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Everyone (poops) whiskey throttles. Here's Anna: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxY2a9OQd68
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BlackMK4 posted:That's how my 675 acted when a bunch of lower end bearings spun / seized.  Pretty sure whatever it is, it's going to cost a fair bit - probably going to give the Husqy dealership a call tomorrow and describe it to them (99% sure this has happened to other people over at another forum that I google-fu'd). A full rebuild may be in order...Unfortunately I'm on the other side of the country and my dad works away so he doesn't have the time to do it himself.. Not looking forward to this $$$$..
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BlackMK4 posted:That's how my 675 acted when a bunch of lower end bearings spun / seized. Also what happened when the top end of my tw200 seized. It is such a caveman design. There is no bearing that the camshaft rides in. It is a bushing in a machined hole in the aluminum head. Top end starved of oil, camshaft got super hot, bushing got super hot, head got super hot, everything locked up tight while riding down the road
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DrakeriderCa posted:So it turns out I'm dumb and don't know how to ride a dirt bike. I have a cheap chinese 4-stroke 250 enduro that's got an appropriate level of power for me but my buddy convinced me to try his YZ250F. Everoyone on thumpertalk recommends Shane Watts' instructional videos/classes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCzWZUxE8BY You can see the basic drills from his videos: ride around cones and practice fundamentals.
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May 9, 2014 22:42
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^Wish I could ride my rm125 like that.VikingSkull posted:The light weight I think makes it more fun than, say, a 450 would be, I can really toss it around and is controllable as all hell. The crappy thing is that it weighs the same as a 450. A 450 atv isn't like starting out on a 450 dirt bike. You should try one out some time if you get a chance. Ramsus fucked around with this message at 08:06 on May 10, 2014 |
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Went out on my own today. The trails need to dry out.
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Moving' up the pack. 2nd place finishes in both motos today, and my first MX trophy. My race strategy of not riding over my head and hurting myself worked out pretty well. I might try that again sometime.
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DrakeriderCa posted:So it turns out I'm dumb and don't know how to ride a dirt bike. I have a cheap chinese 4-stroke 250 enduro that's got an appropriate level of power for me but my buddy convinced me to try his YZ250F. Sounds like a YZ250, not the YZ250f. That's a big jump in power and power delivery. It's more akin to a 450 four stroke except harder to ride. I have a CRF450R and a KX250 and the KX is harder to handle.
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Ramsus posted:Sounds like a YZ250, not the YZ250f. That's a big jump in power and power delivery. It's more akin to a 450 four stroke except harder to ride. I have a CRF450R and a KX250 and the KX is harder to handle. Yeah, my bad - it was definitely a two stroke YZ250. I'm looking forward to a day in the future where my skills are developed to the point that I can safely handle a bike like that because it would be fun as hell.
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I can ride my bike finally! After the third knee surgery! It still hurts like a bastard - but it's MUCH better. A couple more months and I hope to be 90% of the way there. I took this video to get some footage of Anna (as she requested). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbtVgFQRWGc
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What are my options with a sleeved cylinder? It is an 86 CR250 engine. The radiators failed, it ran hot, burned out the piston. I don't have pics of the piston (I pulled it last summer) and I am finally getting around to dealing with the bike, but the cylinder has been sleeved previously. It looks to my untrained eye that it might need work and there are some dents above the exhaust port and what i presume are flat spots. 
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Kony Kid posted:hahahahahaha classic whiskey throttle. Your video was doomed the second I saw street helmets. When I teach girls to ride my xr100 I always tell them to exaggerate the lean forward to prevent exactly your crash. Well put! My first ride on a dirtbike was a true MX YZ250 (from a motorcross racer). He convinced me to ride the motocross track up near Conroe Texas but gave me some pretty sound pointers including a description of whiskey wrist, staying out of anything above 3rd gear, leaning forward as much as possible, and going over jumps VERY SLOWLY. I survived without hurting myself and had borrowed some decent MX gear as well. 2 laps and I was friggin' EXHAUSTED. The dude I went with was in his 50's turning 8-9 laps before taking a break.  I had a blast and I'd love some tame woods riding. The only thing really keeping me back is how my XR is flood happy and I'm worried that when I dump it I won't be able to start the drat thing. I'll definitely give it a try again though.
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XYLOPAGUS posted:Well put! My first ride on a dirtbike was a true MX YZ250 (from a motorcross racer). He convinced me to ride the motocross track up near Conroe Texas but gave me some pretty sound pointers including a description of whiskey wrist, staying out of anything above 3rd gear, leaning forward as much as possible, and going over jumps VERY SLOWLY. I survived without hurting myself and had borrowed some decent MX gear as well. 2 laps and I was friggin' EXHAUSTED. The dude I went with was in his 50's turning 8-9 laps before taking a break. Good for you, man! I'll be doing more riding on and off road and learning as much as I can, to get more into it.
