XR100's, Tammy, mountain biking

[FastDoc]

I hate winter but I don't let it stop me.

I took Tammy up in the local hills on the XR100's Saturday. She is doing well. She has only ridden about 8 times so far, and she has good skills. I have to work hard to keep her from going too fast, and yes, an XR100 WILL go too fast ;-)







I bought her a mountain bike for her birthday. She is not as expert on it as she is on the XR... Still she enjoys it also.





This is one of the trail I took her on near the house.



This is Badger Mountain. Only 1,200 feet or so so hardly a 'mountain' but that's what it is called. This pic is taken from my driveway. I like to pedal the mountain bike up this. Tammy is not quite ready for that though.



The view from the top of Badger.



Thanks for looking and have a great day everyone :-)

[Weldangrind]

I didn't realize that you had two XR100's. Did you have much work to do to get them into riding condition?

Beautiful view from Badger!

[2LZ]

Doc, it's good having your pics back in the mix! Man.... a pair of decent condition, running XR's like that down here would fetch a nice little sum.

[FastDoc]

The XR's have a funny story.

Years ago, when I got the original Dirt Rat, it was part of the deal that involved Roger buying these XRs for his daughters.

I fixed them up and got them running good for him. He had no place to keep them or ride them so I stored them for him and the girls rode them on my property. They rode them about twice...

I held onto them for Roger since them, first at my home and then after I moved after the divorce I brought them to my hangar.

They have not been ridden for years.

Then Tammy comes along and I wanted to teach her how to ride. I asked Roger if I got them runnning again, and considering I've stored them for free for about 6 years, if I could ride them with Tammy.

They needed tires, valves checked, oil changes, rear suspension rebuild (on one of them), fork seals on the other, a carb cleaning on the other. Spark plugs, air filters, seat cover, replace bent handlebars, grips, replace bent or broken levers and foot controls etc. and I got them both operating 100%. It was more than a little work and some $ (mostly for the tires and suspension rebuild kits) but not too bad.

They start first kick and run great. One has a little blue smoke I think is coming from a valve seal. No fouled plugs. Down the road I may treat them to rebuilds but for now it is not needed.

So, the bottom line, I'm into them for $400 and about 8 hours of labor and 6 years of storage. Not a bad deal.

[SpudRider]

Wait a second. You ride the pink bike, and Tammy rides the purple bike?


I'm just kidding, Doc. It's great to see you guys having such fun on those two, wonderful little Hondas.

[FastDoc]

Neither one, I am afraid it is especially masculine. However, a strong man can ride a pink mini bike LOL

[SpudRider]

Everyone knows it takes a real man to ride a pink motorcycle.