Went out today round a not very muddy Woburn as a shake down with my freshly refurbed 5 Spot

Rides loovely only need a couple of minor adjustments on the way round

Soz for the rubbish pic from my phone

Yup it's green alright

**** right thats green, scarily green. I think I like it.
What are the rims?

Who did the paintjob Ken? Think I may get my front end done for next year.

Watch those dodgy tyres BTW.

the rear triangle being green is a bit overkill for me, otherwise not bad. Not my choice of colour tho and oh, change your tyres, there sh!t

Spank Subrosa rims in Kawasaki Green as is the frame

powder coated at a place down the road from work for £30

found the tyres ok round Woburn today….what's the matter with them?

Luvverley!

we like GrEeN…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15933481@N07/sets/72157621700203583/

**** … wish there was a powdercoater in Highland.

o no you,ve got MK,s your going to die.
be prepared for some slaging from the lads on here.

ooooooooooooooh I'm scared now

swayndo….post it down and I'll get it done for you

Swayndo, where in the Highlands are you, anywhere near Aberdeen? A guy I ride with used these in Aberdeen for his wifes bike and a few other bits.

Nice N bright
But again change tyres there shit

Great bike and colour ! Just refurbed my 5-spot this year! Ignore comments about the tyres,i love em! just replaced one Mountain King as split a sidewall! But would buy some more in a flash! Great tyres!
Thanx Max

found the tyres ok round Woburn today….what's the matter with them?

Apparently nothing then. Or maybe just you're a better rider than everyone who's slagging them off.

Did you swap to that shock from a Romic Ken? If so any difference in performance?

Can't decide wether to refurb or go new – my spots getting old but I still love it.

+1 for for MK's no problem with mine, maybe we're not "gnarl" enough for it to matter? 😆

It had a Romic on when I bought it but the spring was too feeble to take the weight of my svelte racing torso so changed to a Pushed Fox shock (RP2 IIRC) and then this shock came up and I fancied it. To be honest it doesn't feel massively different to the RP2 but I haven't managed to bottom it out yet.

I updated mine coz I love the way it rides and felt that any newer bikes I tried weren't worth the cost of the new frame over the performance change from this so go for the refurb option…..you know it makes sense

I know it makes sense Ken – but sense rarely prevails when shiny new stuff is available.

Convinced to refurb and by nice new forks/shock etc now but will change my mind next week……..

What did bikes did you try BTW?

various treks, spesh's, Orange 5 and various others belonging to friends

Lappierre or Santa Cruz Blur by any chance – TBH think it will be new 5 Spot if anything.

I'm colour blind, all I can see is a brown fence.

I don't know anyone with a Lappierre but the swingarm on those is sinfully ugly and the only guy I know with a Blur is 8 inches shorter than me so my daughter would be ok testing that but it's a bit wee for me

Needs a brown saddle & grips.
Would look like a Chocolate Lime then.
Mmm. Sweets..

That shows how much better looking the 5 Spots were before they went to the DW link, I reckon. Great looking bikes (or they were).