Author Topic: The Motorcycling Thread (Read 458892 times)

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #2060 on:** June 23, 2020, 03:02:25 pm »

Me? No windshield, no tach, no fuel gauge. I've got ... ummm ... a speedometer ...

rrocket · « **Reply #2061 on:** June 23, 2020, 03:27:51 pm »

Quote from: wongpong on June 23, 2020, 03:21:39 pm

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 23, 2020, 03:02:25 pm
Me? No windshield, no tach, no fuel gauge. I've got ... ummm ... a speedometer ...

Lol you get your protein on the highway

My SMs and even the 390 were like that.

I tell ya...taking a bumblebee in the neck doesn't feel nice!

ktm525 · « **Reply #2062 on:** June 23, 2020, 03:35:19 pm »

Quote from: rrocket on June 23, 2020, 03:27:51 pm

Quote from: wongpong on June 23, 2020, 03:21:39 pm
Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 23, 2020, 03:02:25 pm
Me? No windshield, no tach, no fuel gauge. I've got ... ummm ... a speedometer ...

Lol you get your protein on the highway
My SMs and even the 390 were like that.

I tell ya...taking a bumblebee in the neck doesn't feel nice!

How about a vine?

rrocket · « **Reply #2063 on:** June 23, 2020, 03:37:23 pm »

Roost, tree limbs, birds, pheasants...you name it!

I thought I broke my foot once hooking the tip of my boot on a tree root buried by leaves.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #2064 on:** June 23, 2020, 03:58:06 pm »

Got hit with some bigger bugs up north - can feel them at highway speed. No dramatic stories yet. A buddy of mine got a live bee in his helmet a few years back.

ktm525 · « **Reply #2065 on:** June 23, 2020, 04:01:18 pm »

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 23, 2020, 03:58:06 pm

Got hit with some bigger bugs up north - can feel them at highway speed. No dramatic stories yet. A buddy of mine got a live bee in his helmet a few years back.

I have got the bee in the helmet a few timessince I ride with an open face style. Need to smash the helmet and crush it. Don't hit light or sting time.

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #2066 on:** June 23, 2020, 04:02:45 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on June 23, 2020, 04:01:18 pm

Quote from: Arthur Dent on June 23, 2020, 03:58:06 pm
Got hit with some bigger bugs up north - can feel them at highway speed. No dramatic stories yet. A buddy of mine got a live bee in his helmet a few years back.

I have got the bee in the helmet a few timessince I ride with an open face style. Need to smash the helmet and crush it. Don't hit light or sting time.

His was a close faced helmet.

ktm525 · « **Reply #2067 on:** June 23, 2020, 04:09:10 pm »

Real unlucky must of deflected up from the bottom. When they fly in straight you have a few seconds before they become undazed..

bridgecity · « **Reply #2068 on:** July 19, 2020, 02:50:26 pm »

Another beauty day riding at my buddy’s cabin near the South Saskatchewan river. He showed me a section of really tight single track the the quads hadn’t gotten to yet. He was on his KDX 220 and me on my CRF450R. He’s a much better rider than myself and he couldn’t get away from me. The big MX bike isn’t as bad in the trees as one would think. I have been lusting over Bobs new 300 though.

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ktm525 · « **Reply #2069 on:** July 19, 2020, 06:45:40 pm »

Quote from: bridgecity on July 19, 2020, 02:50:26 pm

Another beauty day riding at my buddy’s cabin near the South Saskatchewan river. He showed me a section of really tight single track the the quads hadn’t gotten to yet. He was on his KDX 220 and me on my CRF450R. He’s a much better rider than myself and he couldn’t get away from me. The big MX bike isn’t as bad in the trees as one would think. I have been lusting over Bobs new 300 though.

