I spoke with my wallet while broken LOL

Dirtysmile56
Edited Date/Time 2/23/2021 11:15am
I've been on the couch for the last month with a broken fibula. My son and I made the trek South to Temecula for the annual moto trip. 4 days into our 14 day trip tragedy struck in the form of a heated pit bike battle at State Fair mini night.I hooked my foot in a corner and snapped it clean. I sadly limped back home to Oregon. While lying on the couch healing and internet shopping I ended up making two questionable financial decisions especially while broken LOL. 2021 Outlaw 29j motorhome and 2021 KX250in the same day. Eff it!!! You only live once!!! As soon as I get clearance I will be back in So Cal minus the pit bike.

I was going to buy and outfit a sprinter but decided I really want a shitter and a shower at the track....






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SmokinJoe439 2/9/2021 9:49am
2/9/2021 9:49am
Exactly why I stay away from pit bikes leave those to the kiddies.
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Xeno 2/9/2021 10:00am
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Did you speak with your wallet, or did pain meds speak on your behalf with your wallet? Laughing

Just kidding dude- heal up and keep making memories with your son!
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Dirtysmile56 2/9/2021 10:07am
2/9/2021 10:07am
Xeno wrote:
Did you speak with your wallet, or did pain meds speak on your behalf with your wallet? :laugh: Just kidding dude- heal up and keep making...
Did you speak with your wallet, or did pain meds speak on your behalf with your wallet? Laughing

Just kidding dude- heal up and keep making memories with your son!
No pain meds were involved in this purchase LOL. I wish I had that excuse.
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Kyle978 2/9/2021 10:10am
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Man I love seeing stuff like this.

Don’t take your time on earth for granted, enjoy it!
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Gilby122 2/9/2021 10:26am
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You don't even feel the $6k for the bike after the first $100k Laughing Congrats. That there is a bad ass setup!!
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PDUB481 2/9/2021 10:29am
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Keeping the sport alive RIGHT ON
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Dirtysmile56 2/9/2021 12:00pm
2/9/2021 12:00pm
Gilby122 wrote:
You don't even feel the $6k for the bike after the first $100k Laughing Congrats. That there is a bad ass setup!!
Totally!!! The bike felt free LOL
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EastFlorida 2/9/2021 12:17pm
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Nice! As I get older, and caring for failing parents, my perspective is changing. My mother, who is battling a losing cause with cancer, told me to go live before it's too late. My father has dementia and can't remember going with me to the races.

Thus, I'm shopping a new truck (getting what I want vs settling), I have a Tenere' 700 on order and I'm planning to do the TAT this summer to raise funds in the fight against lung cancer.

Young guys, save as much of your pay check as you can while you're young - at least in a 401K. Have fun young, but live frugally and retire as soon as you can... I have 4 more working years and I plan to die broke! I believe in working to live vs living to work. I don't blame those who are workaholics - for some their work is also their hobby...
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Leeham 2/9/2021 12:36pm
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I did the same thing. Broken Scapula and went out and got a 21 YZ250F. I wont spend myself into poverty but not buying what I want because of a price tag is something I wont do. I do what I want with my money
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MOTOXSTATION 2/9/2021 2:54pm
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Hope you heal up soon. Congratulations on your new toys! Very nice!!!!
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yak651 2/9/2021 4:01pm
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Nice! Heal up soon....by the way you can put a shitter in a sprinter!
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Dirtysmile56 2/9/2021 4:12pm
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yak651 wrote:
Nice! Heal up soon....by the way you can put a shitter in a sprinter!
Thank you, it shouldn't be too long. Hoping to be back on it mid March. Sprinters are too small for shitters. My son isn't in to Dad shitting in the middle of the living room LOL.
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Dirtysmile56 2/9/2021 4:14pm
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MOTOXSTATION wrote:
Hope you heal up soon. Congratulations on your new toys! Very nice!!!!
Thanks Man! I used to live in Media Pa for a minute. I think it was around 98-99. I'll have to ask my wife the street name. It was a super cool old neighborhood with all these little turn of the century houses kind of back in the woods with a massive bamboo grove.Awesome spot!!
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Moto520 2/9/2021 9:11pm
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You are my hero! Happy new bike day.....enjoy everything and heal well my moto brother
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PJRAUS 2/9/2021 11:14pm
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I love your style mate! Yep..life is too short..just do it!
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fullfloater 2/9/2021 11:49pm
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Cha ching!

