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Sweet! Can't wait to get the suspension back in my 500 EXC and come try out those trails and the bridges!

I am in for Sat--probably camping that night. Funny--in the 1st post, propforward does not provide a PayPal address to send payment...or any kind of address for that matter. I sent message to propforward.

AWESOME!

Larry, with the $100 entry fee for the trails, you'll eventually make your money back on all this work!

Seriously, THANK YOU for your generosity!

That muffler (not the stock one) is a very good muffler. Beat up I know. I cleaned it out and repacked it a year or so ago, so it should be good.

Couple things, Carl. First, I don't know how those radiators could have gotten beat up. I never rode the bike hard or anything. I don't recall ever hitting anything. Weird. :twisted: Second, I think the way you bolted the radiators on is fine--it's what I would have done. The factory mounts are rubb...

I'm admiring your progress....I bet the 450 doesn't miss it's old neglectful owner :lol: I wish I had the time to do this to my bikes. Seriously. When Carl started this, I was like, OK, so he's going to clean up a few things, fix the oil leak. Who wouldn't? ..but now this is getting ridiculous! Tha...

My 500 is missing the forks and shock (rebuilt and being shipped today I hope). My 300 is not running good enough to ride...needs carb rebuild I think/hope. I would look (try to make it better) at your 300 if you so desired. Generous of you, Carl! You don't want to fire this 2-stroke up in your nei...

I see you are using WD-40 to clean the electrical connectors. I also open the connectors and cram in dielectric grease to prevent water intrusion and corrosion. And Carl should have found most of the electrical connectors were packed with dialectric grease. Slightly less than 2 years ago, I took th...

NICE WORK, Carl!

My 500 is missing the forks and shock (rebuilt and being shipped today I hope). My 300 is not running good enough to ride...needs carb rebuild I think/hope.

sounds like this is little bikes only. dang i need to purchase another one! i keep thinking that chadwick should be tackled on a water head, maybe i just need to do it! Take my old 99 300 EXC home and clean the carb--get her running right--and you have a bike for this play day....and I get my 300 r...

kendall_smith wrote:It was one mistake in a long string of mistakes that day, but it was a good learning experience.

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.

Savage wrote:After riding at School Creek yesterday and feeling how horribly overgrown it is...
Can we settle on 9/19/15 at Perry?

Sure seems more votes were for Carbondale, but anywhere is better than donuts in my driveway. (I just rode Perry and it was tore up bad.)

I haven't been digging as deep as you are Carl, but I've been doing some rejuvenating of my own. :) http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss42/path_maker/Motorcycles/DSCN3557_zpsoiqpoonu.jpg Sponsored by Subway I see. Did you buy the bike from Jarrod? Whoa! I had not heard the scandal regarding Jarrod...

Carl, I fear you might be one of the many "old timers" who, after seeing what Chadwick has become over last 20 years, will lament the good old days.

I spent some time with motomann's huge toy hauler on my Crested Butte ride last month. It has an air intake on the top- left side of the trailer located in the front of the "garage". It has another vent at the bottom-right side at the back of the garage. In this way as you drive, air is pulled throu...

The fancy coolants, as I understand, don't really do anything to make the bike run cooler--they simply have a higher boiling point. So this means your bike gets to run even hotter before you realize it. The advantage being if the 5 degrees was all you needed to keep from boiling over, well that's go...

carlrf wrote:TROY, do you have a preferred coolant you reccomend for this thing?

Thanks

In the past, I bought a stupidly expensive jug of something at a motorcycle store that was supposed to help prevent boil over. NO. I don't.

9/19 does not work for me, but don't let that be a show-stopper.

Luc & I had a nice time last year! Great BBQ, fun trails--especially on the big bikes--and nice camping weather. It was a good time for sure! It's on my 2015 calendar.