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I have a secret desire to eventually ride the Trans-American trail. I'm sure it's old news to a bunch of you, but I just learned about it a few weeks ago.

http://www.transamtrail.com/

If I ever do it, The G650X WILL be my ride of choice Baby steps at the moment, tonight I'm fabbing a rack for a milk crate so I can ride it to the grocery store (hmm, any dirt roads between here and there?)

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Mike Whitney
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Cruising google maps has yielded a few interesting places I'd check out on a day exploration ride

One of the "underwater" roads at Jordan Lake

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!da ... !2e0&fid=5

This leads to a long dirt path that ends at Jordan lake. There are a few odd-looking gravel lots along this route, and one undeveloped street

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!da ... !2e0&fid=5

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V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

Beware of cables hung across roads that might be hard to see at speed as well as unexpected traffic coming at you from the other direction! I haven't been on a dirt bike in at least 20 years (I was actually more into ATVs than bikes), but I grew up in WV and we used to ride on power line and gas line right of ways. If it was a commonly used trail it wasn't much of an issue, but if you were on some type of road, you never knew when you might find someplace that someone had strung up a cable to prevent access (if you were lucky the had a flag tied to it). There is also stories of people flying low on a trail they are familiar with and then finding someone else doing the same from the opposite direction. Its not fun when that happens in a blind fast curve with a single track trail and there is nowhere to go!

Richard

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That looks.......long. Painfully long.

I'm not sure the G650X is the perfect bike for it, either. An F650GS or F800GS might be more ideal for all the gear you'd wanna have with you. I can put gear on my bike, but it's not really intended for off road use with THAT much weight on it, honestly. It's got a LOT of aftermarket stuff on it to make all this work, but more importantly it's got a LOT of custom fabricated stuff on it to make it durable at all. But I still only feel like it's a good off-road bike for a 200 pound adult if you don't have much more weight on it.

The F650GS/F800GS were built with that kind of gear in mind even for off-road use. I'm sure there are a few little things you'd wanna do to make one handle that kind of trek, but it wouldn't be nearly as much in mods as I have in my bike now. And it would be better...


--Donnie

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I want to try this as well. I wonder how far I could get in the 4runner?

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To the first spot narrower than a 4runner?

Seriously, doesn't sound like there's any singletrack, so probably the whole thing.


--Donnie

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These guys did it in Land Rovers

http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013102 ... /131029967

And these guys did it on CT-90's

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=881177

So I'd say anything in-between is fair game

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1.Awesome thread, I love that site.

2.I'm betting Mike finds some disk brakes to put on the honda.

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CT-90's! I want one! 90cc's and 8 gears to play with

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Now I'm looking for a bumper and winch for the tow truck.

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Lemme know when you're thinking of going, you can be my chase vehicle

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

I thought that it was a 4 speed semi-auto? (I'm with you on wanting one, though... I think I found the modern equivalent, just slap some knobbies on it: http://rideapart.com/2013/08/rideapart- ... onda-grom/ )

4-speed gearbox (zero down, 4-up) with high-low range and centrigufal clutch. High-low is a lever on the gearbox that can only be selected at idle. No clutch lever. When shifting, the first 1/2" of shifter travel disengages the clutch. So you "pull the clutch in" with your toe. It's kind of cool.

Here's the new guy with his little brother. 1978 CT90, second to last year.

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Mike Whitney
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V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

Yeah, I had a 81 C70 for about a year and it was 0 down 3 up. Really neat about the high/low. 80s Hondas really were the best (see: Civic Wagon RT4WD).

I think they had a high and low range arrangement, so not a true 8 speed box. I have never played with one, so I don't know for sure how they worked. There were at least 2 other transmissions for those engines. My CT-70 had a 3 speed automatic clutch, but the CT-70H came with a 4 speed manual clutch and my SL-70 had this transmission.

The first time my dad rode the CT-70 he thought something was terribly wrong with it. On most motorcycles, the left handle operates the clutch, but on that bike it was a redundant rear brake (in addition to the right foot pedal)

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