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01-10-2013, 02:13 PM
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dirtball
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: southeast of seattle
Oddometer: 9,788
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busagixxerstoppie
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01-10-2013, 02:19 PM
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Lampin' it
Joined: Aug 2005
Location: Turning expensive metal into scrap
Oddometer: 4,234
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950SE with a set of Super Duke wheels
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01-10-2013, 02:50 PM
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Rectum Non Bustibus
Joined: May 2009
Location: Dearborn, MI
Oddometer: 3,643
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I think you'd have to consider what the situation is. For a last ditch scenario, I'd want something like my '67 Triumph. I can service any part of it by myself. It's carbureted, uses breaker points, and doesn't need a battery to operate. There are no electronics. Valve adjustment takes 15 minutes via screw adjustment. Similar bikes have been ridden around the world more than once. It can be cruised at 65-70 all day if necessary.
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01-10-2013, 03:03 PM
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Ride more, BS less!
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Petersburg, NY and Woodbridge, VA
Oddometer: 8,452
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Another vote for a Super Enduro!!! I've had mine on goat trails in Colorado and Utah and week long trips that included some super slab.
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01-10-2013, 03:16 PM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Oddometer: 958
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950SE, covers all the bases, pure hooligan on the street!
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01-10-2013, 03:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Location: Pinewood Springs, Co
Oddometer: 6,763
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1200GS or Super Tenere
There's not much you CAN'T do with those bikes other than real offroading. I like to take long rides sometimes, and while it can be done on a single cylinder bike, it's just not fun. A GS is fun to rip down a back road, hit a dirt road and then slab back home in comfort or load it up with luggage and ride for days. Not many other bikes can do that. If you're the type of guy that rarely ventures out of the county you live in, there's better choices for sure. |
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01-10-2013, 03:46 PM
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OH.THAT'S GONNA HURT
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Bowling Green, Ky
Oddometer: 3,926
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I've got three favorite bikes right now. All do certain things a little better than the other.
The three I have are- 2004 BMW R1150RS, 2003 DRZ 400S, and a 1984 BMW R80 G/S. Which is the keeper? That's easy the R80 G/S. It's the in between bike tot he other two. It suit my riding style, as I'm not to aggressive off road, and well it's ok on road too
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01-10-2013, 03:50 PM
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Riding Nomad™
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Arkansas
Oddometer: 12,787
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public bus, with a monthly pass.
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01-10-2013, 06:38 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jun 2009
Location: in the foothills now....
Oddometer: 4,359
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Several more social security numbers.
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01-10-2013, 06:44 PM
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what blackflies?
Joined: Nov 2005
Location: Chapleau, ON
Oddometer: 2,635
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Quote:
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01-10-2013, 07:51 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2010
Oddometer: 472
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Ural
If things got that bad I would need something I could keep alive with parts from Autozone and home depot. Also would need something with serious payload capacity. And I would have no intention of going fast doing so as I would be a cheap and poor. |
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01-10-2013, 08:05 PM
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be a man dodge tree bark
Joined: Jun 2007
Location: i am not f***ng stupid,but i used too. niles mi.
Oddometer: 7,344
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having tried to kill a xr650r for the last eleven years you won't get me off one...
trackdays ....yep it does them and quite well long distance days.. yep got a mid winter run set up on saturday of 180 miles tight single track .....yep gentle woods riding.... yep... motocross yep ..
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01-10-2013, 08:44 PM
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What could go wrong?
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Beautiful Revelstoke BC
Oddometer: 4,985
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One bike is not a solution, it's the problem.
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01-10-2013, 09:00 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: Columbus, GA
Oddometer: 10,765
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Highly farkeled up WR250R.
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01-10-2013, 11:15 PM
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RideUmAll
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Cumming, GA
Oddometer: 176
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Super Tenere...easy....and I have owned quite a few motorcycles.
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