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Bcordb3
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 11:56 am: | 
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Coffee getter!
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Reepicheep
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 12:06 pm: |
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Everyone I know with a big thumper (i.e. XR-650) had a top end rebuild before 20k miles. Being a single, it wasn't a huge deal, but something to price in. |
Zane
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 12:29 pm: |
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Really think about a Blast. Mine was an 04 and I put over 7000 miles on mine in less than a year. No issues at all. None. Just the normal oil changes and a set of tires. My commute to work was about 17 miles evenly split between surface roads going 35-45 mph and highway speeds of 65 or so. The first half of my commute was even two up as I used the bike to drop my 15 year old son off at school on the way to work. Still got low 60's for gas mileage. Great little bike and when I have two nickels to rub together, I'll get another one. |
Britchri10
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 02:02 pm: |
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Andymnelson: Actually have Hi-flow intake, K&N, Jardine RT1, Rejetted carb, small screen, different bars etc' on my Blast. I' am 6'1",
200 Lbs and the Blast will vibrate its way to 93(Indicated)with me on it! (LOL)
(Message edited by britchri10 on March 09, 2010) |
86129squids
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 02:13 pm: |
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Craigslist has all kinds of <$2500 rides- I dig scanning them from time to time just to see what turns up.
+1 on a big D/S thumper- get into it as far under $2500 as you can for a clean one, then start farkling the heck out of it. I've got two good friends who are masters at this- Megan and Francois at www.dualsporttouring.com
+1 on the Blast- see Vern's wife's bike for a mutated one- unless you're over 6'.
Wish I could go fishing for a good beater bike...  |
Pwnzor
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 02:39 pm: |
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Hey Koz, how did you like kick starting the XT when it was hot? No compression release right? I had an '88 XT600 before the XR650L, and sometimes I just had to wait till it cooled down before riding again. |
Ezblast
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:34 pm: |
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My commuter/coffee shop machine. A modern cafe!
EZ |
Tbowdre
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:41 pm: |
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Im diggin' that ezblast! really cool looking.
The more i think about it the more I want a supermoto bike. I just wish the USA would get its ass in gear and build something... COME ON EBR!!!! LOL. time to motocross/supercross/enduro race
you KNOW BRP has the motor!
oh yeah and earlier today I found a 2001 blast with 10,000 miles for 1400.00 gonna check it out this weekend |
Swordsman
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:45 pm: |
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Worst things about the Blast is that ugly-ass extended seat and the weird swoopy stock peg arms. Chop that off and it's a sharp-looking bike! I'd love to have one to toy with, but I blow enough $$$ on my Ss!
~SM |
Cityxslicker
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:46 pm: |
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going to throw a monkey wrench in the loop.... if you are just commuting on it, something pure hooligan, tube frame looks, and SuMo....
Sachs X-Road locally 2995 +ttl
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Ezblast
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 03:48 pm: |
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lol |
Koz5150
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 04:25 pm: |
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sacks also makes the Madass which I saw localy last week. For 125cc's it looks fun.
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Mikej
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 04:48 pm: |
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I put 70,000+ miles on an 80's Honda CM450e while living in SoCal which included a lot of freeway hours and lane splitting. If I recall correctly it had a 6-speed manual trans. All it ever needed was tires and chain, occasionally I'd throw a set of spark plugs or a fresh air filter on it. Enough gears to keep up with the traffic surges, brakes were marginal though. It had over 80,000 miles on it when I gave it to a relative here in Wisconsin and still ran fine.
Also look at the old GS series Suzukis from the 80's-90's.
Save the dualsport thumpers for lower mileage duty and fun detour romps.
Just my opinion based on my experience.
And with that said I'd still like to get a dualsport thumper to play around with one of these years. |
Jcbikes
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - 11:13 pm: |
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Here is my Dualsport thumper.
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86129squids
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 05:24 pm: |
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That Madass is just BEGGING for some motor mods, etc. I'd LOVE to mutate one of those... |
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