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  4. Posted

    8 hours ago, Pokey151 said:

    I also know I need to throw about $3K at the 500 to get it setup and maybe $1500 at the 300

    I am not nearly as good of a rider as I suspect you are; so take this with a grain of salt!  I love my 650 for some things and I love my 500 for others.  At the end of the day, "ready to race", even for me, is not even close on these bikes, which is kinda disappointing. I did pull the smog and reed valve, cleaned up the muffler, added a JD Tuner and had George redo the suspension and I am finally happy with the bike.  

    Good luck on making your decision!

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    46 minutes ago, Goofy Footer said:

    Time to get some more miles on that Shinko!

    I work too much (have three jobs) and just can't seem to get away as much as I would like to.   House goes on the market in spring and I sell a portion of one business in June and move to Utah; with any luck I'll be able to do 300 miles a week once there!

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    Always pinch flats, and usually on the front.  I tend to use the front brake a lot and I have heard that may be contributing to it.  I do have rim locks (was not running them for a while) and that seems to have slowed the flats.

    I usually run around 12-14 psi in both bikes.  The XR has been used as a double up bike with my wife on mostly road trips (around 200 miles) and I have raised the psi then.  Only 1 pinch flat on the front of the XR on the road; rest were all dirt (probably around six total; bike has about 3,700 miles on it).  No flats on the Shinko's yet, but bike (unfortunately) only has about 300 miles on it so far and I ran the stock tires for about 100 miles in the beginning.

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    I run the Dunlop D606 on my XR and the Shinko 505 on my KTM.  The XR seems to spend more time on the road (actually probably about 50/50) so that tire works well for both surfaces, and I am very happy with the Shinko on the KTM (I have 3 Ocotillo trips on that as well as one Big Bear trip; probably about 400 total miles and it still looks like new).  The Shinko is a fatty but I like how it handles and have had to flats at all (I seem to get them every time I take the Honda in the dirt with the D606's).

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    20 minutes ago, Ken S said:

    Unfortunately these bikes are not Ready to Race as advertised. 

    That is the statement of the year!

    That said, once I did the smog delete (shhhh!), JD tuner, took out the reed valve, opened up the exhaust and swapped out the tires it was a completely different bike.  Then after I got it back from having George put a set of his Gobblers in the forks it transformed once again.  From a bike I kind of liked to one that I now love!

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    One time I was out in a sand wash and saw what I can only explain as a torpedo in the sand.  Visible from the surface was a breathing snorkel, fresh air intake nozzle and a GoPro.  As it approached me and the sand starting turning to dirt, out popped Zubb on the big Beemer.  With a tip of his helmet and a twist of the throttle-resulting in one of the longest wheelies I have ever seen-he was off.  Definitely a sight that I will never forget.

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    You know what they say; good things are worth the wait!  I am in Escondido and made the drive out and am super stoked; it's a whole new bike!

    By the way, I am not a paid spokesperson, nor do I play one on TV; just a happy customer!

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