Supermoto posters

**deanohit** · 18th November 2007, 19:36

Nice one, I always thought this vid was pretty cool. Coyote, heres how easy it is to wheelie a DRZ400Sm.

Just gotta get past the guys annoying accent!
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQC_amZRJg&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]

**EJK** · 18th November 2007, 19:36

That supermoto video is..... tempting..... lol

Hmmm.....

lololol

**Coyote** · 18th November 2007, 19:39

Originally Posted by Macstar

That's what I thought too, but man, I really need to learn more mechanical skills and get the right tools cause my KTM is costing me a small forturne in trying to convert it from a dirt bike & ride it as a Supermoto...!

In comparison to my 1000cc Suzuki which needs an oil change every 3-4000 km, it's pretty intense. But the KTM is soooooooooooooo much more fun, and even though it has an electric start I still like to kick it over, there's something manly about kick starting a bike (Tim-the-toolman Ooohhhuuuuuuu).

So is the cost in converting it into a motard? Or the actual maintenence costs? I imagine the oil needs to get done more regulary? Reminds me, the VFR is about due...

Kick starting my old RG was fun, when it worked. And forgetting the killswitch was good exercise

**Supermoto Junkie** · 18th November 2007, 19:40

Originally Posted by deanohit

Nice one, I always thought this vid was pretty cool. Coyote, heres how easy it is to wheelie a DRZ400Sm.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQC_amZRJg&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]

Yeah, i like that clip, i like how the guy talks you through what the bike is then "how to wheelie", he has a bit of a dry sense of humour also, oh, and the wheelies are not bad either.

**orangeback** · 18th November 2007, 19:43

Originally Posted by EJKDDORAI

That supermoto video is..... tempting..... lol

Hmmm.....

lololol

give this a shot
and he dosn't fall off
look at the smoke comming of his boot

**Supermoto Junkie** · 18th November 2007, 19:47

Originally Posted by orangeback

give this a shot
and he dosn't fall off
look at the smoke comming of his boot

Damn, thats a cool pic, i' would love to see the vidoe of that moment,

**deanohit** · 18th November 2007, 19:49

Heck EJ, the Scorpio is basically a motard already, a single based on a dirt bike engine, 17" wheels, single discs front and rear, only difference is a low seat height!
So lets see ya riding it like a motard!
I showed you how to drift them on the grass, just didn't work out properly.

**Coyote** · 18th November 2007, 19:54

Originally Posted by deanohit

Nice one, I always thought this vid was pretty cool. Coyote, heres how easy it is to wheelie a DRZ400Sm.

Just gotta get past the guys annoying accent!

Phff, still have to clutch it

I rode a WR450 from TSS before getting my VFR. It wheelied almost too easily, could see myself trying to explain to a cop 'I didn't mean to!'. The bike felt like a tractor though. I'm sure it would've been better if it hadn't had knobbies on and a stock muffler

**deanohit** · 18th November 2007, 19:58

Originally Posted by Coyote

, could see myself trying to explain to a cop 'I didn't mean to!'.

Sounds like fun, theres a nice 07 WR450 on trademe at the mo, bloody lot of coin though!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=126610858

**Macstar** · 18th November 2007, 21:11

Originally Posted by Coyote

So is the cost in converting it into a motard? Or the actual maintenence costs? I imagine the oil needs to get done more regulary? Reminds me, the VFR is about due...

Kick starting my old RG was fun, when it worked. And forgetting the killswitch was good exercise

Bit of both...

Digital speedo, 17inch wheels, rotor sprockets, indicators, mirror (road legal) etc etc about $1000 used.

Maintenance schedule is full on:

I try to do oil every 500km / filters 1000km
Valve clearances spose to be about every 1000km
Air filter clean / check 500-1000km
Spark plug 3000km
Fork oil 3000km

Engine rebuild 10000km? (if you're lucky...)
Carb rebuild approx 10000km (just doing at the mo)
Then usual stuff like chain and sprokets, brake fluids, radiator fluid, tyres etc.

This is a mixture of what is recommended by manufacturer and my own compensation for not really taking the bike off road and through mud etc. as I think dirt riding is a bit harsher on the bike.

Anyone else have a rough maintenance schedule for their supermoto?

**Sully60** · 18th November 2007, 21:42

Originally Posted by Macstar

Anyone else have a rough maintenance schedule for their supermoto?

If its broke then fix it!

Seriously it all depends on what you do with it. I agree the off road environment is harsh but on riding the things flat out on the pavement (road or street racing) isn't exactly gentle either. Riding around on the road would probably be the easiest on the bike depending how restrained you can be and not wheelie and back them in whenever you can.
Racing around kart tracks, street races and circuits where you spend a considerable time with the trottle wide open I'd change the oil every two hours or two meetings.
And like you said if you go and do some proper off roading (you'd be surprised where you can go on a Supermoto even on street tyres) you may manage to get dirt or water in the oil so you have to be pretty carefull about changing the oil regularly there too.
I reckon no matter what you ride and how you ride it spend as much money as you can keeping fresh oil the engine!

The piston and ring interval thing is pretty obvious to most people but the thing I noticed when I pulled the Ol' YZ down (40-50 odd hours)was the state of the cam chain was pretty bad and had just started to wear away at the sprockets, could have been a lot more expensive if I'd left it longer.

One last motard specific thing and I don't have enough experience with "production" motards. But if you convert an MX'r keep an eye on the fork bushes. They just don't seem to be up to all the braking forces or constant cornering loads, or something I don't really know. It may be specific to Yamaha's but both my WR and YZ needed new fork bushes quite quickly. And when they get sloppy at best you fork seals weep at worst you wipe your visor off your helmet doing a face plant

twice

**Sully60** · 18th November 2007, 21:44

Originally Posted by orangeback

give this a shot
and he dosn't fall off
look at the smoke comming of his boot

Are you sure about that?

Looks pretty fucked to me.

**orangeback** · 19th November 2007, 05:48

you doubt me
i found it hard to belive
this was in uk mcn (more crap than news)

**Sully60** · 19th November 2007, 06:16

Originally Posted by orangeback

you doubt me
i found it hard to belive
this was in uk mcn (more crap than news)

Well, you have proved me wrong, MCN pubilshes a lot of shit but they don't misreport things that have actually happened.

I imagine his heart rate was rather high on the exit of that corner!