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karaikun


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Hello everybody! Been a member of the forum for almost 2 years, but haven't posted anything, so I thought I'd introduce myself :)

 

I'm an 18 year old lad from southern Finland and have been riding motorcycles (mostly enduro style bikes] since i was about 7 years old.

 

I currently have 2 bikes, a 2012 Rieju Marathon and an '07 Cagiva Mito  (oh, and 3 Honda Monkeys and a scooter biggrin , no DT though :/)

 

Heres the Marathon...

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...And the Mito (Doesn't really look like that anymore, bought some new fairings and giving them a new paint job)

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I'll try and be a bigger part of the whole DT125R family in the future and might even get myself a DT if i can source the money from somewhere



-- Edited by karaikun on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 03:55:25 AM

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Daym that is a nice bike, for some reason i cant see the second pic

The hole on that exhaust!!

Do you do any enduro events?

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2strokemx wrote:

Daym that is a nice bike, for some reason i cant see the second pic

The hole on that exhaust!!

Do you do any enduro events?

 Hahah, thanks! :) And no, I just mostly ride for the fun of it (Picture still not visible?)



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Yes i see it now, awesome bike i hear they can almost outrun the dt...

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Hey buddy welcome to the fold .

Lovely looking bikes =] is that the marathon pro? I have a marathon pro headlight on my dt its a very nice front end lol.


In a year or so soon as im recoverd from my crash I plan to ride up throw sweeden and norway and back down throw finland.


Is there anything truly awesome around you that I need to add onto my list of things to see =]

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Hello there and welcome to the forum! Glad to see some one from across seas! :)

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ToySoldier wrote:

Hey buddy welcome to the fold .

Lovely looking bikes =] is that the marathon pro? I have a marathon pro headlight on my dt its a very nice front end lol.

 Thanks, yeah it's a Marathon Pro Black Series

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In a year or so soon as im recoverd from my crash I plan to ride up throw sweeden and norway and back down throw finland.


Is there anything truly awesome around you that I need to add onto my list of things to see =]

 What happened? :o

Can't really think of any must-see things right now, close to where I live there are some 13th century castle ruins from the time Finland was a part of Sweden and some other old stuff. If you ever make your trip and come close to Turku and need a place to stay, you know who to contact biggrin There's also The Archipelago Trail, a ~155 mile "road" through the archipelago with some awesome scenery, which is actually something of a rite of passage for motorcycles riders in southern Finland (haven't done the full ride yet myself, maybe this summer when i get a bigger bike)

Little teaser of the scenery

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a 4x4 drove into the side of me and my dt ripped my leg in half snapped the bone and splintered it.

4 ops and 10 months and im on crutches atm lol

i was planing to go to Helsinki to get the ferry to Estonia so ill defo have to pop over to you and do that trail looks bloody fantastic XD



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a 4x4 drove into the side of me and my dt ripped my leg in half snapped the bone and splintered it.

4 ops and 10 months and im on crutches atm lol

i was planing to go to Helsinki to get the ferry to Estonia so ill defo have to pop over to you and do that trail looks bloody fantastic XD



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 ouch...  Hope you get better soon Did your DT get written off? If so, what are you getting next?



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lucky no damage to my dt as i swerved the range rover just my leg caught the side of it so i got kinda lucky lol

i allso have a six fiddy that i ride and use my dt mainly offroad or for supermoto fun with the boys on there 125s lol

this is my six fiddy


 

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and this is the photo of my leg lol only open it if your ok with blood though as its bloody gory 

 

 

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and this is the photo of my leg lol only open it if your ok with blood though as its bloody gory 

 

 

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 Nice leg biggrin What bike is that, looks so familiar but i just can't put a name to it lol



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haha lovely open gash eh

its a honda ntv 650 with a Kawasaki zx6r rear end

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hello Karaiukun there is a intro section by the way, get a DT!!!

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hello Karaikun there is a intro section by the way, get a DT!!!

 Tried looking for one actually but didn't find it biggrin And I just might get a DT this year if I can get rid of the Mito



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karaikun wrote:
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hello Karaikun there is a intro section by the way, get a DT!!!

 Tried looking for one actually but didn't find it biggrin And I just might get a DT this year if I can get rid of the Mito

 Nice Dt's are the way forward, my bad seem's the intro section is gone didn't check before shooting my mouth off as usual



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I've just bought a 2014 Marathon Pro sm! haha I get it on Sunday, how do you rate the bike out of interest?

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Its a well built bike with a Yamaha Minarelli engine, and some other quality parts like USD Marzocchi forks, Ollé rear shock, Galfer brakes etc. Haven't had any issues with it so far except for a broken speed sensor. It's got a carb instead of fuel injection, which is a plus for me at least. Best bike I've had. Only negative thing about it is the small fuel tank (1.4 gallons), but that's not really a problem considering it gets 80-90 miles to the gallon. Overall, excellent bike, IMO (don't kill me biggrin) it's better than the Yamaha WR125 and is also quite a bit lighter than the WR



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...but not better then the dt, lets make that clear

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Hahah, yeah that's true, nothing beats the DT! biggrin



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unless your talking mileage to a tank everything beasts the bloody 80ish miles till reserve

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Little update: I sold the Rieju yesterday for a good price and I still have the Mito (Mito Still a PITA furious).

 

Looking at maybe getting a Honda Hornet 600 or some other decent bike that meets the ridiculous new EU criteria (Any suggestions? biggrin Max 70kW/95Hp...)

 

Bye Bye Rieju :(

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Nooo! Love this bike!

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fazer 600 are very good


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Yeah I know a very good bike.

They are loved by a lot of members on here....Yamaha DT125? If you drop an RD350- engine into it it'll have tons of power :D

Nice bike, at least you've still got the mito.

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Yup, it was a good bike, buyer rode it for 5 mins and just had to have it and picked it up the next day biggrin

 

Fazer is one option, but they look a little... "dated"... Damn I hate these new licensesfurious. 

 

Would love a DT, but here you cant find anything even close to decent for under 1k



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It's now confirmed: Hornet will arrive from Germany within a few weeks time! biggrin My dad found it while importing a car from Dusseldorf

2002 bike with only 12k miles on it, looked brilliant he said, new sprocket kit, new front and rear tires and full service history, no scratches, no dents, no rust, no nothing.

Now just to order the restriction kit and I'll be out riding in no time smile



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My mate has had three hornets now loves them never had any problems with any of them tyres and a battery is all he has ever had to buy on top of oil and filters

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Yea, the PC34 engine's bulletproof, seen quite a few of them that have done over 100k miles



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