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06 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Sherco 450 SEF-R Six Days Part 6

Not a whole lot has happened since my last long-termer yarn. After the Four-Day, I had grand plans of getting plenty more seat time and doing a heap of testing and, well, it hasn’t really happened.

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05 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Sherco 450 SEF-R Six Days Part 5

This Sherco 450 SEF-R Six Days long term update was published in ADB issue #466 - July 2018.

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05 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Yamaha WR250F Part 5

So it's happened again, the Editor has crashed and I’ve ended up with another one of his registered long-termers.

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05 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Beta RR430 Part 5

The DSMRA Kowen Forest Ride was the main action for the Beta RR430 this month. It’s a ride I look forward to every year and the 2018 one didn’t disappoint.

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05 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Suzuki RM-Z450 Part 5

Well folks it's finally happened. Yoshimura took pity on me and I have a new pipe on the RM-Z450.

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02 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Sherco 450 SEF-R Six Days Part 2

It's been just over a month since I first threw a leg over the Sherco Six-Days 450SEF-R and I gotta say, I am way more comfortable on it already than I thought I’d be, considering I’d never owned a Sh

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02 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Yamaha WR250F Part 4

I’m in a rough patch. After finally getting the Yamaha WR250F exactly how I want it, with a fresh pipe, tall seat and GYTR levers perfecting an already impressive package, I’ve gone and crashed again.

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01 December 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Suzuki RM-Z450 Part 4

The RM-Z450 has had a full makeover this month with a new sticker kit custom-made for ADB by KustomMX Graphics. KustomMX has made graphics kits for my long-term test bikes for the past few years.

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30 November 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Beta RR430 Part 4

IT's been a big month for the Beta RR430 long-termer, after Clubby gave me permission to have my way with her. I chucked out the stock tyres and have gone with a new arrangement from GoldenTyre.

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28 November 2018

Yamaha WR250F GYTR Full Exhaust review

The engine in the WR250F is straight out of the YZ250F but with a few enduro tweaks so it’s an absolute animal for a quarter-litre enduro bike.

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08 November 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Yamaha WR250F Part 3

LAST MONTH I talked about finding more bottom-end for the Yamaha WR250F. Well, I found it, courtesy of the GYTR exhaust.

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07 November 2018

LONG TERM UPDATE: 2018 Beta RR430 Part 3

Editor Emeritus Andrew Clubb has given me his blessing to do what I please with his Beta RR430 long-termer as it looks like I’ll be taking care of it for a few more months.