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Title: First ride of the season
Post by: Travis398 on December 12, 2010, 08:44:02 AM
Now that the FJ is parked for a few months, the real riding begins.................  :good:

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Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: Travis398 on December 12, 2010, 08:47:30 AM
 :yahoo:
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Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: RichBaker on December 12, 2010, 11:52:45 AM
That's always looked like fun, only problem I have is,  the damn ice rinks won't let me in to play..... 
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: weymouth399 on December 12, 2010, 01:06:59 PM
You need to ask nicer. 
We have had races indoors but at monster truck shows. It's still alot of fun, but the boards hurt more than snow banks at speed. :dash1:

Bob W
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: rktmanfj on December 12, 2010, 04:18:37 PM

Looks like you need a visit from Team 4-stroke...               :empathy2:

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: weymouth399 on December 12, 2010, 07:32:53 PM
What is this thing you call a four stroke   :scratch_one-s_head:
I'm old school (or am I just old) but I belive dirt bikes are suppose to go DING DING not THUMP THUMP :nea:   Because I am old, the one with a button is starting to look better to me.  :shok:
But they are hard to start when it's 20 degrees out. :dash1:

Bob W
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: oldktmdude on December 13, 2010, 04:57:34 AM
Quote from: weymouth399 on December 12, 2010, 07:32:53 PM
What is this thing you call a four stroke   :scratch_one-s_head:
I'm old school (or am I just old) but I belive dirt bikes are suppose to go DING DING not THUMP THUMP :nea:   Because I am old, the one with a button is starting to look better to me.  :shok:
But they are hard to start when it's 20 degrees out. :dash1:

Bob W
Bob, don't give-in to the four bangers just because of the start button. There are some great 2strokes on the market with these buttons. I gave-in and had a four stroke for awhile but ended up going back to the 2stroke. Much easier on my old body and heaps more fun to ride. Keep smokin, Pete.    :good2:
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: rktmanfj on December 13, 2010, 08:52:39 AM

Eh, I hear plenty of ring-dings in the woods around here, but they are all cutting firewood...     :biggrin:

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: weymouth399 on December 13, 2010, 09:11:04 AM
Randy

The last time I was in Indy I didn't see alot of woods, crack heads yes woods no.

I just need to make a decomp set up for my KX500s there getting harder to start while standing on ice.
Could ride my 250 easy to start but it just don't have the torque I want to feel.

Kinda the same reason I ride the FJ gobbs of torque. :yahoo:

Bob W

Come join us I'm sure we can find a bike for you to ride>
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: rktmanfj on December 13, 2010, 05:51:06 PM
Quote from: weymouth399 on December 13, 2010, 09:11:04 AM
Randy

The last time I was in Indy I didn't see alot of woods, crack heads yes woods no.

I just need to make a decomp set up for my KX500s there getting harder to start while standing on ice.
Could ride my 250 easy to start but it just don't have the torque I want to feel.

Kinda the same reason I ride the FJ gobbs of torque. :yahoo:

Bob W

Come join us I'm sure we can find a bike for you to ride>


There used to be lots of woods around here 'til the 2-smokes got hold of 'em.     :blum1:


Actually there are lots of woods around, if you know where to look...

I have to workout this winter for some spring dirt biking... I proved on Friday that I am in no shape for falling down anymore.  Very thankful for the Carhartt arctic coat I had on.  I had to lay on the ice for a bit to take inventory, since there was no one else around.

Randy T
Indy
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: Kopfjaeger on December 14, 2010, 09:23:58 PM
2 stroke = twice as noisy, twice as fast, twice as much fun. and 1/2 the work to rebuild...... nothing like riding with a helmet full of flies..... cant wait to get my old 80 model DT's now   :good2:
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: weymouth399 on December 14, 2010, 10:37:35 PM
1/2 as noisy, compared to the ones that do ride with us. 
My stock KX500 with a FMF exhaust system is probably the quietest bike out there, and my modded 500 is not far behind noise wise.

Bob W
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: Lotsokids on December 14, 2010, 11:21:24 PM
Looks fun! Reminds me of when I was 17, riding my Honda CR250 on our frozen lake. It was fun until I went through the ice in about 3 feet of water. Yup, she went down running. That's a really bad sound...:negative:
Title: Re: First ride of the season
Post by: Kopfjaeger on December 16, 2010, 02:21:34 AM
holy heck!!! did you get it back??? that would scare the bejesus out of me... but ... well... :blush: ive never seen snow or ice... lol... i just get hot and wet or mud  :D and i have to say travis... man that looks like a nice corner of the world you have there.   making me jealous.....cant wait to get my DT 175's.....not a patch on a kx tho.... or an IT 465. fellow down the road from me has an old 1975 DT 250.... and a Maico 500... he s selling the Maico..... :empathy2: