Bought another steed for us

**MyGSXF:Me** · 10th May 2007, 00:00

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

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

Awesome stuff guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have FUN together!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jen

**nudemetalz** · 10th May 2007, 00:12

Thanks Jen

**SDU** · 10th May 2007, 15:15

Awesome! another toy- happy mud plugging guys

**nudemetalz** · 10th May 2007, 15:27

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** · 10th May 2007, 18:13

Originally Posted by T.W.R

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

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

The other organiser's ride with them.

**laRIKin** · 11th May 2007, 18:17

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** · 11th May 2007, 19:05

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

**merv** · 11th May 2007, 19:56

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/sh...ad.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** · 11th May 2007, 20:54

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** · 12th May 2007, 14:12

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** · 12th May 2007, 16:19

Originally Posted by 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.

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!