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That's why you ride over the moose. Didn't you see the YouTube earlier?
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It's ok, the iron butt riders think we're pussies for not just setting the cruise control at 70 and sitting on the interstate for hours.
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Feb 28, 2013 22:13
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Aargh posted:Fffffffuuck! I've done 1000km in two days (650 on the first day). 850 miles - 1350km in one day is just insane. How long did that take? Allowing for rest stops and travelling near to a speed limit that's got to be 15 or 16 hours in the saddle. There's no way the last half would've been anywhere safe in regards to fatigue. I did 1000 in a day but it was on a vstar. Everett to Missoula to Everett. Fatigue caught up at Vantage, westbound. 8 hours on the saddle, 3 hours rest, 8 more on the saddle. Z3n posted:It's ok, the iron butt riders think we're pussies for not just setting the cruise control at 70 and sitting on the interstate for hours. I even have a patch to prove we're pussies 
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Feb 28, 2013 23:07
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I went around the state of Wisconsin in two days on my old gsxr, and that was the most painful motorcycling thing ive ever done. The worst part is when you start to get back to roads you recognize, your butt gets all angsty and its even worse. Those last miles are pure torture.
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Feb 28, 2013 23:15
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Aargh posted:Fffffffuuck! I've done 1000km in two days (650 on the first day). 850 miles - 1350km in one day is just insane. How long did that take? Allowing for rest stops and travelling near to a speed limit that's got to be 15 or 16 hours in the saddle. There's no way the last half would've been anywhere safe in regards to fatigue.
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Feb 28, 2013 23:59
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Sucks about the cable braking. I had fixed a small piece of metal in the front wheel that prevented the speedo from working, and when I did that the cable seemed fine. I spent so much freaking time and money fixing up that bike. Any idea what ol' Betsy is up to these days?
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Mar 1, 2013 01:38
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hayden. posted:Sucks about the cable braking. 
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Mar 1, 2013 03:02
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well it did slow down
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Mar 1, 2013 03:14
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I have no idea what to make of either of those responses. edit: okay after reading it like 10 times I realize my error. I made the opposite mistake most people do! hayden. fucked around with this message at 04:13 on Mar 1, 2013 |
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Mar 1, 2013 04:11
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I have a real live cable brake on the front. (And a rod on the back!)
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Mar 1, 2013 04:34
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hayden. posted:Sucks about the cable braking. I had fixed a small piece of metal in the front wheel that prevented the speedo from working, and when I did that the cable seemed fine. I spent so much freaking time and money fixing up that bike. Any idea what ol' Betsy is up to these days? Then I found a screamin' deal on Craigslist. "I have a DRZ. I want a KLR." I went and looked at his DRZ, and he looked at my KLR, and we made a straight across trade. All his buddies have KLRs and the DRZ just wasn't "farkly" enough for the backwoods moto camping they were doing. So, I got a 2000 DRZ400E (high compression head, FCR Carb) with a 5 gallon tank, Baja Designs street legal kit, and (much to my surprise) a 440 kit, complete. Then Becktastic had her...incident...and I was lucky enough to buy all her Zebra plastics. The guy I traded the KLR to and I still ride together on occasion, when he's in town.
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Mar 1, 2013 07:29
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JP Money posted:As someone who had a DRZ and was so-so on the power, how disappointing is the WR250x? I've previously owned a DRZ for ~12,000 miles (3x3 mod, jetting and yosh slip-on) and just bought a used WR250X. I don't have a problem with the power of the WR at all but mine is also well modified. (FMF full exhaust, tuned power commander, airbox mod/k&n filter and -1/+2 sprockets) The power delivery on this bike is different than the DRZ. The power on the DRZ is all in the low-to-mid RPM range where on the WR it's all in the middle and top end. It's fun to ring the WR's neck where as there was no joy in doing that on the DRZ. I constantly bounce it off the rev limiter on the WR. I love the 6-speed. As other people have said, it feels more refined than the DRZ, which felt and looked old to me. Both bikes handle great, both have good brakes. I test rode a stock WR250X and I remember it being slow. That was a few years ago. With some mods the WR is an awesome bike. It feels lightweight between your legs where as I always felt the weight of the DRZ, even though that never seemed to stop me riding like an idiot on it. If it matters, I am 6'2", 170lbs.
