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My first ever MOTORCYCLE!!!

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:25 pm
by High Society
So I got this last week as my daily driver, and I'm so stoked!!! It's an 01 DRZ400E, which has been swapped over to an SM (super moto) version. I just picked up a new helmet and gloves today, and I'll soon be getting a jacket next pay day :excited: The last pic is a bit shakey, sorry about that. I need to clean up the exhuast with some rust cleaner, and repaint it with some high temp paint.

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:07 pm
by colemanyoungerinalaska
sweet
i havent rode a bike in over 10 years
just found a frame motor and engine and all other parts in a junk yard looks like an 80s honda shadow next time i go to cordova im gonna pick it up and fix it and try riding again
my step dad has one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Magna the 1987 super magna. my step brother and i picked one up off of this guy for a grand and gave it to him for his birthday a few years ago

be careful and watch out for other people

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:21 pm
by NorthQuad
Cool. I owned a Suzuki trike way back when. It was a good machine.

I loved riding bikes. Not bragging (mabey a little) but I was extremely fast on a YZ125cc bike. I miss that little bitch. I sold it after my accident and then it was stolen. My poor baby.

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:30 pm
by Chris from Washington
Dang wish you lived in Washington, we could go riding. I have an XR250, and I almost never get to go anymore, everyone else is so busy.

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:18 am
by CaptainPioneer
Love Motards! They are so much fun to ride... Enjoy... here's my baby:

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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:10 pm
by Chris from Washington
Nice Ninja, since I started a new job and have to drive a lot. I've been thinking about getting a bike. but every day it rains here, it changes my mind back quickly.
Anyways here is my dirt bike. Just put a new seat cover on it, bike looks so much newer now. It's an 87
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Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:48 pm
by High Society
Nice Bikes! Chris, I was eyeing a XR400, but ending up with the DRZ because it fit my riding stlye better. Just bust out the rain gear btw. That Ninja is sweet! I could have gotten a ninja 250, but I like dirt bikes a bit more and it's pretty much all city driving here so the SM was the choice.

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:06 pm
by Chris from Washington
Ya the XR's are the tanks of the dirt bike world. not really fast, but they'll plow through anything. (lol)
What I love about the bike the most is, they require almost no maintenance at all. All I do is grease the shocks, and change the oil a couple times a summer. I've never once in 20+ years, done anything else to it! It starts right up, doesn't smoke and runs all day long.

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:36 pm
by Chris from Washington
I had a friend who had a Ninja want to say 600?? It was an older one, he was trying to sell it and I had it my house for a few months. Just to make sure the battery kept charged, I had to take it out every a couple days. :)

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:43 pm
by High Society
That was probably pretty fun to ride! Yea the XR are very tough bikes! But like most things, if you take care of your stuff it should last.