Look what I found in the woods... [Archive]

Mr Lefty

10-17-2009, 05:09 PM

http://ebbs15.smugmug.com/photos/683657802_UwY5R-L.jpg

Damn thing followed me home too...
http://ebbs15.smugmug.com/photos/683658745_FuqSe-L.jpg

:pebbs:

tached1000rr

10-17-2009, 05:38 PM

Let's see if fnfalman call it a pussy bike too...:lol

Mr Lefty

10-17-2009, 05:45 PM

Let's see if fnfalman call it a pussy bike too...:lol

:lol: no doubt

tached1000rr

10-17-2009, 05:46 PM

Had enough time to have some fun on it yet?

askmrjesus

10-17-2009, 05:53 PM

When that guy comes back from taking a piss, he's gonna be looking for your ass. :lol:

JC

Mr Lefty

10-17-2009, 06:05 PM

Had enough time to have some fun on it yet?

Naw... can't ride too much... I'm on call and can't hear the phone when I'm riding... so I put in 2.5 hrs... no real off road as the stock tires are horrid off road in soft stuff (recently rained here)

When that guy comes back from taking a piss, he's gonna be looking for your ass. :lol:

JC

well let's hope the RR I left him calms his temper. :lol:

derf

10-17-2009, 06:53 PM

you traded your cbr for that?

Mr Lefty

10-17-2009, 07:05 PM

yeah.

I was tired of abusing the RR by riding it for commuting only... the roads down here suck for an SS... so I only ever rode it to commute on.

I've been wanting a Dual Sport for a while (no secret) and can't swing getting the BMW anytime soon... though to be honest... after today I don't know if I need/want the 800.

The RR was only getting 38mpg commuting at a high... this will get 65mpg.

I may eventually buy another sport bike to ride... probably track (if I can ever afford it) but I swear... I haven't had this much fun riding random roads since I was on my Indy trip last year with Trip, Fatburg, Kat, and Rae. and Never had this much fun alone riding.

I like the thought that at just about any random spot... I can take a right or left and just go... :lol:

racedoll

10-17-2009, 09:05 PM

Looks nice!
Glad to hear you are having fun riding again. It sucks when you lose that.

Sixxxxer

10-17-2009, 09:15 PM

You need tyres...Other than that...

Good luck with it :)

Mr Lefty

10-25-2009, 12:02 AM

http://ebbs15.smugmug.com/photos/691512458_Q6CAK-XL.jpg

http://ebbs15.smugmug.com/photos/691511478_Dvk3r-XL.jpg

http://ebbs15.smugmug.com/photos/691510513_zYpK8-XL.jpg

Captain Morgan

10-25-2009, 12:22 AM

Nice pix

Mr Lefty

11-15-2009, 06:47 PM

http://ebbs15.com/Motorcycles/Desoto-Dont-Fall-Rally/EBS7952-1/714023546_QoGWN-XL.jpg

http://ebbs15.com/Motorcycles/Desoto-Dont-Fall-Rally/EBS7923-1/714014400_G2k4R-XL.jpg

tached1000rr

11-15-2009, 06:52 PM

Damn Ebbs you getting better and better with those pics!

Mr Lefty

11-15-2009, 07:06 PM

thanks... I take a lot of pics... but as time goes on... seems like my ratio of crap pics to keepers is getting better...

tached1000rr

11-15-2009, 07:09 PM

How many miles you get in this weekend? It's never as much as I would like but I had 175 miles this weekend. Great riding and riding weather.

Mr Lefty

11-15-2009, 07:25 PM

450 or so.... just hit 1900 miles on the bike

dReWpY

11-15-2009, 08:12 PM

what is it again?

Mr Lefty

11-15-2009, 08:17 PM

the bike? a DR-Z400

tached1000rr

11-22-2009, 08:05 PM

Ebbs, I was curious how much difference you saw in insurance going from the RR to the DRZ?

Mr Lefty

11-22-2009, 08:07 PM

it dropped $10 a month. so $38 a month full coverage.

tached1000rr

11-22-2009, 08:07 PM

Every little bit helps!

Mr Lefty

11-22-2009, 08:10 PM

hell yes it does. especially when I'm still paying $300 a month on my Xterra... which is in Iowa trying to be sold...

racedoll

11-22-2009, 10:21 PM

it dropped $10 a month. so $38 a month full coverage.

who do you have for insurance?

