mustang guy Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I have taken several day trips on the BWM this spring. I just can't get enough of it. Put some new tires on Friday. I got on a rutted out muddy road the other day and it wore me out. The tires were worn out, and even new they weren't very good off road. These should get me up those dirt roads a little better: I missed having a dirt bike since I sold my Husky so I went and bought a KTM 350 XCF-W. Now I am set. This and push mowing the yard is my exercise. I am so out of shape that easy stuff wears me out. That is all about to change: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Nice bikes. Ride my two when I can too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Nice scooters. Now put some street tires on that KTM and have some fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Happy Trails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Nice scooters. Now put some street tires on that KTM and have some fun I had a supermotard and it was a blast. I took a DRZ400S and turned it into a hopped up 400SM. http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/wvmustangs/slideshow/2003%20Suzuki%20DRZ%20400%20SM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Ride my two when I can too. At the same time? Now that's talent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Did you buy the KTM used? From a guy near Twin Lakes Road near North Hills? A guy put his 2014 KTM 350 up for sale on the local Bulletin Board a few weeks ago, but I didn't know if it sold. The bike in your pic looks brand spankin' new. +++ I was surprised to see the pics of the new tires. That is a much more aggressive tread than I thought! It is more of a semi-knobby than the universal tread I was expecting. It looks like it has a nice smooth tread right in the middle for highway use. +++ I meant to ask you how the trip went to Big Muskie on the BMW? I've never been there, but from what I know, I presume you go along a dirt road or jeep trail to get to it? That would be a perfect road and a cool trip for an adventure bike. +++ For the rest of you guys, Big Muskie is shovel. A really big one they used to use for strip mines and then abandoned when they quit mining coal. It was too big to move so they just left it where it lay. Now it is a tourist attraction in Ohio. (stock internet pic, not mine) Edited April 18, 2016 by wvu80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) I bought it new up in Marietta, but it was a 2015 model so I got $1400 off. $8100 out the door. Yeah, I rode the BMW up to the shovel. My son rode his vstrom. My son tried to lift a free end of one of the chain links and couldn't budge it. I was trying to find the strip mine lakes I had heard about all those years, so we went up some rutted out muddy roads. The tires I was sporting were 80/20, or pretty much street. They were down to the wear bars too. I slid around like I was on grease. My son took a video of me, but since he is kinda new on the adventure type bikes, he fell behind a bit. All in all, I am glad to have some tires now. Edited April 18, 2016 by mustang guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Fantastic, Craig. And to be out adventure biking with your son? I'm not sure it gets any better than that. In honor of your thread title Adventure Time, here is a classic, Stan Kenton's Adventures in Time. The opener will blow you away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Nice scooters. Now put some street tires on that KTM and have some fun I had a supermotard and it was a blast. I took a DRZ400S and turned it into a hopped up 400SM. http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/wvmustangs/slideshow/2003%20Suzuki%20DRZ%20400%20SM Sweet machine, I like what you did with it, especially the rims. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockhound Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 That KTM is sweet! I looked hard at KTM when I was looking around, I just couldn't drop the coin on it stellar off road bike. I ended up buying a WR250R I enjoy it for the type of riding I do (fire trails). Why the h%ll did you sell the Husky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 This is my first KTM. I sold the Husky because it was like a pogo stick, and it was too powerful for trail riding. Here is that bike. As you can see, I stripped everything off it replaced the heavy exhaust and made it 100% enduro: I looked seriously at the WR250. It is a great bike. I have had a couple of Yammy's and other than the carbs being set too lean from the factory, they were bulletproof. What I like about this bike is the fuel injection and the electric start. It has great power, and is as light as my RMZ250 was with a nice suspension to boot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Took a 3 day road trip last week. I really like the new K60's. I rode 18 miles of gravel and my knuckles weren't white once. fishing the Williams river: Cass railroad...closed still: Seneca rocks, but sadly there was a little red and white private property sign about a mile up: Snowshoe. Everything is closed until Memorial Day, but I have a condo there as a base of operations. The Helipad is for when folks ski into trees. Bear Rocks in Dolly Sods. In late summer, the place is filled with wild blueberries: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Nice bikes!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Those places Craig has traveled to in West Virginia is like a "who's who" of famous places in our state. The twisty windy roads are perfect for his BMW 1200 GS and his son's Suzuki V-strom. Dolly Sods is an area, and it's like living history with the fauna and plants traveling through millions of years of development in a 20 or 30 mile stretch. Plant life biologists or botanists have a field day in that place! Edited April 23, 2016 by wvu80 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 That BMW is just beautiful and about as different as can be from my K100 "flyin' brick." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfbane Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Nice bikes!! Times two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) I just saw the THUMPER title and it brought back memories. Late 60's Benelli single lung 350 cc purchased at Montgomery Ward's at the Big Town Shopping Center in Dallas. Darn thing would never start without pushing it but now that I see today's prices :o Edited April 23, 2016 by USNRET 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 I just saw the THUMPER title and it brought back memories. Late 60's Benelli single lung 350 cc purchased at Montgomery Ward's at the Big Town Shopping Center in Dallas. Darn thing would never start without pushing it but now that I see today's prices :o Montomery Ward's. Now there's a company I remember well! I have never seen a Benelli motorcycle in person. I have seen their shotguns, and they are top notch. As with any Italian motor, sexy and fast come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eth2 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Late 60's Benelli single lung 350 cc I remember that bike...no turn signals, no mirrors, no horn. It was like riding a Schwinn with a motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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