Motorcycle ride

cropdusting · May 25, 2011

Took a little motorcycle ride the other day. Enjoy!

YouTube - ‪Freeriding motorcycle‬‏

JB4310 · May 25, 2011

cropdusting said:
Took a little motorcycle ride the other day. Enjoy!

YouTube - ‪Freeriding motorcycle‬‏

Thanks for sharing, looks like you are kinda a beginner. that's not an insult just an observation.

I haven't had a dirt bike in a few years, springtime really makes me want to get another. I mostly ride in the woods, but my buddy who also has a Kawi 250 rides mostly motocross tracks. Even though he's 50 years old this guy will fly over your house off a triple jump.

I'd love to get a modern Husqy or KTM. I've had about every kind of bike in the past, but most of those were old school.

JB

MoKelly · May 25, 2011

That is just pure fun. Nothing is more stress relieving than dirk bike riding.

MoKelly

BoFuller · May 25, 2011

I haven't ridden dirt bikes for 20 years, but I still ride my Vulcan 2000 to work most days. Eventually I will build a track on my 40 acres for that great "stress reliever", and for the grandkids. My better half says at 62 I can still ride but I can't be jumping houses. :laughing:

not2old · May 25, 2011

I enjoy my BMW and my Sportster, but it'd be one of my Huskies if I only had one bike. At 63, I still occasionally do all of those crazy stunts you see on videos, it's just not on purpose! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

BoFuller · May 25, 2011

not2old said:
I enjoy my BMW and my Sportster, but it'd be one of my Huskies if I only had one bike. At 63, I still occasionally do all of those crazy stunts you see on videos, it's just not on purpose! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

I hear that! :thumbsup:

cropdusting · May 26, 2011

Well I don't normally ride motocross tracks so my technique is deffinately beginerish. I ride harescrambles and enduros and then mountain trails mostly. I also ride observed trials and that is what I am best at. I also have several street bikes and ride to work every chance I get. My daily commuters consiste of a Buell XB9SX, DR350S, and BMW R1100R (trip bike). My wife rides too and she wanted to go to the track today so that is why we were there.

One of the commuter bikes

When we head into the mountains.

Dual sporting above 13,000 feet.

Observed trials (practicing on my old bike)

One of the more nasty trails I ride. (notice the bike at the top)

Riding with my parents on top of Webster Pass/Red Cone (12,840 feet)

Pit bike race.

Indoor arenacross pit bike race.

signing some autographs

Lined up all my "vintage" bikes for a photo shoot.

mbosma · May 26, 2011

Is that 14 "vintage" bikes I count? I'm jealous.

I'm on an '03 cr 250 and ride mostly GNCC series and hairscrambles in Indiana. Only have 4 bikes in the garage now though.

It's great to see motorcycles on the tractor forum. How long have you been riding trials? I've always wanted to try it but haven't found the cash for a used bike yet.

JB4310 · May 26, 2011

Well I don't think you could be called a beginner, Sorry,:ashamed:
I just got that feeling watching the video.

My last bike was a DR500, suzuki, on off road. was a little heavy for me in the woods. I had a Yamaha yz 490 for a short while, that thing was not my style and was scary to ride. I prefer trail/woods riding. I also had 2 husqvarna's, a 250 and a 390. A Bultaco, that came closest to serious off road riding, not a trial bike but would go thru anything. Many others bikes as well.

My most interesting bike, that got the most attention was a Susuki GT 750.
A water cooled, 3 cylinder, 2 stroke street bike. I got my first one when I was 16. (had 2 of them) They use to call them the water buffalo, cause water cooled bikes in 1978 where rare. It was a fast bike for the times, but had a detuned 3 into 2 exhaust system. I put 3 expansion chamber pipes and carb jets on it and it was totally insane. sounded like 3 separate 250's going down the road.
Also insanely load, had to take them off cause the local PD had enough of it.

That is some collection you have there, wouldn't doubt it if you don't have a GT in there. They also made a 550 air cooled 2 stroke, with a big scoop on top of the engine.