Mr Lefty

11-23-2009, 07:21 AM

State Farm

Homeslice

11-23-2009, 07:42 AM

Why did you replace the black piece with the white piece?

Mr Lefty

11-23-2009, 07:51 AM

I replaced the stock tank 2gal with an IMS 4.2 gal tank... which I found out will take 4.6gal :D

now my range is >200 miles... where it was <150

also provides some radiator protection in falls... but I added some radiator guards anyways... over kill maybe... but better safe than sorry when it comes to the rads.

jtemple

02-12-2010, 10:06 PM

How are you liking it? I want a dual sport pretty badly, but I don't know that I'm willing to have it as my only bike. Adding a second bike to the garage is something my wife most likely won't allow, but I REALLY want this:

2010 Husqvarna TE630
http://www.emoto.com/img/news/200911/5939/husqvarna-te-630.jpg

I want something road legal that is more dirt bike than street bike. The Huskys are pretty damn expensive though.

askmrjesus

02-12-2010, 10:19 PM

I want something road legal that is more dirt bike than street bike. The Huskys are pretty damn expensive though.

How tall are you?

JC

jtemple

02-12-2010, 10:26 PM

I am a TOWERING 5'10" with a 32" inseam, weighing in at a muscular 194 lbs.

askmrjesus

02-12-2010, 10:55 PM

I am a TOWERING 5'10" with a 32" inseam, weighing in at a muscular 194 lbs.

I'd look for a used 2007 KTM 525 EXC.

Balls deluxe.

JC

smileyman

02-12-2010, 10:55 PM

I want to know all about it Ebbs. I was just at the dealer yesterdat checking out the DZR400 SM and looked over the Duallie.

Mr Lefty

02-13-2010, 01:03 AM

Mr Lefty

02-13-2010, 01:07 AM

I'd look for a used 2007 KTM 525 EXC.

Balls deluxe.

JC

nice thing about the DRZ over the KTM is the maintenance needs... course that's about the only thing the DRZ has over the KTM... unless you count weight! :lol:

I want to know all about it Ebbs. I was just at the dealer yesterdat checking out the DZR400 SM and looked over the Duallie.

I love the bike... easier to tour on than the RR or my ZZR... though doesn't like Highway speeds... though I'm swaping in a 16t front sprocket (15t stock) so that'll help. and I'm putting on a full system exhaust and jet kit. so shouldn't be too bad.

remind me, and I'll give you a review when I get home.

if you're coming to the rally you can take it for a spin...

fasternyou929

02-13-2010, 03:18 AM

hell yes it does. especially when I'm still paying $300 a month on my Xterra... which is in Iowa trying to be sold...

If it's not being driven, drop the full coverage and only keep comprehensive on it. Should drop it down to $10 or less per month until you sell it. Just make sure you call State Farm back if you plan on letting someone test drive it.

smileyman

02-13-2010, 12:05 PM

remind me, and I'll give you a review when I get home.

if you're coming to the rally you can take it for a spin...[/QUOTE]

TOO tempting! Now that i have the Buell for the Ozarks I have really thinking about all those county and fire roads I see heading into the mountains....

Mr Lefty

02-14-2010, 01:50 AM

If it's not being driven, drop the full coverage and only keep comprehensive on it. Should drop it down to $10 or less per month until you sell it. Just make sure you call State Farm back if you plan on letting someone test drive it.

yeah I did... but it's sold now...

TOO tempting! Now that i have the Buell for the Ozarks I have really thinking about all those county and fire roads I see heading into the mountains....

if you were a little closer to the halfway point from Omaha to Biloxi... I'd trade ya a test ride for a place to crash...

anyways... I love this bike... just need to get a little better seat

jtemple

02-14-2010, 09:38 AM

I'd look for a used 2007 KTM 525 EXC.

Balls deluxe.

JCI did look into that, and while it does look like a badass bike, the maintenance schedule is through the roof! The Husky is lower maintenance. The smaller dual sports both from KTM and Husky are MX bikes w/turn signals on them, hence the insane maintenance schedule. The Husky TE 610/630s are big and heavy, but there's a lot less maintenance. I don't want to be changing oil every day I ride it.

