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Old 04-30-2009, 05:09 PM   #1
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She's on a BMW, she's got shaft drive. Wait, the 650's got a chain doesn't it?
She mentioned the belt drives in her post.. that's what I was referring to, not the bike she owns:

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Aren’t those belt driven? That might concern me out in the middle of nowhere. Does not matter anyway, that bike is way too tall for me.
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Old 04-30-2009, 05:48 PM   #2
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She mentioned the belt drives in her post.. that's what I was referring to, not the bike she owns:
All I meant was that if you are prepared you have a chance in hell of putting a chain back together on the side of a trail. Not so much with a belt.

Mine is a chain drive.
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Old 04-30-2009, 07:11 PM   #3
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I *thought* I was getting old, bought a cruiser, then realized I ride for the thrill of a good curve, not just to be on a bike. So I got a SS and found out it's my wrists that are getting old. Now I ride the cruiser to work, the SS for fun.

And I love Adventure bikes. I can't watch Long Way Down or Long Way Round without getting the itch.
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Old 04-30-2009, 08:45 PM   #4
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I *thought* I was getting old, bought a cruiser, then realized I ride for the thrill of a good curve, not just to be on a bike. So I got a SS and found out it's my wrists that are getting old. Now I ride the cruiser to work, the SS for fun.

And I love Adventure bikes. I can't watch Long Way Down or Long Way Round without getting the itch.
NO DOUBT! that shit gets me going like crazy... infact... I'm gonna watch the series tonight...

fuck I wanna do that shit
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Old 04-30-2009, 08:49 PM   #5
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NO DOUBT! that shit gets me going like crazy... infact... I'm gonna watch the series tonight...

fuck I wanna do that shit
bring it with you, i want to burn em
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Old 04-30-2009, 08:51 PM   #6
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they're on my computer... I'll just transfer them to my external.
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Hey adam!!!

The more I read about and see ya'll talk about, the more interested I get in the ADV riding.
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Old 04-30-2009, 10:17 PM   #8
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All I meant was that if you are prepared you have a chance in hell of putting a chain back together on the side of a trail. Not so much with a belt.

Mine is a chain drive.
Na, you can do it in about an hour with only a few tools on the 1125. No remval of the swingarm.

Heres a link to badweb where a memeber shows how it's done with minimal tools.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buel...31/440981.html

I'm thinking more along the lines of this for a more comfy ride.
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Old 04-30-2009, 10:46 PM   #9
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Na, you can do it in about an hour with only a few tools on the 1125. No remval of the swingarm.

Heres a link to badweb where a memeber shows how it's done with minimal tools.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buel...31/440981.html

I'm thinking more along the lines of this for a more comfy ride.
I saw one of those on the ride home the other day and almost wrecked because I was staring

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Old 05-01-2009, 10:33 AM   #10
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Besides Alaska, where are some other places you want to hit.

I want to try to hit Vegas, Mt Rushmore, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lookout Mtn, Pikes Peak, highway 1 (northern cali), Whats that desert section that is awesome through cali, can't recall it now. Definitely one of the good roads in north arky. Yellowstone and some of the other parks near there.
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