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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?
Oh man that looks soupy under the top layer of earth!! Able to drive it out? Or use some gear to save the forest floor a little?
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.
