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Troy....you interested in the 400? If not Im going to go look at it this weekend. Or if you are....I go look at it this weekend. :D T If you want it, go get it. By the way, you may see my brother Kyle there this weekend. He wants to look at another bike they have and an ATV for his wife. Hayden, I'...

Daryl Perry wrote:You might ask why we didn’t take the reward and I want to remind you that Han Solo didn’t accept a reward for defeating the Empire…

I see you are a fan of "The Office" on NBC! Great episode! How can you watch a show that laugh-out-loud funny with broken ribs? Yikes!

I think part of the reason for the different opinions regarding the bike that works for me is that MoRidin knows me as a tight woods rider while Tim knows me as a backroads rider. I enjoy both, but prefer the woods riding. A lot of my woods riding so far, though, has been stringing together rugged A...

Thanks for the post to the pics, Carl! That's my old DR200SE I sold Danny!

What is this bike? MXC = motocross? It is for sale in Hutchison. It is supposedly street titled and plated. I do not see any turn signals on it--not that those are required for plating, but I'd want them for the street sections. It has electric start. http://www.cycletrader.com/caddetail.html?/ad-ca...

Really sorry I missed out, guys. I'm in the home stretch to having my baby girl, Rachel. Understandably, my wife is starting to have a lot of discomfort and contractions, so I'm getting less comfortable with leaving her alone for entire evenings. I'm pretty much out of the action for a few months. T...

4 to 6 weeks sounds miracle fast to me, too. I mean, I sure hope it works out that way. Daryl, I am concerned about you being healed enough to ride Colorado in mid-July.

Daryl Perry wrote:Either way Troy goes it will be huge step out for him.

You know, that sentence taken out of context could be embarrassing for me.

I really appreciate this technical discussion and the advice. I'm sure others will benefit as well.

Changing oil is easy. I don't want a machine that requires an oil change after one day of riding, but changing the oil every 1000 miles is fine. I understand that the higher-performance engines with the tighter tolerances, higher compression, etc. will burn up faster, but what are we talking about? ...

ajayhawkfan wrote:Troy, you need a big bike so you can cruse with me...It was a wonderful weekend trip. I road over 400 miles about a a third gravel, a third minor black top roads and a third highway.

Sounds great! You are right--I do need a big bike. I need 3 bikes, actually!

These (top two) are the street legal RFS bikes: http://www.ktmusa.com/Offroad-Competition-EXC.18.20.html So what does "RFS" mean? I'm assuming the engine type as opposed to the "LC4"? I don't see "RFS" anywhere on the KTM website. I need to end this discussion--I'm only torturing myself! I don't ha...

Mike, what models are the KTM "RFS" bikes?
http://www.ktmusa.com/Models.6.20.html

OK...so I need at least 3 bikes. A pure dirt bike for when I'm riding strictly within an approved off-road area. Another bike for when I'm doing a forest road and ATV trail mix where street-legal is required, and a third bike for road trips. Yikes. Budget is not going to allow that. This is why I'm ...

The Husky's sound nice but what would make me a little leery is parts availability. That would make me lean more towards a ktm. Good point on engine longevity. I'm not sure parts availability is an issue. I can ask Daryl again, but from what I understand, parts are readily available--that is, Husky...

That would be great, Caleb. However, with my current injuries, I need to stay off the bikes for awhile--especially unfamiliar machines. I do want to take you up on the offer later, though.

What dunes you going to? Oklahoma?

Guys seem to LOVE the TE450. Of course you can find a favorable review for any bike. http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150038 Mark "Big Dog" Sampson recently did a big Baja ride. He rode his TE610 and his buddy was on a KTM525. I have Big Dog's excellent video cam footage from the tr...

Correct--the Yamaha WR450F is not street-legal. I've never ridden one, but for some reason, I like that machine...keep wishing it was street-legal. I hear Bumper has a new one...maybe he'll let me know what he thinks of it. I'm not sure why Husky went away from the yellow color scheme, but I love th...

Thanks, Mike. I did not know to look at stroke length. The 510 has a stroke that is 7mm longer than the 450. I'm still not sure exactly how that is going to change the way the bike feels or acts. I do understand how the overall bigger area of the cylinder makes a bigger boom! As for a bike I can occ...

I guess you could say I started my dualsport experience when I was 20 years old. I had a 1974 Kawasaki F11 250 enduro. (A street-legal "dirt" bike.) I'd never heard the term "dualsport", and I'm not sure that term existed then. I'd ride it everywhere during the week, then enjoy backroads, the farm, ...