Skip to content
Mark in Idaho
@Mark-in-Idaho
Reputable Member
Joined: September 17, 2005 5:40 pm
Topics: 21 / Replies: 325
Reply
RE: Help me choose a good dual-sport sidecar setup...

The title "Dual sport" will mean different things to different people. One extreme would be a light weight moto-cross rig with a bare platform, grab b...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Pure enjoyment! Some thanks...

Welcome to an unusual brotherhood (sisterhood?). As an ER nurse, you should know better than most to watch out for the other motorists. They just aren...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: "Hi" from new member

I do indeed ride in the snow. Everyone I talk to thinks I'm crazy. I live in a winter resort and I simply ask them if they ski or snow mobile. You can...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Open face helmets

I guess I'm paranoid. I've been a member of the National Ski Patrol for 25 years. I've been skiing since I was 6 years old. Knowing what I now know ab...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: primer to paint polyethylene

I tried that Krylon product on a polyethylene gas tank. It blistered and peeled in less than a month. There was no fuel spillage that I could see. If ...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Sidecar shock

Mike, The bike I ride is an 83 GL650 Silverwing. The shocks I bought came off an 84 Magna. I chose this shock because the seller stated the distance...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Sidecar shock

I just went through this on my Dneper. I found a Dneper source that had new Russan shocks for about $170 plus shipping. I can't see spending that much...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Broken Champion Mounts

It definitly needs gussets. You can tack weld the sub-frame in place and then remove it to clean and then re-weld the broken joint. I think I'd use a ...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Yipeee it's snowing!

I finally got away for a fun ride. Climbed to 8000 feet on a worn out rear tire. 60 degrees and the snow is mostly gone, but I found about 3 inches of...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Where is everyone

Besides mine, I know of 4 in my small area. I ride daily and I've only seen 1 local and 1 visitor all summer.

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Where is everyone

Lonnie, Who's Big Jim? Sun Valley, Idaho?

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Brake system for the car

What kind of sidecar?

18 years ago
Topic
Replies: 6
Views: 353
Reply
RE: The perfect rig

I'm with RichardMC4. I'd like a KLR with a motocross platform for difficult dirt, a Vstrom with a Ural for adventure riding, and some kind of big Hond...

18 years ago
Reply
RE: Mileage comparison

I have a Honda GL650/Dneper. When I first bought it,the best I could get was 37 mpg. The bike alone is supposed to get 50 mpg. I've put 20,000 miles o...

18 years ago
Page 13 / 24