Introducing Harry

[NordieBoy]

Gidday mate...welcome aboard.
I had a DR a weeeee while ago...they are good for slidding sideways round gravel roads. They are also good for getting stuck in rivers, deep sand, mud and they don't stop very well! I have a new bike now which is even better for getting stuck in rivers, deep sand etc....but it dose stop better than the DR. Good luck and try not to fall off too often!

Don't stop very well?

Should'a got new pads. Cheaper than a new bike.

[junkmanjoe]

So is that was a DR becomes when it grows up?

kinda... some inmates here will more than likely tell ya that i carried more stuff on that bike than my truck....
tools, tubes, first aid kit, water bottle, and a 30 liter safari tank.... i also added xtra padding to the seat and used to have a thick sheep skin on for longer trips...

welcome to the silly side....

JMJ

[dino3310]

So is that was a DR becomes when it grows up?

na thats just a teenage DR
i started here

went to here

which grew to here

[Box'a'bits]

BUT, now you are more mature (& realised the error of your ways)... you've got a Honda...
Sorry Dino, just couldn't help myself. To good an opportunity not to comment...

[pete376403]

Hmmm, not sure what definition you were looking at but I understood it to mean:-

"The word is generally accepted to mean a combination of "function" and "sparkle", hence, farkle.

Motorcycle enthusiasts may install accessories, called farkles (also spelled farkel), to customize their machine.

The term is well known in the sport touring community.

An enthusiast may be in the process of "farkling". The completed motorcycle would be all "farkled up". Radar detectors, Global Positioning System receivers, heated grips, and satellite radios are some of those farkles. Other accessories could be aftermarket seats, side and/or top cases or bar risers, which make the motorcycle more suitable for long miles."

Now most of those accesories wouldn't apply to adventure bikes, we tend to run more to big tanks, bash plates, exhausts, barkbusters, racks, etc, etc.

F.A.R.K.L.E. -- Fancy Accessory Really Kool Likely Expensive

[wysper]

Hmmm, not sure what definition you were looking at but I understood it to mean:-

"The word is generally accepted to mean a combination of "function" and "sparkle", hence, farkle.

Motorcycle enthusiasts may install accessories, called farkles (also spelled farkel), to customize their machine.

The term is well known in the sport touring community.

An enthusiast may be in the process of "farkling". The completed motorcycle would be all "farkled up". Radar detectors, Global Positioning System receivers, heated grips, and satellite radios are some of those farkles. Other accessories could be aftermarket seats, side and/or top cases or bar risers, which make the motorcycle more suitable for long miles."

Now most of those accesories wouldn't apply to adventure bikes, we tend to run more to big tanks, bash plates, exhausts, barkbusters, racks, etc, etc.

F.A.R.K.L.E. -- Fancy Accessory Really Kool Likely Expensive

I assumed that was the definition from context of the post.
It was one of those times I should have just left well enough alone and not gone googling LOL

[That looks like fun]

I farkled my bike when it fell in the river
But then some nice men fixed it
Wheres me biscuit

[Bass]

Do not, repeat not, get into farkling.
Once you start, there is no stopping.
This is what approx $4500 worth of farkling makes a DR look like.
Over half of that was the suspension mod's and they're not even obvious enough to brag about.

[wysper]

Yeah at this stage I am thinking luggage rack, bash plate, exhaust, horn for starters. However funds are pretty restricted because of actually buying the bike...
then there is the adventure riding gear.. at the moment it looks hard case with me in the two piece quasi suit and road boots.

[dino3310]

Gotta agree with Bass, my XR's as basic as a basic bush pig can be and i have as much fun as the next bloke

[warewolf]

http://googlefight.com/

[JATZ]

Yeah at this stage I am thinking luggage rack, bash plate, exhaust, horn for starters. However funds are pretty restricted because of actually buying the bike...
then there is the adventure riding gear.. at the moment it looks hard case with me in the two piece quasi suit and road boots.

That should read.... bash plate then some other stuff
just ask paladin what hapens without one and 1 other north island rider who did the D.B. name escapes me ATM

[junkmanjoe]

yea i second bash plate first on list,,,,
DR sump + rock = oil on the ground

[wysper]

That should read.... bash plate then some other stuff
just ask paladin what hapens without one and 1 other north island rider who did the D.B. name escapes me ATM

yea i second bash plate first on list,,,,
DR sump + rock = oil on the ground

Fair call - bash plate moves to top of the list
Decent horn is holding second
rest can fight it out amongst themselves.

[alane]

Yeah at this stage I am thinking luggage rack, bash plate, exhaust, horn for starters. However funds are pretty restricted because of actually buying the bike...
then there is the adventure riding gear.. at the moment it looks hard case with me in the two piece quasi suit and road boots.

Try this for riding gear.

WWW.1TONNE.CO.NZ
I bought a camo jacket off,ve this guy,not top shelf ,but value for money,for the financially impaired,I think.
Made by the Taliban in Pakistan.
Cheers--- ALANE