JB.

BoFuller · May 26, 2011

14 bikes? That's disgusting.

Okay, I'm jealous. If bikes were my only toys I guess I would have a few, but since they're not, I just have one. Here's my grandson telling me what he would do if it was his. :laughing:

cropdusting · May 26, 2011

No offense taken, my technique on motocross tracks is not the best and my bike is really set up for rocky trail running so the suspension is set a bit softer for the intial stroke and my tires are not the right compound or design for the dusty hard pack that was there that day.

I have been riding for 25 years

16 bikes acctually in that line up, you can't see 2 of them on the end. The line up is every bike that either me or my Dad ever owned except 2 that he sold in the 70's. No, no water buffalo's in the collection (yes I know what they are and have seen a few). However I do have a couple of 3 cylinder bikes.

1973 Kawasaki S2 Mach II 350cc (first bike I rode on the street after turning 16)

1969 Kawasaki H1 Mach III 500cc

1968 Kawasaki A7SS Avenger 350cc (rotary valve twin)

close up of the 1974 Kawasaki KZ400 I bought this for $75 and fixed it up and rode it for years putting 80,000 miles on it.

1974 Yamaha SC500

Same bike, 1978 base of Webster pass. My mom and dad were camping.

My dad in a 1988 race, same bike. Made the paper.

In staging...

1970 Kawasaki F9 "big horn" 350cc (rotary valve single)

Sometimes I want more comfort when I haul my bike to the trail head :laughing:

Riding my 1974 TY250 trials

Bought my Dad a Harley for his birthday one year. I am not really a Harley fan, don't hate them just don't have any interest in owning one, even though I did for a short period of time. Local paper heard about it and published this.

cropdusting · May 26, 2011

These pictures were taken in the same spot (looking different directions)

1978

2008

BoFuller · May 26, 2011

That's awesome. My friend had one of those Kaw 500's and one time he let me ride it and didn't tell me he had the throttle setup to stay where it is when you let go. Resulted in a series of wheelies, but could have killed me. I almost killed him.

not2old · May 27, 2011

I'm going to save the picture of your bikes in case I get a bad time from the little lady about having 5 of them. I've added a 1982 Honda CBX project bike to this group. Since retiring and moving from the city, I get much more riding time.

JB4310 · May 27, 2011

That buddy of mine that is the motocross madman has about 10 vintage Jap bikes. I always thought he was crazy for saving those old things. never thought the Japanese bikes could ever be collectible. but I guess they are.

I had an old Honda 305 twin, but it was cannibalized into an off road bike. My neighbor had a complete stock, very early 305 (scrambler I think) one of the first jap MC's sold in this country. That thing must be worth something now.

As far as Harley's, you either love them or hate them. I don't hate them, but never wanted to own til recently. Both my brothers and my sister have/has Harley's.
My sister has 3 of them in her garage, One that I've been borrowing lately is a big 80+ CI custom straight pipe, it's got skulls with their tongue's out and tombstones. It's hilarious and not my clean cut style but man it's fun to drive, with that big slob sound.

It's fun to pull up to the family in the minivan, they have to roll up the windows and tell the kids don't look at that man. of course the kids will make some funny face.

JB.

cropdusting · May 27, 2011

Well here is some vintage "motocross" riding from my earlier years.

YouTube - ‪Vintage motocross riding‬‏

Travelover · May 27, 2011

BoFuller said:
That's awesome. My friend had one of those Kaw 500's and one time he let me ride it and didn't tell me he had the throttle setup to stay where it is when you let go. Resulted in a series of wheelies, but could have killed me. I almost killed him.

I had a Kawasaki 500 when I was a teenager. I bragged at a party that it would pull the front wheel off the ground at 40 mph. Guy called me a liar, so I said hop on. When I got to 40, I said "Is it at 40?" He looked and agreed. Then I rolled off the throttle briefly then gave it full throttle, pulling the wheel off the ground about a foot. Needless to say he needed to change his drawers. :laughing:.