Itching to ride
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Itching to ride
All my sleds are down and the fine weather is going away!
DRZ = flat rear
KTM (new to me) getting the pipe fixed and waiting on a new needle jet
Transalp = at buddies house to keep it out of my garage and keep headcount low
all i got is my sons TTR. I could practice wheelies I suppose
even my R6 has a broken throttle cable. I cant even start it up in the garage and rev it for fun
grrrrrrr
post up people! are you riding?[/img]
DRZ = flat rear
KTM (new to me) getting the pipe fixed and waiting on a new needle jet
Transalp = at buddies house to keep it out of my garage and keep headcount low
all i got is my sons TTR. I could practice wheelies I suppose
even my R6 has a broken throttle cable. I cant even start it up in the garage and rev it for fun
grrrrrrr
post up people! are you riding?[/img]
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Tim, do I need to come over and give you a personal tire changing seminar?! DRZ with a flat rear tire should not be any more than about a 30 minute hindrance tops!
I keep 2 rear and 2 front tubes in the garage and usually carry one of each on rides.
I've not ridden since I bent my handlebars to heck in Nov. I MISS RIDING! My BikeBandit order with new handlebars and new sparkplug should arrive Sat or early next week.
As soon as my bike is ready and the forecast is dry and at least high of 40, I'll be out for a long day ride. I'll post up.
What KTM did you get?
I keep 2 rear and 2 front tubes in the garage and usually carry one of each on rides.
I've not ridden since I bent my handlebars to heck in Nov. I MISS RIDING! My BikeBandit order with new handlebars and new sparkplug should arrive Sat or early next week.
As soon as my bike is ready and the forecast is dry and at least high of 40, I'll be out for a long day ride. I'll post up.
What KTM did you get?
40 miles per day on my F650GS-Dakar. (Snow, ice do cause the 4 wheeled contraption to get driven to work, although I did ride home in 4" of slushy snow last winter. Got some strange looks on that ride.)
KTM LC4 was out for a small ride last Saturday.
And like Troy, what KTM did you get?
KTM LC4 was out for a small ride last Saturday.
And like Troy, what KTM did you get?
Safiri Mike
Current: 01 F650-GSDakar-RWB; 02 EXC-453 (orig. MXC 400); 05 EXC-450 ; 13 CRF-250L; 17 CRF-125FB; 06 KLX-110 (132); 02 TTR-125L
Gone and missed (but no regrets): 01 LC4E-400-Grey
Gone and not missed: 73 AT3, 85 K100RS
Current: 01 F650-GSDakar-RWB; 02 EXC-453 (orig. MXC 400); 05 EXC-450 ; 13 CRF-250L; 17 CRF-125FB; 06 KLX-110 (132); 02 TTR-125L
Gone and missed (but no regrets): 01 LC4E-400-Grey
Gone and not missed: 73 AT3, 85 K100RS
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Hey you say that until you find out what tire is on there now: Teraflex (140). I knew I did not have the patience to deal with it, even with my buddy and I's manual tire changer. I took it down to Cafe Racer and Dan, who I have seen do a 3 minute change (Race tire, granted) it took him and hour on the terrorflex. no kidding. I am gonna have to buy him lunch, he was cussin me for inflicting it on him.troy wrote:Tim, do I need to come over and give you a personal tire changing seminar?! DRZ with a flat rear tire should not be any more than about a 30 minute hindrance tops!
I keep 2 rear and 2 front tubes in the garage and usually carry one of each on rides.
I've not ridden since I bent my handlebars to heck in Nov. I MISS RIDING! My BikeBandit order with new handlebars and new sparkplug should arrive Sat or early next week.
As soon as my bike is ready and the forecast is dry and at least high of 40, I'll be out for a long day ride. I'll post up.
What KTM did you get?
it weight at least 15 pounds and supposed to handle <3 psi in dirt. well i ripped the stem out at 3psi. so i see no redeeming value other than a conversation peice. I'll run it until its gone or i have to take it off again.
and I picked up a used 300exc. need to post a pic later....
I rode to work at 5am this morning (fri). It was interesting to say the least. I had to stop every 200 yards to scrape the Ice off my viser because I couldnt see. Luckly I have dirt roads all the way and 3/4 of a mile of ditch then Im there. I looked so funny when I got there. I walked in and my whole front was solid Ice. My Black jacket was white up front and black on the back. I got quite the laughs when I walked in.
Hayden
Hayden
95 KLX 650C
95 KLX 650C Yes another one. Gave to dad for Fathersday 2011
02 BMW Dakar
03 BMW BCR 1100S
03 KTM 450 EXC, Plated
04 XR650R, Plated and Motarded
06 KTM 640 Adv
95 KLX 650C Yes another one. Gave to dad for Fathersday 2011
02 BMW Dakar
03 BMW BCR 1100S
03 KTM 450 EXC, Plated
04 XR650R, Plated and Motarded
06 KTM 640 Adv
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So what you are saying is that you get to ride off-road every day just going to work?! Must be nice!Hayden wrote:I rode to work at 5am this morning (fri)....Luckly I have dirt roads all the way and 3/4 of a mile of ditch then Im there.
