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Jim Silly-Balls posted:The drz master is fine, and performs great actually, which is why i'd buy another. An r6 master that's sized to move two 6-piston calipers would be garbage on a bike with a single two pot caliper. Yeah, the R6 MC would be an extremely stiff on/off switch for the front brake. You can pick up a dirt bike MC for $80 on E-bay. Dirt bikes tend to get parted out a lot faster than dual sports.
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I would go with the distanzia only if you want to be able to ride on soft surfaces, the tread doesn't make much difference on a hardpacked dirt road. The Contiforce SM tire if you want something with good wet weather performance and life, the ContiAttack SM if you want an all out grippy summer tire.
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Jan 22, 2013 02:13
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Xovaan posted:Do people really put 10w60 oil in their LC4's? It seems like a load of garbage to me that an engine would be sensitive to a very specific weight like that. Seems to me that the engines blow up for other reasons than oil. I've only ever used 10W50 synthetic.
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Jan 23, 2013 14:59
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Nikasil cylinder liners aren't that uncommon. The Motorex recommendation is probably just a long term agreement between KTM and Motorex.
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Jan 23, 2013 15:35
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Legalized CRF150R.
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Mar 15, 2013 17:37
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Spiffness posted:Last I saw a Hyper was the 1100 generation and it had lower spec stuff than I was expecting for the price. The really unforgivable was lack of adjustments on the forks and shocks.= What do you mean by finicky? Did you have to push the button in just the right way to start it or something?
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Apr 13, 2013 16:55
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Safety Dance posted:No, the engine seemed bitchy under 2500 RPM, it felt like I was right on top of the handlebars, and the bike fought me when I was trying to turn in, but that's probably just a Hypermotard != KRL650 thing. At Ducati Seattle, you're a WA goon right? They told me that too... that didn't happen.
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Apr 13, 2013 18:53
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I took the 690 out for a sunny afternoon ride in Seattle yesterday... My name is Zool, and I'm addicted to wheelies.
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Apr 17, 2013 18:47
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Anyone have any experience having a local dealer true spoked wheels? The rear rim on my DRZ is out of alignment with the hub, and you can see it wobbling on the bike. I honestly dont think its bent, just untrue. I tend to not trust local dealer mechanics, but dont really know where else to go? I have never trued a spoked wheel, and dont really feel like starting with the DRZ Any shop the works on dirt bikes (or older bikes) ought to be able to true a spoked wheel.
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May 2, 2013 06:16
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:I don't think so, I've checked lots of dealer websites and you'd be lucky to find the 450sumo on most of them. No one carries the SMR450, you have to go down to your dealer and beg them to order you one. Spiffness asked a dealer if they would be able to order one, they said they wouldn't want to bother with it.  Not that you want one unless you're racing it, the bike isn't road legal and comes on slicks from the factory.
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Jun 7, 2013 06:40
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invision posted:I need help learning to back it in 45mph, pull in the clutch and get hard on the front brake, down shift twice, dump the clutch(feather it out if you don't have a slipper clutch). The rear end should break loose and waggle around a bit. Now do it again with a little lean angle and you'll be backing it in like a pro* *This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Jun 20, 2013 00:39
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A little wheel hop
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Jun 20, 2013 14:04
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SaNChEzZ posted:I back into my parking spot every day, what of it? Sometimes I do it in my car.
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Jun 23, 2013 04:11
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nsaP posted:Don't get me wrong, I can't do it. But he was just calling out people in the thread who talk it up but then seem to have a lot of excuses when someone calls em out. Was anyone talking up how awesome they are at backing it in?
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Jun 24, 2013 23:32
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Z3n posted:Those exhausts are the best terrible idea KTM ever had. They remind me of truck exhaust stacks. I think you should get a big naked trucker lady mudflap.
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Jun 25, 2013 02:47
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I was looking up video to illustrate it to ChewedFood, I found this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEG73UtODDc Pretty rad shot. And the classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeUK6aOEJKo Zool fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Jun 26, 2013 |
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Jun 26, 2013 00:15
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Quit joking around. I run shimano sprockets.
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Jul 8, 2013 06:42
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Honestly, I know everyone says steel steel steel, but I had AL sprockets from http://www.shop.pbisprockets.com/ on my Bandit, and they worked just fine, no accelerated wear or anything. The bandit has about 90hp and 200lbs on a DRZ, so if it worked there, I would think it would work on the DRZ. The Al sprocket that came on my 250sx-f was shot after 10 rides. That includes a couple enduro races, but still, not long.
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Jul 9, 2013 23:03
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Vinyl is such a pain in the rear end, and you can pick up full acerbis plastics for like $100 bux.
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Jul 15, 2013 02:25
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You may as well not learn to wheelie. You can have the only un-wheelied 690 in existence, it will be worth a fortune.
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Jul 17, 2013 03:08
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He has a 690; just start with power wheelies. Open the throttle smoothly and quickly until you feel the front end come up in first, second, or third.
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Jul 18, 2013 14:33
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ought ten posted:Back in 2002 DC built this track for the American Le Mans, but residents of the Kingman Park neighborhood across the street got mad about the noise and had it shut down.
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Jul 27, 2013 18:18
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Orange Someone posted:Is my engine meant to look like this?
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Jul 27, 2013 22:52
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Loosen the axle nut then turn the adjuster bolt with a wrench to push the axle blocks back. Don't over tighten the chain, the distance between the axle and the front sprocket changes through the wheel travel, so you have to leave some slack.
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Oct 1, 2013 13:30
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Z3n posted:What, you don't want to be like every 690 owner on this board and either never ride your bike or pine over something you sold years ago? Hey! I resemble that statement!
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Oct 8, 2013 21:50
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Post Workout Peach posted:while outside flipping signs This is a gang thing right?
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Oct 9, 2013 14:34
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Spiffness posted:
You definitely should not do that, Tune ECU is free and has the same functionality, you just have to buy the cable and a USB/obdii adapter.
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Oct 12, 2013 20:50
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Z3n posted:NO ONE EVER TAKES HUSABERG SERIOUSLY AND IT HURTS THEIR FEELINGS! We were all going to buy 2015 Husabergs.
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Nov 27, 2013 17:09
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I don't get this forums relationship with the 690. It seems everyone who has owned one has been like: "this is the greatest bike ever, it's amazing!! Ps: I sold it already". It's amazing! Ps: I sold mine yesterday.
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Nov 30, 2013 17:18
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Spiffness posted:When I picked up my SMC at 4 PM on a Friday I didn't park it at my house until 10 AM the next morning after riding non-stop all night. When I picked up my ZX6R I put 1500 miles on it, totaled it, and had two surgeries in under two weeks. That's how it's done! Then I taught mootmoot how to ride over Skype.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:Anybody have experience with the KTM 500 EXC? I might make that my next supermoto. I've ridden one, it's awesome. Expect to rebuild the engine around 25k miles.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:How is it vs. the 690? I like the fact that the 500 is lighter, but if there's no perceptible difference I might lean towards the other. It is very noticeably more nimble and light feeling than a 690.
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