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Ezblast
| | Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 11:41 pm: | 
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The Blastulys is really looking sharp! Get rid of them Dunlops - makes me shiver to see something so nice with them attached - learn the lesson of the Perfect Cafe Blast -
This was his start - as you can see - it had all the right bits, a really good start on a cafe - he had grand plans for it, engine and suspension, but wrecked it a week after getting it to that point because he refused to switch out the Dunlops - so he bought an XB, still has it and a Duc.
Ditch the Dunlops - they suck.
EZ |
Videoninja
| | Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 11:54 pm: |
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No I had to put her down old yeller style.... |
Sayitaintso
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 09:54 am: |
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Another KLR vote here....just make sure he's mindful of the "soft" brakes.
Thats the one thing that makes me hesitant about my son (already 5'9" at 13 years old) having one as his first bike. I think a new rider shouldn't have to think about brakes quite as much as a KLR makes me think about them. |
Etennuly
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 10:01 am: |
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If he learns to ride with "less than optimal" equipment off the road, he will be all the better rider when he gets to the pavement with the "good stuff". |
Froggy
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 10:19 am: |
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Here is my XB and Blast
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Sayitaintso
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 12:29 pm: |
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Vern, thats one of the things that has me worried.... he learns to be good off road with less than great equipment and then when he gets his first road bike and has good stuff he's going to think he's superman, and ride like it. (I guess its just dad worrying because he remembers what he was like as a kid)
Back OT: a big reason why I said KLR was that they are as simple as a stone ax and crash very well. The same thing apples the the Blast but it seems a little small for someone that goes 6' and 230lbs. |
Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Friday, March 25, 2011 - 09:14 pm: |
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The upside of having less than optimal braking is that he is forced to get his braking in early.
The good brakes on his next bike will simply grant him an extra margin of error.
I can't find the link to the study, but there was a study to determine which was safer going from a sport bike to a cruiser or going from a cruiser to a sport bike. The accident rate was significantly higher going from a sport bike to a cruiser even though the cruiser had less power because mentally the rider was used to the performance envelope of the sport bike and rode beyond the performance envelope of the cruiser. The cruiser riders were trained by habit as to the performance envelope of the cruiser, and therefore rode the sport bike within the performance envelope of the cruiser on the sport bike.
I believe the European model of graded power bands on sport bikes has also proven to increase safety as riders move up not increase their likelihood of crash.
Think to yourself how much longer it took to figure out how far you can push your new, more powerful bike. Moving from an XB to an 1125, you don't uncork the new bike immediately. You have to retrain your brain.
I think he'll be fine on a KLR, and they are virtually disposable. |
86129squids
| | Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 03:06 am: |
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+1, Jeremy.
When I bought my '77 Shovel, I'd been riding the XB for a long time. Just farting around town, I noticed quickly the lean angles and braking distances were worlds apart. My reflexes were set for the XB, making it sketchy at times on the old bike.
As a former MC salesman, I learned a "drill" to ride unfamiliar bikes...
A good KLR or DR should suffice nicely. Farkle as needed. |
Cyclonedon
| | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 11:04 pm: |
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Froggy, it's good to see that your still taking good care of your bikes! |
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