1981 XL250S

[Oscar]

Must be the outer springs,the inner springs on an Escort are only about 20mm in dia - mind you that's about how big those forks felt when you tried to turn that bloody big 23in front wheel! I never liked them,just too big and heavy,floppy and wallowy,I never felt connected to the bike - but a whole generation of riders learnt to mono on an XR/XL 250.Then they got old and fat,lost their minds and bought KTM LC4s.

Yer pretty brave when yer 90 miles away...I seem to recall a time it was "..help me, I'm stuck..", "...could you ride my bike up here..".
The ingratitude... :disapint:

[Motu]

It's always handy to have a man with nice big thighs around when you need him,eh girls.Personnel managment - the right person for the right job....


Bugger - I had to miss the Classic Trial at Te Pahu a couple of weeks ago,I was looking forward to 'riding the pipeline' again.It's one of the toughest trials on our calender and the Hamilton club always put on a bloody good day,next year for sure.

[NordieBoy]

Bugger, just read this on the VMX site...

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North vs South

EVENT POSTPONED

Due to current and forecast weather, the organizers have opted not to run the North vs South event this weekend to prevent excess damage to the property.

The Inaugural North vs South Classic Race Meeting will now be held in October (date to be advised).
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[Oscar]

Bugger, just read this on the VMX site...

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North vs South

EVENT POSTPONED

Due to current and forecast weather, the organizers have opted not to run the North vs South event this weekend to prevent excess damage to the property.

The Inaugural North vs South Classic Race Meeting will now be held in October (date to be advised).
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Where was this gonna be?
Can you post a link?

[Motu]

Here,I just posted a link to this site on the CCM.Hope they hold this somewhere decent,like north of Bombay....

http://vmx.livewire.gen.nz/

[NordieBoy]

Well I went out yesterday for a trail ride on the XR with my bro (2004 KDX200) and the renthals are brilliant, wide but brilliant

Chopped up a UFO rear guard to fit and it cleans up the back end a bit.

New IRC on the back and now the back end follows me and dosn't just go off tiki-touring on it's own

49t sprocket on the back just isn't big enough.
I don't really need a 120kph top end...

A hole-saw down the silencer did wonders for the acoustics

Some alloy hand-guards went on today but it was raining too heavily to test them out.

Next step is the clutch plates and springs.
Then forks stripped and rebuilt and shocks drilled/drained/valved and re-oiled.

...and it may get cleaned sometime.

Oh and I fell off it but it didn't really count.