On The Pegs April 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 4 | Page 65

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 4 - April 2019
65
Here’s Russ taliking us through his bike:
CHASIS:
I have the XC gear Mako 360 handlebar mount with the green
bar polymers and the blue shark bite. The green is soft/medium
polymer, and then the blue shark bite is a little bit more aggres-
sive.
I also run the Tag T2 bar, with Tag grips and the new Enduro En-
gineering Evo 2 bark buster and deflectors.
The triple clamps are KTM SXS 22mm off-set hard equipment
clamps.
I have WP cone valve forks and a trax shock, serviced and tuned
by Solid Performance. The trax system is turned off. For me, I just
have a more consistent feel at high speed with it off. It doesn’t
move as much, so for maybe some more technical, extreme stuff
where you really want all the traction you can get and get it back
down as quickly as possible, the trax would be great. But for sand
especially you want that limited movement.
For tires I’m running Michelin Star Cross Five tires and bib
Mousse’s. Motion Pro rim locks. Tag chain and sprockets.
The radiators are stock.
Some of the other stuff is Rekluse clutch cover, Akropovich pipe,
IMS Core extra sharp pegs and Seat Concepts seat.
The gearing is 13/51. I went up one tooth from stock, which really
made third gear and second gear just pull out of corners better in
the tight stuff. Third was a little bit more useable.