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I am glad the manufacturers are adding smaller bikes in the lineup! I am currently eyeing the Yamaha XT250, the curb weight (132 kg) is whopping 43 kg less than the Versys 300 (175 kg), and the XT is air-cooled

I agree with Mike, lots of small simple and cheap bikes out there in other markets that I wouldn't mind seeing here. Honda CG 125 for example Personally, I'd like a small ADV bike, 200-ish CC air-cooled single cylinder, fuel injected, with good ground clearance. Single disk front brakes and a...

I mounted my first set of tubeless tires last week on my GS500. I don't have a real compressor, just a small 12v job. I put on the rear tire and brought the PSI up to 40-ish without the valve core. Emptied in, put the valve core in and brought it up to 36. At the time, it seemed to hold air...

I have a Jetta Mk6 manual transmission, with the low-powered ancient 2.0 gas engine. It's been great for me, trunk is huge. I've fit 2 disassembled dirtbikes inside the car one time. I've driven it to California and back 5 or 6 times, and a bunch of other road trips all over the place. No issues...

Pete's is indeed the go-to for many. I've ordered 2 sets of tires from them, no issues at all

I have the same set, makes life easier at times for sure!

Spent some more time going over the parts today... Handlebars The controls were a little grimy I blew some of the dust off the ultrasonic cleaner and started up a brew Some time in the cleaner took off the majority of the grime. The switches seem to work good, I do see a few wires which...

I am still working on figuring out a path to titling the bike.. but in the meantime! I got distracted by the S90 gas tank today while trying to clean the garage I thought it was cool that the chrome side panels come off pretty easy And luckier still that the rubber pads came off without the...

Today, we took another stab at mounting the new rubber (Duro HF335 2.75-17 front and rear, same as the old tires). I didn't pinch any tubes today, the gods were with me The tires seem so easy to put on, I could get one half of the tire on without irons, then put in the tube after a liberal...

Today we swapped out the DrATV heavy duty rear shocks for the pair of Yasusu 13.8". Seems a lot better now, the back of the bike is lifted up a touch higher. The springs have a lot more give so the back has proper sag and all that with a rider on it. It's no longer a hardtail! Also, the shocks...

It's not great. The motor came with no head, the jug is there though. I don't think terminal, nothing too serious popped out at me. But it will need the whole 9 yards, top and bottom, new everything, bore it out a size (or more) up. The piston was pretty scored on one side if I recall correctly...

The ADVRider forum has been great, right out the gate several members offered advice and help, suggesting routes through South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont to get it titled via the "barn find" route. The problem with that is then importing it back into Canada, I may need it to be fully...

I should also add, with my friend riding (~170 lbs + camping gear) the bike would settle in at WOT in fourth gear mid-range at 85-90 km/h on level ground. On big hills, he would have to drop it to third and push it a bit harder. We had to be mindful of the traffic behind us at times, but all in...

Cheers! It is a great feeling!! Just an update for those still following. The Lifan 125 came with a 420 pitch 14 tooth front sprocket. We replaced it with a 17 tooth 428 pitch sprocket, and kept the standard 45 tooth rear sprocket. The 17t front sprocket is a tight squeeze for sure, but we...

With my Honda CT90 winding down, I cracked and picked up an S90 for a couple hundred bucks a few months ago The tear-down: This project could end before it really started though. The serial is S90-468404. Unfortunately, Service Ontario tells me this was never registered in Ontario. My...

A good litmus test to apply, for us to learn more about our own biases. What if it had been the other party?

It was a bit of a mad dash to finish, but the bike passed its safety inspection and got plated today. We took it on the road to get a sense of how it performs, and my friend (who did all the electrics on the bike) had it sitting comfortably at 75 km/h in fourth gear, measured from a follow car...

I'm just starting to toy with the idea of moto camping/adv riding. Over the winter I've been reading and watching videos, and I've kept a packing list going which I edit here and there when something pops in my mind or I learn something new I've used a hammock to camp for the last few years, so...

Just to clarify, 1st and 2nd are not useless, they are granny gears for the nasty stuff off road. I'm willing to bet you could climb a wall in 1st gear

OP - your budget leads me to believe we exist in wildly different tax brackets, but I thought I'd pop this here for others who are viewing the thread. I just ordered the ARC BattleBorn suit from Rocky Mountain ATV. I think something like ~CAD$600 for the jacket and pants shipped to my door...