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Those gold rims look awesome on the ‘89! Glad you’re getting some shop time in, that project looks like fun. Love the subtle upgrades, the T100 brakes on Redee are my favourite parts cause all 3 prior had poor brakes. Having a second set of hardware close at hand on the parts bike must be nice too haha.
Haha yea he has some shit luck sometimes. Just a lecture this time. The police station is maybe 200m from our houses, coppers always touring past.
I just love Kawi green. I love Yamahas dedication to ridiculous engines, cramming 5 valves into a 250cc motor. My suzuki has never let me down, but it had a kawi motor in it haha.
Yea I don’t wash mine either. More likely to wash the floors and frame rails than the exposed body panels. As for the bike, I only washed the RMZ in March 2020, after I broke my collar bone July 2018.
If I still have my MX bike in June, I’m planning to go ride the South Trail on a weekday. Avoid traffic, MNR and all that headache. Hoping somebody will buy it before then, get myself a Blue plate. Got a slap in the face offer of $500 for BOTH the Suzuki’s, got the pair for sale at $7,000 obo ($5500 will take it all home). Love Kijiji BS.
I bought my hitch carrier from Royal Distributing in 2010, still works as good as new, hardly even a spot of rust on it. Heaviest bike carried around 250 pounds.
Oh that’s an awesome compliment to your LC. That’s a big reason behind my quest to build a new rear bumper, so I can use my 2” hitch carrier for the bike. Like carrying around a trail pre-runner!! And use no gas too.
My only suggestion to your bike choice, E-start. Most of the smaller trail bikes have it, but not all.
Matt took our RMZ for a 100m joyride from my shop to his shed 3 houses down the street to give the bike a soap&water bath before we apply decals. Unlucky for him, the local police caught him halfway home, promoting a nice lecture. Haha, better him than me.
Cancel retirement?!? Don’t be ridiculous, you’ve worked far too long to give up your “Stay Home with Pay” card.
Glad to hear the bikes are getting some exercise! What year/cc is your XR?
The guy I bought Redee and Mike’s Bigrunner from was HUGE into Kawasaki motorcycles. Must have owned 10 at the time, most of them clean enough to dine off of. Not just eat, but wine and dine. My first ‘real’ dirtbike was a kawi too.
To the 37’s, Wow! They look like a perfect fit within the wheel wells. Should have no troubles reaching the Doomsday cabin, even with the ‘mini-ex moat’ and boobie traps.
Just waiting on the postman.
Our HotStart plunger arrived today, so the RM-Z450 is only 15-mins away from a test ride
Took the Truckee the Taco on nearly a carbon copy tour that Redee went on a couple days ago. The extra 85,000km on the Truckees duratracs are VERY NOTICEABLE haha. The Taco does not resist getting pulled towards the ditches nearly as well as Redee.
Coming down some Ess bends, I got a little close to the shoulder and found myself chanting “turn truckee, Turn Truckee, TURN TRUCKEE!!” as panic was starting to set in. An extra dose of steering input, and a little throttle to break the back end loose brought the nose back into an appropriate lane. Good times. Glad Matt was able to watch the drama from his 4th Gen.Matt’s 4th gen looks boss with the TRD rims and Duratracs. His only grief now is that he has too much grip, and is super jelly of my 2wd Traction nannies off power-sliding abilities. He’s ordered an OEM “ESC OFF” button that I will wire in for him upon arrival. Apparently 2003-2007 had no button, but all the wiring required. In 2008 they filled a switch blank with “ESC OFF”, when activatex also fully turns off Traction Control. Then, only then, will the 4th Gen hold a match to either of my trucks 😉
Haha thanks Steve, that air leak was repaired purely by neglect. All I did was make a plan, find ebay parts, and ignore Redee. It’s possible I uttered a few threatening words regarding minor surgery in Redee’s earshot, and she smartened up.
The ATF leak is only frustrating because it was BONE FRIGGEN DRY for the first 1,000km roughly. Perhaps the proximity to the exhaust manifold overcooked the input seal. Not looking forward to dropping the box again, but I will put tons of paint markings on the splines to keep my alignment true.
Cabin looks awesome!! Just need to dig yourself a moat or deep trench for when society collapses.
It takes soo long to get toolboxes sorted out, I’m still rearranging drawers in 2 boxes I got a year ago. Then for a couple weeks I look to the wrong drawers everytime.
Keep up the good work man.
On both Sat & Sun I took Redee out for an adventure drive, scoping out the No Exit roads as most become part of the OFSC sled trails…hard packed and groomed, they are sheets of ice as they melt.
The good news, the ARB air leak has mostly sorted itself out. The locker engages within a few seconds, and the compressor didn’t have to cycle to keep it on. Perhaps the pin-hole type leak is only an issue when not moving?
The roads are clearing up nicely, only a few sloppy/icey sections. Painted Redee brown again, unintentional but quite thorough coverage.
The bad news, I gotta significant ATF leak coming from the steering box input shaft, and I don’t think I can replace the leaky seal with the box still mounted in Redee.That FTR looks like quite the toy, but $20k is too much. Looks an awful lot like a KTM Duke, or some Buells.
Are there any “rider benefits” of a naked bike? Or just styling? I mean plastic fairings can’t weigh that much, and may reduce drag…
That cabin looks wicked! Is that a natural rock formation for the back wall, or what remains of a 200-year old foundation?
Your sequence of photos reminded me of a Mitch Hedburg bit “If I ever get lost (stuck) in the forest, fuck it I’ll just build a house. Well I was lost, but now I live here. I have severely improved my predicament”.
How many tensioners and idlers are on the front of your motor?
