Bought another steed for us

[nudemetalz]

Purchased last night for the Mrs so we can go riding together and not let my inability to ride on the road get to us.

Goes fine, just have to replace the levers (and also on the XR) and get some bark-busters.
Probably gear it down as it has road-type gearing on it. Prob 1 or 2 down at the front.

The DR is not quite as tall as the XR which was a bit of an issue for Bridgy.

All I gotta do now is get a trailer we're off to have fun !! :)

[kiwifruit]

congrats!
nothing quite like riding with your partner... enjoy :sunny:

[bistard]

Way to go Nudey!!
You will have heaps of fun together!!

[Dodgyiti]

Well done, big family to look after now though. What's the count? 5?
But you can quantify that by dividing by 2 eh? Good scheme!
The new bikes both look a heap of fun, do you have a 2 bike trailer as well? Or is there good local off road riding close by?

P.S. Don't you go neglecting those Guzzis because of 'new toy fever':nono:

[nudemetalz]

Thanks peoples !!
No, don't have a trailer yet, still working on that one ;)

The Guzzi is going in for a service on Friday, so def not neglecting the Italian beauty there, Dodgyiti.

Going to take them for a burn around Red-Rocks when we get all sorted.
Lots of fun around there (taken my Pajero around there a few times !!)

Like this......... :yes:

[laRIKin]

Well done, good to see you got another dirt bike.

Now go out and get dirty.:yes:

[Trudes]

That's awesome you guys, have fun!!!

[T.W.R]

Way to go Chris :yes: you & Bridget are going to have some fun on them :Punk:

Advice though :yes:

Don't Get Bark Busters (wrist breakers!):oi-grr: there's actual talk of them being outlawed on trail rides down this part of the world :yes: Acerbis make a good hand guard that mounts easy, is open ended, and has ample protection.

Never check the oil on the DR cold either :no: otherwise you'll over fill it, run it for a couple of minutes, let it settle then check the oil level :niceone:

[nudemetalz]

Thanks Bill. It's been a while since I've ridden off-road, so cheers for the advice. Hand guards it is. I guess that will be 2 pairs as the XR has the alloy ones.

The DR is dry-sump isn't it. I saw what looked like an oil fill-point on the frame just behind the steering head.

Cheers :)

PS Decided against a KDX in the end as having 2 similar bikes would be easier.

[T.W.R]

Thanks Bill. It's been a while since I've ridden off-road, so cheers for the advice. Hand guards it is. I guess that will be 2 pairs as the XR has the alloy ones.

The DR is dry-sump isn't it. I saw what looked like an oil fill-point on the frame just behind the steering head.

Cheers :)

PS Decided against a KDX in the end as having 2 similar bikes would be easier.

These are the Acerbis hand guards (http://www.motoworldracing.com/acerbis-mx-light-hand-guards.html)

Yep the DR is dry sump :yes: the front down tube of the frame is the oil reservoir.

If Bridget finds she's still having issues with the seat height, longer dog-bones are easily got to lower the rear end without effecting the pre-load & damping of the shock and just drop the front a bit also to keep things level :yes:

[nudemetalz]

The DR is set up quite soft so she's fine on that, if anything it's a little too soft.

Yep, I'll get some of those guards, cheers.

I'll give the DR and XR and oil and filter change before I go out.
Heck knows when the previous owners did that, so I always treat them like "it's due now".

Thanks again :)

[laRIKin]

Don't Get Bark Busters (wrist breakers!):oi-grr: there's actual talk of them being outlawed on trail rides down this part of the world :yes:

For real? a ban on them?

Well I'm not going to say that you can't break a wrist with them.
And have heard that some people have, but have never met anyone that has.
And have met people that swear by them as they have saved them and I'm one.
I never use to ride with them, but now I do as they have save me breaking my fingers or hand more than once, bouncing off tree's and rocks when crashing.

This debate on them comes up every so often.
And then just goes away again.

They didn't let you race MX with them but the last time I went to watch a race there where some bikes with them, now this was a few years ago.

[nudemetalz]

Interesting stuff.
The XR has already got them, so maybe I should get some Acerbis-type hand guards for the DR and see what works better.

How would they break your wrist?
Is is because the handlebars turn in when you go down and you break your wrist as your thrown ?

[dammad1]

Theres no way I would ride with out them, the only people that I have heard of breaking there wrists are real novices, because when they have a moment they dont know when to bail, instead they hang on to the bars to long, get bucked and get there hands caught up in the guards.

The open ended guards dont give you good protection from trees and branches and if you drop the bike at the wrong angle you will still break levers even if you only have them on loosely.

[T.W.R]

For real? a ban on them?

This debate on them comes up every so often.
And then just goes away again.



Granville who organises most of the Mid Canterbury & South Canterbury trail rides/Fundraiser events is seriously looking at not allowing them to be used on any rides.
mainly because of the amount of injurys caused by them :yes:




How would they break your wrist?
Is is because the handlebars turn in when you go down and you break your wrist as your thrown ?

