kawasakifreak77
Been Around the Block
klx678 said:Having been there, seen that, and done that too (I was one of those guys who did forward mounted shocks on my old TM125 to get more wheel travel, pushed the liner out of hte Sherpa S to make it six port, and stuff like that) I changed my whole approach to doing my SR500 single.
I kind of got tired of all the show bike stuff, that on one in their right mind would risk on an actual track. I also kind of lost interest in the XR clone looks. I now approach it as building a flat tracker as I would have back when we were playing on the short tracks first, then adding the legal niceties for the street. The build being on the lines of the late sixties flat trackers pre-XR. No billet bling or outrageously trick one-off stuff. Just what would be necessary for the track. The lighting will be the most trick thing, just to fit it in and on the most unobtrusive ways.
I honestly can't wait to get it done to go out on some pea gravel or limestone road in eastern Ohio to slide around a few corners... it did it before when it was stock, it's gonna do it again when done.
Even though I wasn't there, that approach sounds cool to me man. & sliding around bends I can't get enough of! I take dirt roads places just to do that! Are there still little tracks out there where a guy could build a little tracker & try his hand at it pretty much for fun? I'm new to all this but am getting hooked!