KTM Freeride E-SM (Electric)

[dtluke]

@MIGHTYMA should look incredible considering the wheels cost more than my entire bike

[Calum]

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

[NINJA]

@MIGHTYMAN KTM black and orange - how can you go wrong???

[Mightyman]

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!!

[Calum]

@MIGHTYMAN Yeah fair play mate.

Sounds like you have got the right attitude.

[NINJA]

@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!!!

[Calum]

@CYBER-NINJA He didn't say that now did he. Just said no crap.

[Mightyman]

@CYBER-NINJA Two stroke is my drug and live with the gf

[NINJA]

@MIGHTYMAN 2T FTW then, is the misses a 2T junkie as well???

[Mightyman]

@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]

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

[Calum]

@MIGHTYMAN they are stunning!

[NINJA]

@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;

https://youtu.be/057zIZgnb1E

How frigging insane yet totally cool is that tobogan run? Me wanna try that sooooooooooosooooooooooooooooooooosoooooooooooooo bad!!!

[Mightyman]

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...

[NINJA]

@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;

https://youtu.be/SuxFE1enP0w

[Burridge]

@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]

@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.

[NINJA]

@MIGHTYMAN Lame ass laziness more like! What do the rim locks actually do anyways???

[Mightyman]

@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!

[Mightyman]

Not much happening on here in the last week... So I'll give this thread a cheeky bump with my latest vid!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrxvRvbSDi8