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    Talking My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    As most of you who know me, know i am a dirty dirt bike rider at heart... street is my second love....

    So i finally bought my dream dirt bike... Always wanted a KTM.... and finally after hard work, i not only have a KTM, but a full on ready to race off road enduro machine!

    So i bought a used 08 KTM XCR-W 450 from Faye Myers... Thanks to my good friend Jeff Hernandez over at RPM, he hooked me up with Dave Burke... He gave me a sweet deal. It is a bike made to race off-road from the factory, with a wide range gear box...(6 speed)

    in the mean time, i bought my wife a 06 Yamaha TTR 125 to learn on, and a whole new set of pink FOX gear. So, this gave me kind of a "go ahead and pimp my ride" session..

    Well long story short and $3k later i have my total and complete dream bike.

    So here are some picks... the first one is day two of owning TANG...

    Oh, also got a new trailer too, in the last pic.



    This is a pick of her after rippin her down and cleaning, and adding goodies.



    Here she is done! Only thing i'm waiting on is the Scotts Stabilizer and Rekluse clutch.

    List of current mods.

    Bar Risers
    Black Pro Taper Bars
    KTM Grips
    Orange KTM Break a way levers
    Orange KTM Oil Filter Cover
    Orange KTM Oil Plug
    Orange KTM Rear Break petal
    Orange KTM Rim Stickers
    Maxis Desert IT front and back
    Pro Taper Gold Series Oversized Foot pegs
    Enduro Engineering Tall Seat with Orange cover (going back to black)
    Enduro Engineering Trail computer.
    All New Acerbis Plastics
    Heat wrapped header
    Yoshimura Exhaust
    JD High Performance Jetting Kit
    Orange/Black Jack Hammer shifter
    Orange KTM Superspox 53T
    Hyde Racing Swing Arm guards
    Skid Plate
    Black KTM Shark Fin
    Black Acerbis front rotor guard
    Moose Radiator Guards
    Full Suspension rebuild by SAGE Suspension... (Heavy Duty Springs, Valves, Fork Oil, and Seals. Sprung for a enduro racer 6'4" 280lbs.)


    My first RMEC race this season is on JUNE 2nd. The Jackrabbit Enduro in Bennett, CO. This is the race that landed me in the oct '11 readers ride article in Dirt Rider Magazine.






    Would love to hit the dirt with any of you guys!

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    wtf! no pics?

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!



    day 2 of ownership



    Torn down for a good ol cleaning!




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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    I'm not sure you can post images directly from Dropbox. You might have to move them to PhotoBucket.

    Congrats on the bike.

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    can you see the pics? i can see them......

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    No can see pics....
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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Just got myself a 07 450xcw a couple of weeks ago, messed around at IMI the other day.....absolutely love it!

    oh....and still can't see your pics
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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Quote Originally Posted by bodhizafa View Post
    Just got myself a 07 450xcw a couple of weeks ago, messed around at IMI the other day.....absolutely love it!

    oh....and still can't see your pics
    going saturday
    you should meet us up there.

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Links no bueno, says you need to be logged in.

    Take 3!
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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Just photobucket lol
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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Some help with dropbox:

    First, I assume you have copied the images to your Public folder, this is a must. After that you right click on the image, click on Dropbox, then click on Copy Public Link. You can now paste the link which will look like this: h ttps://dl.dropbox.com/u/22531107/tuono.jp g (without the spaces) into image tags and get this:

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Damn, those are mean looking tires!
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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Pootie Tang?
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    ...i mean, sure maybe 4 inches isn't much to them, but it sure as hell is alot to me!



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    Quote Originally Posted by big53lee View Post
    going saturday
    you should meet us up there.
    I have to work

    That is one ORANGE bike too bad noone sells orange tires! Looks good!
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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    You're a high speed safety flag!
    I've got more flavor than a packet of macaroni.

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Nice bike, congrats Lee. High visibility for sure, heh.

    What's that silver bike Longrider?
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    It's an Ape.
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    An Aprillia Tuono.
    I've got more flavor than a packet of macaroni.

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    Re: My new toy! Her name is Tang!

    Yes, it is an '09 Aprilia Tuono, a true factory streetfighter. Take an RSV1000 sportbike, strip the plastic, add handlebars and don't change anything else.

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