New England B.S. Thread

Morning all. My youngest just went back up to Buffalo till her next break in March. I hate that she is 7 hours away. Got word that my boss is trying to pull me out of my in-house job to send me running around the city again. FML.

 

I'm too short for a lot of today's dirt bikes. That's why I went with an older dual sport, they're lower. I grew up riding old dual shock bikes so the taller mono-shocks aren't comfortable for me.

Finding places to ride is a challenge. Mine mostly sees pavement (actually, that's all it's seen since I got it). I want to get it out to my parent's place in NY sometime. Lots of trails out there.

 

Morning, fellow NETW-ers.
Snow forecast for tomorrow, 4-8-ish inches. Just enough to cover up the brown again, but not enough to be useful. Bah. Stupid rain.

 

Hey! They make small dirt bikes!

 

And platform motorcycle boots, but it seems like they'd make shifting a real pain. You'd have to get the heel-toe shifter setup, or you'd never get out of 1st gear.

 

With small horsepower. I'm 5'-9" and 250lbs. I can't ride a 125 which is basically the size bike I can flat foot.

I ride street but after getting run over by a blind bitch this year I am considering sticking to the dirt. But it most likely won't two wheels, I'll just stick with my wheelers. They are legal to ride up here a lot more places.

 

I rode my friends dr400sm in a mini moto race once and started from a fence

 

I one foot everything

 

Exactly, I cant bring my truck back there anymore. EP patrol it on there quad and new land owners are putting up blockades everywhere, some bad enough I have a tough time getting my mt bike by without going way off the trail

 

GP shifting FTW! Then you'd at least have 2nd and up!

I've been sort of keeping an eye out for an older dual sport with dual shocks. Something like the XT500, lots of power but in a much shorter package. Actually, the newer DR650 is shorter than my DR350. I believe the KLR650 is similar, lower seat height for touring but still still get around alright off road if you know what you're doing. An SM model would be fun, best of both worlds!

 

I can ride a KLR650 if it has the lowering links they make. Otherwise I need a milk crate to get on it.

 

Used to ride dirt bikes, got into motorcycles, then crashed my motorcycle... bought a few four-wheelers since then

 

So how do you short people get into your taco's ???

 

Yep, I bought a few this summer as well, just before I crashed my street bike. Wheeling is fun, I can see why you guys like to do it in your trucks.

 

Rock slider and oh shit bar

 

The taco was no problem but my new truck, I wish I got the running boards

 

I don't have an oh shit bar

 

It's ok, I don't have lca whistles

 

His probably came with them preinstalled. It's really the rear diff howl that gets you

 

Yeah, I'm glad the F150 came with them; with my short little legs it'd be quite a climb to get into