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Mar 3, 2013 14:01
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Nice! If you buy it you beat my record for lowest mileage DRZ purchase. I didnt realize this was a contest. I bought mine with 1,700 miles on it. 
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Mar 4, 2013 20:50
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OK, someone here has to have bought a new DRZ
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Mar 4, 2013 20:53
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Some say he's bought every bike he owns new...we just know, he posts under the name Spiffness.
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Mar 4, 2013 21:05
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There's a local kart track that allows mini racing. Some friends have a CRF100 I think with sport tires. I am incredibly tempted to get in on this.... drat it looks fun.
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Mar 4, 2013 21:10
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Mini sportsman is hella fun. Its all the fun and none of the shame of pocketbike racing, plus, you know, some actual performance
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From what I've seen while riding an XR / CRF100 there's not much performance to be had  Even the racier minibikes are kind of disappointing. I was very disappointed when I rode a CRF150R about a year ago. I will forever maintain that 2 stroke 85's are WAY more fun than that thing. Granted I'm a grown man and it'd be much faster for a 12 year old kid but I always thought they were pretty quick from their reputation. I guess they are much more useable than 85's but I think every kid should start out learning how to wring a small 2 stroke's neck. It's so fun jumping on one and having it be nothing but lag...lag....lag....HOLY poo poo. Always put a smile on my face.
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Mar 4, 2013 21:51
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JP Money posted:From what I've seen while riding an XR / CRF100 there's not much performance to be had What I was getting at is that a CRF100 has way more chassis, brake, engine and suspension performance than some garbage chinese pocketbike, which is what a lot of people race in mini classes. Yeah, the 100cc four strokes wont stand up to an 85cc two stroke, thats for sure.
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Mar 4, 2013 21:56
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Z3n posted:Some say he's bought every bike he owns new...we just know, he posts under the name Spiffness. Just... 4. ...including a DRZ... Worst 'new bike purchase' ever. Ah to be young.
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Mar 4, 2013 22:00
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:What I was getting at is that a CRF100 has way more chassis, brake, engine and suspension performance than some garbage chinese pocketbike, which is what a lot of people race in mini classes. Oh I know what you meant, sorry I went off on a tangent. 150R's basically replace 85 2 strokes now. They're a lot higher performance than the CRF/XR 100. Liquid cooled, actual suspension, etc. I was just commenting how sedate / boring 150 4 strokes felt compared to more fun 85's.
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Spiffness posted:Just... 4. Only bought one bike brand new, 04 GSXR-600, also worst new bike purchase ever. The bike was great, but the crazy depreciation and having a loan out on a motorcycle was not great. Never again.
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Mar 4, 2013 22:23
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The KTM's I don't regret buying new. The SV and the DRZ though, a bit. I had the money to pay them off quickly and really just wanted to build some credit history but the DRZ makes no sense to buy new but I didn't know that at the time. I just knew it looked like an awesome good time. Think I sold it for $4500 with just under 10k on it, well modded. Which then became wheels for the 690 and a dirt bike. In SM news the awesome SM track we have near Seattle closed down last year to anything other than rental karts due to a lack of permission to actually run anything else. There was a court battle, and they have apparently lost. Are now doing some last ditch effort to appeal but it's not going to happen. It really sucks, having spent almost two whole summers there, to not be able to ride anymore. gently caress the owners though, they acted stupidly and got what they deserved. I'm more pissed that they killed the PNW SM community in the process. See, around 2008 a surge of SM started building in Washington, Oregon and BC (Cascadia for you separatists out there). Some of the local oldies busted their rear end and put a really awesome race season together featuring like 6 tracks, mostly parking lots with dirt brought in, and supported probably 80-100 actual SM riders at any given time. Then PGP came along and it was great, we had a new track, new venue, they loved SM, bam! More locations, more riders, probably pushing 200 people who would cycle in and out of various events and races ranging from guys with multiple KTM SMRs to kids who finally saw a good reason to buy that wheel set for their YZ250's. We also had a location spring up in British Columbia, and two in northern Oregon. Then PGP decided they were going to run their own race series, and their dates would magically conflict with SM Northwest (the guys who were running the multiple stop series). It ended up stealing a lot of thunder from an already small and delicate community, shutting it down in the end. Then PGP goes and gets closed down by the county and now two years later we're left with a fractured sport that's lost all momentum again. It makes me really sad. The good news is, with the court battle over and people officially swearing off PGP as being dead and dusted, there is a rumbling of noise coming from the old guys that the old race series might fire back up. There is also a new kart that wants to be SM friendly opening about an hour and a half north of Seattle. I hope we can build it back up to what it was before, because it really was a great race series and I missed out at the time not having a proper SM bike. I'm ready now, and totally want to go racing.
