Had a funny incident the other week at a quarry and thought i would show you some pictures of my lowrider dt. Basically i had made some drop links at work to lower my dt slieghtly. The material was abit short so the walls at eaither side were fairly thin i foolishly thought they would be ok, how wrong i was, ragged around for a week on them no worries. I went to a quarry with a few friends on the sunday and spent a few hours blasting up hills and doing a few jumps. Droped off a little four and a half foot ledge and THUD! bike dropped down stalling at the same time as soon as i hit the floor jumped off and had a look at my new lowrider dt haha, enjoy just glad it didnt do it over a speedy jump could of been painful.
-- Edited by Sam M on Sunday 28th of September 2014 08:53:41 AM
HaHa always fancied a harley 2strokemx :) Yeah got proper lucky there lads, figured may aswell just take my lumps and have a laugh about it Cal, never had a bike collapse before. Got a lift home picked up my standard links popped back to the quarry, BOOM!, was ragging about within the hour. Lesson deffinately learned AndyYam i should have known better, i nearly sacked them off when i saw how thin the wall were, should of stuck with my gut... never again. Eye FunkeyMonkeyDavid want her lowered slightly lol. Im not a small lad.... but i arent that tall either. Fitted some 1999 YZ250 wheels a few months ago (as i was sick of the frankley poor build quality of the standard dt wheels, i know there not made for proper scretting before anyone says anything, but they seem to ding and bruise easier then a banana!) and the yz rear wheel is 19" its not that noticeable but it does raise the rear, slightly, and ocasionally il be stopped on the side of a sloped hill or hopping over a log and il loose my balance. By the time my foot reaches the floor to regain balance its to late and me and the bike have a slow sometimes embarasing drop :( this is the reason im lowering my bike slightly. I do have some 50mm drop links but its far too low looks daft and the suspension bottoms out easier, i had to adjust the nut on the rear spring alot to make it tolerable but even then over most jumps and drops it would let out a clatter. Yeah Victor me and my friends are aware the Dt is not designed for the amount of ***t i give it :P its a hot topic between us. Like you i dont weigh much and ive found that tweaking the rear spring nut 2 and a half turns has all but stopped my bottoming out issue , at standard height may need abit more after new links are made. My yz wheels have stopped the mullered rim/spokes problem and 520 chain conversion has slowed the stretching/wearing of my chains/sprockets (a little). They are good little bikes for hillclimbs and the big hills force you to learn how to slip your clutch effectively (when your getting near the top and your mates on bigger bikes carry on flying up and the Dt starts bogging and dropping out the band) i think its better perfecting/learnng basic skills on a bike less equiped for it then transfering your skills onto a fully fledged enduro bike. Plus its fun, or i think it is, messing with bike and maybe using it for something it wasnt built for :) A mate has a kc100 and he once put some monstrous nobblies on it, 3 tooth smaller sprocket on the front, upsized the carb, made a frankenstien exhaust, differenthandlebars and changed the mudguards. It was hilarious the thing was a wheelie machine and looked so ratty and evil.... i loved it. Alass hes changed it back to road mode now and its lost all its badassedness :( Anyhow Victor im getting off topic here. I know the Dt isnt made for it but i care not :P i will pull its hair until i get my new weapon (2012 husaberg TE125) then the dt will either be transformed into supermoto or simply used as a commuter and slow steady green laner.
I agree it is a fun little bike to learn on, just remember when transfering to a enduro the seat doesen't have that massive dip to sit into, so remember to sit forward more as you will not be physically held in that position anymore
You will find the enduro bikes easier aswell because of the flat seat, you can slide and shift your weight about easier rather than locked in that position
The dt is a fkin heavy bike aswell lol, smaller frame than an enduro so you will be even more comfortable on the enduro because of the extra room on the bigger frame; should be lighter and easier to manoeuvre also, maybe easier to hold up this time before you drop it and the damn thing drags you down
I say get one asap, but the dt is low enough especially with the dipped seat, not sure how your going to like the enduro's higher posture and seat...
Yeah man I cant wait yeah the TE is abit taller but im not bothered il get used to it hopefully just don't like having my rear higher then front if you get me. It will be a few months before I get it im saving at the mo for it. Dt is about 121kg dry I think and the TE is about 100kg with amazing suspension and more power then the dt and a mechanical powervalve instead of electric :)
You can always raise/drop the forks bro, yeh sounds awesome you wont have to worry about that clutch slipping bollox at the top of the hill as much as you do the dt, just smash it down a gear im sure it will have enough power
