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Hahaha “carbureted heavy bitch”, comes from a place of love I’m sure.
I was pretty timid on the R6, was afraid to wheelie over so I was pretty gentle first few minutes. The “whoooosh” of acceleration was very addicting, and I went back home before I put more than two snap gear changes together in a row. Topping out third was as much risk my G-license could take haha. Didn’t risk looking at the speedo, shit was already going by too fast.
My buddy who owns the R6, also owns an R1…I’ve turned down a dozen offers to ride it. I don’t trust my wrist haha.
What’s an FTR?
Didn’t forget you @Finn, just took a little longer to pencil you in
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“Artist” rendition of a No Exit tour.
March Break and COVID have overlapped, got lotsa time to kill with the girls.
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I hear you on the “stick with Japanese bikes” approach, they just build wicked stuff really well. Good for resale.
My buddy and I have flipped two non-JPN machine, and it’s the only one we lost money on. Bombardier DS650 atv, holy hell were service parts expensive compared to JPN counterparts. We lost $50. Learned our lesson. Made $$ on a DS90, but cause we bought it cheap at an auction, and only put a spark plug in it.
I figured that 25 y/o Yamaha running and complete for $1100 is a good deal, having good cosmetics and an ownership makes it a better deal haha.
I’ve got a few buyers cued up for $2,500, but nobody has shown up yet.
Outside of 125-250cc MX bikes (CR, KX, RMZ, YZ), I’ve only ridden an R6 and that was a blast. I hope to add about 1 bike/year to my “have ridden” list.
Thanks Steve, your fleet is why I inquired haha. In regards to expansion, as long as bikes don’t spill into the house, pretty sure it’s all fair game.
I’ve read a bunch of user reviews on KLR, and got the opinion its too top heavy for trails, but great for long tours.
I’m trying to get out of having to load my bike into the Taco.
I like basket cases too, figuring out the puzzle is fun. Keeps the mind sharp haha.
KLX250 look awesome, their size would be very comparible to my RMZ, can find low kms for good price. Interested in the klx400, but few and far between.
Should a buyer come for my bike, I’m gonna call this fellow.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-atv/ottawa/yamaha-xt/1492546951Yea I had the right mix of tunes herbs patience and luck, I really didn’t want to pull the carb off to drill it.
Haven’t ordered any parts yet, still waiting to re-try the external crush fitting.
Hey Steve, do you have any favourite Enduro bikes?
I have my heart set on a DRZ-400SM, but @ about $4-5,000 a little out of budget this year.
There’s an XR650L guy willing to trade for my bike. Easy to find KLR650 for under 3k with lots of accessories. Or get an OLD bike for $1k and give far fewer F*cks about it?
I know what I get will have knobbies, but that’s as far as I’ve decided.
Had a huge “Bike Win” last night when I was able to drill out the seized hot start plunger, with the carb still installed! Damn near perfect centre punch, steady hands, and soft metals saved the day.
Once the new parts arrive in 3-10 days, it will only be a matter of minutes before it’s fully assembled.Haha I remember why I don’t buy anything from Marlin Crawler anymore…the shipping…and then surprise charges at the door.
See example.
My O-rings are $6.85 US from MC. Add on $42.77 shipping. Add on 10% sales tax. Convert to CDN @ 70cents. The very minimum cost is $77, before the mystery fee at the door. F*CK THAT!Ebay.
Same O-rings are $22.71 CDN. Add $15.1 to ship it, $9.41 to import it, grand total of $47.33 CDN.Still too damn expensive considering the parts are listed for $12US, but I guess there’s a 300% surcharge to NOT LIVE IN AMERICA, which is A-ok by me.
I have a plan of attack for the rear diff air leak, but it’ll take some time to fully come together.
Step 1, re-do the crush fitting at the 3rd member. Keep it simple.
Step 2, if still leaking, pull the 3rd to find location. I have found the two replacement O-rings I may require for super cheap (before USD, shipping, duty). Marlin has them for $6, ebay for $16 for the pair. Just gotta decide which is cheaper after ALL the bullshit fees applied to my shopping cart.
I’m quite overdue for rear axle (Front diff,t-case and trans) oil change. And I could swap the pinion seal while I’m at it. That stupid crush washer for the pre-load makes me weary of swapping out just the pinion seal.
Steve, our new bike has already dipped into the pockets. The Hot Start plunger is seized to its bore in the carb. Gonna be a long night drilling that friggen thing out. As much as I don’t mind working on carbs, I loathe drilling stuck shit out of them. At least I charge an hourly rate haha.
I’m Hoping a kijiji person with an XR650L shows up tomorrow. Not the ideal bike I’m looking for, too tall and heavy, but for an even trade I can’t really complain.
Hooray for receiving 5mm compression fittings in tbe mail.
Not so hooray for having a leak inside the diff housing. With the locker engaged, the compressor runs for less than 5 seconds out of every minute. I pulled the diff fill plug and can hear a faint, but consistent hissing from the innards. Dang. Glass half full, it all now works at the flip of two switches.Thanks for the info Evan.
I Didn’t get to make any templates yet, spent a couple hours buying a kijiji bike. Matt and I picked up a clean 2006 RMZ 450 for 1/2 price, we will put on new stickers and grips, hopefully sell for full price within a couple weeks.
This morning I bolted on Matt’s new rims and Duratracs, I got his takeoff 17s and shit ltx’s to keep for Redee’s next set of tires. Looking to get LT275/85-17 MT/R in a few years. It’s roughly 34.5”x10.5” tire for a 7” rim. Perfect. I want them to fit within the wheel wells with the extension flares. I’ll put on Finn’s fenders once I get the new tires.
@Toy-Yota I saved a few pictures from your old thread to my phone. In regards to the main beam, did you use 1/8”, 3/16” or 1/4”? My guess is 3/16”, but I don’t want to over/underdo it.
Hoping to make cardboard templates for the frame hangers today. Again, not sure what thickness is sufficient. Planning to investigate All-Pro, trailgear, marlin specs for what they use to hang the crossbeam to the frame.
