Who rides motorcycles?

MinnesotaEric · May 17, 2015

It amazes me that so many people don't know what counter steering is.

Garandman · May 17, 2015

caver said:
I had a 650 for many years but the carburation/modern gas main jet always plugging up if it sat more than a few weeks was driving me nuts. I do miss the snap of that 650 motor but enjoy the WR250r's fuel injection.

I got one last year to chase my son on his CRF100F. What a great bike! Can easily carry 70 on the highway. Just bought some Alpinestars motox boots so I can get out on the trails more.

We are looking for a Yamaha TTR125 or maybe CRF150F next, for my daughters to ride.

JRobyn · May 17, 2015

I agree with the philosophy of not riding unless you have the strength needed to pick up your ride after a dump, but I'm really struggling with its practical application in real life! Since my bout with sepsis a few years ago, my strength has been way down. The sepsis whacked my whole body so bad (kidney and liver shutdown, 10 days in ICU) that I was unable to stand or walk afterwards. I've mostly recovered now, but my strength will probably never be what it was, and the Triumph is HEAVY. But the itch to ride is also BAD. I'm really not inclined to sell it and get something light. So what to do, what to do. My old carbs are probably gumming up as I speak and the gas in the tank is getting funky despite Stabil.

Maybe if I dump it, I can just lay there and call for help on my cell?

- Jay

3930dave · May 17, 2015

JRobyn said:
I agree with the philosophy of not riding unless you have the strength needed to pick up your ride after a dump, but I'm really struggling with its practical application in real life! Since my bout with sepsis a few years ago, my strength has been way down. The sepsis whacked my whole body so bad (kidney and liver shutdown, 10 days in ICU) that I was unable to stand or walk afterwards. I've mostly recovered now, but my strength will probably never be what it was, and the Triumph is HEAVY. But the itch to ride is also BAD. I'm really not inclined to sell it and get something light. So what to do, what to do. My old carbs are probably gumming up as I speak and the gas in the tank is getting funky despite Stabil.

Maybe if I dump it, I can just lay there and call for help on my cell?

- Jay

For big, with performance and long legs, how about a trike ? Or, 3 wheels the other way around - BRP Spyder ?

Rgds, D. (Kaw EX500 ).

Piston · May 18, 2015

I recently sold my KTM 640 and instantly regretted it, although I wanted something better for the street, and something better for the dirt. It was a pretty good do-it-all bike but really just couldn't "do it all".

Here is it somewhere along the "Transamerica Trail"...

Then on the way to Moab, UT via "Kokopelli's Trail"...

I replaced it with a smaller bike....a plated 2 stroke KTM 250XCW

The 250 is amazing off road, but obviously terrible on anything more than a mile of pavement. For a more street oriented off roader, I got a KTM 990...
Here it is in street trim along the Blue Ridge Parkway...

And then in "off road trim".

My older son hasn't quite mastered the "balance" thing yet, but here is a pic of his first "bike".

I recently revived my wifes old bike that was sitting in the garage, after getting it running again (which was surprisingly simple) I've been using it as a way to get back and forth between my parents house and mine, about a 1/4 mile up the road. The boys on their first ride.... This is what I'm starting to refer to as the "family" bike, they love going up and down the road and through the woods on it with me.

A Hyosung GV250. (soon to be sold or traded for either a TW200 or a KLX110)

Gem99ultra · May 18, 2015

Significant other and I have a pair of Harley's and a Bushtec trailer that we putted about 200K miles around this beautiful United States. Well - we've done a couple of Saddle Sore 1000's (1,000 miles in less than one day) as well. She taught me to ride when I was 57

Here's a couple of pictures of our rides:

kevin37b · May 18, 2015

It is the gyroscope effect . Stop and see what happens .

vulcancowboy · May 18, 2015

'04 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500. My longest ride, so far

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Garandman · May 18, 2015

Piston said:
A Hyosung GV250. (soon to be sold or traded for either a TW200 or a KLX110)

TW200 is a stupid fun bike and gets more thumbs-up and compliments than any bike I've ridden. We call it the "fat tire flier." You can still buy a new one, Yamaha just seems to alternate the color from white to blue year after year.

But I still want a Rokon.....

Piston · May 18, 2015

Garandman said:
TW200 is a stupid fun bike and gets more thumbs-up and compliments than any bike I've ridden. We call it the "fat tire flier." You can still buy a new one, Yamaha just seems to alternate the color from white to blue year after year. But I still want a Rokon.....

Funny enough, the T-Dubb has been my "dream bike" for many years now. It's stupid I haven't bought one yet with how cheap they are used, but I just haven't. I know I would get more use out of it than any of my others, especially just going through the trails to my parents house and trailblazing around the woods of my NH place.

If I wasn't concerned with cost, I would actually buy a WR250X (NOT the R) and put some wide 17 inch knobies on it and a front and rear rack for a modern day fuel injected version of the T-Dubb.