For All You Dirty DS Minded FJR Riders On This Forum!

[Joe]

Don, be nice, I am still working.

I don't understand, I am older than you, yet

I am still working.

Guess I got in the wrong line of work.

This work thing will not last to much longer.

Joe

 

[beemerdons]

Don, be nice, I am still working.

I don't understand, I am older than you, yet

I am still working.

Guess I got in the wrong line of work.

This work thing will not last too much longer.

Joe

My deepest apologies, Friend Joe. I would write some more, but I am late for an AZ Beemers Retirees Ride out to Tortilla Flats for Lunch. Have to run now, talk to you later! Adios, Papa Chuy

 

[yamafitter]

Don, be nice, I am still working.

I don't understand, I am older than you, yet

I am still working.

Guess I got in the wrong line of work.

This work thing will not last to much longer.

Joe

I can strongly recommend retirement.

I could say some other things but I'm just heading out the door to go riding.

 

[beemerdons]

Don, be nice, I am still working.

I don't understand, I am older than you, yet

I am still working.

Guess I got in the wrong line of work.

This work thing will not last to much longer.

Joe

I can strongly recommend retirement.

I could say some other things but I'm just heading out the door to go riding.

Hey Joe, do you feel better now?

 

[yamafitter]

please delete

 

[yamafitter]

Hi Guys, when you see me in offroad pictures on BMW GS Salma Hayek: I drop both front and rear tires down to 25 psi from normal 32 front and 38 rear. I don't know the dirt road conditions past Urique y Batopilas: All new territory for Papa Chuy!

I was going through the old posts looking for the Spanish translation list when I came upon Don's tire pressure settings. On my WR450F I go UP to 15 psi for rocky runs but most of the time I run 10 psi in the sand around here.

I guessing you need that extra air to keep that piggy beemer from running on the rims.

 

[rushes]

Hi Guys, when you see me in offroad pictures on BMW GS Salma Hayek: I drop both front and rear tires down to 25 psi from normal 32 front and 38 rear. I don't know the dirt road conditions past Urique y Batopilas: All new territory for Papa Chuy!

I was going through the old posts looking for the Spanish translation list when I came upon Don's tire pressure settings. On my WR450F I go UP to 15 psi for rocky runs but most of the time I run 10 psi in the sand around here.

I guessing you need that extra air to keep that piggy beemer from running on the rims.

This is gonna be fun...

 

[CHRIS_D]

Don, be nice, I am still working.

I don't understand, I am older than you, yet

I am still working.

Guess I got in the wrong line of work.

This work thing will not last too much longer.

Joe

My deepest apologies, Friend Joe. I would write some more, but I am late for an AZ Beemers Retirees Ride out to Tortilla Flats for Lunch. Have to run now, talk to you later! Adios, Papa Chuy

You know Don, you're a real meanie!!

By the way, did you all pull out your trikes for this ride.

 

[beemerdons]

Hi Guys, when you see me in offroad pictures on BMW GS Salma Hayek: I drop both front and rear tires down to 25 psi from normal 32 front and 38 rear. I don't know the dirt road conditions past Urique y Batopilas: All new territory for Papa Chuy!

I was going through the old posts looking for the Spanish translation list when I came upon Don's tire pressure settings. On my WR450F I go UP to 15 psi for rocky runs but most of the time I run 10 psi in the sand around here.

I guessing you need that extra air to keep that piggy beemer from running on the rims.

This is gonna be fun...

La Pregunta - A Question: What tire pressures are you lads planning on running on your tires? There is truth to yamafitter's statement that I do not want to go below 25 psi because I am apprehensive about damaging the soft cast alloy rims on Salma Hayek - a BMW F650GS Twin. I have previously dropped the tire pressures on my BMW R1100GS Boxer, a much heavier bike, down to 20 when running on the sand tracks of Baja Peninsula; but this has the much sturdier BMW spoke rims. Inquiring minds want to know, what tire pressures are you guys using?

 

[rushes]

La Pregunta - A Question: What tire pressures are you lads planning on running on your tires? There is truth to yamafitter's statement that I do not want to go below 25 psi because I am apprehensive about damaging the soft cast alloy rims on Salma Hayek - a BMW F650GS Twin. I have previously dropped the tire pressures on my BMW R1100GS Boxer, a much heavier bike, down to 20 when running on the sand tracks of Baja Peninsula; but this has the much sturdier BMW spoke rims. Inquiring minds want to know, what tire pressures are you guys using?

Around 14 or 15 for me...

I can't believe it's any rockier down there than around here, and I've been OK so far.

 

[beemerdons]

La Pregunta - A Question: What tire pressures are you lads planning on running on your tires? There is truth to yamafitter's statement that I do not want to go below 25 psi because I am apprehensive about damaging the soft cast alloy rims on Salma Hayek - a BMW F650GS Twin. I have previously dropped the tire pressures on my BMW R1100GS Boxer, a much heavier bike, down to 20 when running on the sand tracks of Baja Peninsula; but this has the much sturdier BMW spoke rims. Inquiring minds want to know, what tire pressures are you guys using?

Around 14 or 15 for me...

I can't believe it's any rockier down there than around here, and I've been OK so far.

Thanks Russ, I may now go down to 20 psi tire pressure on Salma Hayek; I would still be chicken shit about running 15 psi, for fear of dinging my $$$ BMW rims.

 

[CHRIS_D]

If there is lots rocks in Mexico then I'm sticking with 30 PSI (at least in the front). My Big Gurl weighs in around 500+ wet. When I bent my front rim in AR, I believe it was because Russ and Scott "made me" lower my pressure to around 20 psi (that plus I couldn't get my big ass around all those damn rocks that they grow there in AR :dribble: ). By the way, my new Excel front rim kicks butt. I'm real glad now that Chris from Woody Wheels convince me to buy it. At the time I was real leery of spending the extra money, but it has already proven that it is a much stronger rim than what the stock one was.

