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Moto wrote:
Quote:It was interesting to note the comments above regarding fitness as I was going to post something along the same lines a few days ago until my laptop gave up. Strangely within hours my mobile battery died (permanently) too :blink:Anyway, the best way to shed some pounds off is to shed them from yourself. It will make you fitter, feel better, have more energy, get more horn from the wife and help reduce your total bike/rider weight package.
It always used to make me laugh when I was racing mountain bikes and some boys would spend stupid amounts of monet to save just a couple of grams (yes grams, not Kg’s), yet they could do with losing a couple of thousend grams themselves
Again, as per other posts, I’m not saying your fat Boony, but I would bet most of us would benefit and could do with losing a few Kegs
I’m going to start tomorrow
It is so true! One thing many OB’s have in common besides the love of riding bikes in the bush is carrying a few kg’s too many. I could benefit from losing 5 right now. I am 6’1″ and am currently 93kg. Any time I am sub 90 I feel heaps better on and off the bike. I am going to start a ‘biggest loser’ style thread were those interested sign up to it and have to report in every week. We can follow each others progress which is one of the best motivations to stay on track.
Thoughts?
Trailboss wrote:
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Boony beauty is in the eyes of the beholder but bugger me thats bloody ugly in my opinion that is :unsure: (sorry buddy)
And as far as the down lights go if you ever have to ride at night they are as handy as a kick in the kegs I know I had a light with them once :blink:For about a kilos saving you are hard core mate
The yellow will help it for sure
TB
I think yellow will helpa lot. but hey someone has to do something different every so often or life would be boring
AnonymousBoony that headlight that is bound to scare Skippy and small children off if they see it coming. (Maybe that was what you are hoping for) :laugh:
God that is ugly – sorry mate – as long as your happy with it is all that matters
Loose the blinkers and I reckon it will look pretty trick actually.
Mick, what kinda journo are you? It’s LOSE not Loose ya goose!
Boony, dude, you’re hurting my eyes with that headlight sunshine! I have seen better looking XR’s! :laugh:
I reckon those stock blinkers have to go too, they are bloody massive, especially compared to the new shroud up front.
AnonymousHey Boony, you know I love you but…. harden the fark up. :laugh:
I weigh 58kgs (read 59 but wishing 58) and my bike is 125kgs wet. I don’t know how much you weigh but the accountant in me says that to keep the same sort of ratio you would need to be roughly 65kgs. I’m not gonna guess how much you weigh but it’s probably more than this.
I find my bike heavy but everytime I go out on it (I do get out probably more often than you though because I try to get out on average once a month at least) I find that it is easier to pick up every time I go out. And I know that you are not just referring to the fact that it might be heavy to pick up but also the ease of throwing it around in single trail maybe. The WRR might have an advantage there, I don’t know. I love my WR.
I mention all of this because when I first got my WR I baulked at the weight and thought I would never be able to pick it up. 90% of the time I can now (except on that hill Eagle :laugh: ).
In saying all this I think that you should try to get as much weight off it as you can because it all helps.
So next time you are cursing the DR because it’s a fatty just think of my little chicken arms. :laugh:
And it was a drop not an off :laugh:
AnonymousI forgot to add Boony, this is what I did to my DR to lighten it.
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AnonymousBoony wrote:
Quote:people,people,people,,I mentioned at the start of this thread that I was trying to take some of the excess weight off the DRZ and the threads turned into some kind of (toughn up,or buy another brand bike and all kinds of other suggestions)sheez..I joked about beating a ktm and a klx due to have some fun at louee with these brand of bikes. i was never trying to take mammoth amounts of weight off my bike.And yes the light surround was always going to be recieving some yellow graffics of some sought, this is a new style of surround and I am going to give it a wirl.
Thinking should keep ideas quiet from now on.Boony
Don’t be like that Boony. It wouldn’t be the same on the site without your ideas.
And you wouldn’t believe how many times I have been told to harden up princess.
Boony wrote:
Quote:people,people,people,,I mentioned at the start of this thread that I was trying to take some of the excess weight off the DRZ and the threads turned into some kind of (toughn up,or buy another brand bike and all kinds of other suggestions)sheez..I joked about beating a ktm and a klx due to have some fun at louee with these brand of bikes. i was never trying to take mammoth amounts of weight off my bike.And yes the light surround was always going to be recieving some yellow graffics of some sought, this is a new style of surround and I am going to give it a wirl.
Thinking should keep ideas quiet from now on.Boony
Ah Boony, you have the right idea mate, I get it! Still don’t like the headlight, but the idea is right. Lay off the Boonster folks! He’s alright!
Boony wrote:
Quote:people,people,people,,I mentioned at the start of this thread that I was trying to take some of the excess weight off the DRZ and the threads turned into some kind of (toughn up,or buy another brand bike and all kinds of other suggestions)sheez..I joked about beating a ktm and a klx due to have some fun at louee with these brand of bikes. i was never trying to take mammoth amounts of weight off my bike.And yes the light surround was always going to be recieving some yellow graffics of some sought, this is a new style of surround and I am going to give it a wirl.
Thinking should keep ideas quiet from now on.Boony
Whoa no ones picking on you, I just dont like your light and said be careful when riding when its dark as I had one that used down lights and they are shit it the dark :laugh:
And as far as people not liking things fark people make fun of my jersey because they got shit taste and pasted me over riding Moose’s 125 and boony you was was one of them :laugh: ,
Never told you to buy another bike, DR is a great bike and said the yellow would improve it, its OBT harden up ECKS and Boony we are all different thats what makes it all workTB
:laugh: Settle Petal
Sorry if I started this crap with the ugly comments about the light mate but is is a shockerIf you stop posting your ideas Boonster, I will come up there & there will be trouble man :laugh: It takes some of the heat off the rest of us :laugh:
Get the yellow contact quick matey,,,,
Cheers
ECKS-Man wrote:
Quote:Mick, what kinda journo are you? It’s LOSE not Loose ya goose!Boony, dude, you’re hurting my eyes with that headlight sunshine! I have seen better looking XR’s! :laugh:
I reckon those stock blinkers have to go too, they are bloody massive, especially compared to the new shroud up front.
Alright I spelt “Lose” wrong, I was having a beer or three at the time. :S
I am not a journo,I am a plant mechanic by trade. I just rocked up at the newspaper one day and they gave me a job.I still don’t mind the look of the headlight shroud,where did you get it and how much Boony ? I might just get one for the project XR.
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