My Bike

[budman3]

A few of you may know that I am in the process of building a motorcycle... well I'm actually converting my dirt bike into a street bike- a supermoto.

Even though it doesn't have much paint on it, it is a 2000 DRZ-400E that has seen the last 6 years in the mud and dirt :lol:. Now the local riding areas have been closing down I decided that it would be fun to street ride with it. Well as for detailing, I spent a few weeks with towels and a citrus degreaser to clean all of the mud and grime off the parts. I added some new plastics to make it look nice. All metal (except engine and exhaust) got Poorboy's Wheel Sealant time 2 or 3. Enough talk... heres the pictures:

Before:


During:


After:


And the wheels:


And the difference between my old front rotor and new one:

[Dent genie]

tha looks very nice .

[Bob]

That is coming along great!

[BlueZero]

Looks fun!

[budman3]

I'll take some better pictures later on. There's still a lot of winter left for me to work on it... even though I don't have too much more to do :mrgreen: Come spring time though, it'll be a blast to ride.

[Dan]

Wow, nice bike! I'm digging the street gear...

[Bob]

Ok, I have a dumb question...how come dirt bikes sound so much more different than street bikes? Just different exhaust?

[budman3]

Most dirt bikes are either 2 or 4 strokes. The 2 strokes sound like your typical chain saw or weed wacker. My bike here is a single cylinder 4 stroke that has a deep exhaust note to it.

Street bikes on the other hand have different engine configurations. Most sport bikes (i think) are 4 cylinder 4-strokes. Harley's have a different sound because they have V-Twin engines (2 cylinder)... etc. Exhausts do change the exhaust notes but it has more to do with the engines. It's kind of like the differences between a V6 and a V8... or a 4 cyclinder car compared to a deisel truck, etc.

[budman3]

Well heres another bump- Spring is just around the corner ... even though its snowing right now

[wifehatescar]

I've been riding my bike here and there.
Although this morning going 75mph at 26deg was quite cold! :|

[BigLeegr]

Doesn't look like it's had any off road travel. Nicejob!