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ADVCoop · 03-10-2013, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brown Falcon

Pretty sure I nailed it with my Turndown version 2.0

Looks good, sounds good. Not overly loud, but still has a nice BRAAAAAAP to it when you get on it.

1" i.d. washer with a 1-1/4" pipe for the turndown. One a late design XR600R muffler which has a 2" outlet with the insert removed.

Looks good. Turn down tips used to be common on bikes in the late 80's-90's but manufacturers got away from them. I always agreed they helped sound levels. I put the stock exhaust back on my bike yesterday and put the Supertrapp on the bench for now. Sound is a big issue and we have lost plenty of trails due to noise complaints.

RZRob · 03-10-2013, 07:25 AM

Just got done bolting all the farkles from my previous XR onto my fresh one. Personally I like the benefits of the "natural" tank, but I do have a red one too.

Offhand, list includes:

ManRack & Pelican Case
CigarStruts (Subframe Supports)
FMF PowerBomb & PowerCore 4
Skid Plate
Maier Windscreen
Frame Guards
Front Fork/Rear Peg Tiedown points
GPS/iPhone 5 Mount

Already Had
IMS Pegs
Renthal Bars
Filter

Still Needed
Oil Cooler
Electrical Power/Outlet

RZ Rob

Gone14s · 03-10-2013, 08:02 AM

Quite a few pages back folks where asking about the Al Baker XR's only Tank decals. I was reading that they stopped making them and where no longer on there web site. I called them and ask and they still are making these Tank decals. It takes a little looks on there site but they are there.
The one on my tank in has been on there for over a year now and still going strong. Just a FYI folks.

Kurt

JWhitmore44 · 03-10-2013, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gone14s

Quite a few pages back folks where asking about the Al Baker XR's only Tank decals. I was reading that they stopped making them and where no longer on there web site. I called them and ask and they still are making these Tank decals. It takes a little looks on there site but they are there.
The one on my tank in has been on there for over a year now and still going strong. Just a FYI folks.

Kurt

I like that red, white, and blue theme

ThumpnRed · 03-10-2013, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RZRob

Just got done bolting all the farkles from my previous XR onto my fresh one. Personally I like the benefits of the "natural" tank, but I do have a red one too.

Offhand, list includes:

ManRack & Pelican Case
CigarStruts (Subframe Supports)
FMF PowerBomb & PowerCore 4
Skid Plate
Maier Windscreen
Frame Guards
Front Fork/Rear Peg Tiedown points
GPS/iPhone 5 Mount

Already Had
IMS Pegs
Renthal Bars
Filter

Still Needed
Oil Cooler
Electrical Power/Outlet

RZ Rob

Remote start?

joexr · 03-10-2013, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Hazman27

Anyone know if a snorkel on my carb and a smaller snorkel on the air breather could help or hurt? We've seen kits on Jeep Wranglers although seemingly cosmetic. Just wondering if I run PVC tube upward, maybe rifled, like the Airaid system for pick-up trucks. I'm running the K and N cone filter and a piece of nos tubing without filter element on the breather. I have been crossing creeks that some might say are small rivers. Water depth has been at top of seat. bike almost died mid-stream!

Should work ok as long as the intake tube is wide enough. I had a YZ250 I tried this with 30 something years ago. Put a glob of dielectric grease in your spark plug cap too. I could go up to the gas tank in water.

ADV BUM · 03-10-2013, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mcma111

I belong to an off road motorcycle club over in west Marin County, The Marin County Motorcycle Association. The club leases 1200 acres of the owners property. There is an extensive network of trails. Nice big club house, the whole bit. When a trail has been used up it is taken out and rehabed and a trail put in it's place. One of the club rules is that you STAY ON THE TRAIL. No making your own trails. If people are found to behaving badly we have our own BAN HAMMER. At $500.00 a year dues a six month suspension really hurts. This years makes it thirty years as a member for me. My son and younger daughter are also members.

http://www.mcmadirt.com/

Are you allowed to take guests?

Deliverator · 03-10-2013, 09:17 AM

Gentlemen:

I am planning on riding some on-road distance with a buddy (not on an XRL) this summer who doesn't start seriously looking for gas until he hits 200 miles.

I have a Clarke 4.7 tank on my XRL with the stock fuel valve. It is desmogged with FMF header and Q4. Currently has a 14T counter sprocket (which I plan to switch to 15T for the trip) with 45T rear. Conti Twin-duros front and rear (I'd welcome advice on an 70-30 tire as well).

Currently I have to switch to reserve at about 145-150 miles. I had heard that you could get 200 miles out of this tank. Does anyone have experience with how many more miles I can reliably count on once I switch to reserve?

I know that you need to slosh the fuel over to the left side lobe, sounds like a bad idea while riding on road at speed. Am I wrong?

Thanks

bwalsh · 03-10-2013, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ONandOFF

I'm not sure where you are getting that impression about the East.

Reedin comprension scilz iz a bitch ain't it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by joexr

So you guys out west. You post all of these great pix. Do you have to stay on the dirt roads or can you go up the side of a mountain if you want to ? It sounds like out there you cant ride somewhere unless someone says you can. Most places Ive ridden in the east you can unless someone says you cant.

You didn't see(or read) the quote in his post? The answer was right there in black and white.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ONandOFF

An immature person mocks or ridicules a person who shares his experience, while a mature person is grateful and appreciative.

I agree! So my question is, why do you still continue to do so?

It was a pretty straight forward discussion. I don't see how you got so easily confused with it.

Oh, and in regards to trails in the East, There are designated trails to stay. No riding out thru the middle of the forest...legally. That still doesn't keep some assholes from doing it though...then they bitch and moan when the area is shut down.

fritzcoinc · 03-10-2013, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by mendoteach

Yes. Fritz, how come everybody gives you so much shit?