 

[beemerdons]

If there is lots rocks in Mexico then I'm sticking with 30 PSI (at least in the front). My Big Gurl weighs in around 500+ wet. When I bent my front rim in AR, I believe it was because Russ and Scott "made me" lower my pressure to around 20 psi (that plus I couldn't get my big ass around all those damn rocks that they grow there in AR :dribble: ). By the way, my new Excel front rim kicks butt. I'm real glad now that Chris from Woody Wheels convince me to buy it. At the time I was real leery of spending the extra money, but it has already proven that it is a much stronger rim than what the stock one was.

+1, Gunny! Bending a motorcycle rim down where we'll be at in CC would be the ultimate disaster, might as well ship the bike home on the train at that point of the trip!

 

[rushes]

If there is lots rocks in Mexico then I'm sticking with 30 PSI (at least in the front). My Big Gurl weighs in around 500+ wet. When I bent my front rim in AR, I believe it was because Russ and Scott "made me" lower my pressure to around 20 psi (that plus I couldn't get my big ass around all those damn rocks that they grow there in AR :dribble: ). By the way, my new Excel front rim kicks butt. I'm real glad now that Chris from Woody Wheels convince me to buy it. At the time I was real leery of spending the extra money, but it has already proven that it is a much stronger rim than what the stock one was.

+1, Gunny! Bending a motorcycle rim down where we'll be at in CC would be the ultimate disaster, might as well ship the bike home on the train at that point of the trip!

I think Chris' problems that day were more about trying to ride on a street tire, than pressure.

But you fellers do whatever you think best...

 

[fjrrider]

I run the Dunlop 908RR's, the tire is really made for a slightly wider rim than the KTM has, so I run them with a little less pressure than normal. 20-25 psi in rocky conditions. Too much pressure and things get bouncy and you'll lose a bit of flexability and become more susceptible to cuts. Too little and pinch flats become an issue.

 

[CHRIS_D]

If there is lots rocks in Mexico then I'm sticking with 30 PSI (at least in the front). My Big Gurl weighs in around 500+ wet. When I bent my front rim in AR, I believe it was because Russ and Scott "made me" lower my pressure to around 20 psi (that plus I couldn't get my big ass around all those damn rocks that they grow there in AR :dribble: ). By the way, my new Excel front rim kicks butt. I'm real glad now that Chris from Woody Wheels convince me to buy it. At the time I was real leery of spending the extra money, but it has already proven that it is a much stronger rim than what the stock one was.

+1, Gunny! Bending a motorcycle rim down where we'll be at in CC would be the ultimate disaster, might as well ship the bike home on the train at that point of the trip!

I think Chris' problems that day were more about trying to ride on a street tire, than pressure.

But you fellers do whatever you think best...

Russ you're right those street tires where the worse!!! I couldn't believe how much better the handling got when I threw back on my normal shoes which is the D606/908RR combo.

 

[Joe]

Well I am really different.

I am running MOTOS Desert HT.

Reviews say they are good for what I think we will be doing.

I hope they were right, will find out.

See you guys in two weeks, can't wait.

Joe

 

[yamafitter]

I was over at my local Yamaha dealer and picked up a few parts to freshen up the WR for the trip to CC.

I noticed the brake pads were a litle thin so there is new pads front & back going in.

I have a Recluse clutch and it seemed to be slipping a little too much. I have a new set of friction plates and will probably change them out after the enduro I'm working on this weekend.

The oil is fresh but I'll pack a filter and some oil for a change when we get to the Sea of Cortez.

I will be cleaning the air filter after the enduro and will pack an oiled spare to change out after the run to the sea.

I looked at my DOT knobbies and they looked sort of OK. I have two sets of rims, one with the "race tires" (M12's with the "tubliss" system and then a set of rims with my DOT's for trail rides that have lots of public roads. I decided I wanted fresh rubber and picked up a set of 606's.

I was going to mount them up today but my new Zumo made it to my door and I just had to start playing with that since I'm fascinated with anything shiny.

The bike is jetted a little fat and since it is cold and flat around here (about 500ft above sea level I'm going to lean out the jetting a tad. It should help with the mileage. I also picked up some Octane Booster since the WR does not respond kindly to low octane fuel.

I found a GPS topo map (Cartographica E32) for my Garmin 276c so I will know exactly how lost I am and will pop in a fresh set of batteries into my SPOT2 so others will know exactly how lost I am.

By midweek everything should be changed over I will take a quick run over to the Gany for a short test run, do a final cleanup and pack my baby into the trailer.

This should keep me out of the pool halls next week and then the plan is to start heading south Monday, November 1.

See you all soon...

 

[beemerdons]

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

https://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-009b-5836-9d68 I woke up at 0400 this morning, just wanting to pull on my boots and start riding the magnificent Copper Canyon. Instead, I spent the last hour on the internet looking at CC videos and slideshows. Oh Mexico, sounds so groovy, Mon I just want to GO!

https://www.on-the-matrix.com/north_america/CopperCanyon.asp We will see and hear the two trains daily above us on the sides of the mountains (one East and one West), as we are at the very bottom of Copper Canyon.

 

[beemerdons]

One of the things I am looking forward to most is having Menudo Rico for Desayuno (Breakfast) every single morning down in Mexico!

Say Brother Joe, since you and I are room mates every night, did I happen to mention to you that Menudo makes me extremely gassy? Perdone!

Ah, Las Tripas de Vaca (cow guts!); Magnifico! Mi Favorito!