What Did You Do To Your WR Today??

I rigged up some luggage for my trip starting Tuesday, going to NS and NB should be about 2500 kms by the time I get back home, maybe more. I got the saddle bags at princess auto for 30 bucks, and had the Icon tank bag from my sportbike days, which strapped to the saddle bags. Should do the trick.

Installed a Safari tank, and a Sandman case saver.
Maybe one day I will take a pic.

Next in random order will be heated grips, luggage of some sort, tankbag, new rubber, and removing that airbox thingy device.

today i added a ricochet skid plate i got from member little squirt. just got a sprocket cover kit from sandman. and i installed a mini usb kit for a GPS. going to have to wait a bit on the gps. but when i get one ill be set.

Mounted orange coloured rimstripes today. Because i was thinking it would look nice against the small orange in the wr250x letters on the side.
But im not sure if i like it or not. Powerless camera so pic will come up later....

Not today, but from sunday riding in the Michaux Dual Sport. Got caught up on a log on the 9th option (C level), decided I didn't have a good pic of my bike in the woods with sumo wheels.

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Mounted orange coloured rimstripes today. Because i was thinking it would look nice against the small orange in the wr250x letters on the side.
But im not sure if i like it or not. Powerless camera so pic will come up later....

Here is the look of it now.
I think it went a little too much with the stripes on but i think i like it more and more.

Just shortened my fron fender by 3/4" or so. Just so U can notice it but just barely.

Have bought a black fatbar also but im waiting for the other parts to come home before i can install it.

Orange stripes are a go! Looks good.

I took off the original handlebar mounts today, preparing for the fatbar to be installed.
But i must say those 17mm nuts for the mounts has a really tight a** postition....

I have ordered AIR handlebar mounts wich had a really low height compared to some other brands. But i dont know if they are 5mm offset as the originals.

Anyone tried the Renthal ones? I saw they had the 5mm offset but im not sure if they will fit. they were for yamaha 125-450 2004-06. seen on renthal.com

I went for a half day ride looking for wildflowers...





Purcell Wilderness in the distance - think of it as the south end of the Bugaboos.





The obligatory shameless cheesecake photo. Backlighting in these conditions make it tough.





Oh yes... I found a few wildlfowers...









A three hour round trip with a half hour for lunch (sourdough baguette with liverwust and pfeiffersalami and a nice frosty beer) and an hour screwing around taking pictures of flowers. Not a bad way to spend four hours of your lifespan.

But I really need to buy a macro lens.

Mounted that Fatbar today with mounts from "AIR" they had the 5mm offset as the original mounts have.
But they were too low so i had to use some brackets to get them up about 5mm otherwise the bar hitted the forkbearingnut beneath.....
Every other mount i have seen has been much higher so i wa surprised when this mount was so low.

The new bar was about 1cm wider but height and bending was about the same.
Even this small change forced me to flip the throttlehandle to get more wire and reroute the electricwiring a bit but no big deal

The bike got a more agressive look now as the handlebar sits a bit lower and is a little bit wider. And you dont have that ugly stick in the middle.

While I was on it i changed sparkplug and checked the coil for cracks and so. Nothing to be found but the plug was black...

Loaded it up for a ride over the weekend:

I installed my new Staintune exhaust a week or two ago but haven't been able to ride it offroad until today. Goes great and I certainly won't be sneaking up on any Kangaroos anymore

She got HID


And she got some mirrors. They have a better view but are pretty low so I keep smacking em with my hands :(

And then someone hit it and drove off in the parking lot at work... so one of the new mirrors is cracked, throttle tube busted, and it needs handlebars / grips. Did I mention I hate humans? Front fender scuffed too (they side swiped it parking beside it, wheel was locked to the side).

Radiator guards:

I made a "home made" silencer slideprotector.
Made it of a piece of 8mm orange gas hose (used for trailers/ boats and camping equippment) and a steelwire.
Cost: almost nothing...
Looks: hmmm okay I guess ?

But it looks kinda like a condom just sitting on the top of the...... or is it just my bad sence of humor..?

took my girls 14 y.o. daughter for her first ride as a pasanger now that her helmet arrived today. she has ridden her and another mini bike a little bit more and she is a natural rider. one good thing she got from her father...but i get to see her joy in riding.

Took the trail wings off and put a Michelin T63 on the front and a Pirelli MT21 on the back. These were on my XT225. Took the bike to a little mud hole that the trail wings had problems with - I need to push to get out. Stopped the bike in the mud and blasted out of it with the Pirelli . Next upgrade will be chain and sprockets.

Mounted tool tube. Agri Supply tube, Jeg's stainless steel exhaust clamp, two 3/4" vinyl-coated loop clamps, and two 7/16"-14 nylock nuts. It was a bolt-on except for drilling the loop clamp holes to 7/16". No mods to frame or stock brackets, and I still have use of the helmet lock.

I met the UPS guy at the door. Just waiting for Wheeling Cycle to ship me my new X wheels!!!!

Changed the front to a 12 and the rear to a 48 with a new o-ring chain.
Will need to get a programmer or ??? to adjust the Speedo.
I believe 100 km/h is now 80 km/h. Will need to run a test as my GPS watch did not seem to give consistent results.
Less clutch work on the trails, but first still feels a bit tall.

Installed a Seat Concepts seat. Still have some work to do to get the wrinkles out of the front area, but I'll work on that. WOW what a big difference!!!!!





On day 21, waiting for Wheeling Cycle to send me my SM wheels..........

Raced in a Hare Scramble

Wanted to go to the top of McNutt, now that the bike is geared lower, but ran into snow. Rode for about 2 km in the snow and got stuck on a hill about 1 km from the look-out over Gold creek on Alouette lake - Golden Ears Provincial Park, BC.
The 12-48 gearing is much better for the trails here, might even go for a 52. I have also installed the 12 O'clock speedo unit. The bike can still hit 120 km/h, but it is screaming.

wasnt today but on sunday i went chasing flying punkins in a bean field at high speed in lower slower delaware. my teams shot made it over 3500 feet. insert shameless plug here, be sure to watch the third episode of "road to the chunk" on discovery/science and see my friends / teams put on a demo of fun as we have it and dont miss the big show on thanksgiving night. btw i have no affiliation with discovery other than having signed a release for you to see my ugly mug if i do not hit the cutting room floor and thier corporate headquaters is nearby.

sean
team chunkin up,
affiliated teams, mack daddy, and smokin