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StowStunts - Followers Feature

1DOWN 5UP
Oct 25, 2016
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This weeks Followers Feature is written on a Milton Keynes based stunt rider, known as StowStunts!

StowStunts' weapon of choice is a pretty dope, modded looking Honda CBR600F4 2000.

Being a 2000 registered CBR it has the benefit of being fitted with a carburettor which doesn't seem to be the stunt riders setup of choice due to the design of a carb, it means you can get a fuel starvation at adverse angles compared to the modern injection setups, however it is perfectly capable for a first stunt bike and doesn't break the bank balance.

Its had the obvious orange powder coat all over, the frame has been reinforced, engine crash cage, 60T rear sprocket to change the gear ratio and therefore slows everything down meaning it becomes slightly easier to find the perfect balance point, making it easier to turn and control during a wheelie, 296mm front brake disc on the back with three 4 pot tokico calipers, hell brake lines, Brembo 19*20 handbrake lever, RSC easy pull clutch lever, ignition relocation, idle switch, fan switch bypass, fuel pump on a switch, Vandel foot pegs, Fisher radiator cage, dented tank, foot hole in rear seat and that's just off the top of the owners head!

Here is the riders biking story:

"My dad was a biker and I used to watch a lot of stuff on TV about bikes, I used to love watching Gary Rothwell, he was really the first guy I ever saw doing big wheelies and burnouts so I got pretty hooked on him.

I've always been doing wheelies, every since I could a push bike but when I started doing them on the roads when I got motorbikes and ended up getting in trouble for it so I tried to find somewhere off the streets to practice.

Then I met loads of other guys doing the same thing so now we all ride together all over the country and everyone meets up 3 times a year for the british stunt championship & once a year for SBF . At the moment it's just a lot of fun to me, I enjoy doing it and I'm quite happy doing wheelies in a car park for hours. But I would like to be able to do shows one day and be classed as one of the best in Britain for sure".

We wish StowStunts all the best, we love their enthusiasm to the sport they have chosen. The thing with 2 wheels is not matter what variety you are into you can relate.

It seems the press and police have a stigma against stunt riding, but we don't see the issue? Practicing in a controlled environment away from harms way, its basically the same scenario as learning to ride a push bike isn't it?