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EX250 Type R posted:What are my options with a sleeved cylinder? It is an 86 CR250 engine. The radiators failed, it ran hot, burned out the piston. I don't have pics of the piston (I pulled it last summer) and I am finally getting around to dealing with the bike, but the cylinder has been sleeved previously. It looks to my untrained eye that it might need work and there are some dents above the exhaust port and what i presume are flat spots. This is who did my replate: http://www.usnicom.com/ Call them with your questions and get a service manual for your bike.
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Been cutting down tons of stuff in my backyard, still have tons to go. I know I ride like poo poo (and the angle is terrible), but I had fun today  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h4TP7-q7pQ
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Looks like fun. I wish I had a place like that.
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I broke the end of a cylinder head stud off on my 04 yz450. I'm definitely still riding it when I get the rest of it back together. (I was using a torque wrench!) So I guess what I'm saying is: does anyone have a cylinder head for sale? Mine is gonna snap soon. For real though, it's on the side of the cam chain channel. How bad could it be? edit: after seeing how much a new head costs, I elected to get a new stud and head gasket and just do it over. The problem was that I was using the torque wrench from above the nut but it goes on upside down so I just used it in the counter clockwise direction. The torque wrench doesn't work in that direction. So don't try to torque something lefty tighty. I still can't ride it yet because the rear axle was super rusted in place and I kinda messed it up taking it off so I'm waiting on a new one. So now I have spent almost $2000 getting this thing nice with new top end gaskets, a valve adjustment, fixed the timing (PO had it like two teeth off how in the hell?), new wheel bearings all around (previous ones were really bad), new tires, new grips and levers, new paint on some bits, etc. and the thing keeping me from riding it is the drat axle having screwy threads. ChewedFood fucked around with this message at 03:36 on May 20, 2014 |
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^^a good joke
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Drake: Yeah definite whiskey throttle. We've probably all done it. Bummer it broke a bone though. Def check out some riding instructional vids and work on gripping the tank with your legs (it's hard to get it to be instinct I'm still working on it) as your arms should be loose on the bars not pulling on them too much. That's how it's supposed to be but I still find myself having to remind myself to grip the drat tank and not be so tight/tough on my arms. It's all a learning process. Also yeah janky chinese 4 stroke to YZ250 2 stroke, that's a pretty huge jump as well as 2 strokes deliver power in a totally different way, as you found out through your video. It's more of an explosion of power vs. a chug a lug torquey feel. Keep at it, 2 strokes are super fun to ride. Rotten posted:Been cutting down tons of stuff in my backyard, still have tons to go. Nice! Looks like you can definitely make a fun little loop out of that. Saw some hills in a bit of it, make yourself some good downhills/uphills too. That would own. I did somewhat the same at my parents house, but with open field and zero trails cut so most of it was wide open through field or bush wacking it through the woods looking to see what would be fun to make trails on. Was good times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3np8TQfsZo
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I struggle with arm pump(don't get to ride often is the biggest problem) and hanging on with my thighs. I have bad habits from beginning with quads.
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Dylan Macritchie is #2 in NETRA (from last year) and has won 2 of the four races so far this year. Anna interviewed him for TrailRider. We got a couple riding tips at my favorite track. Here's a shot:
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I finally got the KDX200 back together.  I think I posted here last summer about it. I had to cut the old swingarm and rear link off with a grinder and sawzall since the previous owner didn't ever grease the bearings. I got a swingarm and link off eaby for $50 last summer and finally got the bearings last week and put it back together. Edit: Here's the pics from the work I did last summer:       I tried using freeze off and a sledge hammer for 2 weeks before I decided to cut it out. Grease your swingarm bolt and bearings sirs. Ramsus fucked around with this message at 08:56 on May 25, 2014 |
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poo poo this makes me want one. Except I sort of live in the city so a small dirtbike would be a dumb thing to buy.
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I started riding in the construction zone behind my house :shhh: and practising using my thighs and keeping my weight forward. Huge difference. I can actually feel the bike doing what it's supposed to, and I can cross all kinds of terrain at speed much more easily. Thanks, dirt bike bros!
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Looks nice Ramsus! Yeah moving up on the seat and hanging out on the gas tank was eye opening.
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Rotten posted:Looks nice Ramsus! The best part was that all of a sudden my legs were at the right angle to squeeze with my thighs while bracing my feet properly on the pedals.
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Also, stand up if you're not already. Feels wonky at first but you'll be surprized at what you can cross without having to duck paddle like a goon if you're standing up. Stand up, grip tank with knees(I'm still really bad about not doing this, it's something I have to think about and not reflex yet), and be over the bars with elbows out. Then newb it up on a tiny log and fall over like a goon at 2mph like meeeee. Picture not related.
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sup goons, checking in after a busy couple of weeks. Took the '96 RM for my first hare scramble/track experience, and holy poo poo it was awesome. I raced VetC (1.5 hour course), and my only real goal was to finish the race and not die. So that worked out, and I really learned a lot about pacing myself and everything. I usually trail ride with my father in law, who slowly rides a quad and I end up stopping all the time to wait up for him, we take long breaks and bullshit etc. But having to push for that long really forces you to figure out ways to conserve energy, and the next ride I did after that I could push for a lot longer and be more relaxed on the bike. One weird thing, is I've never felt comfortable with a finger over the front brake, as it seemed to compromise my grip on the throttle. But doing that seems to force my legs to pick up the slack and tires me out a lot less. Jumps are cool and scary! Looking forward to doing a few more scrambles over the summer, and I still need to go riding with some of you WA goons. One of the photographers got a cool shot that makes me look a lot more badass than I really am  e: also I better go grease my bearings, if ya know what I mean PoopSok fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Lookin' good! I think everyone should race - who cares about winning, the experience is awesome.
