Dogboy1200
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Been lurking on here for a long time and finally put a bike together. WOW! I love it! I wanted something to hit the local MTB trials with. I ride a KTM 250 XCW but now a days I have to drive 3 hrs just to ride it. So I searched for a while and bought a 2007 Transition Preston FR for a great price. It's perfect, not really a down hill bike, more of an all mountain bike and it can fit tires up to 26 x 2.8. I used a BBS02 from Luna Cycles, 2 6S 8 amp hr Lipo batteries from HobbyKing, HPC chain ring adapter, Race Face 36T narrow wide chain ring and a Micro shift twist shifter (for my shimano 9 speed) so I could mount it on the left. Oh yea, I put on some Big Earl 26 x 2.7 tires. I'm carrying the batteries in a small waist pack. I use that waist pack when I ride the KTM and the tools I useally carry in it weigh more than the batteries. These batteries give me about 12 miles. That's actually more than it sounds cause it's all sweet tight single track trough the woods and I'm going at what feels like warp factor 9! I actually think that I'm faster on this thing, on these trials, than I would be on the KTM. I think I'll probably get 2 more of the same batteries though for more range. I set the controller for throttle in PAS 0 (That's actually the only way I ride it) and I initially had the amps set at 18 but recently found out that new controllers have the 3077 FETS so now I'm rock'n 25A till it blows and then I'll upgrade the controller. All though I love this thing I'm gonna go BBSHD when the come out for sure! Here's a couple Pic's and Thanks to everybody on this Forum! I've learned a lot here!