Dirt Bike Riders

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Offline Savage

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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2017, 08:42:44 PM »
Thank you!  It didn't look this good when I bought it.  For some reason I like RM125's.  I've always wanted one, no matter what year.  My plan was to fix it up, clean it up, then throw it in the corner of the garage and get it out and ride it every couple months.   Then just keep it around for my son to grow into.  But it's so fun I've been riding it as much as or more than my Husqvarna.   
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2017, 07:01:27 AM »
They are super fun! I had an 05 [i think] and did the same thing with it. Little sucker handled like a razor! Lots of fun, but not quite enough oomph for local MX tracks, and stupid me ended up selling it because of that.  I've added that to the list of bikes I never should have let go.
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2017, 08:29:05 PM »
Riding around at Milford.

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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2017, 06:23:49 AM »
Wow ! Awesome riding, looks like a fun place.
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #19 on: December 25, 2017, 08:03:20 PM »
Thanks!  It's a fun place to ride.  Has a little bit of every kind of terrain.
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2017, 06:10:18 PM »
Riding around at Milford.

That's School Creek, right? I've heard of it, but haven't been there. It looks like it'd be fun to play in with a DS not just a dirt bike :)
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #21 on: December 27, 2017, 06:55:57 PM »
Yes.  If you're a good rider and you know you're way around there you could have fun.  But you could get in way over your head as well.  As you can see the trails can be deeply rutted.  So if you're in that trail, head down a hill and all of sudden it gets a lot more technical, you would have to commit to making it through that trail as there would be no way to turn around.
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #22 on: December 27, 2017, 07:47:29 PM »
Are you saying that a "Real Dirt bike" might be required.

My first off-road steed 1980 KDX175:

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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #23 on: December 27, 2017, 07:50:30 PM »
Yes.  If you're a good rider and you know you're way around there you could have fun.  But you could get in way over your head as well.  As you can see the trails can be deeply rutted.  So if you're in that trail, head down a hill and all of sudden it gets a lot more technical, you would have to commit to making it through that trail as there would be no way to turn around.

Sounds like a place to unscrew the mirrors and give the KLX a review ;)
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #24 on: December 27, 2017, 10:29:05 PM »
Was that you on the old KDX?

Yes a KLX would do fine there.  I've ridden my KLX300 and DRZ400 there a few times.  A big ADV bike could find it's way around there as well, but not by me.   ;)
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2018, 05:13:35 PM »
I think we can all agree I take my KLR places you wouldn't think a KLR could (or maybe should) go..... ;)
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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2018, 01:41:13 PM »
Four decades ago, would take my 1970 Yamaha AT-1B to extreme riding areas, strip the bike of non-essentials ( ie., headlight & silencer plug), and ride technical trails in Shawnee and Sedgwick Counties (student rider, in the process of learning riding skills).

Nothing beats this way of learning how to ride your bike, and what the two of you are capable of .....

It made riding a KLR650 for 40k miles all the more enjoyable.

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Re: Dirt Bike Riders
« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2018, 02:32:31 PM »
Was that you on the old KDX?

Yes a KLX would do fine there.  I've ridden my KLX300 and DRZ400 there a few times.  A big ADV bike could find it's way around there as well, but not by me.   ;)

Yep that was me on the "old" KDX...first year for the mono shock.
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