It's a duck pond, which has flooded a little bit on to the track. Only a couple of inches deep where the bike is. I thought the reflection made a good pic. There's a bit of icy slush on the surface of the pond though - frost over night.
Im after an offroad bike, how much for something like this? Everything I see is at least 2.5k not spending that much!.. My blade didn't cost me that to buy haha
2500 doesn't get you much. An old Suzuki DR or Kwak KLR, or a tatty Honda XR maybe. But bargains crop up if you know what to buy and don't mind changing bearings and stuff - off road bikes often have a hard life, but are simple to fix and parts are reasonably cheap. Mine is an xr650r plenty modified, spent its early life as a super moto. I paid small money, but spent a lot later rebuilding it. Dirt bikes do seem to hold value better than sports bikes at the moment. And cheaper to run. £80 fully comp, and £100 for a rear tyre!
Very nice! I really must get myself a muddy bike again soon... Binned_it - what is the contraption out in front of the fork crown, which looks like it has a race number board attached to it?
Very nice! I really must get myself a muddy bike again soon... Binned_it - what is the contraption out in front of the fork crown, which looks like it has a race number board attached to it?
The XR is kick start only, with a condenser instead of a battery, basic electrics and crap lights. I wanted to run charging points for GPS, better lights and a rally road book. The thing sticking out the front is a basic nav tower for a road book: I bolted it to the headstock, and then fitted an uprated reg/rec, LiOn battery pack, fuse block, wiring etc... and made a box to keep the mud off the electrics. The red thing on the end is the headlights and flashers. I also have a mini fairing and LED spots for rally's, but they aren't MOT compliant, so this is the road setup rather than the rally setup. What they look like normally...