Beautiful set up. We will assume that you would have bought a real KX250 if Kawi still made one.
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Nate_Z 2/10/2021 4:44am
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Congrats! Same rig and green bikes look good in the garage portion!
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sumdood 2/10/2021 5:14am
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A wise man once told me “The smaller the wheels, the more dangerous it is” 😂. Well played on the new toys. Heal fast and jump back in. I have had lots of older people tell me the same thing, they wish they did more before their health started going. Get it while the gettings good ! 👍
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sporkfpoon 2/10/2021 5:41am
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The rig and the bike are awesome.

That said, didn’t the “spoke with my wallet” thing used to mean, “I bought a two-stroke to show there is still demand?”
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dl117 2/10/2021 8:10am
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did similar back in 07 when I had reconstruction on my knee, had it done end of feb and by march 15th there was a brand new 450 in the crate sitting in the garage....wife made me wait to put together until dr note came saying I was cleared...such a waiting game..lol

Congrats on the new rigs, they look awesome
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Falcon 2/10/2021 8:23am
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Nice rig. I've always wanted something like that myself.
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Dirtysmile56 2/10/2021 1:03pm
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Nate_Z wrote:
Congrats! Same rig and green bikes look good in the garage portion! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/02/10/477806/s1200_unnamed.jpg[/img]
Congrats! Same rig and green bikes look good in the garage portion!
They are sweet! Did you have any issues drilling into the floor? It looks like you have a risk racing footpeg tie down and a pingle chock in front of the door? I have 5 pingle chocks from my old toy hauler but not sure what I am going to do. I unfortunately think I am going to have to remove that under bunk cabinet to be able to use the bunk with bikes on board.

My other big question is, Has anyone installed a larger fresh water tank? This is high on my list. 40 gallons is not enough.
Dirtysmile56 2/10/2021 1:04pm
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sporkfpoon wrote:
The rig and the bike are awesome. That said, didn’t the “spoke with my wallet” thing used to mean, “I bought a two-stroke to show there...
The rig and the bike are awesome.

That said, didn’t the “spoke with my wallet” thing used to mean, “I bought a two-stroke to show there is still demand?”
It did mean that. We do have a new YZ125 I'll throw a picture of that up eventually in the thread.
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bents 2/10/2021 1:09pm
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That is awesome. Love it all!
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ACBailey89 2/10/2021 3:23pm
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Dang Patrick....All in all sounds like a better trip than the last time you went down in Cali that’s for sure. Congrats on the freshie. I’m gonna be getting a bike here soon for the first time in years. Maybe I’ll see ya around Mountain View or something this season.
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MotoChris 2/10/2021 5:29pm
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Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j but wondered how the bikes would fit. Can you tell me if the generator will run the house air and the garage unit simultaneously? I think the garage unit on those rigs are 110v?
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Nate_Z 2/10/2021 6:39pm
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Dirtysmile56 wrote:
They are sweet! Did you have any issues drilling into the floor? It looks like you have a risk racing footpeg tie down and a pingle...
They are sweet! Did you have any issues drilling into the floor? It looks like you have a risk racing footpeg tie down and a pingle chock in front of the door? I have 5 pingle chocks from my old toy hauler but not sure what I am going to do. I unfortunately think I am going to have to remove that under bunk cabinet to be able to use the bunk with bikes on board.

