24 minutes from my front door Picked up the demo bike from my local dealer about 6 weeks, 500 miles, 1 oil change and a rear tire ago. I LOVE IT!!! I'm in southern oregon which is totally riddled with old logging roads which start about 3 miles from my front door. Having lots of 1-2 hour adventures and planning lots of 2-3 day adventures. What bike should I get for my Girl? (5'9" 140 lbs no experience) I've got to get her hooked in order to get all the rides I'm planning. -Joe!
5'9" ?? Get her any bike she wants! I'd kill my favorite brother-in-law if I thought it would make me 5'9"... 4'13" Chick
A good starter bike for the woods would be something like a Honda CRF230F. somewhat heavy, but bulletproof and user friendly, mellow power, electric start, has lights, handles technical stuff pretty well.
It's the very good and the slightly bad. It's *very* easy to end up many many miles from the nearest gas station - even sticking to paved roads. Mix in the uncertainty of the remote off pavement location, and you need to plan your route carefully. Getting stuck without fuel isn't a small thing when, for example, Harney County in southeastern Oregon is the size of Massachusetts but has less than 8,000 people in it. It makes for some remote and beautiful vistas, but it isn't the place to nonchalantly indulge a "I wonder where this goes".
I just did a lot of riding through Harney County and it was, indeed, very remote. We'd ride for 200 miles and not see another living breathing human being. Just the way we like it, but we both had 5gal tanks and were carrying extra fuel all the time. WoodsChick
Ooooh. this is torture to somebody in Southern California. I would love to ride in an area like that. It was neat riding near Shelton and in Capitol Forest when I was in Washington, but Harney county sounds even better.
Yep, the NW is an awesome DS playground. Endless possibilities. As for your girl i think a XT250 would be ideal. Street legal, low to the ground, E-start, 70+ MPG etc.
Ditto on the XT250 or a used XT225, Dual Sported and ready to go. That was the bike I was looking at for the wife, but then she bugged out and decided not to ride.
Thanks you all for your suggestions.. I'll be combing through craigslist!! Planning a ride to an abandoned train tunnel out in the woods tonight after work... cant wait, barely slept last night i'm so excited. Woodschick: How to climb on to your 610? Ladder? I'm 6'2" and some times I feel like its tall for ME!! Mad Props to you at your 4'13"!! -j
It's an SM, not a TE, so it's already a tad shorter due to the wheels and shorter suspension. I had it lowered slightly when I had the suspension re-valved, but the knobbies kind of raised the height back up a bit. It works for me I only need one foot down at a time I'm not exactly sure what constitutes an inseam, but I measured from my...uh... "seam" to the floor and I came up with 27". Suffice to say I'm pretty darned short Have fun on your ride tonight! And just to get this thread back on topic, another photo of my 610... WoodsChick
Woodschick, How do you get your pictures large? I have a few to post of last weekend but Mine always turn out as thumb nails. Dan L
Thought I'd show off my '08 a little. She's sportin a Leo Vince X3, HDB handguards, Ricochet skidplate, Motosportz fork front axle nut, disk guard and fork bleeders, Baja Designs headlight with an 80/100 bulb, .40 fork springs, 14 tooth front sprocket, heated grips and an Odyssey PC310 battery. Soon to be changed/added is a more comfy seat, power-up plug (been on order from Hall's for over a month now), different turn signals, Baja Designs taillight and license plate bracket, rear rack, clutch cable reroute and some header wrap for the exhaust. Man I love this bike, I've been riding for 29 years and I haven't had this much fun in a long time.
Nice looking bike!! I don't care what you do to these things, they ARE a truly sexy machine!! GO WINGS
Hey guys, Thought I'd share a couple of pics. Here's my Husky..... Still waiting on the hand guards and skid plate.. She's an '06, first reg Nov '07, and when I got her last month she had only 32k's on the clock. A couple more now though.. I can't beleive the previous owner let her sit for 17 months. Must have been just waiting for me!
OK now for something a little different. What is this guy thinking? Off road Gold Wing? What the heck is that seat thing? Is this some sort of Husky sport touring bike? For crying out loud, it even has a windshield!
rajobiggy You're right...........kinda reminds me of my 1200GSA. What type of bags are those and where did you get them? Actually its pretty sweet.
