Forum: Thumpers
Yesterday, 01:30 PM
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Correct. I bought mine in San Diego about 2...
Correct. I bought mine in San Diego about 2 months ago (used) in all white and not a decal in sight.
Just converting back to OE red for selling.
May have white rad scoops, fender and silver...
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Forum: The Rockies It's all downhill from here...
05-15-2013, 09:13 AM
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Ending at the start of BDR
Reversed the first BDR stage - Blanding to the AZ border but decided to take the parallel Comb Wash Road on the west side of Comb Ridge, about 15 miles and 40 mins to the junction with Snowflat Road...
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Forum: Day Trippin'
05-14-2013, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 12
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Oh, didn't realise I had all these replies and...
Oh, didn't realise I had all these replies and views; assumed it had sunk. adv notifies about 1 in 10 replies.
Glad you enjoyed it. Just ridden the last few miles into Flagstaff. Coming down busy...
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Forum: The Rockies It's all downhill from here...
05-13-2013, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 106
Views: 8,083
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Forum: Thumpers
05-13-2013, 06:52 AM
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Forum: The Rockies It's all downhill from here...
05-13-2013, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 106
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Britome,
Have not done Blanding to Mex Hat yet...
Britome,
Have not done Blanding to Mex Hat yet but I believe at the very least VotG is a great excursion. After that perhaps stick to the road above Moke via Natural Bridges Park? It may be too hot...
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Forum: Thumpers
05-12-2013, 10:57 PM
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Forum: The Rockies It's all downhill from here...
05-12-2013, 10:33 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 8,083
Utbdr upd
Just about to finish up heading south from Moab over the last week towards AZ.
Onion Creek La Sal stage - made it a 90-mile clockwise day loop out of Moab with no probs, snow or mud. A good (if...
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Forum: Thumpers
05-12-2013, 05:52 PM
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That is some 20% off...
And yet mine is 8-9%...
That is some 20% off...
And yet mine is 8-9% off in the other direction; reads 9% less than true speed.
Odometre is even worse, but corrected mpg continues to amaze me.
Up to 9300', turned back...
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Forum: Thumpers
05-09-2013, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 4,829
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CRF250L for sale in Phoenix
Well if that's permitted here then let me plug my own CRF-L
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/mcy/3790047569.html
(or let the mod's axe fall)
Utah story so far....
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Forum: Thumpers
05-09-2013, 11:33 AM
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Forum: Thumpers
05-09-2013, 07:58 AM
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Views: 638,062
White Rim Trail
My L on the WRT on Tuesday - just about the best 150 miles I've ridden in years.
On the back was a new Maxxis Desert and tyres both at road pressures. To me the advantage of knobblier tyres means...
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Forum: Thumpers
05-05-2013, 10:53 AM
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Forum: Thumpers
05-05-2013, 08:40 AM
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Forum: Day Trippin'
04-30-2013, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,198
Honda CRF250L - Trans Nevada
I'm taking a ride through the Southwest towards the Overland Expo in a couple of weeks aboard a CRF250-L.
I'm curious to see if this popular new d/sport would make a good travel bike.
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Forum: Thumpers
04-24-2013, 11:14 PM
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Thanks willbe and jgas for your ideas.
js:...
Thanks willbe and jgas for your ideas.
js: not quite the same as an HD spring but you can crank up the OE spring preload by adding in a collar spacer between the loose sleeve on the shock top and...
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Forum: Thumpers
04-24-2013, 07:39 PM
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zerking about
Hi willbe (or anyone else who might know). Having taken the swingarm apart do you think a zerk fitting would work in there?
I did my links the other day but didn't do the arm - looked too hard...
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Forum: Thumpers
04-23-2013, 08:49 PM
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Jesse MonoArm rack
Nice looking rack. I'm testing a prototype Jesse Luggage 'MonoArm' rack on mine. Uncharacteristically hefty for a Jesse mount - the finished ones will be lighter (the tail rack was on the bike - an...
