Has anyone done a dirt to dual conversion?

Jonny · Yesterday, 12:07 PM

I have an X-Motos XB88 that's about 17 years old and came with the Zongshen that everyone said was "the engine" to get if you bought a Chinese clone bike at the time. It also has the BMW front fork and suspension.

It runs no problem but I've also not driven it for about a decade!
I also have a Vitacci Pentora rat rodded and hot rodded to such a level of alteration, I named it El Diablo lol(should have about a 70-75mph top speed with the new tires). This has easily taken the role over for myself going off-road.

Once I took the X88 250 back in the woods a few times, it was too bulky and cumbersome for me personally, and I soon wished I had gone with the 125 that would be nimbler and weigh significantly less making it easier to "throw around" with my own weight and muscle. I loved this bike on the street but know I will never be reliant on it for doing a much in the dirt. I even started the process of converting it to dual sport or even purely street about that decade ago, but got sidetracked. I have a lot of parts for the project including a speedometer and clustered gauges.

Either I will convert it for dual, or I will give it some minor tuning up and sell it for something like a Vitacci Vader or one of the other popular Grom clones people rave about. Most come with dual sport tires and are said to be excellent stunt bikes. If it's not a major expense or hassle to convert it and get a conversion title, I may just decide to finish converting it to street and getting a Vader or similar further down the road since they're such a low priced bike.

In the end, I don't expect the X88 would be easy to sell for what it's genuinely worth and probably still a waiting game if I sold it for 2/3 of what's fair.

Yesterday, 12:07 PM	#1
Jonny Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 92	Has anyone done a dirt to dual conversion? I have an X-Motos XB88 that's about 17 years old and came with the Zongshen that everyone said was "the engine" to get if you bought a Chinese clone bike at the time. It also has the BMW front fork and suspension. It runs no problem but I've also not driven it for about a decade! I also have a Vitacci Pentora rat rodded and hot rodded to such a level of alteration, I named it El Diablo lol(should have about a 70-75mph top speed with the new tires). This has easily taken the role over for myself going off-road. Once I took the X88 250 back in the woods a few times, it was too bulky and cumbersome for me personally, and I soon wished I had gone with the 125 that would be nimbler and weigh significantly less making it easier to "throw around" with my own weight and muscle. I loved this bike on the street but know I will never be reliant on it for doing a much in the dirt. I even started the process of converting it to dual sport or even purely street about that decade ago, but got sidetracked. I have a lot of parts for the project including a speedometer and clustered gauges. Either I will convert it for dual, or I will give it some minor tuning up and sell it for something like a Vitacci Vader or one of the other popular Grom clones people rave about. Most come with dual sport tires and are said to be excellent stunt bikes. If it's not a major expense or hassle to convert it and get a conversion title, I may just decide to finish converting it to street and getting a Vader or similar further down the road since they're such a low priced bike. In the end, I don't expect the X88 would be easy to sell for what it's genuinely worth and probably still a waiting game if I sold it for 2/3 of what's fair.
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