Gregor Rosenberger - XS650

Bubble Mail:

I my quest for the Duro rear tire I received a nice email from Greg.
He send me pictures of his beautifull XS650 on Dunlop K70 tyres.
The Duro HF308 4.00-18 that I was looking for is almost identical to the K70 tyre. The duro's are half the price of the Dunlops so that's why I wanted to try the duro's myself.
I had allready bought the exact sie rims for my GR650 so this is pretty much the same look of wheels that my GR650 will have. Looking very good! :))))

Here's the rest of our conversation:

"Hey Lenny! Thanks for the kind words to my XS! The pipe headers look cool, but they scrape
in every corner i take... Well, if you want to ride it on the dirttrack and only
in lefthand circles its no problem, but right turns tend to be a bit of a
problem if you like to go low :-)
But they were pretty cheap to get.
Btw: I was out with Jan-Willem last Saturday, I went to hof with him too. He
lives quite close from me, how small the world is :-)
Keep up the great work! Ur site was a lot of help for me during the build!"


Oh, and thats where i ordered the pipeheaders http://www.xs650shop.de/front_content.php?idcat=57
185€ maybe it works with your bike too with little mods?
Cheers! 

"Ha, what a coincident! :)

Okay, good to know about the headers, thanks!

How do you like the Dunlops in the corners? Did you ever tried them in the rain?"

The dunlops are pretty decent tires I must say. I never had an uncomfortable
feeling. Always felt safe in corners. I did ride in the rain but only slow since
i havent mounted a front mudguard yet. Its a nightmare without haha! Even with
just a little rain it picks up all the water from the street and throws it right
in your face... But since they have quite the knobby texture i never doubtet the
grip in the rain. But then again, the xs is a 40 year old bike, i think before
the tires are giving me an issue, its the poor suspension that does :-)

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In the end I found the rear Duro HF308 4.00-18 that I was looking for on a site in Poland.
After a lot of google translate and some help from my polish friend Michal Dudzinski it arrived in Amsterdam for something like 40,- euro inclusive shipping..!

A few weeks later I found out why the Duro HF308 4.00-18 is so hard to get.
I received a very interesting email from HWA FONG RUBBER IND. CO. LTD.

"Dear Mr. Lennard Schuurmans,

Hi! This is Natalie. I receive your enquiry from our USA branch office with thanks.

For your enquiry about 110/80-18 HF308 tire:

We don’t produce this tire because of no mold for it.

Sorry we can’t supply you.

Best regards

Natalie" 

So my guess is that I probably have one of the last ones available...!

Flat Track training from the Dutch-Brothers at MCS HOF - part 4

Flattrack training from the Dutch-Brothers at MCS HOF - part 1

Last Saturday I had my first Flat Track training, Super cool! Can't stop thinking about it...!
Early in the morning the Nozems (Lorenzo and Daniel) picked me up for a lift to MSC Hof in Westerwald in Germany. That's a 3,5 hour ride from Amsterdam. We where invited by Dirk Pieper and the Dutch-Brothers Jan-Willem and Thomas for our first flat track training. Dimitri (Super Motor Co) and Dirk Pieper already arrived the night before. Who else was there? Segattini Martin and his six year old son that was riding like crazy all day long on his little speedway bike, two older guys from Berlin and a German MX Journalist. For me, the Nozems and the MX Journalist it was our first time on a Flat Tracker so before we did hour first run we started the day with some exercises on a little Honda Dirtbike with 18" wheels.
After that Jan Willem showed us how to go fast sideways on his beautiful red Rotax framer. But after some rounds his engine started to have some serous problems so he could not use that bike anymore that day... Luckily for us Dirk Pieper also brought his Rotax framer and he gave us all the time we wanted on his Flat Tracker, so cool! We can't thank you enough Dirk!
Here are my first pictures. More to follow.