did you get my email, Daniel?
there's a lot to be done to prep any bike and unless you want both the fun and the aggro, you'd do better to buy a prepped one. I enjoy the challenge, but it took months and a lot of testing to get the suspension geometry, spring rates and damping right. I also set up Mark Crook's and he keeps raving about the handling where others have ended up with horrible results eg too stiff and too little damping at the front. also, you're unlikely to get any more 45 litre tanks which means you either have to fabricate or make do with 23 litre main and cans in the luggage.
A bog-stock bike for £2k is no bargain compared with a fully prepped bike for £4k.
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