Mr Lefty

02-14-2010, 01:24 PM

I did look into that, and while it does look like a badass bike, the maintenance schedule is through the roof! The Husky is lower maintenance. The smaller dual sports both from KTM and Husky are MX bikes w/turn signals on them, hence the insane maintenance schedule. The Husky TE 610/630s are big and heavy, but there's a lot less maintenance. I don't want to be changing oil every day I ride it.

the DRZ still requires an oil change every 1000 miles... but it only takes 2quarts and 10/40 oil is cheap. just sucks on long trips to have to pack oil, oil filters, and crush washers with ya.

smileyman

02-14-2010, 02:39 PM

You can lay over in Fayetteville anytime you want Ebbs. We'll make a weekend of it.

Carolina

02-14-2010, 04:16 PM

nice toy mane, ur gonna miss the honda when it warms up though

Mr Lefty

02-14-2010, 07:01 PM

You can lay over in Fayetteville anytime you want Ebbs. We'll make a weekend of it.

I may do that on the way up to my brothers wedding... depending on when I can leave

nice toy mane, ur gonna miss the honda when it warms up though

no... no I won't. I got the bike in Oct... rode the Honda all summer last year... I was over it. The RR is a great bike... i'm just over riding like that on the street. I have more fun riding the DRZ day to day than the honda... I would have liked to have kept the honda and made it a track toy... but I just can't afford that.

smileyman

02-14-2010, 07:07 PM

All i ask for is one of each. Is that to much. I NEED a SS, A Dual sport, a standard, a tourer...

Mr Lefty

02-14-2010, 07:15 PM

lol... I would love to have an SS again... but I just have no drive to ride it on the street... too risky.

now if I could get stationed near a track, I may just look into getting a cheap track bike.

Carolina

02-14-2010, 07:16 PM

I feel ya, there are a million bikes out there if ya change ya mind

Kerry_129

02-14-2010, 11:53 PM

Mr Lefty

02-15-2010, 01:31 AM

TO RISKY?!? :wtf: Blasphemy!

(but I hear ya - that's one reason why I finally want to begin doing a lot more woods/dual-sport riding this year... :) )

Nice scoot - looks like lots of (bullet-proof & economical) fun! :dthumb:

just added exhaust, fender eliminator, and jet kit today. was gonna do a 16t front sprocket... but decided to wait.

gonna give her the shake down run tomorrow... then leave tomorrow night

Particle Man

02-24-2010, 10:51 PM

not sure how I missed this but that's a sick looking DR-Z man

Mr Lefty

02-25-2010, 03:48 AM

Thanks... here's the latest photo... from my ride from Omaha to Biloxi last week

and yes... I know the chain was loose... I tightened it as soon as I got back to smilieman's place

http://ebbs15.com/Motorcycles/DR-Z400s/EBS8319-1/796699022_65Rq8-L.jpg

smileyman

02-25-2010, 09:21 AM

i liken the Ebbs Flyer to a camel. A ship of the desert. Sure it's no thorouhbred but those noble steeds couldnt hack it where the DRZ thrives. Well appointed and set up for its mission, the perfect companion for a wanderer of the expanse.

Mr Lefty

02-25-2010, 02:09 PM

yeah except this camel seems to be running on three legs! :lol:

I think the jetting settings I got were wrong. my local shop said they think it's too rich by my explanation... so we'll see this weekend

smileyman

02-25-2010, 02:21 PM

Either way I hope they can sort it for ya quickly. I dont see you bicycling to Omaha and back...

Particle Man

02-25-2010, 03:21 PM

I wasn't gonna comment on the chain dude - it's your bike, you can do whatever the hell you want with it ;)

Mr Lefty

02-26-2010, 03:32 AM

Either way I hope they can sort it for ya quickly. I dont see you bicycling to Omaha and back...

naw... I just asked their advice... I'm gonna sort this one out myself... need the experience working on the bike...

I wasn't gonna comment on the chain dude - it's your bike, you can do whatever the hell you want with it ;)
:lol: wasn't directed at you in particular... just throwing it out so I didn't see 10 posts all saying... TIGHTEN YOUR CHAIN FUCKER! (cue trip or some other douche to chime in with that exact phrase in 3....2....1)

Cutty72

02-26-2010, 05:07 AM

TIGHTEN YOUR CHAIN FUCKER!

There, you've been served.

dReWpY

02-26-2010, 06:02 AM

Your chain, sir, it looks as loose as a kindergarden teacher on mardi gras

Kerry_129

02-26-2010, 07:03 AM

Nebraska to the Gulf, huh? Pretty hardcore on a glorified dirtbike w/ the stock seat! :bowdown: :)

...as loose as a kindergarden teacher on mardi gras

:lol:

jtemple

02-26-2010, 10:10 AM

I can't seem to get my wife to believe that getting a dual sport is a good idea. She's not going for it.

