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Street "legal" trail ride

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:52 pm
by SquirrelCrusher
I picked up a 2001 XR400. I've missed riding a motorcycle and figured this would be fun for getting out and riding forest roads and trails. The previous owner got it licensed with a plate for on the road.

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Plan is to get turn signals and a brake light on it and not get lost in the woods.

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:37 am
by TJDave
8) Very cool. I always wanted a XR400, even after the watercooled CRFs came out.
I was planning on selling my CR250 and getting one. Unfortunately, my dirt bike riding days came to a crashing halt before that happened. :cry:

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:28 pm
by SquirrelCrusher
Gas Station - Mountians - Gas Station 64 miles and 1.2 gallons of gas. I can get use to that. :D

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:24 pm
by SquirrelCrusher
The new rear look.
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Much cleaner than the stock fender. Plus I now have a tail/brake light. Someday I might even add turn signals.

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:12 pm
by SquirrelCrusher
Anyone have experience with building or use of a hitch carrier for a dirt bike? I've been looking at them and they seem fairly simple. Plus way easier to use vs pushing the bike up into the bed of my truck. Or if I wanted to take my bike and quad at the same time.

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This one is $200. I like the design but would change it a bit if I did it myself. Maybe add a support to each side to hook onto my truck and help stabilize the carrier.

Re: Street "legal" trail ride

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:31 pm
by SquirrelCrusher
Still cruising the mountains on the XR. These were taking within a day of each other. Table Rock was snowy and cold, Clearwater was sunny and almost T-shirt weather!