Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Kid smoke - Thank you. I’ve not been happy with any of my sets. I’ll happily take the recommendation of heat. I do have MAPP gas in my plumbing kit.

 

And they charge another $400 in shipping from Amazon so it's actually cheaper overall.

I really wanted to buy one of the 125cc pit bikes they sell for like $600-700 just the mess around on and hopefully try to get the wife to learn a bike clutch but after I realized it would cost damn near as much in shipping as the bike itself I had 2nd thoughts.

 

@FreshOldTaco @4x4Runner @BkerChuck whats happening with this Philly ride this weekend? If its a no-go, no worries

 

I guess I'm not allowed to have nice things on a woods bike.

That night ride I lost both flags and immediately bent the new hand guards straight up.

You can see it on the left side of this pic:

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

Luckily I didn't throw away the old flags yet.

Untitled by Michael Halat, on Flickr

It took a lot to bend them back down. You need a vice and a massive adjustable wrench to get the proper leverage to fix them. As of right now I do not recommend this style, super disappointed considering how long my older fastways lasted.

 

At least you had the hand guards! That would have hurt without them

 

Lol yeah that was at 0:55 of this video I posted earlier. The one where all you see is the tree I hit head on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpq_gZ9FYlE

 

I'm still good for Saturday if you guys want to ride out

 

I bent my original barkbuster aluminum frames on the F800 once and thought no biggie, I'll just heat it up and bend it back so I don't stress crack it or whatever.. Used my MAPP torch and melted it instead

 

Lol yeah I did something similar to my last set trying to bend it back in place and straight sheared it.

I am looking at this set as my next possible set:

https://reflexracing.com/collections/recurve/products/recurve-black

It's an interesting concept. I thought locking down everything at the mount and the bar end would be the strongest solution but it bends where the frame meets the mount now. What I thought was a benefit of being rock solid instead meant things just bent instead of moving up and down (rotating) like my cycra pro bends did on the DRZ. The dude I ran with the other night was running these and can't say more positive stuff about them. Basically they actually purposely flex up and down in a hard digger but can be popped back into place by hand without needing to take out the allen key set. But when hitting a tree (straight on hit) they are perfectly solid and don't move.

 

I'm in. PM me an address and time! In Wildwood now, pouring rain so sitting at a Legion post staying dry.

 

Got a new shifter, brake pedal, and adjustable lowering link. I bought a 1.75" link, but after getting the Rally Raid Level 1 I may need to adjust the suspension back up a bit. The Level 1 is essentially a lowering suspension too(in a way).








This is the lowering link I have on right now.

 

https://youtu.be/yRdzIs4FJJg

 

no sweat. here's the link to the specific kit. "Titan' brand.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200385362_200385362

 

Sounds good I’m thinking around 11am, I'll send my address. Weekend weather is looking nice so far

 

Im going to back out. Sorry Kevin

 

No worries David, I'll be around if anything changes

 

https://www.rideapart.com/news/608960/honda-transalp-750-caught-testing/

 

On vacation decided would be a good time to take this little lady out for a cruise.

 

Sometimes I sit here at work staring at my bike through the windows, wondering how much happier I'd be if I was riding motorcycles for a living

 

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