Let's get dirty!

[Cooter]

i unfortunately read bull**** like this quite often. sadly it's always from non-BMW owners.

I quit buying BMW's when they decided to make the oil cap need a specialty tool to add oil. Ugh.

The same bike that says burning a quart of oil every 800 miles is "within spec".

I'm happy you like yours.

 

[rb70383]

Thanks Cooter for the insight. Only borrowed a buddy's dirt bike. 400 4 stroke. That was fun. Even more fun when he said you have to go faster in deep sand. yea total noob on off road motorcycling. Almost got a ZERO DSR, but luckily I found the EBR first. :eagerness:

 

[Cooter]

No worries my man:eagerness: Borrow, trade, or test ride a bunch of different ones and find what fits! I always preach that a good dirt rider makes and excellent street rider:angel:

 

[BuellyBagger]

I can smell it tooooooo!!!! Lol!! Cody do you have to take a nap between the novels too? Just asking.

Sure do, i also do a shot and spin around three times between each.

 

[34nineteen]

So....
Cooter, What would you recommend for a starter off road bike?

I've been eyeballing this...

https://www.ktm.com/us/enduro/250-xc-w-tpi

Fun review of it on Fort Nine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F02h3MWSM30

 

[Cooter]

Do it you Hooligan!!


Ryan F9 needs his own weekly show. He could post an entertaining video about shoveling snow, he's that good:angel:

 

[dantroop]

One thing to think about is maintenance. The orange bikes USE to require oil changes at an hourly interval. Not sure about that now but a few years ago that took them out of my hunt. I have to ride to where I'm going to ride off road. 6,000 mile oil change sold me on my Xchallenge. Mind you it's not a single track beast (at least in my hands) but fire roads and street are cake. The x stock was 340# wet. Last time I weighed it with me and all my camping gear it was 600+! :black_eyed: A lighter bike should handle better than a heaver on in the dirt but not as good on the road. Just like tires.

 

[rb70383]

Surfing search tempest now for used bikes. ugh. I hope I don't find a good deal now.

 

[BuellyBagger]

Surfing search tempest now for used bikes. ugh. I hope I don't find a good deal now.

Lol, that's how I got in this mess... same exact thought.

 

[Cooter]

Next step, SuperMotos for everyone!!! LOL

 

[34nineteen]

Next step, SuperMotos for everyone!!! LOL

Cue up the Oprah meme!

 

[njloco]

Well, a super moto could do everything your STT could and more but I don't think they would last as long or be as comfortable on long road trips.

 

[Cooter]

NJ: Facts and reason have no place here:


https://www.lacyclesports.com/inventory/2018-suzuki-dr-z400sm-inglewood-ca-90301-10432726i

:love_heart:

 

[rb70383]

NJ: Facts and reason have no place here

Sounds like my job...


That is nice supermoto. My first track day, I got pulled, to be watched, and the instructor was on a supermoto pulling away from me. :eagerness::black_eyed:

 

[BuellyBagger]

Finally got a good ride in on the new Ulysses. Even got some gravel and sand/river silt time in.

 

[njloco]

I just reread most of this post, one thing I must strongly disagree with is hard bags. Reason being if you have to plant one of your feet to try and kick the bike up, if the hard bag catches your leg and it goes under it, you stand a good chance of breaking your leg, this is the main reason I have soft bags on my bike. I could never understand these metal hard bags with ninety degree edges and pointy corners, at least the Buell bags are plastic with curved corners.

The plus side of hard bags is if you fall over while riding you and the bike have more protection and the bike is easier to pick up.