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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
I have done dozens of round trips with various street bikes as well as my KLR with no problems. Street bikes have included a couple of CB750's,
GS850g, XS1100, V65 Sabre, GSX1100g. Harleys with little clearance do the highway regularly.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gulliver
Lots of six cylinder Gold Wings down here. I saw a lowered Honda Accord up at San Javier last week. Just slow down to where you can avoid pot holes
and never drive at night.
Pot hole Joke:
Stopped for a road repair crew in Louisiana, a motorist asks how bad the pot hole was. The flagger says, "We took a three pound bass out of this one
and it was native."
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There are no potholes on the new sections of MX-1now. They will be installing them very soon though.
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willardguy
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now a big pothole on the back of a harley.....you'd have to ask Lee 
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David K
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Is the word TOPE (A speed bump installed to slow traffic in towns) also used for POT HOLEs (hole in highway or street caused by thin asphalt, weather
and traffic)??
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parkinsonsd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
I have done dozens of round trips with various street bikes as well as my KLR with no problems. Street bikes have included a couple of CB750's,
GS850g, XS1100, V65 Sabre, GSX1100g. Harleys with little clearance do the highway regularly.
[Edited on 3-3-2014 by KurtG] |
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That was totally uncalled for. Gonna go find me some pepto.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Is the word TOPE (A speed bump installed to slow traffic in towns) also used for POT HOLEs (hole in highway or street caused by thin asphalt, weather
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BACHE = POTHOLE.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadogs
...a KLR ... is probably the best bike for potholes and washouts and construction zones because of their HUGE suspension play.....
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Huge?????
C'mon.......
If a tope will keep someone from riding, they should take up lawn bowling....I hope this guy rides better than he spells.....
Parkinsonsd.....Baja riding is as good as you will find anywhere. The main highways have great new pavement on 90% of the highways....the rest is
good pavement with some potholes in a few sections of Baja.
The non-paved roads are likely to be off-limits to you if you are concerned about topes (paved bumps). Ride Baja, eat tacos, and live to talk about
it with that look in your eyes that a cat gets when it licks itself.....
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whoa... these bikes are more than just "huge" suspension, lets not forget the infamous "doohickey" and
legendary shift levers,and ......... |
Ouch! - I didn't say "huge suspension". I said "huge suspension play". Compared
to other street legal bikes the KLR absorbs topes quite well. The original post compared a nighthawk to a KLR and I believe there is a HUGE advantage
with the KLR. That's all. Maybe it's the way I used the word "huge"?
"That gal has HUGE hair!"
I'm sorry if it sounded like I thought a KLR650 was the greatest bike ever. I like mine... and my doohicky is done. Topes are things in the road that
break up the boredom.
Peace
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basautter
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I have logged many miles on bikes in Baja. You problem with speed bumps and topes will not be hitting bottom, it will be bottoming out the suspension
if you hit either too fast. Watch for warning signs, pay attention to the road, don't go too fast and you will be fine. Have fun!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Is the word TOPE (A speed bump installed to slow traffic in towns) also used for POT HOLEs (hole in highway or street caused by thin asphalt, weather
and traffic)?? |
BACHE = POTHOLE. |
Thanks Dennis, as this is a thread on topes and motorcycles, I was wondering why so much talk about baches? Of course, baches can be worse than
topes... but one man's bache is obviously another man's tope, yes?
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The nighthawk's got a 5.5" ground clearance (significantly less with my fat patooty on it.) My concern was bottoming out and wrecking the exhaust
system, as it's a good chunk of change to replace and as they were last made in 2003, replacing them is getting more and more difficult.
I thank you all for your sincere, helpful and simultaneously contradictory advice.
[Edited on 3-5-2014 by parkinsonsd]
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KurtG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by parkinsonsd
The nighthawk's got a 5.5" ground clearance (significantly less with my fat patooty on it.) My concern was bottoming out and wrecking the exhaust
system, as it's a good chunk of change to replace and as they were last made in 2003, replacing them is getting more and more difficult.
I thank you all for your sincere, helpful and simultaneously contradictory advice.
[Edited on 3-5-2014 by parkinsonsd] |
In Oct. I rode to Mulege (see my "rehab ride" thread) on my old 1981 CB750c that has a Mac 4/1 system that rides pretty low and has less clearance
than your Nighthawk. You'll be fine, in years past I rode a Suzuki GS850g on back roads all over Baja and with a little caution did just fine. Enjoy
the ride! My first Baja ride was 40 years ago on a '73 CB750 and that ride is still fresh in my memory. I had an Auto Club map and a sleeping bag
and not much more.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
| Quote: | Originally posted by parkinsonsd
The nighthawk's got a 5.5" ground clearance (significantly less with my fat patooty on it.) My concern was bottoming out and wrecking the exhaust
system, as it's a good chunk of change to replace and as they were last made in 2003, replacing them is getting more and more difficult.
I thank you all for your sincere, helpful and simultaneously contradictory advice. |
In Oct. I rode to Mulege (see my "rehab ride" thread) ... |
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=70025
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wet cobblestone with unmarked hazards at night, but toll rd rocks.
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