My other big question is, Has anyone installed a larger fresh water tank? This is high on my list. 40 gallons is not enough.
No, very easy to install the Risk Racing devices. Have installed a second one now too. Screws it came with seem to be perfect length and once measurements were taken, simple as screwing the 8 screws in! First time using it and its so easy and convenient!

I was doing some trial fitup with the Pingle chock but haven't installed it yet. I don't transport 3 bikes often so I'm thinking of running the third bike in backwards in the center and using the Pingle Quick Release hardware to make it easy to take on/off the wheel chock.

Keep me posted on what you hear about the water tank. There is some unused space under the sink to the left of the drawers that would be nice as extra water!
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Nate_Z 2/10/2021 6:48pm
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MotoChris wrote:
Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j...
Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j but wondered how the bikes would fit. Can you tell me if the generator will run the house air and the garage unit simultaneously? I think the garage unit on those rigs are 110v?
I did a fair amount of research on that before buying and there is a good Thor Outlaw Facebook group that is super helpful. Consensus from the group seems to be that the 4000W generator is capable of running both AC units at the same time but you're probably not going to be able to be microwaving something or making toast at the same time. The garage unit is basically a window AC unit and plugs into a normal 110V outlet in the garage. We just picked ours up before christmas and took a family trip down to Gulf Shore and have taken some local trips with bikes.

We're going on a riding trip to OK in a week and will have the garage loaded up with bikes and a trailer with more bikes so we will be putting it to the test soon! Feel free to message me with questions. So far super happy with it!
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MotoChris 2/10/2021 6:58pm
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MotoChris wrote:
Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j...
Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j but wondered how the bikes would fit. Can you tell me if the generator will run the house air and the garage unit simultaneously? I think the garage unit on those rigs are 110v?
Nate_Z wrote:
I did a fair amount of research on that before buying and there is a good Thor Outlaw Facebook group that is super helpful. Consensus from...
I did a fair amount of research on that before buying and there is a good Thor Outlaw Facebook group that is super helpful. Consensus from the group seems to be that the 4000W generator is capable of running both AC units at the same time but you're probably not going to be able to be microwaving something or making toast at the same time. The garage unit is basically a window AC unit and plugs into a normal 110V outlet in the garage. We just picked ours up before christmas and took a family trip down to Gulf Shore and have taken some local trips with bikes.

We're going on a riding trip to OK in a week and will have the garage loaded up with bikes and a trailer with more bikes so we will be putting it to the test soon! Feel free to message me with questions. So far super happy with it!
Thanks for the info. Where are you going in Oklahoma? We live in Arkansas but train and race in Oklahoma and Texas when we can.
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Nate_Z 2/10/2021 7:02pm
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MotoChris wrote:
Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j...
Congrats on the rig and bikes. I’m glad y’all posted pics of the garage with the bikes in it because I have been considering the 29j but wondered how the bikes would fit. Can you tell me if the generator will run the house air and the garage unit simultaneously? I think the garage unit on those rigs are 110v?
Nate_Z wrote:
I did a fair amount of research on that before buying and there is a good Thor Outlaw Facebook group that is super helpful. Consensus from...
I did a fair amount of research on that before buying and there is a good Thor Outlaw Facebook group that is super helpful. Consensus from the group seems to be that the 4000W generator is capable of running both AC units at the same time but you're probably not going to be able to be microwaving something or making toast at the same time. The garage unit is basically a window AC unit and plugs into a normal 110V outlet in the garage. We just picked ours up before christmas and took a family trip down to Gulf Shore and have taken some local trips with bikes.

We're going on a riding trip to OK in a week and will have the garage loaded up with bikes and a trailer with more bikes so we will be putting it to the test soon! Feel free to message me with questions. So far super happy with it!
MotoChris wrote:
Thanks for the info. Where are you going in Oklahoma? We live in Arkansas but train and race in Oklahoma and Texas when we can.
Planning to hit up Stillwater 500 on Friday the 19th and Jandebeurs on Saturday. Sounds like they are grooming up the National track for that day! Head on up and you can check out the RV and do some riding!
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