Bike check – Dao Radivo’s YZ125 2005 model.

This morning we decided we’re gonna start posting up pictures and info about nice bikes we come across, so if you have a nice bike with some happiness done to it, feel free to shoot some nice photos of it, and email them through to dao at daosplace dot com with a list of stuff done to the bike, if the pictures are nice it may end up on the site!

 

Dao’s Place YZ125 2005 model.

Yamaha YZ125 2005 model.

Engine:

Athena 144cc top end

DEP expansion chamber

Pro Circuit R-304 muffler

V-Force 3 reed block

Tuning by Cisco’s Race Tuning (the best)

 

Suspension:

Titanium rear shock spring 5.3kg/mm

Eibach fork springs 0.46kg/mm

Revalved and serviced by Krooztune

 

Wheels:

Talon hubs (red)

SM Pro rims (bronze)

Talon spokes

 

Everything else:

Barkbuster Ego handguards

Easton EXP handlebar pad

Pro Circuit Sunline forged clutch and brake lever

RK 520MXU sealed race chain

Renthal 13t front sprocket

Renthal 50t aluminium rear sprocket

Dao’s Place lifting strap

UFO plastics

Pirelli MX Soft 410 front tyre 80/100-21

Pirelli MX Extra X rear tyre 100/90-19

Pirelli Mousse tubes

Motion Pro LiteLoc plastic rim locks

Renthal YZ-bend handlebars

Renthal soft half-waffle handgrips

DRC grip lockwire

Ringmaster gripper seat cover

Lightspeed carbon fibre rear chain guide

CPR forged aluminium gear lever

DRC hex-head brake pad pins

Brembo brake pads

Dao’s place enduro fuel tap

Twin Air air filter

DRC fuel hose

X-Tech rear brake disc

Handmade carbon fibre engine mounts

Lightspeed carbon fibre frame guards

Tag Metals top triple clamp

 

Massive, massive Dao’s Place sale starts midnight tonight, until midnight on 1st of April!

Not an April Fools joke!  Massive discounts on everything store-wide, including gloves, Barkbusters, tyres, sprockets, chains – everything!

Yep, huge discounts across our entire range!

Sale starts at midnight tonight (28th March) and goes until midnight Sunday 1st April.  Click on any of the pictures in this to be linked to the online store!

So I asked Graham Jarvis a couple of quick questions…

…the other day, and here they are for your enjoyment. Read on!

Your Youtube video ‘Graham Jarvis Extreme Training’ now has over 200,000 views, this video and all your others like the Extreme Tree Stump video have been posted on dozens of dirt bike forums worldwide, did you expect it to become this popular?
No I didn’t expect it to become so popular, I started out making them just for a bit of fun, but also to promote myself and my sponsors.

Any plans for any new videos any time soon?
I’ve made a new video which was filmed in Spain which was really good fun with some different terrain and drier conditions from where I normally ride. It will be released in the next few days.

I see you ride a Husaberg two-stroke when you’re not on a trials bike, what sort of things do you do to a new bike to set it up and make it more Jarvis-worthy? Any particular tyres you prefer, or personal preference things?
I dont really ride a trials bike anymore, my enduro bike is more or less standard. I use Goldentyre Tyres with a soft mousse in the rear for extra grip and my suspension is modified for extreme riding but nothing special for the videos.


What would you class as the toughest competition you’ve ever competed in?
Hell’s Gate without doubt is the toughest, hardest event, because it’s a full 9 hours riding of extreme, icy, gnarly conditions.

What would you class as the more difficult riding to excel in, trials or extreme enduro?
I think trials is more difficult to excel, but unless you have had a good trials background extreme enduro is difficult to reach a high standard.


Any plans of heading to the US any time to have a play in their endurocross series?
No real plans, but I would like to attend the X-Games. My main focus is on the outdoor extreme events.


What sort of things do you enjoy getting up to outside of riding motorbikes?
I dont have any real hobbies as such but I enjoy spending time with my kids, they are 7 year old twins, a boy and a girl.

Thanks so much for your time Graham, really do appreciate it!  I can safely say that every dirt bike rider here in Australia is really hanging to see what your Spain video is gonna have.  Very excited!

 

Here are some of the other Graham Jarvis clips that have made their way into circulation via Youtube, so take a few minutes out of your day to watch them, and then go out and burn your clutch out and wear your brake pads out trying to do the things you see in these videos.  We will be posting up Graham’s latest video from Spain as soon as it’s uploaded, so watch this space!






There’s a million other Youtube videos with Graham in them, so get your search on!