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Forum: Vendors
04-17-2013, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 175
Views: 19,159
Thanks Snow j and men.
No but I plan...
Thanks Snow j and men.
No but I plan to as it changes everything, but on the road right now and trying to get away from all that stuff!
In the meantime I bet there is some formula to...
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Forum: Vendors
04-15-2013, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 175
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This beans test got me thinking.
When I...
This beans test got me thinking.
When I bought them I measured my Magadan bags l x w x h as you would a rigid box and got 24L, similar to my calcs on Siskiyous (see earlier).
But the other day...
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Forum: Equipment
04-14-2013, 09:23 AM
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Forum: Vendors
04-01-2013, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 175
Views: 19,159
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Forum: Equipment
04-01-2013, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 8,966
That is changing now, and about time too. But...
That is changing now, and about time too. But even then, for years the best available bags (Andy Strapz, Steel Pony, Ortlieb) used no zips as they are always a weak point.
Mags have no lower...
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Forum: Equipment
03-23-2013, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 8,966
For my bikes I made (will make) my own.
You...
For my bikes I made (will make) my own.
You just need a high horizontal to get the hanging weight off the side panels (and pipes beneath, as on your bike) + a low horizontal to stop the loaded bag...
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Forum: Equipment
03-23-2013, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 8,966
ScottyD summed up the benefits of the Magadans....
ScottyD summed up the benefits of the Magadans. No bit of bike gear is perfect but this is one of the few items I know of that addresses the real world of overland travel rather than merely expanding...
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Forum: Vendors
03-22-2013, 07:47 AM
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Views: 19,159
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Forum: West California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
03-01-2013, 03:43 AM
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Transport CRF-L from San Diego to Phoenix
Hi all, dont know the US scene but looking for advice on how best to transport a 250 CRF from San Diego to Phoenix. I arrive there in a month.
Been looking at moto transport thread links on adv...
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Forum: Ride reports
02-11-2013, 08:18 AM
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Replies: 139
Views: 35,970
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Forum: Australia
11-22-2012, 05:46 AM
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Husky Baja for real
It must be somewhere else on Adv by now, but there was a slightly more conventional street ready version out at the Milan show recently. Definitely a TR650 with a BMW engine.
More pix and info on...
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Forum: Parallel Universe
10-25-2012, 03:18 PM
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Forum: Equipment
09-24-2012, 10:00 AM
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Just come off a 450-mile day with the Falstaff....
Just come off a 450-mile day with the Falstaff. For the last three hours I got a good hosing.
Same as last time I rode in that sort of rain, the arms leaked - through the arm cinch strap stitching,...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-20-2012, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 53
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Didn't know the sad news about Tony Kirby.
I...
Didn't know the sad news about Tony Kirby.
I discovered SideTrack in the 90s when working in Oz. I lapped it up; my sort of magazine just like US Dirt Bike was in the early 80s.
Iirc SideTrack was...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-19-2012, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 139
Views: 35,970
Hi SLM, glad you enjoyed the yarn like I did...
Hi SLM, glad you enjoyed the yarn like I did writing it, but actually no although I think that could be a Brit outlook to life. A couple of US reviews of DT have mentioned the failure element which...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-17-2012, 06:00 AM
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Replies: 139
Views: 35,970
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
09-17-2012, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 33,007
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Forum: Ride reports
09-15-2012, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 139
Views: 35,970
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
09-15-2012, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 33,007
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Forum: Ride reports
09-13-2012, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 139
Views: 35,970
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Forum: Some Assembly Required
09-13-2012, 02:17 AM
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Replies: 90
Views: 33,007
This is how my mate did it on mine...
This is how my mate did it on mine (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=787456) - an '04 GS with DR650 forks from around the same era.
Can't say I even noticed but it looks like he...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-13-2012, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 139
Views: 35,970
Thanks for your interest and comments.
Yes...
Thanks for your interest and comments.
Yes those days are well and truly over in most of the Sahara (and may actually be getting worse), but since then a lot of other places in the world have opened...
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