Hi Mollydog, it seems we concur on most things. I thought the Hidenau's were pure evil and yes they have both strange wear patterns and road "manners". I seem to get high milage out of all my tyres. I put that down to a number of things. I neither accelerate nor brake hard and I maintain high pressures most if the time. 32/42 psi. I 've been pleasantly surprised with the Shinko 805, no bad manners at all that I can detect. By front TKC80 now has 18500 klms on it nd it could go some more. But I will change that in Tessalonika in a few days with a Karoo.
BergDonk is indeed the guru of all things DR, he lives just a 1 1/2 up the road from me.
The Cush blocks on the AT seems OK to me, but it is certainly worth keeping an eye on, thanks for the heads up.
The std front end, particularly two up was simply not up to the task. It's all a trade off, but the Ohlins will give better service for sure. None the less I take on board your comments. It's early days yet but I've only wound the dampening up 4 turns out of 16. I'll continue to play around.
Those roads in the video's weren't actually too bad. But "she whom must be obeyed", is getting a little fed up with "shitty goat tracks" (her words)
I'm glad you liked the blog, this year will be mostly asphalt, but a lot more rain I guess.
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