Kwaka-Kid
8th October 2004, 20:22
Hey guys, just thought id introduce myself to the dirt section of KB as i have never really lurked here before.
and hopefully tomorrow i pick up the beast which titles this post, a Honda XR500A... yeehaw! have not riden dirt for 4 years (since i turned 15 and got a street bike) but still have an old Radial valve 1984 Honda XR200 kicking about with a smokey motor.
Plan was to put this 500 motor (which aint turned in over 10 years) in the 200 once i was done getting it going, but now if the frame and all the gear is in good enough shape ive been talked into not restoring it but making it as stock as possible, as apparently there is a Vintage Motorcross race section that it would fit into? is this info correct? and if so is it worth me doing on this bike?
despite doing a fair bit of dirt riding a long time ago im far from even being an average dirt rider... so i guess im asking how hardout is the class and/or is it a bit of a fun/leisure thing... id hope that maybe over some serious time i could improve skills on the girl and aim for it a year or three down the track, who knows.
anyways yeah! hiyah dudes, hope to catch you at woodhill sometime in the future. Also does anybody know of anywhere free and localish to west auckland to take a dirtbike? i used to go to Corban Ave in hendo where there was a track cut around a car junk yard, was mean, but now its got some school or something on it. before that was another part of Bruce Mclaren road thats now got housing on it, and before that was New Lynn right beside the ambulance bay, where i learnt to ride and it was a wicked little track with a few nice jumps and a table top... ahh so many good memories i cant wait to get back.
too much typing already! catchyas later! :wavey:
and hopefully tomorrow i pick up the beast which titles this post, a Honda XR500A... yeehaw! have not riden dirt for 4 years (since i turned 15 and got a street bike) but still have an old Radial valve 1984 Honda XR200 kicking about with a smokey motor.
Plan was to put this 500 motor (which aint turned in over 10 years) in the 200 once i was done getting it going, but now if the frame and all the gear is in good enough shape ive been talked into not restoring it but making it as stock as possible, as apparently there is a Vintage Motorcross race section that it would fit into? is this info correct? and if so is it worth me doing on this bike?
despite doing a fair bit of dirt riding a long time ago im far from even being an average dirt rider... so i guess im asking how hardout is the class and/or is it a bit of a fun/leisure thing... id hope that maybe over some serious time i could improve skills on the girl and aim for it a year or three down the track, who knows.
anyways yeah! hiyah dudes, hope to catch you at woodhill sometime in the future. Also does anybody know of anywhere free and localish to west auckland to take a dirtbike? i used to go to Corban Ave in hendo where there was a track cut around a car junk yard, was mean, but now its got some school or something on it. before that was another part of Bruce Mclaren road thats now got housing on it, and before that was New Lynn right beside the ambulance bay, where i learnt to ride and it was a wicked little track with a few nice jumps and a table top... ahh so many good memories i cant wait to get back.
too much typing already! catchyas later! :wavey: