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Okey Dokey,
I’d look around for a 21 front wheel with the right axle size and if you get the backing plate and front cable you’d only need to make some spacers. Ditch the 23″ wheel – it was an answer to a question NO-ONE should have ever asked.
Otherwise, you’re on the right track as far as sourcing a complete front end with the same size fork tubes – it will slide right in. Try A.R. Maxwells. They are a wrecker in VIC that I’ve bought a lot of stuff for and they seem to not be complete wankers – tongue in cheek (actually they have a great knowledge base and are cool to deal with).
Rear shock are super long and the only thing we’ve been able to source is Hagon double spring shocks that are that long. Sold a pair for an XL500 this week. Retail at $350. You will not set the world on fire with them, but then again what can you do with a 150kg 14hp trail bike… you have the power to weight ratio of a ride on mower with gear advantage.
HOWEVER… check these guys out because they make fire breathing 2 valve Honda motors…www.powroll.com – how about a bored and stroked 340 running 13:1. Ahhh the smell of av-gas in the air… They also have a healthy index of like minded lovers of old two valve Honda and such and list them on the appropriate page.
Happy hunting,
RudyHence the old adage – wakey wakey hands off snakey.
You just cant help yourself, can you TB?
We’ll never tell… actually its an easy set up / re-valve that thanks to people like Nick and TB we have perfected now. It never ceases to make us wonder why factories produce huge trail bikes and under spring and under dampen them. The test rides must be on Quaaludes…
Good news to hear Nick.
Happy trails,
ERStill no questions.
I’m back on double secret probation on Retro MX site, but my first love is OBT.
Rudy
xxWell I think you answered your own question…
So if you have a semi leaky, poorly toleranced fork at 45mm and blow it out to 50mm, what do you think happens?
Its not a rhetorical question either. They can be made to work quite well, its just your definition of quite well.
ER out.
50mm WP right side up forks?
Ick.
DRZs are like fat chicks, fun to ride, but you don’t want your mates to see you on one… boom, boom, tish
Lets see, Wikipedia says this about the clitoris;
The clitoris (i /ˈklɪtərɪs/, i /klɪˈtɔərɪs/ or UK /ˈklaɪtɒrɪs/) is a sexual organ that is present only in female mammals. In humans, the visible button-like portion is located near the anterior junction of the labia minora, above the opening of the urethra and vagina. Unlike the penis, which is homologous to the clitoris, the clitoris does not contain the distal portion of the urethra. The only known exception to this is in the Spotted Hyena. In this species, the urogenital system is unique in that the female urinates, mates and gives birth via an enlarged, erectile clitoris, known as a pseudo-penis
New respect for Hyenas eh?
Now based on that information and extensive workshop investigation I do believe I can pronounce your DRZ NOT female, as there is no clitoris to be found. There is a small button for the horn, but repeated pressing only brought annoyance and no pleasure to the bike.
I will not go so far as to say that that a lack of clitoris makes the bike definitively male, ergo a pleasurable riding experience on said DRZ makes you a homo, but it still does bring slight ridicule as evidence by the responses in this thread so far.
I will give this advice, ask you significant other if you can search out the mythical clitoris. If not struck with something heavy immediately, this search may bring you more riding time without backlash in the future.
Rudy out.
Wow this is a conundrum. The bush mechanic in me says you’ve been riding with them that long, eh so what, don’t worry about it.
The profession safety Nazi in me says replace it before something catastrophic happens.
However I will defer to Dr. Nick for a second opinion, as he may have dealt with something similar.
Stand fast,
RudyYou can call me anything, just not late for dinner.
I am far to shrewed to be a Dick. Plus I am here on O-ficial Business. The other two tool sites are for fun.
Not sure is Tony will ever be a real man with Julia doing such a good job of being one. I do know that we would pay less tax as he believes in small government and big business.
Personality he is not, but neither was Howard and those were the best years Australia had fiscally and socially (in terms of employment and social programs) since the end of WW2.
I do believe though that if Tony were a dirt biker, he’d ride and SL230…
Suspension questions anyone?
Rudy out.Nope its just some guys with old bikes are to precious, and they don’t like it when people get sick of discussing the merits of the different white paint used by Yamaha on their early YZ tanks.
Thats why I like the guys and gals here. Real bikes getting ridden by real people.
Rudy
xxxoooOK still waiting for any questions please.
I have now been baned from the Retro Dirt Bike Forum, so its nothing but time for you all.
Best,
Rudycan i ride your Tenere’? I want to sit in a lounge chair and listen to my iPod…
He’s my Fa-jah.
Once you try crack it doesn’t matter what its made of, your hooked. Poor Jimmy.
rego, i dont need no stinking rego… say hello to my little friend.
We I see your “Jimmy crack corn” and raise you a “Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat Ivy”. Why does Ivy get oral sex?
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