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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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I used to ride a Honda XR650, mostly up in the Sequoias. A lot of fun was had on that bike but today I prefer the ease of a good 4x4 quad.
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Pompano
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8194
Registered: 11-14-2004
Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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Mood: Optimistic
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Time to climb back on...?
For this long cross-country trip I choose a Kawasaki 750 Vulcan. I didn't want to stop for repairs.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
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Mood: Gettin' Better
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandy
Just note that I consider a bike/atv that makes more noise than an 18-wheeler to be a TARGET. That goes for you Harley-fags too
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I bet this knuckledragger and his brother go to biker bars with that comment sliding out with their drool....
Just because they like to get rammed with pool cues....
Don't believe everything you think....
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Von
Senior Nomad
Posts: 961
Registered: 10-1-2006
Location: Poway-Rosarito
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Mood: getting ready!
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Baja bike
READY SET.....................
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Von
Senior Nomad
Posts: 961
Registered: 10-1-2006
Location: Poway-Rosarito
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Mood: getting ready!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandy
Just note that I consider a bike/atv that makes more noise than an 18-wheeler to be a TARGET.
That goes for you Harley-fags too |
Whats up with this guy? I think hes lost? Id like to meet him in baja with all my friends.
READY SET.....................
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vandy
Senior Nomad
Posts: 538
Registered: 10-10-2003
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Nope, just put a muffler on it, is all I say.
WHY make more noise than an 18-wheeler?
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jack
Nomad
Posts: 148
Registered: 12-21-2005
Location: Kamloops BC
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Mood: Eat Heavy
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Here are my Baja bikes:
Honda XR 500
Suzuki DR 600
Honda XR 650L
My latest bike which has not yet got to experence the Baja, a KTM 950 Super Enduro
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Yo new guy. I'm as adament about mufflers on Harleys as you are, but I invite you to notice where you are and use appropriate language. You might, as
a result, have some chance of having a persuasive argument. OK?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Many of you have had more numberplates than I could have dreamed of, but this wone was the pinnacle of my racing.
1969 Bonneville Speed Trials. APSC 250 as shown in the only picture I have of the bike. All my runs were with the bike "naked". This image from the
background of a picture in the 1969 Hot Rod Magazine Annual. Ron Grant heads and barrels, and remote float carbs. Seized it twice at speed.
We had turned 107 in 12.47 at the drags so we were sure it was going to be easy on the salt.
Finally...downwind 121.621 and upwind within the hour 112.88 for a 117.252. Ten MPH over the record we wanted. 15 cu. in. stock engine, modified frame
250 Suzuki X-6 T-20 I guess I'm getting pretty nostalgic in my old age.
[Edited on 11-19-2009 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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capt. mike
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8085
Registered: 11-26-2002
Location: Bat Cave
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i ran Vance and Hines dual straights on my softail with the S&S 96 " motor.
my neighbors hated me on weekend mornings early. but i loved it! loud pipes save lives.
now what i hate is mexican 18 wheelers jake braking on the road south of the Serenidad turn off at 2:00 am!! 
[Edited on 11-17-2009 by capt. mike]
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering |
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XRPhlang
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Posts: 111
Registered: 10-12-2007
Location: Central Coast
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Mood: Taco me.
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Here's mine near Santa Marta.
[Edited on 11-17-2009 by XRPhlang]
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Packoderm
Super Nomad
Posts: 2116
Registered: 11-7-2002
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jack
Here are my Baja bikes:
Honda XR 500
I really like the 500. Do you still have it? |
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Curt63
Super Nomad
Posts: 1171
Registered: 3-28-2009
Location: San Diego, Ca.
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Mood: Fish tacos and Tecate
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These are my 2 favorite Baja mounts. 1 for Speed and 1 for comfort. I'm working on a steel board mount like Oladulce's. My first PVC set broke.
A more creative application. The ding repair shop loves this set up.
This is Josh. In 2008, He traveled from Chicago to Guaymas to St Rosalia to San Diego on this scooter as a promotional trip. We met him in Abreojos
and he camped with us for one hell of a fun week.
Whale bone collecting with rts551 and fishinrich
This is my runabout quad after some way above average Razors
Good Times Baja style!
[Edited on 11-18-2009 by Curt63]
No worries
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Oh I remember those shallow water falls...Curt, where is that beach?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Curt63
Super Nomad
Posts: 1171
Registered: 3-28-2009
Location: San Diego, Ca.
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Mood: Fish tacos and Tecate
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St. Rosalillita in June, flat as a pancake.
No worries
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Curt63
Super Nomad
Posts: 1171
Registered: 3-28-2009
Location: San Diego, Ca.
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Mood: Fish tacos and Tecate
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Sorry guys, I had too much fun looking through old pics. This might be the last one.
We rode into this area through some huge dunes from some the backside. Didn't realize we were "in the zone".
No worries
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oladulce
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Registered: 5-30-2005
Location: bcs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63. I'm working on a steel board mount like Oladulce's.
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Each arm of our moto racks slides in to a piece of square tubing that's mounted on the front and back gear racks. The upper part of the long
extension arms will carry larger craft and fishing poles, and 1-2 shortboards will fit in the lower u-shaped portion (not recommended simultaneously).
The best feature of these racks is that you can take them off in an instant so the quads don't take up so much garage space and you can remove them if
you're just going for a ride or to town.
Extra garage space may have been BigWooo's original design idea, but although I do fine when riding with boards on the racks, when the racks are empty
I tend to forget how wide I am and whack alot of shrubs and cactus. The chewed up red foam is an indicator of my poor peripheral perception- so my
nice esposo removes the racks from my moto frequently.
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vandy
Senior Nomad
Posts: 538
Registered: 10-10-2003
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Seeya down there.
"Targets" is just a euphemism
I would NEVER run you loud
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jack
Nomad
Posts: 148
Registered: 12-21-2005
Location: Kamloops BC
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Mood: Eat Heavy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
| Quote: | Originally posted by jack
Here are my Baja bikes:
Honda XR 500
I really like the 500. Do you still have it? |
I traded the 500 in on the Suzuki. That 500 handled better on sand then any other bike I owned. Not a big deal up here in Canada but it was quite a
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