Quote from: ungeheuer on August 16, 2015, 02:31:46 AM
So... it's "dual sport" bike time then Mendo Dave.

More options than you can poke a stick at.  I went for the DR coz they're cheap, simple, relatively un-heavyish, and easy to fix when you bend things in the middle of nowhere.

Pretty much everything else has water cooling.... and that - for my needs - was a complication I could live without.

So with the shop closing.... are you dusting off the theodolite once more?  
IMO Multi too posh for bush bashin' GK (cept for City Gents like your good self  ).

Indeed! ðŸ'ðŸ»

Quote from: gino on August 16, 2015, 03:39:38 AM
Well i was dead and now im back!

gino the resurrected! Nice!

Quote from: ungeheuer on August 16, 2015, 02:31:46 AM
So... it's "dual sport" bike time then Mendo Dave.

More options than you can poke a stick at.  I went for the DR coz they're cheap, simple, relatively un-heavyish, and easy to fix when you bend things in the middle of nowhere.

Pretty much everything else has water cooling.... and that - for my needs - was a complication I could live without.

Sorry to change subject but I figured that locking thread was done so.....

Hey Ung!!!
Help me out here, I'd really like to get the monster rebuilt and back on the road but I've been toying with the idea of buying a DR 650, did look at an XR400, nice and light, air cooled, simple, reliable but too many drawbacks, kick start only, light subframe (not good for putting loads on) poor lights cos low output with the alternator thingy. So with me wanting to get back to what they now call 'adventure' riding (started doing this kind of thing back in the eighties on a XT500) I'm looking at the DR so Ung what do you reckon is the DR a good thing??






                                    Mmick

Mmick if you're doing what I call old bloke's dirt riding.... on dirt roads rather than...

yer actual DIRT riding.... the DR is a good bit of gear.  Or at least a good start.... to a good bit of gear.  The forks are rubbish as is the rear shock.... but as with everything for a DR.... there are 10,000 options for upgrading the shit bits.  There's a DR improvement to suit every budget 

They're sturdy.  Can carry stuff.  No radiator or hoses to break and leave you stranded.  No canbus fancy-pants electronics which can't be "bush fixed".  No fuel injection , no fuel pump.  Dead bloody simple.  Can cruise (perhaps calling it "cruising" is a little bit of a stretch) all day on the Freeway at 100km/h.  Capable enough to do it all reasonable well, while excelling at nothing.

What they're not.... is sexy.

You gotta buy Orange for that 

Quote from: gino on August 16, 2015, 03:39:38 AM
Well i was dead and now im back!

Well gino, I'm certainly glad you're..... feeling so much better    Welcome back 

Quote from: ungeheuer on August 16, 2015, 04:15:00 AM
Mmick if you're doing what I call old bloke's dirt riding.... on dirt roads rather than...

yer actual DIRT riding.... the DR is a good bit of gear.  Or at least a good start.... to a good bit of gear.  The forks are rubbish as is the rear shock.... but as with everything for a DR.... there are 10,000 options for upgrading the shit bits.  There's a DR improvement to suit every budget 

They're sturdy.  Can carry stuff.  No radiator or hoses to break and leave you stranded.  No canbus fancy-pants electronics which can't be "bush fixed".  No fuel injection , no fuel pump.  Dead bloody simple.  Can cruise (perhaps calling it "cruising" is a little bit of a stretch) all day on the Freeway at 100km/h.  Capable enough to do it all reasonable well, while excelling at nothing.

What they're not.... is sexy.

You gotta buy Orange for that 
Well gino, I'm certainly glad you're..... feeling so much better    Welcome back 

This^^^
Which is probably why I won't get one...even though they make perfect sense.

I don't see the water cooling as an issue. I used to ride my CR's in the woods; never had a problem with the cooling. Maybe I was lucky. A nice well placed stick in a radiator would send you home walking but how often does that happen? Probably less often than the missing master link, or the flat tire, or no gas, or crashed and broke the clutch lever, or crashed and broke the collar bone or the leg bone scenario.

Quote from: Never Ning Dave on August 16, 2015, 03:15:09 PM
This^^^
Which is probably why I won't get one...even though they make perfect sense.

The Germans and Austrians will be happy to take your money 

Quote from: Never Ning Dave on August 16, 2015, 03:15:09 PM....A nice well placed stick in a radiator would send you home walking but how often does that happen? Probably less often than the missing master link, or the flat tire, or no gas, or crashed and broke the clutch lever, or crashed and broke the collar bone or the leg bone scenario.

All true.

Quote from: monstermick58 on August 16, 2015, 03:57:10 AM


Sorry to change subject but I figured that locking thread was done so.....

Hey Ung!!!
Help me out here, I'd really like to get the monster rebuilt and back on the road but I've been toying with the idea of buying a DR 650, did look at an XR400, nice and light, air cooled, simple, reliable but too many drawbacks, kick start only, light subframe (not good for putting loads on) poor lights cos low output with the alternator thingy. So with me wanting to get back to what they now call 'adventure' riding (started doing this kind of thing back in the eighties on a XT500) I'm looking at the DR so Ung what do you reckon is the DR a good thing??


                                   Mmick

Hey Mmick.Me too.Had a TT 500 on the dirt .What a beast of a motor!Brought it brand new in the 80 s Hammered it for years!

Front fork change tomorrow!

Expecting it to make a big difference to the front end handling. ðŸ'ðŸ»

Looking forward to some sunny Spring riding. Scored a new set of RST gloves and RST Kevlar jeans.

Quote from: GK on September 01, 2015, 01:43:59 PM
Looking forward to some sunny Spring riding.

Me too.

Have to make an appointment to see Brad. 

Sounds like a plan!

Yeah, so I've put Termi's on the 1100.

I seem to be setting off A LOT of car alarms now.

Loud is safe. ðŸ'ðŸ»ðŸ'ðŸ»

As long as it's not Harley loud. I hate Harley loud!

Nah, Harleys sound like wet farts.

Never heard that description before, but heck it fits! Lol!