Al Bakers XR’s only

"You ok back there!?"

I don't know but the real story here is you're from Europe and you called it a fender instead of a mud guard.  

That's because it's called a fender.

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More seriously, I thought XRs only was gone a long time ago, just like Baker and XRs... Good to know they're still around.

I ordered an OEM cable from them 4-5 months ago. Zero communication. One day, the cable arrived. I was shocked. 

I hope you ordered a fender brace and a fork brace

I have never ordered from them, but I have heard that they are VERY slow to get orders out.

I cannot recall exactly, seems like around 6 weeks. 
Pretty much what I’ve experienced prior thereto, but I have never been stiffed by them. 

Awesome but how the hell did he get the pilots voice to sound like that?

at one point I worked for Trbbles appliance parts in MD/DC/VA and one of the repairmen took me and another coworker Joe up in his plane. We flew over to the eastern shore for lunch. On the way back the pilot asked have you ever felt a negative G force? Joe screames yes and grabbed the arm rests ....... he did a stall and I was just laughing my ass off. 

This is what I thought of when I read thread title 

Back in the day they were ready good to deal with. I bought a lot of parts from them when I built this 98 XR 400.

Both my brother and I have bought parts from them in the last few years.  When his part was taking a long time to arrive, he got a hold of someone on the phone and they told him that they don't necessarily ship every day, but rather in batches.  Those batches could be a week apart.  I get the the feeling they are very limited in manpower.  I also ordered something for a 650R that I could only find from them.  It was a case saver that mounts over the countershaft sprocket and includes a 3rd (frame) mounting point rather than the usual two only on the case.  I emailed them to find out where my part was as it was as they never provided tracking and it was taking a long time.  They never replied to my email, but the part arrived the next day.  I was happy for the part, but for a place that is within 2 1/2 hours from my house, I did not anticipate that it would take over a week to get it.  They used to be a great company, but I think those days went away when Al Baker did.  I would personally avoid them if at all possible unless they are the only source for your part.  

They are definitely a challenge to deal with but with some of the stuff, you don’t have much for options.

Are those CR forks? 💯😎

Badass XR’s dudes! Legendary bike. 

Thanks, I bought my XR brand new in 98 and I still have it. It still looks the way it does in the pictures. 

You bet! Emig clamps. Bought the bike from a guy that used it to bear hunt, was all stock besides custom pegs- he welded some all thread to rig up some buddy pegs… 

That’s cool. They look real nice!💯😎