Dual Sport

[Capt. Howard]

Very nice. My dual sport tires where more street then dirt yours are dirt tires.  Enjoy the ride.
If you are working on it next weekend I maybe able to come over and help you on it. 

  I'm charged too much for tags I will borrow one from another bike for times I will be on the street.

Terry  YOU???  I might believe swapping plates on trailers but "BIKES"???  WOW...

[TLRam1]

Finally finished my plates and swapping most over to the new bike.

This is still on the WR250, this was just finished than I decided to buy the 450, about to be swapped to the WR450, for the board LEO's    it does have a plate light.


The LED plate light would be here, tucked under pretty good.


Hard to see the plate from this angle.


Some of the mods I may end up doing is removing the snorkel.


Not sure if I will cut the two spots on the air box.


I am about to tear into the carb for jetting. The throttle stop prevents these bikes from opening the carb slide wide open, only goes about 3/4.

1. Cut the throttle stop to allow full carb slide opening
2. Cut the grey wire to allow YZ timing which changes the timing curve for the change in the carburetor, it hits harder also.
3. Remove snorkel
4. Pipe end cap replaced, opens up the exhaust.
5. Jetting, Main, Leak, Pilot, maybe change the needle to the YZ.

Changed and bleed the front and rear brakes. Haven't made it to bed yet so I will turn in now and see you guys .....today!

[TLRam1]

I deleted a mess of mail, if I did not answer your PM, plz resend. Sniffing too much Berrymans! 

For the ones who have never ridden dirt bikes it's a blast to play around on or take it further and race. How about a MOOT dirt riding day?  No cars, you can fall down, do wheelies, cross creeks, ride like a bat of....test your skills at hill climbing or coming down, hit the woods for some trail riding.

[TLRam1]

Update.

I have the 450 back together after all the performance mods completed (cut he throttle stop screw to allow wide open throttle, change timing curve closer to YZ, timed accelerator pump timing), new jets through-out(sounded pretty good on the stand, yet to ride it though), gutted and added new tailpipe endcap, bunch of other stuff.

The radiators were bent so I sent them off to be straightened, came back pretty good, and will probably add a adjustable fuel screw.

Lately researching for tail racks and a inexpensive way to carry extra fuel, may have this figured out but still looking at options. Seems about every bike will have a different set of options regarding fuel. Looking at a few GPS that would work for the uses intended for duel sporting, like getting lost and staying on a track and not on private land.      Trying to plan our first duel sport trip to Arkansas.





Back from repairs.


Nice looking welds


Last but not least...

[TLRam1]

Insured and inspected, no title yet so no tags.

Pulled the trigger on this rack tonight and a couple of 1.5 Litre fuel bottles Curtis is so fond of for extra fuel. If they work out well I will buy another for 4.5 Litres of fuel and a small tailbag on top the rack for trail tools, patches, and the like.

[TLRam1]

Ordered a rack to carry extra fuel supplies or whatever you might need. Nice light aluminum rack weights less than 2 pounds. I had to fab a spacer and obtain a longer bolt for the rack to mount up nice and secure and cut a piece of fender for it to fit, looks good on. It is a low profile tucked tight to the rear fender.

Smaller than I thought but I believe it will work fine. I can add a platform and U-bolts if I need to enlarge the area.





Doesn't set far from off the rear.


Spacer and where fender was cut.






Fuel bottles I will carry extra go-juice in, each one is 1.5 Litre. Very thin wall makes for light weight. When you pick one up you expect some weight like a propane bottle but it's light as a feather!




Because the bottles are thin I decided to add foam on the rack to prevent dents in the bottles. Cut this foam also for the seat and Zip-tied it on using 3 ft. Zip-ties!

[Magnum Magna]

Looking Good!

Where did you get the extra tank cylinders.  I may want to get some for Brenda's bike and sidecar.  We should pick the bike up this Saturday. 

[TLRam1]

I didn't think you made it up there last week due to the rain. I bought the bottles from a outdoor supplies place off ebay, I already threw his card away. Fast ship, looks like an independent.

You can get various sizes, I thought I might carry one when I head out on trips, with the gas mileage I sometimes get my calculations are way off.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290315284033&sspagename=STRK%3AMEAFB%3AIT&viewitem=

[Magnum Magna]

PRIMUS 1.5 LITER (1335 ML) CAPACITY FUEL BOTTLE NEW


I love the rounding of numbers

motorcycles 750 is a 748
computer     144 is a 139
the fuel can 1.5 is 1.335
I bought a USB memory stick last year forgetting to take that into account.  I keep the stick but had to go back and buy the next size larger.   

[dgc67]

yes on the memory stick.  The newer ones these days come with "management" software of one kind or another and neglect to tell you that is taking up a percentage of the memory on the stick.

[TLRam1]

Took my first duel sport trip with about 40 others in Clarksville AR.