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Picked up a service stand from my neighbours garage sale today. That saves me from building one with 2x4's and glue and crushing my femur because the bike fell off It even has the little oil jug for oil changes. Pretty nice little unit.
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So after watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ziMvHZQSs I'm pretty sure I want to also get a little dirtbike for riding trails in southern GA and learning to ride MX in the future. If I were to look for something around the $1k area what would be some good recommendations for a 6'1" 215 lbs dude? I'm taking the MSF dirt biking course soon but I figure I'll start looking now and gathering info. Plus there's less mailboxes in the dirt world 
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KDX200/220 96 or newer. The last update besides graphics was 96. Tame enough for a beginner, but loads of room to grow. Can race harescrambles with it and win. The KDX200 or KDX220 are probably the only trail bikes worth a poo poo at that price. Here is a good rider on a KDX200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DPNanQIlic Ramsus fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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PoopSok posted:sup goons, checking in after a busy couple of weeks. Took the '96 RM for my first hare scramble/track experience, and holy poo poo it was awesome. I raced VetC (1.5 hour course), and my only real goal was to finish the race and not die. So that worked out, and I really learned a lot about pacing myself and everything. I usually trail ride with my father in law, who slowly rides a quad and I end up stopping all the time to wait up for him, we take long breaks and bullshit etc. But having to push for that long really forces you to figure out ways to conserve energy, and the next ride I did after that I could push for a lot longer and be more relaxed on the bike. Hey I'm a Wa goon and I'm about to go ride trails in tahuya right now. A group of friends and I go just about every weekend. I am also interested in trying my hand at racing. I'm just scared I won't be good enough.
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ChewedFood posted:Hey I'm a Wa goon and I'm about to go ride trails in tahuya right now. A group of friends and I go just about every weekend. I am also interested in trying my hand at racing. I'm just scared I won't be good enough. Nice! I was just there yesterday too. Got the whole family out, including the old man, which was really cool. Perfect conditions, beautiful day. We were the big group at the picnic table close to the bathrooms (unfortunately) at the Elfendahl Pass staging area. So since I don't have a PM account, you WA goons should shoot me an email or a text kevin . dalziel at gmail OR two 0 six 992 five 8 seven 0 am I doing that right? anyways, would love to go hit some trails with you guys one of these weekends Razzled posted:So after watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ziMvHZQSs that video was amazing, are they just using some bluetooth communicator type things?
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I've got about 200 miles of mountain biking between me and my third knees surgery. I rode yesterday for the first time in a while and was having a blast. Feel pretty drat good. My left leg is still very weak, but the pain is significantly less. Blitzing through chop didn't make me cry out in pain. Downside is I boiled my rear brake twice yesterday. Maybe need to change my strategy a bit.
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Yeah I tend to boil my rear brake as well. Near as I can tell I might be dragging my toe on it when I'm sitting down? What should I look for to keep that from happening. Sucks balls having to sit around for 10-15 while it cools. I also have the brake fluid expansion chamber on it as well so I'm running more fluid than stock, I've still locked it up. Thoughts?
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Silver posted:Yeah I tend to boil my rear brake as well. Near as I can tell I might be dragging my toe on it when I'm sitting down? What should I look for to keep that from happening. Sucks balls having to sit around for 10-15 while it cools. I also have the brake fluid expansion chamber on it as well so I'm running more fluid than stock, I've still locked it up. Wait, the brake locks up? Usually when you boil the fluid you lose all braking power. If your system is locking up I would swap out the fluid and pray it was just old fluid. Another thing it might be is OVER filling the system with fluid. You still have that rubber bladder underneath the master cylinder cap right? Otherwise the obvious thing to do is adjust your brake lever engagement point lower. On your ktm you would adjust the plunger that's attached to the rear of the lever. Second thing you could try is using EBC Red pads. They are a soft carbon based material that absorbs waaaaaay more heat than the stock pads. They are a bit more expensive than the cheapies from rockymountain, but you won't boil your brakes anymore.
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Ah ok, yeah didn't know that boiling over - lose brakes. Yeah mine get really hot and lock up. I just rebuilt the rear master so fluid is new basically. I adjusted them before this and it did it, so then lowered the lever and it did it again, might have to just lower it some more I guess. Thinking I'm just dragging my toe when sitting and it's causing the brakes to overheat. When they lock up the rear disk and whatnot is hot as poo poo. I'll adjust again, would like to find a good middle ground as before this was happening and the reason I adjusted was because they were fine when sitting but when standing I have to really stab deep with my toe to get on the rear brake. Trial and error.
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