First, I am going to say that I want to kill a bike shop owner. The
woman there promised me one day back order for anything she have on
any of her stores (she has 3). I was in a desperate need of a front
sprocket (but I was going to buy the entire traction kit), also I
needed brake pads (both rear and front), rear wheel bearings (two
different sizes, rear hub is from a '98 XR250, fwiw) and a set of fork
seals. Yeah, she had the worst brand of bearings (ZZ spec at least),
no sprockets, no chain, no seals, nothing besides bearings and brake
pads. I got my brake pads, the bearings and went home. When I used to
race enduros, I would replace chain and sprockets that had any wear
marks. Scrounging my personal junkyard, I found only one front
sprocket that would fit the bike. I changed it along with the wheel
bearings and brake pads friday night. No beers involved.
Saturday afternoon I called Beto to join I, Charles and Cesar on a
ride next day. Charles used to be my boss 6 years ago and now is just
a riding buddy that owns a brand new XR250 Tornado. As is Cesar, but
he is a street rider at heart, he'll never be an offroader, but he's a
nice guy to hang with. Beto, otoh, is not a rider at all, but he have
fun riding and that's ok. I don't mind having to ride slow for a
change. Charles is quite fast when the trail is not so twisty and
tight, so, I'd have some fun.
Sunday morning and I arrive at the gas station just to find Neto
waiting for someone, anyone, to show up to ride. Why he did not call
me, that's a mystery... So, everybody on the group have XR250
Tornados, good to make the dust fly.
Trail was uneventful. The way in Jar Trail was nasty, but not as much
a previous rides. The mud is going away. Zombie woods was very muddy,
but also, drying up. We did the long loop on the woods. On the grass
hill, I could climb all three steps. Was fun. The lunch wasn't bad
either, shell fish and chicken with rice, neat. We rode through almost
all trails we know. We even climbed the Alakazam hill and went down
Misericordia hill. Great ride. Nobody crashed ugly, except me, who got
entangled with a vine and did a loop.
When we stopped at Itapuama beach to have some cane sugar juice, we
noticed the head gasket on Cesar's Tornado to be out of place. The
side of his bike was covered in oil. His bike is brand new with less
than 2000 kilometers on it. Neto was carrying red hi-temp silicon and
I had enough tools to remove seat, tank and cam cover and we smeared
it with red silicon and put the gasket back into place. That took us
about one hour, enough to get dark and made us return using the
headlights. I tried to skip a mud hole by climbing a hill, did not
made it and had to push bike back and cross the mud anyway, just
wasting the little energy I had left.
The fork seal leak is bad. I should fix it before riding the bike
again... Also, I think I need an oil change, neutral is getting
difficult to find with engine running... Not to mention the handguard.
Cesar's bike has a very good looking Acerbis handguard, with an
aluminum core, that looks beefier than my old Circuit handguard. I
need a new pair of gloves and a new chest protector too... Also, I
need plant that has money for fruits, that would be good, even if the
fruits were $5 bills.
Charles took some pictures. My camera refused opening the lenses. I
guess mud got into the mechanism... Good that I have tiny screwdrivers
and a magnifying glass. :-) When Charles send me the pictures, I'll
try to post a link to them.
Good trails for ya'll!!!!!!
-- Tiago
Thanks for the ride report, Tiago.
It's good to know that you are riding every weekend.
Jim
*****************************************************
>On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:48:06 -0700 (PDT), Tiago Rocha
>First, I am going to say that I want to kill a bike shop owner. The
>woman there promised me one day back order for anything she have on
>any of her stores (she has 3). I was in a desperate need of a front
>sprocket (but I was going to buy the entire traction kit), also I
>needed brake pads (both rear and front), rear wheel bearings (two
>different sizes, rear hub is from a '98 XR250, fwiw) and a set of fork
>seals. Yeah, she had the worst brand of bearings (ZZ spec at least),
>no sprockets, no chain, no seals, nothing besides bearings and brake
>pads. I got my brake pads, the bearings and went home. When I used to
>race enduros, I would replace chain and sprockets that had any wear
>marks. Scrounging my personal junkyard, I found only one front
>sprocket that would fit the bike. I changed it along with the wheel
>bearings and brake pads friday night. No beers involved.
>Saturday afternoon I called Beto to join I, Charles and Cesar on a
>ride next day. Charles used to be my boss 6 years ago and now is just
>a riding buddy that owns a brand new XR250 Tornado. As is Cesar, but
>he is a street rider at heart, he'll never be an offroader, but he's a
>nice guy to hang with. Beto, otoh, is not a rider at all, but he have
>fun riding and that's ok. I don't mind having to ride slow for a
>change. Charles is quite fast when the trail is not so twisty and
>tight, so, I'd have some fun.
>Sunday morning and I arrive at the gas station just to find Neto
>waiting for someone, anyone, to show up to ride. Why he did not call
>me, that's a mystery... So, everybody on the group have XR250
>Tornados, good to make the dust fly.
>Trail was uneventful. The way in Jar Trail was nasty, but not as much
>a previous rides. The mud is going away. Zombie woods was very muddy,
>but also, drying up. We did the long loop on the woods. On the grass
>hill, I could climb all three steps. Was fun. The lunch wasn't bad
>either, shell fish and chicken with rice, neat. We rode through almost
>all trails we know. We even climbed the Alakazam hill and went down
>Misericordia hill. Great ride. Nobody crashed ugly, except me, who got
>entangled with a vine and did a loop.
