Baironhorse
Well-known member
Hello
Looking for suggestions and thoughts from you more experienced sumo riders. I wanted to experience the supermoto school at shannonville next year....I still actively ride dirt bikes (for an old guy) and wanted to explore this side of tarmac and dirt....I have racing leathets gear etc and was thinking of converting my ole xr to a sumo...don't really feel like buying a new bike just for the odd sumo school day and don't mind the air cool pig either. Just want to learn the basics and techniques of supermoto riding..i know the bike is old out dated tech but you can't beat it's stone cold reliability...bike mechanically starts one kick hot or cold and runs strong!....Question is it worth spending the money mainly lacing up 17 rims on the xr? They are hard rims to find used..What options do I have? Drz rims perhaps??.i also considering lacing up my own rims if i can find used oem hubs...how hard is it to do??.just exploring all my options without spending a **** load!...rims and front brake upgrade would be my only main cost as rest of stuff I can do myself safety wire,carb catches etc...at this point I'm exploring and getting some feed back.. thx
Looking for suggestions and thoughts from you more experienced sumo riders. I wanted to experience the supermoto school at shannonville next year....I still actively ride dirt bikes (for an old guy) and wanted to explore this side of tarmac and dirt....I have racing leathets gear etc and was thinking of converting my ole xr to a sumo...don't really feel like buying a new bike just for the odd sumo school day and don't mind the air cool pig either. Just want to learn the basics and techniques of supermoto riding..i know the bike is old out dated tech but you can't beat it's stone cold reliability...bike mechanically starts one kick hot or cold and runs strong!....Question is it worth spending the money mainly lacing up 17 rims on the xr? They are hard rims to find used..What options do I have? Drz rims perhaps??.i also considering lacing up my own rims if i can find used oem hubs...how hard is it to do??.just exploring all my options without spending a **** load!...rims and front brake upgrade would be my only main cost as rest of stuff I can do myself safety wire,carb catches etc...at this point I'm exploring and getting some feed back.. thx