out the Freeride
@MIGHTYMAN said in KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric):
@CYBER-NINJA Sadly not... Although we had a go on segways the other day and she enjoyed it! So maybe after a couple of years of convincing she might try out the Freeride
My girlfriends face drops every time I mention the bike, she's hated them even more since I broke my femur on my MZ a few years back, don't think I'll ever persuade her into them but I'll keep trying -
@MIGHTYMAN FYI dude - There's normally an option to have the rims predrilled. Looking damn sweet tho and this will be you pretty soon I'm sure, buzzing around the woods;
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@CYBER-NINJA SMPro on eBay said they would only SUPPLY the rim locks for some stupid reason. Another reason why I was annoyed about the bits being delivered late.
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@MIGHTYMAN Lame ass laziness more like! What do the rim locks actually do anyways???
@CYBER-NINJA They squeeze the tyre beads against the rim. The idea being that it prevents the tyre from slipping on the rim from hard acceleration. If the tyre slips, it will likely take the inner tube with it and therefore rip the valve out of place, leaving you with a very flat tyre! I don't think I have seen a motocross bike without them installed. Although you only really need one on the rear wheel, I opted to stick one on the front as well for things like stoppies. Some people go as far as to have more than one on the rear, but I didn't feel it was really necessary. It's one of those things that is worth having, JUST IN CASE!