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Real nice country. You can muscle a big bike almost as fast as a small one in the tight stuff it just takes a lot more energy to do so. I am a little slower (5%?) on the 501 with desert tank than the 300 in the real tight 1st/2nd gear stuff but what I do notice is how much more it takes out of me.

bridgecity · « **Reply #2070 on:** July 19, 2020, 07:57:11 pm »

^ Ya for sure, good point.

rrocket · « **Reply #2071 on:** July 19, 2020, 08:44:04 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on July 19, 2020, 06:45:40 pm

Quote from: bridgecity on July 19, 2020, 02:50:26 pm
Another beauty day riding at my buddy’s cabin near the South Saskatchewan river. He showed me a section of really tight single track the the quads hadn’t gotten to yet. He was on his KDX 220 and me on my CRF450R. He’s a much better rider than myself and he couldn’t get away from me. The big MX bike isn’t as bad in the trees as one would think. I have been lusting over Bobs new 300 though.

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Real nice country. You can muscle a big bike almost as fast as a small one in the tight stuff it just takes a lot more energy to do so. I am a little slower (5%?) on the 501 with desert tank than the 300 in the real tight 1st/2nd gear stuff but what I do notice is how much more it takes out of me.

When I was peak riding form, I'd muscle around my HRC kitted XR650R.

No way I'd consider that now....there's just no way.

Triple Bob · « **Reply #2072 on:** July 20, 2020, 04:00:56 pm »

My usual trails have been blocked off, so I went looking and found some even more awesome trails near me.

Loving this bike, it's so good.

rrocket · « **Reply #2073 on:** July 20, 2020, 04:43:09 pm »

^^Looks fantastic, Bob! Glad you're digging the bike...it surely is one of the best, if not THE best off road bikes available.

Why were your usual trails blocked off?

DriverJeff · « **Reply #2074 on:** July 20, 2020, 05:31:45 pm »

Quote from: rrocket on July 20, 2020, 04:43:09 pm

^^Looks fantastic, Bob! Glad you're digging the bike...it surely is one of the best, if not THE best off road bikes available.

Why were your usual trails blocked off?

He ran over too many kids in the playground.

rrocket · « **Reply #2075 on:** July 20, 2020, 05:36:26 pm »

Quote from: DriverJeff on July 20, 2020, 05:31:45 pm

Quote from: rrocket on July 20, 2020, 04:43:09 pm
^^Looks fantastic, Bob! Glad you're digging the bike...it surely is one of the best, if not THE best off road bikes available.

Why were your usual trails blocked off?

He ran over too many kids in the playground.

Orange Crush is Bob's new off road name then?

DriverJeff · « **Reply #2076 on:** July 20, 2020, 05:38:22 pm »

Quote from: rrocket on July 20, 2020, 05:36:26 pm

Quote from: DriverJeff on July 20, 2020, 05:31:45 pm
Quote from: rrocket on July 20, 2020, 04:43:09 pm
^^Looks fantastic, Bob! Glad you're digging the bike...it surely is one of the best, if not THE best off road bikes available.

Why were your usual trails blocked off?

He ran over too many kids in the playground.

Orange Crush is Bob's new off road name then?

ktm525 · « **Reply #2077 on:** July 20, 2020, 06:24:09 pm »

Looks awesome. BTW you have some sort of bark buster mounted? Can't quite tell from the photo. Try to get this as parallel as possible to the ground or it is going to twist on your first real tree smash. Maybe it's just the angle.

HeliDriver · « **Reply #2078 on:** July 20, 2020, 08:58:57 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on July 20, 2020, 06:24:09 pm

Looks awesome. BTW you have some sort of bark buster mounted? Can't quite tell from the photo. Try to get this as parallel as possible to the ground or it is going to twist on your first real tree smash. Maybe it's just the angle.

Yeah, hard to tell. Looks like maybe just the roost guards that came with the bike?

In which case, it doesn’t really matter. Either they’ll break on the first real tree smash, or your hand will break, or probably both.

ktm525 · « **Reply #2079 on:** July 21, 2020, 10:18:07 am »

Ride long enough and you will see it all. We came across one guy in a group whose buster rotated and crushed pinning his wrist to the bar. He couldn't remove the hand until the bar was pried back. Lesson: don't cheap on busters and get one that mounts to the steering head rather than the bars is preferable.