Dominator 4 Sale

[wari]

Yeah,poles apart alright - but I'd like an XR200 cause it'd be a good match with the TLR200,they share common parts.And when I had an XR200 I used to clean up my mate on his KDX,but he didn't know how to set it up.I want that suspn and sweet motor.

I've been thinking of an xr200 too ... but how old can I go? It's a money thing , or lack of ...

[Motu]

Dirt bikes just cost too much for what they are - for the price you pay to get some shitter you have to strip down for a complete rebuild - you could pick up a liter bike you can ride to Wellington and back.A thousand bucks for a totaly fucked XR200?...no thanks!

You need the first early 80s model cause they had more suspn,but they never got disc brakes,if I got another one I'd change the front end.With a bit of work the motor can keep pace with a 250,but starts to lose bottom end,just depends on how you ride - and you only ride an XR200 WOT...right?

[DZL]

OR, do a bit of lateral thinking here ~ go buy a brand new Suzuki Trojan farmbike for prolly 5 grand, good indestrcto lil 200cc 4 stroke with STRONG carrier racks & headlight protectorbars & 2 sidestands & a supercomfy allday-seat & very low to the ground & very 'go anywhere' ~ farmers use em fror 'trail' ridng!

HTH
BrooC
"My account for consultancy will reach you by the 20th!"

[Oscar]

It'd take a chainsaw to get that thing down to my size,but it's one hell of a nice bike off road - does this Kouba crowd have a website,I'd like to see if I could lower the XT (um,for my wife you understand) What the hell was that boy thinking - did you get him drunk or sumat?

Us dual purpose types have a tough road,the bike to do what we want doesn't really exist,no matter what anyone says.I am going to end up like you - one bike for each application,next on the list is an XR200 or watercooled KDX200,for dedicated off road,something I can haul out of a knee deep swamp.

What was I thinking?
Husky TE610ee......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....Huskyyyyy....
Anyways, I like the Dominatrix, I may just keep it.

BTW, Motu...I think in your case, "goes both ways" is prolly a better description than "dual purpose"....

[Motu]

Is the Dominatrix going to be put to use soon?...like the Safari maybe? I can't do that,maybe the Pukemanu if I get my act together.

Just had a guy in trying to sell me a 94 KDX,but I dunno....I like them,but,but...that horrible green colour clashes with the curtains in my garage,maybe I'll go looking at curtains today.

[DZL]

Just had a guy in trying to sell me a 94 KDX,but I dunno....I like them,but,but...that horrible green colour clashes with the curtains in my garage,maybe I'll go looking at curtains today.[/QUOTE]



. .. your call of course Motu man, but for you I'ld reckon the old XR200 would be better, far more forgiving & relaxing to ride . .. last KDX I rode had me all hyped up on adrenalin & having 'moments' just riding down the farmtrack to where the REAL trail started . . .bloody liul things are all Yip Yip FiZZZzzzzRrrraaarrkkk .. . sheesh, a man dont need all that carry-on . .. . . pity ya cant spring the dought for a DT230, best of most worlds for ya that'ld be .. . OK for Adventyre Rides or even commuting, & with good tyres its very flattering for proper trail use .. . I've done about 500kms of trailing on mine now in about 6 munce & it hasnt managed to throw me down once so far, whereas I was forever getting unseated offof DR350's 7 such. . . the DT is reasonably low as well . .. . .hey, howsabout hunting around for a WR200! Nearly as good as the 230, very similar mechanically, but older & cheaper . . .

HTH
BrooC

[Motu]

He was selling because it was too fast for his son,putting him on the tt350 and getting a new one for hizself,maybe you are right - it's just the suspn I want really,and all the small bikes are lacking in that dept.Hey,I'd forgotten about the WR200,they seemed to have disapeared,or hoarded more likely.

[DZL]

Hey,I'd forgotten about the WR200,they seemed to have disapeared,or hoarded more likely.[/QUOTE]


I reckon thay have more likely just slipped off the back of the 'trendyness curve'! Petroil mix, no lecky start, no 'Z' in the model name, no fleuro graphics or latest 'cool' Yamy Corp deep blue colour . .. . all the shit that makes new stuff sell!

A guy I ride with sometimes still has his old IT200 that is the WR200's granpa, that he was riding enduros on mebbe 20 years ago .. . the thing is a crusty old rough pigdog of a bike ~ & I still cant keep him in sight!

And have ya tried stickin with Gary Wendts on his bloody scrofulous old Soozi Mudbug!


The DT is the direct descendant & latest form of those same old proven beasties, but with a few refinements like oil inj'n & lecky start. . . . bloody magic lil scoot . .. . I heard whisper of a used DT230 locally, private import & a bit scruffy, but if the price is right .. . .. ! Lemme know if ya want me to make enquiries .. .

BrooC