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Darn, bent the front rim pretty good on the KLR. One of the cement low water crossings had an extremely abrupt ledge I didn't see till I hit it. Just another hazard of the sport I guess. Answer to the problem: Hammer. A big hammer. Oh yeah, take the rim off of the bike before you do this! Wow, this...

Troy I saw a guy on one of our Arkansas rides use this one to fix Chris's bike actually. It appeared to work great!

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/too ... pose_tool/

Everyone is correct about Deepwater. A lot of ATVs with the beer drinking, not wearing a helmet, hauling the old lady around types. If you are into that this is your place.

:oops: I am an idiot. Letko Demo Days are June 29 & 30. This ride is the 23rd. There is not a conflict. Oops. Please disregard my previous posts. Daryl, I'll just ride over to your house at about 9:00AM? that would give us plenty of time to play along the way. I'll rework my route up to Atchison. I...

Ill try to get a Mefo rear for the Dakar before I leave on the Nova Scotia trip in Aug. Ill test it out for ya and see what kind a milage I get out of it. Im interested now. AND trust me I will run it down to the cords. Seems everone is out of them right now. July is the restock date. Sorry, dont k...

Daryl (and anyone else who cares), I kind of messed up and scheduled 2 demo rides at Letkos for Sat morning...forgetting it was the same morning of this ride. However, I think I can do both. I have a 9AM demo on a Husky SMR450 and a 9:30AM demo appt on a TE610. I should be finished by about 10:00AM...

I remember this because this was the day everyone went off and left Greenboots, David and myself. I can't remember where it ended up, but it was a nice up hill at the start.

Daryl

As a survivor of the Kansas Dakar two years ago I can assure you that it is a great ride, but long. Your butt will get sore and you will want to crank up the rpms on the long gravel straights.

Chris I won’t be able to make the whole ride this year, but I will likely meet you for lunch!

Daryl

Thanks for the memory, Kyle! Great photo, Jason! Glad you survived the encounter. :) Harm, you ride a KLR650, right? I can't speak to current mud conditions, but I will say that in my opinion, some have hyped the difficulty of that road. I will agree that it is probably the roughest road I've perso...

I think you need some ball bearings and some 50 weight motor oil

troy wrote:I want to know what retard voted surfing the web over riding?!

More Cowbell!!!!!!

I will be in Lawrence this weekend, but I won't be able to ride. My nephew is getting married and all of my wife's (eight) siblings will be in town. I will be at the Hampton on 6th street so be quiet when you go by I plan on being a little hung over

Maybe next time....

Just talked to the guy on the Husky. He is in Milwaukee. He wants $6500 :shock: for his bike towards mine at $4K. His has less than 500 miles and some extras like skid palte and heated grips. I don't think I can come up with that kind of difference and not positive it would be worth it if I could. ...

For those of you that are considering a move from the big four please give the Huskys a look, you will be impressed. Troy are you listening???? I have a guy wanting to trade his 06 TE610 with <500 miles and some farkles for my KLR, not even of course, got any comments or suggestions? He says it has...

What about Emig in Grain Valley, MO? It is Jeff Emig's (kind of famous MXer's) dad and I've been told he does great work. That's about all I know about him. Anybody else....

safiri wrote:Perhaps this is one good thing BMW can bring to Husky. (BTW, is BMW buying Husky?)

From everything I've read it is a done deal, but no offical annoucement.

I would check to make certain the EFI pump would put enough pressure into the system with a dead battery so that you could kickstart it, presuming that kicking it could produce enough electrical power to run the pump. Carbs don't need that. In engineering everything is, as you know, a trade off. St...

It appears that Husqvarna is a year ahead of the pumkin patch again!! :lol: The TE's are EFI for 2008, no more tweeking the old carb 2008 PHOTOS: http://www.motociclismo.it/edisport/...26AutoF ramed 2008 TRANSLATED TEST: http://www.Motociclismo.it Okay, I'm sorry for my pumkin patch comment. KTMs ar...

Greenboots wrote:If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Or wait until your riding buddies can fix it for you???? Dang Chris it is good to have you back on the fourm because we are running out of people to pick at.

Greenboots wrote: I got Dave O.'s XR stuck, flooded it, we recovered.
It was a good day.

Glad to hear your skills are still intact! I hope you will be able to get a "kitchen pass" more often and give us a little more notice so that we can join you.