>When we stopped at Itapuama beach to have some cane sugar juice, we
>noticed the head gasket on Cesar's Tornado to be out of place. The
>side of his bike was covered in oil. His bike is brand new with less
>than 2000 kilometers on it. Neto was carrying red hi-temp silicon and
>I had enough tools to remove seat, tank and cam cover and we smeared
>it with red silicon and put the gasket back into place. That took us
>about one hour, enough to get dark and made us return using the
>headlights. I tried to skip a mud hole by climbing a hill, did not
>made it and had to push bike back and cross the mud anyway, just
>wasting the little energy I had left.
>The fork seal leak is bad. I should fix it before riding the bike
>again... Also, I think I need an oil change, neutral is getting
>difficult to find with engine running... Not to mention the handguard.
>Cesar's bike has a very good looking Acerbis handguard, with an
>aluminum core, that looks beefier than my old Circuit handguard. I
>need a new pair of gloves and a new chest protector too... Also, I
>need plant that has money for fruits, that would be good, even if the
>fruits were $5 bills.
>Charles took some pictures. My camera refused opening the lenses. I
>guess mud got into the mechanism... Good that I have tiny screwdrivers
>and a magnifying glass. :-) When Charles send me the pictures, I'll
>try to post a link to them.
>Good trails for ya'll!!!!!!
>-- Tiago
**************************************************************
Jim Cook
Tree Dodger Rock Finder
Team LAGNAF
2006 Gas Gas DE300
> Thanks for the ride report, Tiago.
that's my pleasure.
> It's good to know that you are riding every weekend.
I've been working way too much lately. Riding is good to relief
pressure.
Too bad next weekend I can't go no matter what. The fork seal leaks
past what's considered sane to go riding. If it was the right leg, ok,
but it's the left, it leaks right into the caliper. And I need to
check why rear brake quit braking. The pad looks still good. Seems
that saturday will be shopping day. :-)
-- Tiago
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>First, I am going to say that I want to kill a bike shop owner. The
>woman there promised me one day back order for anything she have on
>any of her stores (she has 3). I was in a desperate need of a front
>sprocket (but I was going to buy the entire traction kit), also I
>needed brake pads (both rear and front), rear wheel bearings (two
>different sizes, rear hub is from a '98 XR250, fwiw) and a set of fork
>seals. Yeah, she had the worst brand of bearings (ZZ spec at least),
>no sprockets, no chain, no seals, nothing besides bearings and brake
>pads. I got my brake pads, the bearings and went home. When I used to
>race enduros, I would replace chain and sprockets that had any wear
>marks. Scrounging my personal junkyard, I found only one front
>sprocket that would fit the bike. I changed it along with the wheel
>bearings and brake pads friday night. No beers involved.
>Saturday afternoon I called Beto to join I, Charles and Cesar on a
>ride next day. Charles used to be my boss 6 years ago and now is just
>a riding buddy that owns a brand new XR250 Tornado. As is Cesar, but
>he is a street rider at heart, he'll never be an offroader, but he's a
>nice guy to hang with. Beto, otoh, is not a rider at all, but he have
>fun riding and that's ok. I don't mind having to ride slow for a
>change. Charles is quite fast when the trail is not so twisty and
>tight, so, I'd have some fun.
>Sunday morning and I arrive at the gas station just to find Neto
>waiting for someone, anyone, to show up to ride. Why he did not call
>me, that's a mystery... So, everybody on the group have XR250
>Tornados, good to make the dust fly.
>Trail was uneventful. The way in Jar Trail was nasty, but not as much
>a previous rides. The mud is going away. Zombie woods was very muddy,
>but also, drying up. We did the long loop on the woods. On the grass
>hill, I could climb all three steps. Was fun. The lunch wasn't bad
>either, shell fish and chicken with rice, neat. We rode through almost
>all trails we know. We even climbed the Alakazam hill and went down
>Misericordia hill. Great ride. Nobody crashed ugly, except me, who got
>entangled with a vine and did a loop.
>When we stopped at Itapuama beach to have some cane sugar juice, we
>noticed the head gasket on Cesar's Tornado to be out of place. The
>side of his bike was covered in oil. His bike is brand new with less
>than 2000 kilometers on it. Neto was carrying red hi-temp silicon and
>I had enough tools to remove seat, tank and cam cover and we smeared
>it with red silicon and put the gasket back into place. That took us
>about one hour, enough to get dark and made us return using the
>headlights. I tried to skip a mud hole by climbing a hill, did not
>made it and had to push bike back and cross the mud anyway, just
>wasting the little energy I had left.
>The fork seal leak is bad. I should fix it before riding the bike
>again... Also, I think I need an oil change, neutral is getting
>difficult to find with engine running... Not to mention the handguard.
>Cesar's bike has a very good looking Acerbis handguard, with an
>aluminum core, that looks beefier than my old Circuit handguard. I
>need a new pair of gloves and a new chest protector too... Also, I
>need plant that has money for fruits, that would be good, even if the
>fruits were $5 bills.
>Charles took some pictures. My camera refused opening the lenses. I
>guess mud got into the mechanism... Good that I have tiny screwdrivers
>and a magnifying glass. :-) When Charles send me the pictures, I'll
>try to post a link to them.
>Good trails for ya'll!!!!!!
>-- Tiago