Who says these bikes dont do dual-sport!

[katoranger]

I wave and if they don't wave back I don't think anything of it.

Allen

[AZ200cc]

I know I get sick of that Get a real bike line I saw thrown around at TT :roll: .....What's real to one is not to another....People should just ride and shut up 8) ....You ride the bike You want..I'll ride mine :wink: .....And that's it. They should not care about other peoples bikes...BECAUSE THEY DON"T OWN THEM. Worry about Your own ride.

Reminds me of a joke....95% of all Harleys are still on the road.

The other 5% made it home....

Kinda sounds like what those people say about our bikes 8O

[MOTO]

i also have to chime in that Pullin' was the absolute reason i bought my Roketa about a year ago

i had never owned a motorcycle, and was thinking about getting an old/used Jap bike...while doing some research on what bikes to look for i wound up on TT, and eventually stumbled onto Pullin's original "From Day One" thread...buying a brand new "street legal" bike online & then having to put it together sounded like a fun challenge

the rest is history

[TeamCheap]

LOL I have to laugh.

We finally got the new enclosed trailer up north with the bikes and went for a nice looonnnnngggg ride (OK we got lost- ) but still a nice ride thru some wicked trails.

Anyway we make it back to the trailer and the guys next to us are loading up their quads and we start chatting and one asks "hows that KTM out on the trails"
I smile and tell them "its a china bike, just a little 200cc china bike and after the engine rebolt I had to do it does just fine out their and that I do beat it hard at times".

I told them it came stock with a push-rod engine but I wanted to try the OHC engine so I put one in and added "parts are cheap for it, in fact the whole bike was inexpensive".

They were very cool to talk to.
They may have just assumed KTM when they heard me ride up (that pipe sounds awesome)
It will take many many more encounters like this to get people used to the china bikes but it will happen.

I'm still a bit down on the china bikes, well china products in general probably because I see whats really going on with china products but anyway in a few more years the china bikes will be even better than they are today.
Improvements are already evident.

[srreynolds2003]

culcune I still want to ride one of these enduros in the Baja 250, not so much for competition, but just to finish. (I still have to convince one of the manufacturers to sponsor me with a bike )

Or If we could get enough people on here to pitch in a few bucks each...Maybe China Rider members could Sponsor you.

[TeamCheap]

I think for a manufacturer to sponsor you they'd have to have noticed you winning or placing well in a few competitions but maybe not.

A ChinaRiders sponsorship might be the way to go but most everyone here would want to compete also, I know I would.
(let me drive it, NO LET ME DRIVE IT, no let me )

I would think one of the new fancy 250cc china dirt bikes would be useable.

[srreynolds2003]

True, there are a lot of Drivers out there.

[Savage]

As a general rule, it seems that most harley riders don't wave at ANY dual sport rider, not just china DS bikes. I think they just consider them cheap dirt bikes, ie not a "real" bike. Some of them will waive to me though. No biggie - doesn't bother me any.
I would like to get a harley someday, just so I could have one and see if I like it.

[Q]

The vast majority of HD riders are what they call posers. Guys who put them in a trailer and tow them to a rally. Guys who know nothing about motorcycles and just want to look "cool". HDs are junk compared to Japanese and European bikes.

Back in the 70s I had a chopped HD but couldn't use it to go anywhere since it kept breaking down. I used my Honda when I really needed to get somewhere.

Q

[TeamCheap]

I had a harley when I was 18.(sort of)





It was a 72-73(I think) 125, 2-sroke enduro/dualsport type bike that would barely get up to 55 with my then puny little butt.It would have done a little better with a fresh rebuild I'm sure but I just rode it.I think it was made in the AMF years and they were not built very well.

I'd like to find another one, restore it and ride it around just so I can hear "get a harley" and I can tell them STHU it is a harley you moron.

It looked a lot like this harley 125

[ambassador]

Owned a Sportster and loved it, not what I'm into anymore... Didn't get the "wave" all the time either, depends on the rider...
Now I wave to everyone, not a huge wave just a hand or a nod if I'm in a turn and get most in return, the ones that don't are probably not paying attention or from Thumper Talk...