2009 - CA - White Elephant

This is what happens when the grand ole "WHITE ELEPHANT" gift exchanges goes horribly wrong...



I guess kids need to learn things sooner or later and somehow.

2009 - CA - Sean's XR250R

Editors note: Clearly, dirt bikes are the theme of the month.

First things first.

Sean O'brien is a good guy. We call him SOB, but it's just not true.

Last week, Sean bought this 1997 XR250.

(no chain? It's a long story.)

The guy he bought it from hadn't done anything for something like 7 years. It's a honda...what is there to do?

So we tore it up last night and tried to see what kind of lemon Sean brought home.




We cleaned up some crust and looked things over.
The wheels didn't spin well because the drive train was caked solid with glue-like mud.

The crusty chain needed to go.



Of course, we put in a new Spark plug.


That took the two of us about 4 hours. Must be a record of some sort.

Overall, with some more tweaking, I think this 250 will be a great little ride.

2009 - CA - MAKE IT STOP!!!

I know...

Charlie knows...


This guy knows...


Everybody knows that changing a carburetor is just plain fun.

I started upgrading the xr400 a couple nights ago.

First off, I swapped the stock Honda PIA carb for a pumper carb made by mikuni. It came pre-jetted from xrsonly.com for 3500ft.

Changing the carb on these bikes is a rather involved process. It took approximately 8 beers.


It probably should have taken 20 minutes...

In the end. I installed the Mikuni, flipped the gas, kicked twice and the old beast fired right up. Whew!



Oh...and one more thing.


You might have noticed there are now 4 in the garage.
Sean OB picked up a nice 97 XR250 last night.

Who wants to join my biker club? We ride this Sunday...
Maybe I'll shoot some vids.

2009 - CA - Additional Arrows for the Motorized Quiver

It's been said that "You can never have too much of a good thing." I agree. And when it comes to dirt bikes, I currently triple agree.



08 XR100, 97 XR400, 08 TE610.

I picked up this 1997 XR 400 R the other day...

Because it was registered before 2003, it's technically grandfathered in as a street legal bike in CA. A big plus - as just crossing a paved road on a dirt-only bike can get you cited.

What sold me was the condition of this 13 year old engine.

Pristine! It prrrrs. Very snappy throttle response. Runs smooth through all gears, sounds great.


The 97 Honda XR400 and the 08 Husqvarna TE610.

Now if i could just figure out how to ride them at the same time.

Nat's learning how to ride on this 08 XR100. It's THE best bike to learn how to ride on and is also just plain ole fun to mess around on.

This is Rowher Flats. This magical place just opened on November 7th after 2 years of closure due to a forest fire. This place is great! Lots of fun trails and large areas to putz around and explore.


Here's Sean and Charlie, holding down the fort. Good times.