Ok, lets see the only way to have a back fire is to have fuel burning in the exhaust. That would mean it did not burn in the combustion process. Sooooooo you must be rich.

It all in fun. Someone has to take the shit. It's tough staying on top of the shit taken list around here though. It's an on and off thing I guess.

fritzcoinc · 03-10-2013, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RZRob

Just got done bolting all the farkles from my previous XR onto my fresh one. Personally I like the benefits of the "natural" tank, but I do have a red one too.

Offhand, list includes:

ManRack & Pelican Case
CigarStruts (Subframe Supports)
FMF PowerBomb & PowerCore 4
Skid Plate
Maier Windscreen
Frame Guards
Front Fork/Rear Peg Tiedown points
GPS/iPhone 5 Mount

Already Had
IMS Pegs
Renthal Bars
Filter

Still Needed
Oil Cooler
Electrical Power/Outlet

RZ Rob

Is the muffler or is it the top box that is remotely controlled?

mcma111 · 03-10-2013, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deliverator

Gentlemen:

I am planning on riding some on-road distance with a buddy (not on an XRL) this summer who doesn't start seriously looking for gas until he hits 200 miles.

I have a Clarke 4.7 tank on my XRL with the stock fuel valve. It is desmogged with FMF header and Q4. Currently has a 14T counter sprocket (which I plan to switch to 15T for the trip) with 45T rear. Conti Twin-duros front and rear (I'd welcome advice on an 70-30 tire as well).

Currently I have to switch to reserve at about 145-150 miles. I had heard that you could get 200 miles out of this tank. Does anyone have experience with how many more miles I can reliably count on once I switch to reserve?

I know that you need to slosh the fuel over to the left side lobe, sounds like a bad idea while riding on road at speed. Am I wrong?

Thanks

I have a Clarke 4.7 on my bike and there is no way I can get two hundred miles on a tank full unless I was able to coast the last fifty miles...

mcma111 · 03-10-2013, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADV BUM

Are you allowed to take guests?

Sure we can have guests. Only you can't RIDE the trails.

There is a waiting list to get in that is over three hundred folks long. It takes at least five years to get in now-a days.

ADV BUM · 03-10-2013, 10:05 AM

I notice many of you are using universal type windshields. My other bike is a DR350. The previous owner put on different lights and removed the housing that was there. When I put handlebar risers on the wires were really exposed. I figured the best thing to do was fashion some type of windshield. I purchased a national cycle and cut it down.

I am leery about a crash and this thing being toast. I tried to reinforce the edges and mount points of the shield with some bedliner material.

How do these things really hold up in a crash?

fritzcoinc · 03-10-2013, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADV BUM

I notice many of you are using universal type windshields. My other bike is a DR350. The previous owner put on different lights and removed the housing that was there. When I put handlebar risers on the wires were really exposed. I figured the best thing to do was fashion some type of windshield. I purchased a national cycle and cut it down.

I am leery about a crash and this thing being toast. I tried to reinforce the edges and mount points of the shield with some bedliner material.

How do these things really hold up in a crash?

Poorly.

03-10-2013, 07:25 AM	#55787
RZRob Studly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2008 Oddometer: 695	It's a Bling Thing Just got done bolting all the farkles from my previous XR onto my fresh one. Personally I like the benefits of the "natural" tank, but I do have a red one too. Offhand, list includes: ManRack & Pelican Case CigarStruts (Subframe Supports) FMF PowerBomb & PowerCore 4 Skid Plate Maier Windscreen Frame Guards Front Fork/Rear Peg Tiedown points GPS/iPhone 5 Mount Already Had IMS Pegs Renthal Bars Filter Still Needed Oil Cooler Electrical Power/Outlet RZ Rob

03-10-2013, 08:02 AM	#55788
Gone14s Adventurer Joined: Jan 2012 Location: Sac. Ca Oddometer: 86	Tank Decals Quite a few pages back folks where asking about the Al Baker XR's only Tank decals. I was reading that they stopped making them and where no longer on there web site. I called them and ask and they still are making these Tank decals. It takes a little looks on there site but they are there. The one on my tank in has been on there for over a year now and still going strong. Just a FYI folks. Kurt __________________ Def. of man: We spend 9 months trying to get out, and the rest of our lives trying to get back in. http://s1085.photobucket.com/albums/...900%20elefant/

03-10-2013, 09:17 AM	#55793
Deliverator On the Road Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Left Coast Oddometer: 53	Clarke 4.7 tank reserve amount? Gentlemen: I am planning on riding some on-road distance with a buddy (not on an XRL) this summer who doesn't start seriously looking for gas until he hits 200 miles. I have a Clarke 4.7 tank on my XRL with the stock fuel valve. It is desmogged with FMF header and Q4. Currently has a 14T counter sprocket (which I plan to switch to 15T for the trip) with 45T rear. Conti Twin-duros front and rear (I'd welcome advice on an 70-30 tire as well). Currently I have to switch to reserve at about 145-150 miles. I had heard that you could get 200 miles out of this tank. Does anyone have experience with how many more miles I can reliably count on once I switch to reserve? I know that you need to slosh the fuel over to the left side lobe, sounds like a bad idea while riding on road at speed. Am I wrong? Thanks __________________ “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.” -Ghandi

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03-10-2013, 10:05 AM	#55799
ADV BUM Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2009 Oddometer: 118	I notice many of you are using universal type windshields. My other bike is a DR350. The previous owner put on different lights and removed the housing that was there. When I put handlebar risers on the wires were really exposed. I figured the best thing to do was fashion some type of windshield. I purchased a national cycle and cut it down. I am leery about a crash and this thing being toast. I tried to reinforce the edges and mount points of the shield with some bedliner material. How do these things really hold up in a crash?