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Arvindmundhe
12/29/2018 1:19am
12/29/2018 1:19am
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Im looking to do some mountain road/off road/adventure riding but i dont necessarily want a dirtbike like the KLR650 or the DR650, and I'm on a budget so the fancy BMW dual sports are out of the question. Does anyone have experience with motorcycles converted from primarily street to off road that can handle this sort of thing? For example, I've seen some ninja 650s turned into off road bikes and currently in looking at a triumph speed triple that's setup for off road riding.
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I always wanted a bike I could ride to a motocross track, jump all the jumps and ride home. I rode to Central Cycle Club which is over a hour in a car from my place and took all backroads, cleared every jump on the track and rode it home! I was completely and totally spent riding home but mission accomplished!
Also, I raced the AMA Grand National Hillclimb Championships over the summer too and almost won the whole dam thing. (Basically Loretta’s for hillclimb.) Six tenths of a second cost me the win and I didn’t have a extended swing arm either! I absolutely love my bike more than any bike, I’ve ever owned but wish it had the XCF forks on it. That’s the only weak link on my bike.
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I would rather moto.................
I ask, because frankly, those are the two single best "light" adventure bikes for those on a tight budget. Very few street bikes can or have been converted to be ridden offroad, at least any that are any good at it. The Honda CB500X twin adventure conversion is one folks talk about. Or some of the vintage Yamaha twins like the XS. But honestly, to convert a bike properly will cost you more than buying a used version of a proper adventure bike. And adventure bikes are not dirt bikes... so back to what are your expectations.
I've got a very skilled buddy who took his Honda 954 with adventure knobbies to Hollister Hills in NorCal for a day just to say he could do it. He would never consider taking it down to Baja on one of my trips, even if he stuck to easy routes. That Speed Triple would be no different. The geometry, weight, power deliver blah blah blah is all wrong. Try posting over on ADV rider for more input.
Your bike looks dope!
Hoping to pick one up myself this Spring.
Dirt Bike mag. just named Beta the best, but endorsing that makes me have to endorse the other crap they spew.
The place where I raced was Monson, Mass and it was basically a massive rock pile with sand on top of it. The locals had a huge advantage and won more than 50% of the classes on their first runs. Once the sand pushed off the top it actually became very dangerous with rocks. Millions of rocks!! I actually crashed on the verticross event which is one on one races. First one to the top wins and double elimination. I had huge leads and blew it cause of rocks I couldn’t see. I have tons of video from my helmet cam and mom filming. I will upload them now. The helmet cam footage cam out good.
https://youtu.be/WfNj98ABbos
I had a decent number of hours on my KLR650 in the hills. Later I set up my versys for off-road work.
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