[Bruce CurtisMember]

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Moto to answer your querie

The WiseHead is having a bout of surgery ATM, Front suspenders are making their way up to Qld for a makeover to suit my weight and riding style (I broke them on an outing with Bens’ Border Ranges Bretheren a few weeks ago, these blokes are very very seriously hard core BTW, bury your dead is their catchcry!!) rear unit will follow in a few weeks.
Have been having carburettor issues (I hope) as well, I set the idle, it runs beaut then in the middle of a ride it will stop dead on no throttle which makes tricky corners on off camber hills and pivot turns in gullies a real treat, then when i get home it runs fine again for a while, intermitent problems can be a nightmare, I’ve changed reeds (Vforce3s) reset float, checked needle & seat, cleaned tank, blown carby out, changed plugs ad-naseum, still does it every so often.
But i s’pose you could say it gets a bit of abuse ie: the new Dunlop D756 lasted 2 rides (198 klms) before the knobs cried “enough”, and looked balder than my dome, so I replaced it with a D952, which is supposed to offer similar levels of grip with better longevity.

Mr Blue

[Bruce CurtisMember]

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Pretty shocking for a mechanic.

Moto in my experience it is actually more common than not for a mechanic to have the worst maintained machinery, my best mate runs a multi-million dollar operation looking afetr a fleet of vehicles, yet still i have to fix his head gasket on his XR500 so he can go riding with us, and don’t even ask about his 1958 dodge Ram, Katana 1100 or GSXR11 either, projects waiting to happen………………eventually.

Mr Blueseas

[Bruce CurtisMember]

moto wrote:

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Mr Blue wrote:

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Bruce you do get around don’t you:laugh:

I had thought of the 300 (lots) but love the torque of the 450. I may change to 2 smoke at some point in time, just not feeling the love just yet. How are liking the YZ250WR?

Hey Moto, I ain’t the only one who treks the super highway of information methinks….. on the bikes as you probably have gleaned the big strokers just don’t float my boat yet, maybe when I grow up a bit they might appeal, as for the YZ250WR, everyone who has got one or has had one love them

Mr Bluecee

[Bruce CurtisMember]

heya Moto, I reckon a 300 would suit wouldn’t it? :whistle:

Honestly & seriously though, when I used to update every season the revolutionary models generally let me down, the second evolutionary model were always the better choice.

ie
YZ125J sorta duddy
YZ125K equal class leader
CR450R crankcase cracker,
Cr480R mucho betterer
Husqvarna the early 2000’s
Husqvarna now=excellent
KTM300s 1990s= excellent
KTM300s 2000s= still excellent

Mmm see where this is going

Mr Bluecee

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