So are you riding in this weather because you WANT to or did your Toyota with 600,000,00 miles finally die?
I blew a main shaft bearing in the tranny on the way home from AR this fall.....the KTM ride.
Drove it home and around here for a while then decided to pull the tranny. I was going to just pop out the bad bearing and put it back in but decided to have the whole thing rebuilt since I had it out. $500 got me new seals, bearings, and new sincronisers,(SP). Put it back in and all was well till I put it in reverse. It just stayed there. Took whole truck back to shop. They pulled it out again and found a missing pin for Rev and 5th. They replaced the pin and put the tranny back in the truck. Cost me nothing.
Couple of weeks later I replaced the starter for the 1st time. She now has 215,000 miles and purrs like a kitten.
I keep telling myself to sell my Landcruiser and this truck and just go get a newer Tacoma with a V 6 but I just want to see how far she will go.
NOW!! if Toyota would just make motorcycles
Hayden
Drove it home and around here for a while then decided to pull the tranny. I was going to just pop out the bad bearing and put it back in but decided to have the whole thing rebuilt since I had it out. $500 got me new seals, bearings, and new sincronisers,(SP). Put it back in and all was well till I put it in reverse. It just stayed there. Took whole truck back to shop. They pulled it out again and found a missing pin for Rev and 5th. They replaced the pin and put the tranny back in the truck. Cost me nothing.
Couple of weeks later I replaced the starter for the 1st time. She now has 215,000 miles and purrs like a kitten.
I keep telling myself to sell my Landcruiser and this truck and just go get a newer Tacoma with a V 6 but I just want to see how far she will go.
NOW!! if Toyota would just make motorcycles
Hayden
95 KLX 650C
95 KLX 650C Yes another one. Gave to dad for Fathersday 2011
02 BMW Dakar
03 BMW BCR 1100S
03 KTM 450 EXC, Plated
04 XR650R, Plated and Motarded
06 KTM 640 Adv
95 KLX 650C Yes another one. Gave to dad for Fathersday 2011
02 BMW Dakar
03 BMW BCR 1100S
03 KTM 450 EXC, Plated
04 XR650R, Plated and Motarded
06 KTM 640 Adv
BTW. I was at the Toyota dealer here a while back in Wichita. They had a kid come in with a 1988 Toyota 4runner who was a motor cross racer. He had 750,000 miles on the 4 runner. Original motor!! The dealer ship tried like hell to buy it off him. He wouldnt sell!!!
So the next time you look at a toyota and it has 150K on it and your thinking of buying it........dont think twice about it.
Hayden
So the next time you look at a toyota and it has 150K on it and your thinking of buying it........dont think twice about it.
Hayden
95 KLX 650C
95 KLX 650C Yes another one. Gave to dad for Fathersday 2011
02 BMW Dakar
03 BMW BCR 1100S
03 KTM 450 EXC, Plated
04 XR650R, Plated and Motarded
06 KTM 640 Adv
95 KLX 650C Yes another one. Gave to dad for Fathersday 2011
02 BMW Dakar
03 BMW BCR 1100S
03 KTM 450 EXC, Plated
04 XR650R, Plated and Motarded
06 KTM 640 Adv
Oh yeah!! Toyotas will last a long time as long as you do the minimum maintenence. I work at an auto repair facility we constantly see camrys corrolas and 4runner with 200,000 + miles on them we usually through a set of plugs and wires in them and they're back on the rode racking up more miles. same with honda accords and civics.
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thanks for the offer mate. i may take you up on it. I already got one farmed out.... I will needing to store an extra bike for a time after this weekend...troy wrote:Tim, buddy, pal, you want me to store that for you to keep your garage from being too crowded? I'll even get her out and run the cobs out on the weekends for you. I'm cool like that.tim wrote:the new scoot
if anybody goes to the bike show this weekend check out the ride for kids bike and the charity ride July 22 (mark it down would love to see a DS contingent)
the bike was mine last year and a friend and I raced it to raise $ for the event. I sold the bike but kept the custom painted skins just for this years bike show.
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Yeah my old 86 had 250K on it and several flops on teh side and a few rolls where I left it running trying to right it. Hard to kill those 22RE's.The Harm wrote:Oh yeah!! Toyotas will last a long time as long as you do the minimum maintenence. I work at an auto repair facility we constantly see camrys corrolas and 4runner with 200,000 + miles on them we usually through a set of plugs and wires in them and they're back on the rode racking up more miles. same with honda accords and civics.
Oh I rode Sunday....it was a bit chilly @ 50 degrees
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