From: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com (dr-digest) To: dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: dr-digest V1 #12 Reply-To: dr-digest Sender: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-dr-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk dr-digest Friday, January 21 2000 Volume 01 : Number 012 (dr) Re: Dual sporting in Great Britain (dr) DR650 Re: Project DR650 (dr) RE: Dual sporting in Great Britain (dr) Project DR650...Centerstand found... RE: (dr) Project DR650...Centerstand found... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:40:27 -0700 From: "Tom Warr" Subject: (dr) Re: Dual sporting in Great Britain Andy, thanks for the description of Dual Sporting, Great Britain Style. Some of the most fun I've had on my DRS350 was the month I spent in Seattle a few years back. I was staying near downtown and had evenings off every day (heaven!). So, I would ride around and up and down the city streets. At night, there was no other traffic. I had all those city streets to myself. The streets are pretty steep, and I enjoyed popping wheelies up them for a block or more. It was cool listening to the (loud) exhaust note echo off the empty sky scrapers. Cornering around city streets was fun - I pretended I was a supermotard. I had Metzeler Enduro tires, which make for nice road racing, and I would try and scrape the footpegs. Freeway on/off ramps were fun, too. Yes, the urban jungle can be a fun place to dual sport. Tom Warr PS What does this mean: Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:29:07 +0100 From: Rainer Knape Subject: (dr) DR650 Re: Project DR650 Tom, As far as I know Acerbis does not make a specific tank for the DR 650 SE. With some modifications it is possible to use the tank of the older DR 650 (you need to move the cooler a bit (get's less air ?!?) ...). You better might try the IMS tank. There is also an other centerstand, made by the german company JF http://www.jfmotorsport.de/ They don't show it at their websites, but they have a centerstand. Kurt, I hope you keep us posted about your expiriences with the Laser Pro exhaust , your new jet kit and the suspension work ! Rainer - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 11:47:02 -0000 From: andy.doyle@bt.com Subject: (dr) RE: Dual sporting in Great Britain Hi Tom, If you can scrape the pegs on city streets you're a braver man than me! I've managed a knee down a couple of times on grippy surfaces with a soft landing on the side of the road if needed, but not in the city, and never any metal scraping! My riding isn't that representative of British Dual-sporting, I'm sure. The are areas over here where you can get off road without upsetting the masses and the law, but none around where I live. Coupled to that I use the bike for a 40 mile round trip to work each day (15 mins on the bike each way or 45 in the car, so the bike goes even in snow) so I can't afford to get too ambitious with jumps and stuff in case I terminally bend it. MotoX and trials have a dedicated and capable following, but the vast majority of non-commuter bikes sold over here are race-reps, predominately Japanese. I'm old enough to have been brought up on Brit Iron, but there's not much left now. The other market, Harleys and Jap clones, come out on sunny days, but they're not really suited to the backroads, the only place not choc-a-block with police, speed cameras, and slow-moving traffic. For me the DR rules! But then I can't afford a KTM Duke or a CCM 604! Cheers! Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Warr [SMTP:drwarr@montana.com] > Sent: 20 January 2000 03:40 > To: andy.doyle; DR List > Subject: Re: Dual sporting in Great Britain > > Andy, thanks for the description of Dual Sporting, Great Britain Style. > > Some of the most fun I've had on my DRS350 was the month I spent in > Seattle > a few years back. I was staying near downtown and had evenings off every > day (heaven!). So, I would ride around and up and down the city streets. > > At night, there was no other traffic. I had all those city streets to > myself. > > The streets are pretty steep, and I enjoyed popping wheelies up them for a > block or more. It was cool listening to the (loud) exhaust note echo off > the empty sky scrapers. > > Cornering around city streets was fun - I pretended I was a supermotard. > I > had Metzeler Enduro tires, which make for nice road racing, and I would > try > and scrape the footpegs. Freeway on/off ramps were fun, too. > > Yes, the urban jungle can be a fun place to dual sport. > > Tom Warr > > > PS What does this mean: > > Do not use quotes in your message. > > > > - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:19:05 -0500 From: Steven McGarry Subject: (dr) Project DR650...Centerstand found... kurt = do not rely on m+p on thier delivery times as i have placed several orde= rs with them and boy do you have to wait . heres a few examples pannier racks 4 months ricky cross head light gaurd 4 months lazer pro duro exhaust 3 months a tyre yes a tyre 2 months this is just a couple of examples i could go on . just dont hold your breath! stevie (scotland) = - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:01:53 -0000 From: andy.doyle@bt.com Subject: RE: (dr) Project DR650...Centerstand found... In their defence I use M&P quite a bit and have never had to wait more than 2 days, even when I haven't paid for speedy delivery. Did they advise that they were out of stock on the items you ordered? Stuff I've had has been tyres, chains, sprockets, clutch plates, brake pads, hoses, screen, luggage, tools, etc...all stock items I guess, so I've been lucky Cheers! Andy DR 350SES, Suffolk, England > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven McGarry [SMTP:steviemc@compuserve.com] > Sent: 20 January 2000 20:19 > To: list > Subject: (dr) Project DR650...Centerstand found... > > kurt > > > do not rely on m+p on thier delivery times as i have placed several > orders > with them and boy do you have to wait . > heres a few examples > > pannier racks 4 months > ricky cross head light gaurd 4 months > lazer pro duro exhaust 3 months > a tyre yes a tyre 2 months > > > this is just a couple of examples i could go on . just dont hold > your breath! > > > stevie (scotland) > > - > to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - to unsubscribe to dr, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe dr" in the body of the message. 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