Having an off & getting your lower arm caught between the handle bar & protector as the you & bike go in for a worm hunt etc


Theres no way I would ride with out them, the only people that I have heard of breaking there wrists are real novices, because when they have a moment they dont know when to bail, instead they hang on to the bars to long, get bucked and get there hands caught up in the guards.

The open ended guards dont give you good protection from trees and branches and if you drop the bike at the wrong angle you will still break levers even if you only have them on loosely.

Many of the attendees at organised trail rides are novices or weekend cowboys so the odds are always going to be stacked against them.

better to have some protection that deflects most impacts & knocks with a bit of give rather than having something so solidly mounted that it'll hook-up & stay hooked up

[MyGSXF]

Purchased last night for the Mrs so we can go riding together


Awesome stuff guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes: have FUN together!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Punk:

Jen :rockon:

[nudemetalz]

Thanks Jen :)

[SDU]

Awesome! another toy- happy mud plugging guys:rockon:

[nudemetalz]

Thanks SDU.
We had to sell the RF400 as it just did not agree with Mrs, and since I'm not riding on road she has taken possession of the V11.
She looks great on it and loves riding it so now there's a couple of ya ladies on V11's ;)

So anyway, I figured I'd buy an off-road bike to have a little fun. Then she said I'd love to do that too, so here we are. :)

[laRIKin]

Granville who organises most of the Mid Canterbury & South Canterbury trail rides/Fundraiser events is seriously looking at not allowing them to be used on any rides.
mainly because of the amount of injurys caused by them :yes:

O so he is blaming the Bark Busters is he, interesting.

The other organiser's ride with them.

[laRIKin]

I told the story about the Bark Busters to some guys that run dirt bike events.

Well if you stand at your back door you will still hear them laughing their heads off.

[dammad1]

Yeah if you follow that theory, next they will want to ban the bikes from the trail rides because to many people injure themselves! LOL:lol:

[merv]

Nice one nudes, if you plan a ride some time let me know and maybe I could join you. Red rocks is one place to go, the other I mentioned to you is get permits and hit Akatarawa (Karapoti) block. Aslan, Upshift and others are always up for a ride through there. Check out my pics on that here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=35730

As you'll trailer the bikes out there its probably best to go in and out of the Maungakotukutuku end.

As for bark busters I've never bothered with them - the trick is don't crash if you can help it. The XRs tend to have sturdier levers than average - its something about the Honda levers they bend more than breaking whereas the Suzukis we've had, and my WR, one knock on the ground and the knob breaks off the end and you ride the rest of the day with a stubby lever unless you carry a spare. From what I've seen too, 9 times out of 10 even with the bark busters on you'll catch the lever and break the lever anyway.

I rode enduros for 2 solid years on my last XR then kept it 15 years altogether and sold it with the original levers on as I never broke them ever. So far I've managed to break clutch lever on my WR but no breaks yet on the XR.

[laRIKin]

Well I never use to think much of Bark Busters.

In the last six years or so, neither SDU (a good tester of crashing) or I have broken a lever on any of our bikes.
We still carry a spare clutch lever just in case.

And most of the guys I ride with, have them and they also have never broken a lever.
The guy that do not have them, buy them after their first broken lever.

To be fair we ride like fools at times and are on a rocky river bed a lot of the time.

I think that they are a good thing, a long with strong bars.
Once you have them, you just move them from bike to bike.
So you only ever buy ONE set, unless you stuff them.

SDU has my first set of bars and Bark Busters as she likes the bend of them.
And every KTM I have brought has had them as standard.
And she pinched them when they were in the roof on the shed when I bought my first KTM with them on.

Are they a good thing?
Well to me if you are miles from home with a broken lever they are.
You don't have to have them they are just nice one of payment insurance.

In talking to some guys they recond that they were banned at MX.
Because they were not needed as you are not far from the trailer and in a multi bike pile up they could be a bad thing as a arm or foot could get stuck in the gap.

I would prefer to get hit by a blunt Bark Buster than have a lever or bar end in the back or head, but that's just me.LOL
And have heard of a guy that got a clutch or brake lever through his leg. The ball end must have broken off, but still Ouch.

[nudemetalz]

Thanks Merv,
I would love to come riding with you, once we're all sorted out.

Hmm,..the barkbusters, such conflicting opinions. What do I do?
The DR has nothing, the XR has them.

[xwhatsit]

Thanks Merv,
I would love to come riding with you, once we're all sorted out.

Hmm,..the barkbusters, such conflicting opinions. What do I do?
The DR has nothing, the XR has them.

Well, you and your missus need to ride as fast as you can though the gnarliest, most rutted, off-camber track you can find. The one with the most injuries -- take that bike and make it like the other :)

I'm really pleased to hear that a) you will still be able to ride around and b) there's now a way for your wife to join you. Being able to bring your best mate along with you on a ride (girlfriend on the pillion seat for me) makes it a thousand times more fun.

Ride carefully, barkbusters or none! :D

[nudemetalz]

Making motorcycling (road or off-road) a family activity makes it a thousand times better IMHO.

[laRIKin]

Making motorcycling (road or off-road) a family activity makes it a thousand times better IMHO.

It sure does, SDU and I have had endless fun on and off road over the years. (14?)