Moabiker's Tall Tales

...front wheel drive, nice...
...you know having powered front wheel spinning on wheelie gyroscopic physics make easy to ride up and down hills with front end up....post some pics!!!
...and are you doing the same to your wife's bike?

...i do not know if you saw it but now i am "the big thump" , not moabite anymore....
 
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...and are you doing the same to your wife's bike?

Not sure, I offered to do it but she did not seem too keen on the idea, maybe have to talk her into it.

...and i do not know if you saw it but now i am "the big thump" ...

Yep, saw that.
Mate of mine had one of these, might have been a 500 though, not sure.

Here's a pic of it taken in the early 80's, the KDX in the front was mine. Good time's.:):bike:
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Now that riding season finally started i getting some riding in, that was long winter. Hehe, if you guys thought i ride alot in winter, you aint seen nothing yet. But been too busy and have to manage my time better. Yesterday rode 2 mountain bikes and 3 motorcycles and primer up XR600, waiting on parts.
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....so this says 1996 not 1986, looks like 86 to me though...
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...wow, my eyes bad for close up stuff...
...guys on thumper website question year of my bike so i post pic of nameplate and they say it 1996, not 1986. $100 bike turning into really good deal so far.
 
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I just ride for fun, dedicated my life to it....that was back when i lived in illinois...and pushed for my dream to move to moab because to me i came here after college in 1981 to ride for a month before start professional field service trade. Then paid to travel world and of everywhere i went nothing comes close to moab for soo much extreme outdoor stuff to live around!!!

Not just great trials riding, every kind of riding fun here. I like riding night rides on the trails in summer, or before sunrise too. Favorite is trail riding in dense huge forests of mountains here. 100°f in red rocks in summer but 10 miles away it may be below 60°f way up high in shaded forests and no tourists. They make big mistake for day plans in hot sun.
 
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Brrr...got spoiled by nice weather. Too much to do to be lazy next few days till warmup. Pedal with pooches then grease up steering head on xr600 my start for day.
 
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This poor 750 sohc bike sat outside over 30 years till I found it last year and now it sit because owner enjoying newly restored dohc 750 and XS650 ( XS will get 60 mile loop and he stop in tomorrow)...
...so far guy says XS running great...
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...shooting on getting XR600 finished in next 2 weeks..E.T.R.(estimated time of roost)...
 
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*XS650 swung by... "Bike running perfect", owner tells me
...both plugs burning nice, jetting is spot on, not leaking anywhere, bike sounds great...my observation...
 
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Change of p!an..motor coming out and redo bike fresh, not partial on XR, and have pro paint frame and bake it on.
...new skins show up too...
 
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...it is jeep safari next 2 weeks, thousands of jeeps in groups on the trails...
...kewl migratory birds in here, but i like the ravens in the area as they seem to have lots of attitude and personality and bond with ya if you give them a chance and feed them some snacks daily.
 
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