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I don't consider drilling 1 small hole (not always necessary) and filing off some peening as "intricate machining""... It's a piece of p!ss for anyone relatively mechanically minded. Only issue you will have is bleeding and gassing the rear shock but you can use a decent foot pump just for the bleeding process and then get a garage to do...

I hear the same stories dude, all my friends and family back in the UK read the same stuff and question what's going on. The comparison would be someone saying they wouldn't go on vacation to the US because a friend of a friend got murdered in a robbery in times square. I've been here 5.5 years. I like a...

It's all cool. Most of my best mates here are yanks and most of our time is spent trying to rile each other as much as possible. Thing is the TV shows show the extremes, just as they do about all countries - I don't judge the US based on Jerry Springer or Police, Camera, Action. The life I lead...

Sorry bud, i didn't read the rules properly. I'll wait until I've got 340 posts before I make myself look like an ignorant cock. Cheers. I live in dubai but I am british. Not a difficult concept for a seasoned traveller such as yourself.

Not my country - I'm sure you realise that Dubai isn't a country... I'm british mate. Just disappointed by your piss-poor, ill-informed copy paste posting. You do come across as a classy, well educated guy though so I bow to your superior knowledge. Seriously, what do you edit? It must be an intelligent read...

Yeah it's awful. Please don't come. I guess you're not one of the 10% of americans with a passport. Seriously, as an "editor" can't you do any better than copy, paste and plagiarise something written by some loser you've never met who probably got fired from the only job they were ever likely to get and then got all bitter...

dubai desert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SixrqpEAt6o&feature=youtu.be

Last bike I bought was a CRF450X 1 year ago. I bought it from New York Honda and imported it (air freight) and saved about $2000 on the cost of the bike here... I don't follow the prices of KTM's that closely but I guess you would be looking around $10K here for a new 450.

The Dubai Motocross Club is in Jebel Ali (about 10 minutes from Dubai Marina, 40 mins from the airport) and is a well maintained technical sand track. there's another club track in Umm Ul Quawain (about 1 hour from dubai) and also a few tracks in the desert that have been groomed for MX.

"They" Who's they? The americans, brits or australians? I've ridden every week here for the past 5 years and never seen anyone other than retards use a paddle. Decent MX tyres and lots of right hand gets the job done. Paddles are probably ok if you are the type of person that enjoys hitting the same soft dune section over...

You didn't look hard enough Sully. I'm in dubai and the dunes are full of bikes every weekend (even in the seriously hot summer months). It's mainly western expats, Brits, Australian, South African and Americans but also a few very competent locals. There are some very serious riders based here. Sam Sunderland (dubai based brit) is riding alongside Quinn Cody...