Katherine

02-26-2010, 10:21 AM

I haven't had this much fun riding random roads since I was on my Indy trip last year with Trip, Fatburg, Kat, and Rae.

That was because you have a thing for looking at Trip and Fatburg's butts.

Mr Lefty

02-26-2010, 12:19 PM

That was because you have a thing for looking at Trip and Fatburg's butts.

I couldn't see their butts cause remember Fatburg has a trunk, and Trip looked like he was cary'n the space shuttle on the back of his RR...

no you and Rae, with your Sport bike yoga at 50mph... :drool:

oh... and I still have a few photos to prove it...(though this is at a stop)

http://ebbs15.com/Motorcycles/Indianapolis-MotoGP-Trip/20080912-Indy-Trip-024/382188472_M6iPA-L-1.jpg

Katherine

02-26-2010, 01:35 PM

I still hate you ... so much.

Mr Lefty

02-26-2010, 05:17 PM

I still hate you ... so much.

http://ebbs15.com/photos/797678478_GNE6t-L.jpg

smileyman

02-26-2010, 05:54 PM

I couldn't see their butts cause remember Fatburg has a trunk, and Trip looked like he was cary'n the space shuttle on the back of his RR...

no you and Rae, with your Sport bike yoga at 50mph... :drool:

oh... and I still have a few photos to prove it...(though this is at a stop)

http://ebbs15.com/Motorcycles/Indianapolis-MotoGP-Trip/20080912-Indy-Trip-024/382188472_M6iPA-L-1.jpg

And now i no longer need a handbra thread!!

askmrjesus

02-27-2010, 08:54 AM

I still hate you ... so much.

Stop looking at me like that...

JC

Mr Lefty

02-27-2010, 12:37 PM

Stop looking at me like that...

JC

:rofl:

ceo012384

02-28-2010, 08:28 PM

Stop looking at me like that...

JC
pwahahahahahahahahahaha fucking awesome

nice bike ebbs, drz is a great dual sport

Trip

02-28-2010, 08:38 PM

This thread is finally worth a damn, hilarious.

Particle Man

02-28-2010, 08:42 PM

Your chain, sir, it looks as loose as a kindergarden teacher on mardi gras

:lol:

Trip

02-28-2010, 08:58 PM

She is pissed

askmrjesus

03-01-2010, 10:06 AM

She is pissed

Nice. :lol:

JC

askmrjesus

03-01-2010, 10:50 AM

She will shoot you.

JC

Particle Man

03-01-2010, 01:04 PM

wow...

smileyman

03-01-2010, 03:23 PM

She will shoot you.

JC

God this one kinda turns me on...

Trip

03-01-2010, 05:45 PM

God this one kinda turns me on...

a girl with a big falice imagery going on.

maybe you should be gheyman, t-homo could be your sidekick

Mr Lefty

03-27-2010, 01:34 AM

so I figured out WTF was wrong with my bike... or... actually... I didn't... but after fuck'n with the carb, trying different settings, finally went back to the settings I started with... and put it back in... and it runs like a fuck'n raped ape! power wheelies easy in 1st... chop the throttle in 2nd and the front comes up about 6"... pulls all the way to red line in 5th... at about 105.... I'm in love again... :lol:

seriously though... I was loosing my interest in the DRZ with the way the carb was acting... in the end... it was... well I still don't know... could have not gotten something seated right or something was catching :idk:

but all's good now. can't wait for June. actually May when I ride over to Rae's wedding and then up to my bro's wedding... then on to the Rally...

ps.... I want EL Fudges...

jtemple

03-27-2010, 09:04 AM

I see Suzuki is giving 1.99% fixed APR until 2015 on a new DRZ400S. I want! I don't think the wife is going to cave in, though.

Mr Lefty

03-28-2010, 01:45 AM

get a used one... they can be found for 4-5g's with little miles...

jtemple

03-28-2010, 11:14 AM

I find them here & there in good shape for about $3500. She's still not going to budge. It's a pipe dream. :)

Mr Lefty

03-29-2010, 04:15 AM

I find them here & there in good shape for about $3500. She's still not going to budge. It's a pipe dream. :)

so go lay some pipe and while she dreams... buy one :lol:

jtemple

04-02-2010, 07:53 PM

so go lay some pipe and while she dreams... buy one Haha! I have bigger and better ideas. I started a new thread about it. I'm thinking Husky TE630 new next year.