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Mar 4, 2013 22:38
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Finally bit the bullet and bought the Epic Motosports FCR39MX with the R&D FlexJet for the DRZ I bought an awesome carb for myself for my birthday, I'm not sure what that says about me
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Finally bit the bullet and bought the Epic Motosports FCR39MX with the R&D FlexJet for the DRZ That your priorities for fun and highly rewarding birthday presents are in order?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Finally bit the bullet and bought the Epic Motosports FCR39MX with the R&D FlexJet for the DRZ I've not ridden a DRZ with one installed but I hear they do wonders. Next step is the big bore....
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I had a used one from a YZ that I made work on my old DRZ and it was seriously like a motor swap Every one i see on ebay now looks sketchy or is $650, so I just went with the new one from Epic Big bore will come when I need it, but I'm not too interested in screwing with that right now, I'm trying to keep the engine pretty stock
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Mar 5, 2013 21:10
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Finally bit the bullet and bought the Epic Motosports FCR39MX with the R&D FlexJet for the DRZ Happy Birthday Olde Weird Tip!
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I think my next purchase is going to be an R6 throttle tube for the DRZ. I don't know if my wrists are just inflexible or what but I hate having to regrip to get WOT comfortably. I did the same type of thing on my Street Triple and it really woke the bike up. Felt like 100 extra cc's. Hands down better than the exhaust and dyno tune.
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wallaka posted:I think my next purchase is going to be an R6 throttle tube for the DRZ. I don't know if my wrists are just inflexible or what but I hate having to regrip to get WOT comfortably. I did the same type of thing on my Street Triple and it really woke the bike up. Felt like 100 extra cc's. Hands down better than the exhaust and dyno tune. Having to regrip to get to WOT is the worst no matter what bike you're on.
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SaNChEzZ posted:Happy Birthday Olde Weird Tip!  SuperBrotard Thread: Because Real Men Hug It Out
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Mar 6, 2013 15:20
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:
Definitely means that you're getting older and birthday gift decisions become more and more awesome with each added year of wisdom (and regret for not buying Nike parts sooner).
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Anyone have a header for a DRZ of non-stock make that'll fit a yosh can? Better yet, anyone have any suggestions for good DRZ forums? I've skimmed TT for some but didn't see much lately.
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TT and SMJ are the biggest ones. There is a DRZ forum in the UK and one in Australia as well that are pretty big.
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JP Money posted:Well, just as I thought the search was going poorly I got tipped off on this: Well she's mine. Picked it up this morning. It has really almost all the mods I want. I'll probably swap out for an Edge 2 taillight, throw an Acerbis sumo fender on and I need to put my Zeta levers on from my last DRZ but overall I'm happy with it. I need to practice my wheelies again. I've gotten rusty on the R6.
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Mar 10, 2013 23:28
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Congrats! That's a sweet ride!
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ONE OF US! ONE OF US!! Welcome to the exclusive club of two-time-DRZ-owners 
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Thanks, it's good to be back. Although I'm starting to consider a big bore / cams already since I have the sumo itch once more :O Does anyone know how to get the blinkers internal on the Edge taillight? Do I need that 12 o clock labs chip for that? On my old DRZ I had an LED strip for the brake light basically with turn signals built in. Now I have an Edge with the stock turn signals mounted. Is it possible to do this or am I misremembering?
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Mar 11, 2013 15:38
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I do not believe that you can get one half of the stock edge to flash (unless you know enough about electronics to re-wire it). I'm pretty sure it requires the 12 o'clock labs board.
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That's disappointing. Wheeling Cycle has them for 85 bucks. I don't know about all that. Especially since the Edge lights themselves are less than half that price. Tough call but I might just find some less ugly turn signals and deal with it.
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