If anybody is interested in selling me a stock taillight assembly, please PM me. Only my Brake/taillight is on the fritz for some reason, so I only need to replace that section, but realize that might leave someone with a rather useless shell. Thanks in advence, and safe riding!
Thanks for keeping it going. Has helped finalize a lot of decisions for me, and others I am sure. Best of luck!
I'm going out to Colorado again this July and was wondering what the group thinks are the best tires to use? I'm thinking MT 43's front and rear. We are going to be staying at Almont, Colorado at Three Rivers Resort which has lots of single track in the area.
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My favorite tire combination is: Dunlap 606 on rear, and Pirelli MT21 on front. I've rode just about all the TAT with this combination. Good Luck in your selection Hardroad
Lots of folks like the MT-43 rear, but not that many seem to run them on both ends. I'm pleased with my MT-21 front. I'd be running an MT-43 rear if it wasn't so tall (and my legs so short). PM Crawdaddy for some feedback. __________________________________________________________________________ Did the Midhurst Trail ride in Simcoe County Ontario on June 23, and hooked a stump with my right boot. Sore, purple, but seemed not too bad. I have been walking on it, just eating a few Advil. Didn't slow me down much, rode the street bike a few hundred kms last weekend. After 9 days it didn't seem much better, so I went to the doc today for an x-ray. Damn, it's broken! Fack! Riding season is short enough in Ontario without this! Thank goodness for ADVRider, at least I can armchair some adventures!
Sorry to hear that. I kinda know what that's like. Saw the doctor today and had some xrays taken. I fell in Feb. and sprained my wrist. Today the doc said I broke a bone and will operate on Tues. I've been out of riding since March 16th and it will be at least another 8 weeks.
I'm running MT 23's front and rear and I couldn't be more pleased with them. I cranked the shortener down to restore some highway stability and balance the bike. I've been running around 16 psi in them all the time. I have about 800 miles on them so far. They are really good for the type of conditions here. No mud, but everything else. They inspire confidence on the street too.
Had a great ride in Wabeno on Sunday and Monday. Met up with 2 others who also had the mighty WRr/x... technically I had the only R... Much thanks to ADWrider, and his bro Wieb27. My Bro-in-law and I met up with these guys on the slab, and pictured is the bikes where we first stopped to meet and greet. rode most of the day with these guys back to the MX track South of Wabeno. Had some great fun with them along the way... Mud, woods and a bit of mis-direction along the way... more narrative... I let some "jolly rogers" pass then I noticed 2 more bikes coming in the review. I notified my bro-in-law on his new (never used prior) blue-tooth com thingys that 2 dudes on Dualsports were approaching, we slowed, let them by and (eventually) they stopped where pictured. Chatted for a bit (I knew they were on ADV immediately when I saw them in the review) and rode the rest of the day.... (More or Less) and did some awesome riding through, well, basically every type of terrain. Lessons of the trip.. Those blue-tooth things kick ass. No question now, (although I thought they were a bit girly prior to use) the other I already knew. If you see others on DS bikes in a known DS area, chances are they are on ADV (the 3rd largest special interest forum in the world) Stop and make a real world connection. Will you ever see them or ride with them again? Chances say no, but who cares, you have that moment to ride!
Well the only place where I can beat this guy is in sand... Otherwise equal, or he is slightly better, not in the sand though... That is the only place where I can say that I do better... Single track? Well he is better at that than me. When fresh I can keep with him, (most of the time) but if I tire, he kicks my ass... I grew up on sand, and I can still whomp ass on on it... The shittier sand the better I do... In comparison...
+1 I will be returning from Afghanistan soon and will be looking to get a WRR in the Stockton/Sacramento area. I have never had or bought a new bike and am looking for the same advice as Pro. Thanks.
In the old days of air cooling, I always went to a heavier oil in hot weather because those babies really got hot at slow speeds. With water cooling, the engine temps seem to hold about the same in any but the coldest weather.
Speaking of water cooling and effects of ambient temperature... I have been contemplating installing a hotter thermostat in my WR, if they are available. I have noticed over the year and change the I've owned it that the bike runs significantly better in the summer, especially when the temps are 85+. It seems like there is less vibration, more peppiness, more power, and better gas mileage. In the winter, the bike just doesn't perform as well. Perhaps the OEM tstat opens at too cold a temperature and never really allows the engine to fully warm up? Does anyone know what temperature the stock tstat opens and if there is a hotter version available? Maybe I'll have to get a thermobob
I would normally agree with that, I'm not the type of person to modify things just for the sake of modifying. In fact I still use the stock exhaust and a completely unmolested airbox. I actually think the engineers knew what they were doing when they designed this bike. However I just can't help but think that the bike runs significantly rougher and less refined during cooler weather. I did a little research and found that the stock tstat opens at roughly 160 degrees. This is very low in modern for a modern vehicle. Most cars now have at least 180 degree tstats, with even 195 being quite common. There is a reason the OEMs are doing this now, hotter running engines have greater combustion efficiency and better fuel economy. I cringe when I see people put in colder thermostats in bikes and cars. Many people get the wrong idea about how thermostats work. Thermostats can only set the MINIMUM operating temperature, the engine is still going to run at its operating temperature, unless the ambient temperature and the radiator design will not allow it reach that temp. Perhaps the Wr's cooling system just doesn't let it warm up fully in winter climes? Without a temp gauge it's hard to say. But I do know that my WR loves the summer heat, and has never once lit up the temp warning light, even in 105+ degree weather. If I could buy a hotter tstat I would, just need to find one first!
Mine runs fine down to -20. Below that, its hard to get started due to the cold... and it did (eventually) warm up to temp. Winter gas sucks, I always noticed the changeover on my WR when I rode it daily.