Mr Lefty

10-23-2010, 03:41 PM

Well Today is my 1 year mark for the DRZ and me... OD says 15563 an average of 1296.916666666667 miles per month... not bad... considering the bike sat from 24 Dec to 15 Feb in Omaha...

think I'm actually closer to 1500 a month on actual mileage but don't know for sure...

Particle Man

10-23-2010, 04:24 PM

Holy shit

Sixxxxer

10-23-2010, 10:49 PM

Ebbs, Werent you saying at the rally your Odo Stopped working Intermittently for a bit and your mileage was actually higher??

Dave

10-23-2010, 10:52 PM

Mr Lefty

10-24-2010, 12:15 AM

Ebbs, Werent you saying at the rally your Odo Stopped working Intermittently for a bit and your mileage was actually higher??

no the speed would jump high but it wasn't recording mileage

wonder how much longer that single is gonna hang in before its rebuild time

actually just had my 15k service, they said everything is amazingly clean... the valves were still on the tight side of the tolerances...

I am kinda expecting my Stator to go out shortly... seems they don't last much past 15k... so I think I'm running on borrowed time.

Dave

10-24-2010, 03:17 AM

no the speed would jump high but it wasn't recording mileage

actually just had my 15k service, they said everything is amazingly clean... the valves were still on the tight side of the tolerances...

I am kinda expecting my Stator to go out shortly... seems they don't last much past 15k... so I think I'm running on borrowed time.

you and me both :lol: if i run high beams for an extended period of time she wont start again when i park it :lol: needless to say she lives on the trickle charger

Mr Lefty

10-24-2010, 11:47 AM

you and me both :lol: if i run high beams for an extended period of time she wont start again when i park it :lol: needless to say she lives on the trickle charger

:lol: that's most DRZ's lives... just ask trip.

but mine hasn't given me any issues thus far... I re wired from the rectifier to the battery with larger gauge wire (12g rather than 8g) and threw in an HID headlight(35w vs 55/65w) also swapped in a LED tail light (3w vs 10w). and even when running my heated grip wraps on the way up to Omaha (22w) no issues... oh had my GPS hardwired running the whole time...

I wish I had a gauge or something to tell me how many watts I'm using at any given moment. I think the stock Stator is like 180 or 200... but the bike itself(lights included) uses all but like 20w...

Trip

10-24-2010, 11:50 AM

I am waiting til the DS clinic and then I am trying to get rid of mine. It's time for a WRX

Mr Lefty

10-24-2010, 11:53 AM

I am waiting til the DS clinic and then I am trying to get rid of mine. It's time for a WRX

DS clinic?

and WRX? Drewpy's man love converted you?:skep:

Trip

10-24-2010, 11:55 AM

DS clinic?

and WRX? Drewpy's man love converted you?:skep:

The local forum gets a really good dirt guy to put on a dirt clinic every year and this year they are doing a dual sport clinic. I signed up for it.

WR250X, motard, getting dirt wheels for it.

Mr Lefty

10-24-2010, 11:55 AM

Aww on both accounts... cool

Trip

10-24-2010, 11:58 AM

Aww on both accounts... cool

yeah, after putting as much mileage as I have this year on my fiddy. I really want to get a motard. People run 250s at nashville and other tracks that are somewhat tighter. So I may try a return to the track with a motard. I have much more fun on my fiddy than I ever did on the 600rr. I have the GS for service roads and the WR will be much more perfect for technical dirt than the DRZ ever will be. If I would of never got the GS, the DRZ would of been a better fit, but I got the GS. :lol:

Mr Lefty

10-24-2010, 07:28 PM

yeah, after putting as much mileage as I have this year on my fiddy. I really want to get a motard. People run 250s at nashville and other tracks that are somewhat tighter. So I may try a return to the track with a motard. I have much more fun on my fiddy than I ever did on the 600rr. I have the GS for service roads and the WR will be much more perfect for technical dirt than the DRZ ever will be. If I would of never got the GS, the DRZ would of been a better fit, but I got the GS. :lol:

Yeah I hear ya... I'm still dreaming of the F800gs or the Tenere 660... emphasis on dreaming