Great Dual Sport ride on Sat. LOTS OF PICS!!

[kens97sto171]

Well.. its not scooters.. but it was on a China bike and had some great two wheel fun.. so I thought I would share.

The localriders.com group went on a "light" dual sport ride on Sat. I put 290 miles on the Roketa all together.. now have almost 4200 miles on it.

We met in the Eastgate area, then did some light riding, gravel (I really don't like gravel) , backroads and a couple small river crossings. Then stopped and met the rest of the group.. a lot of KLR 650's my friend John has a DR400, and one VStrom 650 with street tires.

Did some more backroads, and gravel.. then stopped at Pike County ATV park.. and did some serious off roading ( at least by my standards ) my new 46t rear did GREAT.. perfect ratio.. climbed every hill without any problems...
Unfortunately only a couple pics were taken at the ATV park there was not really any time to take pics until one of the KLR riders.. a newbie that had never done ANY dual sporting (it is a commuter bike for him.. 25,000 miles in 2 years )
Well he was in the wrong gear going up a hill and stalled it... bike rolled backwards.. and he jumped off rather than have it land on him... broke his mirror, and the clutch lever perch.. some zip ties, and we had him going again...

Then we all headed home... man was I tired.. and sore the next day.
Well here are the pics, in chronological order. Hope you like them. I am the one in blue gear on the red China bike. (only one there)

Group picture at the start


The rest of the group joining us.


The first river crossing was just before this point.. unfortunatly no one took a pic of it.. the river was wide, but very low water this day.

Check out the VStrom 650... He did fine all day.. very experienced rider too.








Check out the HUGE semi clear tank on this KLR 650 it is 8 Gallons !!!!


Second "river" crossing


Me being an IDIOT.. I put my feet up hoping to keep them dry.. this did not work.





My friend John on the DR400 preparing to cross again for the camera




KLR 650 doing a wheelie thru the water. ;D



At Pike County ATV park.


The LAW came to investigate the large group... he was going out as we came in.. he turned around to check us out. He was very nice guy..mostly curious about the big group.


Us all trying to "Help" the guy who put his KLR down.


The damaged KLR 650


Well.. that's it.. Hope you like the pictures.. It really is amazing how capable these China bikes are.. I got several compliments on the bike....
I am now dreaming of a KLR650 in addition to a scoot... will have to find one lowered though.. I can hardly get my leg over a new one they are so tall

Ken

[voodoosix]

i had a KLR650 once, good bike- a '91 i think.

it was a horse though, even with my 34in inseam it was a tall bike.

[kink]

Great pics man! Looks like lots of fun!

[fufu2wheel]

I didn't see a China bike in the pictures.. Maybe move this thread to Show and Tell?

[mrpulldown]

I want to see your bike up close.

Got some better pics?

[bike4miles]

Looks like fun! I have been thinking about going off road lately. Might buy a dual bike some day. That black bike with street tires would be very hard to handle, especially after a water crossing!

[kens97sto171]

Hey.. for: fufu2wheel and mrpulldown.

Here are the best pics of me on the ride.. I only have a couple pics of my bike.. and they are not great.

Here is my bike... the fairing around the gas tank is now off.. I cracked it and it was rattling.



And here are the only two pics that actually show me on the ride.. I guess the guys with the cameras liked the KLR's more.. then again.. there were LOTS of KLR's





Hope you all enjoyed the pics... It was a great time.

Ken

[phaze]

i had two of them one was like a 90 klx tengai edition very nice till i rode it lol, the next one was a 95 i think it was motocross inspired upside down shocks full pipe, that would get me out of trouble faster then i got into it. they are a blast.

[Aaron]

Nice ride.. I still have a soft spot for dual sports. This was my China Dual Sport. A Jet-Moto Alpine. Basically the same as yours. Paid $1200 new for mine.



Aaron

[kens97sto171]

Jul 29, 2008 18:12:27 GMT -5 Aaron said:

Nice ride.. I still have a soft spot for dual sports. This was my China Dual Sport. A Jet-Moto Alpine. Basically the same as yours. Paid $1200 new for mine.



Aaron

WOW!! your bike looks great.. You had the rear disk and the better shocks, I like the black paint job too. Did you sell it? Just wondering why you don't have it anymore.
Mine is a pretty basic model. But it is fun, and gets me around town just fine. My only real complaint is the vibration these engines have, I need to do the engine bolt mods, but right now is not a good time... I will be needing a clutch soon, and tires next.

I took some pics just a bit ago.. as you can see my bike is not nearly as clean as it was, it is pretty beat up looking compared to your bike, I cracked the tank covering plastics and they were buzzing badly so I just took them off.
The bike still runs great, it does not use any oil, and starts every time. It will soon be time for a valve adjustment they are a little noisy.. camera makes it sound worse than it is.

Here are some pics and two bad quality vid clips if anybody is interested. In the second vid you can hear my clutch slip as I go into 3rd gear.





Bike starting and idling.


And me riding it around the block.


Well...thats it.. Hope everyone has a great day.

Ken

[medman1952]

Your Roketa has a nice sound to it, how large is the motor?