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Old 02-28-2008, 02:00 PM   #1
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Well hell, I'll get this one started.

My other ride is a DRZ400 dual sport, though I'm still trying to figure out how to mount a trunk, it's a fun weekender. Heading down to Arkansas for my first major trail riding the first week of April. My only goal....no broken bones.

Anyone else around here like to play in the mud
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Old 02-28-2008, 02:30 PM   #2
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I've got an 06 KTM 250 SXF and 01 YZF426 bored out to a 444. I grew up racing dirt bikes. I don't ride that hard anymore, I just like doing it for the fun/exercise now. It's a hell of a lot easier to get seriously injured on a dirt bike than it is on a road course.
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Old 02-28-2008, 05:37 PM   #3
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I've got an 06 KTM 250 SXF and 01 YZF426 bored out to a 444. I grew up racing dirt bikes. I don't ride that hard anymore, I just like doing it for the fun/exercise now. It's a hell of a lot easier to get seriously injured on a dirt bike than it is on a road course.
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Old 02-28-2008, 08:35 PM   #4
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ya, i now know why they don't design road courses with trees on them
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Old 02-29-2008, 05:34 PM   #5
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I don't know what road courses you're doing, but the ones I'm on don't have cliffs, gravel, and trees.
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Old 02-29-2008, 05:45 PM   #6
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Dood...you need to turn that DRZ into a SuperMoto.
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Old 02-29-2008, 11:17 PM   #7
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Dood...you need to turn that DRZ into a SuperMoto.
nah, knobbies are awesome, it's like runnin supermoto on gravel. Flying down gravel roads at 60 is a freakin thrill
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Old 03-02-2008, 09:03 PM   #8
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jsut got rid of my drz in favor of a cbr900rr. my new job is strait down the turnpike and it wasnt as fun to ride to work. it was funny to see reactions of people when i passed them at 70 w/ my furred out orange helmet!
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Old 03-02-2008, 09:18 PM   #9
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jsut got rid of my drz in favor of a cbr900rr. my new job is strait down the turnpike and it wasnt as fun to ride to work. it was funny to see reactions of people when i passed them at 70 w/ my furred out orange helmet!
I hear ya, that why I have the FZ6 also. The DRZ does not like straight line on pavement, haha
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Old 03-29-2008, 03:27 PM   #10
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I've been a sport bike rider for years, and just last year got a couple small dual sports to run around on. I have as much fun on them as I do the sport bikes. I only wish there were some good riding areas around here; even some nice long dirt roads would do!
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