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Just be careful you're not nickle-and-diming it. When you estimate costs on projects, there are a ton of details that eat time and money, and more often than not, aren't worth it.
1) he's stubborn as fuck
2) he's cheap as fuck
3) he's ugly as fuck
Oh, one guy calling another guy out for his looks is kinda gay....just sayin'.
The Shop
I don't stand on the balls of my feet as you should, instead the arches. That's a huge difference , but I can't do it anymore. I sat on an 08 CRF and it was worse than my 04 for width, I felt, so not sure that's the best option.
I have a 93 CR250, and just love that thing. Even it is narrower than the 500 steel though, and I notice it. Not a problem, bit's noticeable. Broke the suspension wishbone in November, though, so THAT may be an issue now. Need a new one before I can do anything with it.
I believe I'll take you up on that seat offer. Ship it USPS ground with no value and I'll pick it up at my post office. Any charges I can pay there upon pickup. I'll PM you my address, and when you know what it cost you, the money-order is in the mail.
I know what you're saying about cost over runs, jtom. I've owned rigs for 24 years, and anytime you get into repairs, take what you think it will cost, and add more. A LOT more. Learned something else from an oldtimer too. "What ever TIME you think it will, take, double it." He was dead on. How come all the OLD guys have all the wisdom? Oh ya, because they've been THROUGH this shit a few times. Wait a minute, I am an old guy. Lol.
This coming from ANOTHER sheep lovin, Welly wearin Scotsman. The only thing Scottish about you is sitting in front of the telly praying Sean Connery will get the hell out of the way, so you can get a glimpse of Catherine Zetas Jones RACK! Not that I wouldn't plow on that myself. Kosmo, you are SUCH a dick! Lol.
Fortunately no one was hurt except his pocket book. I have been a professional welder for 17 years and a Weld Engineer for the last 12 and I feel that I am a good judge of weld quality and craftsmanship.
I've kept that truck because the post 01 motors were a nightmare with the EPA mandated emissions, and I can do everything on it myself. Just a big hot rod car motor, with the valve train, etc. Ordering a new one this week, it seems they finally have things straightened out. I hope.
Everything wears out eventually, and it's time to put the the old horse out to pasture. Been a good one, though.
Oh, what hp/torque does that thing deliver? The 3406's were around 425hp stock with about 1900 lb-ft of torque. Not sure of their fuel mileage, though.
One of the reasons I'll hang onto the 08 CRF450 is that it's one of the greatest tall guy bikes ever built.
Pit Row
I used to run tall seat foams also until I discovered how much better a bike feels in the turns without one.
Bike setup is definitely subjective, some tall guys like low bars, some like bar risers, etc. etc. I like my pegs 1/2" low and my bar position forward with a tall bend on most bikes. The last bike I had that I felt needed a tall seat foam I got rid of it, I felt it (RMZ450) wasn't well suited for someone my height.
Hopefully you can get the CRF to fit you more comfortably than it does now. If it were me I'd at least try the footpeg trick to see how you like it before you give up on the bike, it won't cost you anything and it is reversible if you decide it's definitely not for you.
I'll have to try to get a ride on a 08 CRF450, I had no idea. The magazines always proclaimed the KXF's to be the big/tall bikes, I wonder how their measurements compare?
I know that my 08 RMZ felt tiny, I tried but couldn't mesh with it.
My bottom end is completely untouched, and I can tell you for a fact that the cylinders are scored. The truck sat for 2 years before I bought it, and I don't know if thats why, scuffing from carbon or something after it sat so long? It should burn oil like a son of a bitch, and it doesn't. Shook my head, and buttoned it back up with a new middle head on it. Fuck it, drive 'er. Until I came off the highway last October,and had all the usual Cummins leaks fixed, it didn't burn a gallon of oil until about 12,000 miles, and I changed it around 20,000. This grossing 70 ton. Just a bullet proof motor.
My motor is a 460 hp, with 1850 torque in the top 2 gears,on a lighter drivetrain. A fuel economy concept, with a lighter spec truck. If you've noticed the average ahole behind the wheel today, you may appreciate the concept.
You were just getting out when electronics were coming in. Technology had really increased the lifespan of motors, right until the 02 EPA motors. Then we took a step back into the 70's, in terms of fuel economy and longevity. Awesome. Leave it up to the gov't.
The mags say those Kaws are tall and fat. I thought they were perfect. Lol. Rode a 12 and I thought that motor ROCKED, too.
I've always liked Kawis too from my 94 KX500 to my 05 KX250 they always felt big and fat and fit me very nicely. Too bad they were all built like junk and I don't think I could allow myself to buy another any time soon.
I think my wife has some pics on her phone or something from Vet Fest. I know there was a photography company there that was doing photos and they took quite a few of it. I have a local guy down here in Bama that builds headers and does some amazing work that I directed a local guy towards down here, otherwise I would have done it for him but got no 220v hookup in my garage yet.
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