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Preybird1
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 11:58 am: |
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I ride a lot of slab to off road trails and then all around the trails and then back home via the slab. I am running my trusty "mule" my 06 kawi KLR650 What bikes are you guys using for this and do you have any pics? I put 117 miles on the MULE yesterday, I was riding on some horse trails in the mud. |
Reepicheep
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 12:30 pm: |
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Did it on a KLR-250 for a year... now I have a KDX-200 that is dedicated for dirt only. If the trails were closer to me, I might go back, but for me there were just too much expense and too many compromises for the dual sport. In Ohio though I can plate the KDX pretty easily. I'm tempted some days... |
Ourdee
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 02:13 pm: |
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I used a 1980 XL500S Honda till I got the Uly. Now I stay on the pavement. |
Mikexlr650
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 02:37 pm: |
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have been riding an xr650l since 1994. still think it's a great bike, lusting after the newer models that are so much lighter(ktm, husky, aprilia etc). of all types of riding dual sport is still my all time favorite. mike |
Iman501
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 06:27 pm: |
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my dads got a 1989 honda transalp 600! It was the bike i learned to ride on, i probably put around 15k on it before i got my buell. |
Iamike
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 07:51 pm: |
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You must have missed this: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/681 7/555458.html?1271804823 |
Danger_dave
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 07:56 pm: |
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I take my Uly pretty much anywhere I can take a KLR as long as it's dry. |
Blasterd
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 10:14 pm: |
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Just sold my XL600R, I'm rockin a Uly right now and plenty of dirt only bikes... been ridin dirt since I was 8! BTW, I still have that KLX400R for sale..... |
Jramsey
| Posted on Friday, June 11, 2010 - 11:13 pm: |
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Thinkin' of getting another one, going to look at a '06 DR-Z400SM with under 500 miles on the clock in the morning. |
Charlie_zulu
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 12:29 am: |
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Not really a Dual-sport but I went up a few teeth F/R on a CRF450X and rode 1100 miles on the U.P. of Michigan. The bike did great with only minor problems. Photos here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58 4986&page=4 The sand was super fun. |
Pwnzor
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 03:09 am: |
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Honda XR650L. I think this was probably my all time favorite bike. With the big plastic desert tank on it, she could ride forever across the boonies.
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Percyco
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 03:16 pm: |
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01 Honda XR650L is my on/off weapon of choice.
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Cityxslicker
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 04:14 pm: |
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I ride the CityX off pavement every week, I need something lighter and more nimble for the single track |
Slaughter
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 05:43 pm: |
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Me: DRZ400, Sunny XT225
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Etennuly
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 09:34 pm: |
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That is where I started, and that is what led me to a Uly. My first bike was a '73 Honda XL250. What a pig. I learned a lot about falling down on that bike. It sure was tough though! A Yamaha TT500 with lights, for a couple of years in '78 - '79. A couple more XL 250's, and I have an '86 XL 250R staring at me now, wanting it's upper engine put back together. |
No_rice
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 09:46 pm: |
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Any body here a dual sport rider? yes...
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Charlie_zulu
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 10:11 pm: |
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Waiting for the pic with the bike going through that water |
Jcbikes
| Posted on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 10:56 pm: |
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Here's my dualsport. 2002 Yamaha WR426 made street legal here in Colorado. Good on the trails and road.
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Fltwistygirl
| Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 09:26 pm: |
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Until recently, hadn't ridden one in a long time (err....decades... ...used to call them "enduros"). One location where I teach in the tundra uses a half dozen or so for training bikes, and man, I'm grinnin' like a darn fool when I finish doing demos on them. Me likey! I wish the motorcycle fairy would drop a couple in my drive way . |
Bikertrash05
| Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 01:46 am: |
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If I can sell my S1, I want a DR-Z400SM. |