XJ Dualsport?

Motocross bars too? Are you doing a Track style or just need the tread for dirt roads?

 

My driveway climbs vertically 300' over 8/10 of a mile. Very steep with switchbacks. My neighbors & I just dumped 4-6" of gravel on it. We've been on people to keep from digging into the gravel so it will pack down - use 4 wheel drive & such....A friend of mine came up with his Yamaha 350 enduro and couldn't get up it without throwing gravel. I travel this driveway at least twice a day on the Maxim. No wheel spin, no feet off the pegs in the tight switchbacks. Lots of 2 wheel drifting coming down in the loose gravel. The trick is to keep the bike upright, keep the wheels turning and keep your concentration. Miss any of these points for a fraction of a second and the bike goes down. The biggest issue is heat buildup due to slow speed and high load. These bikes don't dig it.

 

Would hate to have your driveway. So from what you said, you don't have problems going up just too much heat coming down. So maybe a water cooled XJ would be best.
700 Maxim X with YZ front end, longer heavy duty rear shocks and DOT legal nobbies. What do you think about that?

 

@Orange-n-Black Yup, motocross bars and dot legal Pirelli Scorpions. Tested the bike on dirt roads, fire roads and pothole roads (as they are pretty common in Romania). The bike runs smooth and with bike's weight it doesn't slide or anything.

 

What Make and Model tires would you guys suggest for dirt/gravel riding for an XJ 650 Maxim? I'm not going to be thrashing it, just riding these back roads in New Mexico. My rims are stock and as far as i know it'll handle inner-tubes if needed. Most dirt tires i think require tubes.

 

WHAT TIRES ARE THOSE KRANE? ARE THEY TUBELESS?

 

WHAT TIRES ARE THOSE KRANE? ARE THEY TUBELESS?

 

You got some guts buddy, but on the flip side of things that's a nice looking XJ you have there and the straight handlebars do it justice! I used to years ago ride a 72' Triumph 650 Bonneville motorcycle. Back then others were riding with (Ape hangers) for handle bars. I didn't have the funds to buy a set for my bike so I went down to a bicycle shop and bought a set that they use on peddle bikes and put them on my Triumph. One night I tried hill climbing with it after dark and a few beers. Going up one big hill I hit a rise in the side of it! The bike went airborn with me on it. Somehow while upside down me and the bike parted. When it hit the ground upside down the Ape hangers were then about straight bars like yours. That was enough of that after that night. What a way to learn a education the hard way. grunt007, 81'XJ 750 Seca, Mi. I was young and dumb back then ))))

 

@black_heat no they are tube tires

 

Thanks man, I've been wondering this past month if my Maxim can wear tubes or not. One more question: what make and model TIRES do you have on yours?

 

here my take on the dual sport with my dirt tracker xj

 

I did some online shopping for the bike that would suit my purposes totally, considering my 300' vertical driveway climb over 8/10 of a mile with switchbacks and 3-4" new gravel, plus I'd like something really comfy with long range and plenty of power. I think I found it:
http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/produ ... tures.aspx

They're known as Adventure Sports.

Nice Lookin 550 Trackerh!

 

Sorry I haven't responded in a while, still don't get emails. Great looking tracker trackerh. Some of the Dualsport bikes on the market today look more like alien bikes to me with all the plastic on them, my taste lean more to the oldschool bikes like Trackerh's.

 

The first inclination for me is to say that the shaft drive is a detriment but BMW has made millions upon millions of dollars selling ADV bikes for the past God knows how many years, all with shaft drive....not only have they sold practically a million ADV bikes, they have been the VERY BEST of all the ADV bikes. I own a DL1000 which looks like a ADV bike but really isn't, it's set up for touring. It makes nearly 100hp and it's torquey down low but loves to rev. Theres' no reason that you can't get a real set of knobbys, swap out the front and rear too-soft suspenders, get a wider bar, hide all the breakables and have at it. Look at it this way....a GS650 makes 50hp and weighs 420 pounds....see? you nearly HAVE a GS650!! <LOL>

jeff

 

That's freakin beautiful!

 

Any more pics, trackerh?
That is a real tidy lookin bike.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEwAY67Ttw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB56T9F3Xpk

Looks heavier with an unskilled rider :lol:

And the GS800, I think

 

Yeah 1200 is a little big for off road. Originally I suggested a 550 Maxim or 600 because of the weight and chain drive. Although some have said it wasn't a good idea, I would like to try it out someday and satisfy my inner Frankenstein. :lol:

 

that is a freakin beautiful bike trackerh, dangggg it looks fun, and clean!!!

 

he said in his earlier post "dot legal Pirelli Scorpions"