Recent content by schnellschnell

I'm constantly surprised with the helpfulness of this forum, thanks so much everyone. j

We are planning some riding off road experience for her this year for sure with some of the great options that thread helped me find. In my mind a bike would take the better part of the season to get up and running or at least her save up the needed money for insurance / gear etc. So maybe more...

Great stuff to get me started. Thanks everyone so far. I guess in my mind I had this 'barn find' and strip it down / rebuild. But maaaaybe that is a lot to chew on my first go-round.

Looking for some guidance as even getting my bearings is daunting. My daughter is 16 and interested in riding and we wanted to use this opportunity to find an old bike (70's?) and fix it up thereby learning the mechanical basics as well as a daddy/daughter thing. I'm pretty confident and...

I wanted an easier 'landing' should things go awry, and since some of those are private lessons I can do it with her. As I don't think I'd ever want to do an M1x again, this is a better option! I can bundle learning to ride and a dad / daughter get away into one. Gopher and motopark have gotten...

My daughter has always loved to ride as a passenger on my bike. Now she is 16 and wants to look at a street bike for herself. So my question is, if you could only take one course (not including an M1X course) to intro a new rider would you take a day of dirt bike lessons or a day of trials bike...

This man knows his stuff. Thanks everyone!

No, it wasn't flat track. It was a non oval track. No metal plates on your shoe or anything. Like a small dirt track but you had so little traction you had to manage slides all the time. Recall a few journalists going and trying it at the time, and how some MotoGP type racers would go to better...

A few years ago, I remember reading about a dirt bike school that had a tight dirt track and bikes with semi slick tires. It was in eastern US (Virgina maybe?). The point was to learn to feel the slide and manage / control it. I can't seem to conjure up the google-fu to find it again. Any ideas?

I get that. It isn't to be cool in my living room, thanks. I have a small unheated addition on the back porch that is outside of my main brick wall, so I can wrench on a few things under a roof. And I was going to remove the fuel tank. But fair point, I'll check with my insurance first. Though...

Updated, good point Sebi.

I wanted to get my bike in through my front door to do some maintenance over the winter. My bars are 33" across, but my door is 30". Soooo.... how hard is it to turn the bars and wiggle it through? Or even have two people lift the front (bike isn't too heavy) and muscle it through? I'm asking...

Sounds like a plan. And it is full forks / shock so not too bad a swap. Other stuff would be easy too. j

But it wasn't when he said that. Added after. ;) j

True, things like the upgraded seats / tank bag are not really considered. But I do have a special order full suspension for instance (forks / shocks) that was quite a whack of cash, and I kept the originals. Generally I am not of the mind that you get back what you put into something like...