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[Ken Shopken]

Because everyone should ride a 1000 cc dirt bike at least once in their life....

Trail cutting / maintenance is a good application for the ubco ( and the mighty ct, IMHO ) . We have a network of single line that was cut many decades ago by heros riding agg bikes . Now they ride emtb. There's a legend about a particularly greasy 4 day enduro when a line of stuck riders had the indignity of a trail sweeper plod past on his ct90....

I've mostly moved away from the dirt bikes now, the kids enjoy mountain bikes so we only have a ktm 450 and swm 650 in my shed . My ct 90 was sold a decade ago, it had the dual range gearbox but was one of the first with conventional forks. The old 90's are getting rare in Australia - perhaps because of the skeeter grimshaw ride, a weekend dirt ride where there were just 2 rules -ride a ct90 , and consume a beer at every creek crossing.

They also have a 1300cc Suzuki Bandit powered machine. They are real eye openers for experiencing acceleration. When ridding a power wheelie you feel like your on a ladder.

I need double shoulder surgeries so I stay off the dirt bikes.. otherwise I would still be doing hard enduro and hillclimbs. The team thinks I could own the national senior class! LOL

I limit my dirt bike stuff to duel sports and ride very reserved. Mostly access to hiking, scrambling and mountain climbing areas.

Years ago I had a CT90 (one of many) that I fitted double milk crates and long handle tool carrying tubes that extended out the back of the bike. We found that if I could carry enough cases of beer.. we would have much better trail work day turnouts and more help in setting up poker run and gp course routes! When marking routes.. the CT can go down what it cannot go up! I was going down a hill that a CT90 had no business upon, when the rear brake cam splines stripped off the arm! Quite the spectacular cartwheel with the speed gained in that short distance before I bailed ship. (I was already intermittently skidding down fairly high speed and mostly out of control) Poor bike was wadded up like a raid soaked spider.

 

[Taylor57]

That is indeed a Husky. I still service and rebuild dirt bike engines and suspension part time, so there is usually a pretty good variety of machines setting about. I am doing the service work for our local national hillclimb team: "SOB Racing" (Southern Oregon Boys) Here is an example pic of a Yamaha Yz with a 1000cc R1 engine in it.

This bike has really grim rear brake hose routing (not my doing!)

I have ridden one of the Ubco 2x2s but it was only in a parking lot. We do a lot of trail maintenance and were looking at them for chainsaw and handled tools transport. View attachment 168573 These photos are from the tiny shop I was working out of while we were building the new one. I shut down my last commercial shop and declared myself retired! Lol.. View attachment 168572

Ahh, the old Motocross days. I remember going to Phoenix to watch Ake Johnson and Roger DeCoster battle it out in an outdoor dirt race somewhere in the valley of the sun. Everyone on 2 strokes and before Yamaha came out with the monoshock!!

 

[Ken Shopken]

Ahh, the old Motocross days. I remember going to Phoenix to watch Ake Johnson and Roger DeCoster battle it out in an outdoor dirt race somewhere in the valley of the sun. Everyone on 2 strokes and before Yamaha came out with the monoshock!!

I spent a lot of money back in the day riding Bultaco's. I was paying $54 for a Mahle pistons while Rm and Yz pistons were $8! I burned through 250 Pursang connecting rods like they were designed for self destruction! (broken transmissions, busted fiberglass, mangled pipes etc) I worked in a multi line dealership chain in that era, so worked on a lot of the rapidly developing Kx, Tm/Rm and Mx/Yz's. I still have a pretty good dose of vintage restoration and appreciation in me...So many interests and so little time..