Arrived Friday night around 10:30, while in the office John went back to check out the bikes on the trailer, took one look at the wheel and there was no tire! The tire had flew off, the bead was still on the rim but no sidewall or tire and neither of us never knew. Off to Walmart for a new tire, tail lamp, wire nuts, etc. Back to the motel where a couple of guys were out and offered their help with tools picking up the trailer for the tire change and tail light housing replacement. We also copied the six routes highlighted for the next days ride.

Saturday we went to breakfast than off to the riders meeting (or no meeting) asked about the routes and picked the most difficult one. Boring in the first part in many failed attempts to navigate where to go. Bad maps with no county roads many U turns and asking questions from locals. Finally we locate the start of the trek, head down where we run into a couple of other riders, small talk we take off with the others in tow. Not to far down are trees across the trek and the others in tow turn around. We continue on going around or over trees (I thought what a good time to practice technique), we get into some pretty gnarly trails, rocks, and hit water crossings. My bike is too tall for various reasons so I had to twist the throttle because my feet would not touch the ground until I was already falling over.

First creek was wide and flat, the others could put their feet down in a slippery situation, I had to hit it harder and hope for the best which was dumping the bike in the moss. Next water crossing was deeper, Joe (made it across) and waited down close to the water, I hollered YOU BETTER GET OUT OF THE WAY, he takes off quick, I nailed the throttle and hit it hard to the other side than BAM, back wheel was stuck in the water on the bank but I made it through, next crossing was Rocky. When I say rocky, not small gravel but decent sized rocks, I made it through on the bank where rocks started bouncing me around and I dumped it again. Okay, this is getting old and I'm getting tired!

Having a blast though and I did want the tougher stuff. Continue on stopping to look at nice scenery, creeks and wildlife. We hit another challenge, where Joe was stuck on a hill so I going to fly up another direction and wait on Joe and John. Front wheel was no problem and went up, the back wheel was another story, remember I have to hit it faster, the rear wheel was a dead stop compressed the springs and threw me horizontally against a tree. This one hurt, knocked the breath out of me, unable to stand up on my feet, or speak, I saw Joe still trying to get his bike up and me incapacitated until I could catch some air and the pain subsided. Similar to a fast ball thrown into your ribs with no interference to slow it down. I didn't hear a crunch inside so hoping all was okay.

We discover John broke the weld on his shifter, back to town we go for a welder to strike a bead on what was left attached at 20 percent. Broke down where the shaft is welded to the part that goes over the shifter shaft from the motor. If it broke there would be no way to shift the motor with your foot other than a pair of pliers before you took off. The first guy pulled out a wire feed welder and proceeded to weld, we look at each other and ask the guy, where's your helmet, I don't need a helmet, won't be but a little bit I'll be alright. We question again and received the same answer, luckily his welder would not work and we headed to another shop.

Back out we go for more fun, stopped at a ladies house I ask her for directions and a café. We found a great little café at the end of civilization, ran by a lady her daughter and an 80 yr old guy named Bud who did the best pies! All the food was excellent. Open faced sandwich layered with smoked pork with a wonderful gravy, pinto beans, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, yeast rolls, all homemade and topped off with a piece of pie. The lady pointed us to a pretty good way back, part of the way Joe's back tire looked low, picked up a nail, pull the nail out and continue on with his flat rear tire. Short time before than my aftermarket baffle blew out, luckily Joe picked it up. We had about 35-40 miles to go back to our motel, his rear tire did okay, a few miles before town a heavy rain hit, soaked us good and filled our boots with water. Saturday night we had work to be done on bikes, flat tire and somewhere along the way my electric start stopped working, tightened mirrors and pack up items that fell off.   

Sunday we planned to ride then head back late that afternoon, about a 6 hour drive, with a big storm headed in many of us decided to head back instead of riding, problem was we had no place to come back to. I was in pain so that idea was okay with me.
   
I am recuperating now, sore ribs, not able to do much. Had lots of fun, found a good place to eat, now I have to fix the weaknesses for a better time next time out. I did not take my camera, no place to put it and didn't want to crush the camera in case of a dismount or several.  No proof reading here, plz bear with my mistakes. 

The bike performed well, I had 2 extra pads on the seat for comfort. With the seat height at 39.2" the pads brought this well over 40-plus inches. That is an area I need to address, too tall and make the seat softer in the process. New battery went south on me, maybe a better battery will handle the vibration better and being beat around.   

[Jerry G Turner]

I am recuperating now, sore ribs, not able to do much             All in the name of fun it's strange how we define having a good time.

[TLRam1]

I am recuperating now, sore ribs, not able to do much             All in the name of fun it's strange how we define having a good time.

I thought I would wake up and be much better today. 

[rjb/AKA Bob Barram]

WOW!! were you humming the tune to 'Deliverence' while you wrote that????
Sounds like too much fun!!!!!!!!!

[TLRam1]

When you get where we were at, the thought could easily happen, civilian law might not be so bad. 

It was fun Bob, I have work to do for a better ride next time. i think anyone would have a blast riding on duel sport or dirt bike. I think the next big one is in Mexico.