Recent content by Theo

One thing to consider is that part of the mechanical advantage is given by the ratio between the radius of the rotor and the radius of the wheel. A Ø 220 mm on a 15" wheel will generate more braking torque than the same rotor on a 18" wheel (you should also add the height of the tyre, but you...

The Formula MC looks like this one except for the fact that this one is for the front brake: MX-ENDURO – Formula SRL

Do you have the Formula or the Brembo master cylinder?

For supermoto conversions of the Varg, I've never heard of anybody using a radial master cylinder for the rear hand brake. I've found these on the internet: from Accossato from Discacciati + the bracket and there are also radial MCs for clutches that may work. For the front brake, I've always...

Well, I've successfully used the old fashion way but only with other bikes: I've never bled the LHRB of the Varg; I just assumed it would have worked, without having ever done it. Now that I think about it, it also has a pretty long brake line.

That's another common method. It has just occurred to me that I haven't pointed out how important it is to make sure that no brake fluid end up on the brake pads because, according to some people, if that happens it can leave a residue that makes them slippery and that is hard to remove. This...

Bleeding the brake is neither difficult, nor it requires special tools, but you need to be patient. I use this pretty common method; they use that hose with a one way valve but you can just use any transparent hose that fits, like a fuel hose, just test that it doesn't get dissolved with brake...

This makes sense and could be explained because an engine always need to be revving at least at idle speed, so if you are in a technical section at very low speeds with frequent stops trying to clear roots or rocks, you won't stop an engine from spinning, nor you will slow it down to some few...

First of all, I don't know much about adventure riding and in general you surely know more than me if you ride in the woods. However, for example some months a go there was a guy with an ADV bike riding in a motocross track. I was the wierdo with an E bike and he was the wierdo with an ADV bike...

I think we all agree that range is very important for an ADV bike. Like Wass said in a video years ago, the Varg has an 80 hp motor because the permanent magnets synchronous motor it uses has the best efficiency around half the maximum rotational speed, so in general it's better to have the...

My Husqvarna SM 610 had those inserts and I think they were useful to protect the soles of shoes, too. The Varg footpegs have teeth that look especially sharp and while I like the grip they give in a motocross track with boots, I suspect they would ruin shoes of people who use the SM on public...

I remember people having tyres, especially the rear one, that got torn like that and they blamed it to pressure and suspension setup and told me that one of the advantages of my street legal, less performing, more dureable tyres was that they don't do that. Well, they never did but I never...

Cool! I mean, the racing is cool, the weather in Desert Park Raceway in august probably not so cool! :p I've noticed that you use tyre warmers anyways; after all, some people who used tham at supermoto tracks told me that they set them to 70 °C = 160 °F, so it makes sense since the environmental...

Some time ago I was at the track and noticed a Varg having a steady LED light, I think blue, and I asked the owner whether there was something wrong with his bike. He said that that there was nothing wrong: he had simply set it to racing mode because in his opinion the throttle response was...

Talking about tariffs, I don't have a confirmed opinion about them because I think that, just like many managerial and political decisions, implementing them has so many consequences that the discussion could go on forever. Also, neither I am an expert in macroeconomics, nor I am a complete...