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Dam Sara, at this rate you'll be doing the OR centerfold photo by August. Nope, wait, July!

It's a sting opperation!!!

Now that's some funny shit!

So it only sucked at age 17? "So is there an optimal age for hitting a truck?" Inquiring minds wanna know! I'd think at my age "suck" would be down the list of adjectives I might choose.

^ I see so many people who need these.

The KLR 650 Multi fuel bike has existed for a few years but is military use only. Why? Well production limits are one reason, price is another ($17,000 estimated two years ago), but lack of big bike manufacturers willing to bite is the biggest reason. None of the big bike manufacturers are intersted. Sucks too because the military diesel is reported to get 110mpg, have rediculous torque and a 100+mph top speed combined with the stock 5.5gallon fuel tank. Can you go 500+ miles without stopping for something other than fuel? The two reasons I would not get one is price and availability of parts. All parts are special made and in limited quanities. I assume the military gets first dibs.

Dam S-13, thank God you're alright. I hope that everything turns out on the good side financialy and it doesn't leave any long term health effects. A guy I ride with is still having surguries two years later to fix internal damage from an accident he was in. Take care and heal up right, the bike will wait till you finnish this fight.

Inya is totally correct about riding like no one can see you. I used to be annoyed by riders reving their bikes in traffic, I thought what squids. But I've come to do the same thing when I think people don't know I'm there. I'd rather them notice me and think I'm a hotdog than have them drive over top of me because they "didn't see me".

No problem. Tim will be easy to spot on his KLR250. It's really hard to judge a rider you've never riden with so please excuse me if I am being overly cautious. I've had to many people I've meet online who head down to Tar Hollow or even around here who say they are good riders and can't even ride a gravel road well. But if you look at trails like down hill skiing, this ride would be off the kiddy course but still a green. So does this mean Zero is coming with you for the ride? It sounded like he was going to arrive a little later because of work when he PM'd me. If he is, he'll love the RR bed! Good stuff to really open up that 250 and have some fun!

Thanks, she's a sweet heart.

I guess every new rider asks this. You need to consider the following factors 1st what type of riding do you plan to do? (Offroad, Back roads and gravel, long distance travel, weekends and cruises, not sure?) 2nd What type of bike are you familiar with? (In your sace a ninja 250) 3rd Price range? Used bike vary as much as new. Set a price limit and then research all the bikes available in that range. 4th your height, size, physical strength? (Don't want a little rebel if your 6ft and 200 lbs) :-) If you have experience with the Ninja 250 and like it I'd say the idea of moving your husband onto a bigger ride might play out well for both of you. If the Ninja isn't your style or seems too agressive you might think about smaller 100 - 200cc dual sport bikes. If your more into the cruiser look the Rebel is an old standard but there is also the Kawasaki Eliminator 125, $2799 brand new. Tell your husband you wanna spend a Saturday looking at motorcycles. I doubt he'll say no.

"Yo dude, I said we should pick up a pair of girls who are air heads, not get girls with a pair of air bags.":rolleyes:

Well, you will probably be the newest rider on the morning ride. I just don't want you to reinjure it if you get a little squirly in the lose gravel and put a foot down. I'll have Tim on clean up at the rear since he prerode it with me last weekend. So just let him know if you wanna go around any of the sections at the end where it gets deep. On the plus side the rain will hopefully make it far less dusty. Glad it's feeling better.

Shamless plug for my u-tube video ATGATT ---> Some offroad crashes and close calls. But having gear on saved the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xIlME6q-kE

Maybe you can give me some pointers on making better jumps.

Did that happen when you went down on the way to work?

I didn't think that anyone could do worse than torque? sport bikes with racing tires tearing up the sand, mad ninja motorcycle fighting skillz, a cruiser that can go fast enough to blur time and a sport bike fast enough to make a sonic shock wave! Come on, that's impossible to beat! :-)

Ahh, that's what I'm doing. Yeah, I've already static balanced them to death and remounted the tire twice getting the weighted mark opposite the rims weighted side. What I need is a good spin balancer. The only other thing it could be is a bearing starting to go.

Yeah, Perry could be a real mud pit with the rain they've had recently. From what I've seen zero might be the only one jumping the dirt hills in back. I would be a bad person for advice on jumping. lol I enptied out the barn a bit so we have shelter in case of pop up rain, looking forword to Saturday.

This reminds me of a friend I was helping learn to ride. She took the HD riders edge class and got talked straight into a HD Sportster 1200. We met up and she told me she was doing much better but still had issues making slow left hand turns. Well, we rode out to the high school in London and I started helping her do some slow figure eights. The reason for her Left hand turn issues became apparent immediately! Being all of 5'2" she was leaning over the tank to reach the handle bars to begin with. As she turned left the throttle moved away and out of her reach! You'll just have to forgive me if I have learned to hate almost everything the HD culture has brought to motorcycling. Whatever bike you choose for her make sure it is the right size and power for a learner bike. Build a strong foundation of good riding skills and the rest of the riding experience will become a lot easier. Practice accelerating and braking, swerve techniques, and proper control techniques. Take an MSF course but keep in mind, they will not teach you how to drive on the road. They teach you the skills needed to control the bike on the road.

Only thing gayer than those two "dogs"on a bike would be this.

Read the study about motorcycle oil. It was very interesting. It also described alot of the diffrent characteristics to motor oil. http://www.smartsynthetics.com/pdf/study_of_motorcycle_oils.pdf

My understanding, so correct me if I'm wrong, is that 20w50 if fine in motorcycles of about any size (in summer). In winter a 20W50 has too high of a viscosity. Your manual should have a oil viscosity chart for diffrent tempratures to help you decide what tempratures are too cold or hot for each viscosity. http://www.smartsynthetics.com/motor-oil-viscosity.htm When selecting a lubricant, there are three basic rules of thumb to consider: The lower the starting and/or operating temperature, the lighter or thinner the selected oil should be. The higher the staring or operating temperature, the heavier or thicker the selected oil should be. The higher the load a component is subjected to, the heavier or thicker the oil should be. The lighter the load a component is subjected to, the lighter or thinner the oil should be. The faster the operating speed for a piece of equipment, the lighter or thinner the oil should be. The slower the operating speed for a piece of equipment, the heavier or thicker the oil should be. There is no advantage in using heavier oil than is needed. In fact, it can be a disadvantage.

Like I said at the moment they are dirt hills, I have another pile as seen in my avitar that I use for jumping the KLR650. The big pig is not a gracefull beast in the air but as I get better on the 426 I hope to experiment with jumping a bit more. Besides, there isn't anyone around who can really see my back yard and If I wadded it up it might be several weeks before anyone would look back there for me. Only the dogs would miss me and they'd just eat the people coming to look for me.

Even if it is just a small play area it is coming together. Start by the barn and go through the pit. We're supposed to get some rain before Saturday so this may become a mud pit! Then proceed out of the pit and make a right hand turn to the first hill. (I'm calling them hills because I don't jump them yet ) Over the hill, make a right hand turn around the trees and pass below the pond. Turn right up the hill around the rock and then back down to a stable log crossing. Head back below the pond the oppososite direction to the mud hill. Back up towards the barn and one last unstable log. I tried to make this able to move a little to simulate going over a branch across a trail. The end. We'll see what else I decide to dig up, pile, and add as time goes on.