Dual-Sport visored full-face helmet home-brew
XR650L_Dave
points, and a far-back center mounting point (went to the bike shop,
saw what looked like it'd work, ordered it on the 'net). I epoxied
some nylon nuts to the appropriate places and bolted it up with nylon
hardware.
The nuts are tall enough that the shield will go under it, so it opens
to 1 notch less than full- plenty enough to get my glasses on. There
is also enough space between the visor and the helmet that air doesn't
build up. I was out today, went about 75 at one point, and I never
felt a lot of pull/drag from the visor.
The nuts are completely hidden by the visor, so there's almost no
frankenstein factor. It held up through some brush-busting, I'm sure
I'll have a little OTE that'll show just how strong the JB weld is. My
guess, the nylon'll break first.
It was soooo nice to have a visor to block the sun as my full-face
fogged up as I practiced picking the L up off the ice a few times
today. No snow, just a few ice patches on the trails. Didn't really
need screws in the tires, but screws in my boots would have helped a
lot.
-Dave
Wudscrasher
50° and T-Shirts. I'm really thinking of you guys. BTW, nice goin w/ the
visor/full-face thing. Now, if you'd only get rid of the bomber jacket, you'd
LOOK like a dirtbiker...not that you need to. Your riding speaks volumes...
Beep Beep!!
--Chris M.
dsc
Pics?
The Cooks
There is a new KBC Super Motard and "snow" helmet, which retails for
$199, that comes with a MX visor, and also a full ratcheting face
sheild. Sadly, they won't both work at the same time. It is an
either/or deal.
Jim
(On Deb's Computer)
"99 Gas Gas EC274 (Sweet Baby)
Team LAGNAF
www.smackovermotorsports.com
XR650L_Dave
Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but I bought an enduro jacket. Still only
the workboots, though. As cash allows I'll get more stuff, but I know
that a lot of what I do is because of how much I can move around on
the bike. How restrictive are bike boots, and who makes ones with good
tread (as opposed to a slick bottom for sliding)?
It was about 20degrees, had my long-johns, jeans, and aerostitch.
It'll be interesting to see the terrain at WUDI- something different
from new england, or very similar?
tick-tock....tick-tock.... (left turn coming up)
-Dave
PS hopefully I'll heve a link to pics for the helmet pretty soon.
XR650L_Dave
side view
http://www.4strokes.com/guests/imagedetail.asp?ImgID=548
visor open
http://www.4strokes.com/guests/imagedetail.asp?ImgID=550
rear view
http://www.4strokes.com/guests/imagedetail.asp?ImgID=549
front
http://www.4strokes.com/guests/imagedetail.asp?ImgID=545
-Dave
The Cooks
Dave,
I currently am having a sale on O'Neal boots.$80 for the low cost
Elements, $99.95 for the ATV (work boot sole) boot, $135 for the M900,
and $200 for the Hardware boots.
Most sizes are in stock, here, but I will honor the prices on
"re-orders".
I also have a new red/black Acerbis Zoom2 Plus chest protector in
stock, that I will make a special deal on.
Moose just lowered their price on their XCR chest protectors. These
are the same as last year's M-1 protector, and Acerbis' older model
Zoom and Zoom Plus.
There are photos of Arkansas riding avaoilable on Jeb's server, but
those of the TrainRobbers trail area seem to be missing.
Thanks to jeb, these photos and pages are available from previous
years.
For some photos of Chadwick riding, look at:
http://home.att.net/~jejb/chainsaw_pics.html
White Rock Mtn pics from the Wudi2 ride (2nd year) :
http://home.att.net/~jejb/wrm_pics.html
The WRM Wudi2 web page. (2nd year)
http://home.att.net/~jejb/Wudi.html
Web page from two years ago:
http://pws.chartermi.net/~jejb/Wudi4/wudi4.html
A Wudi5 ride report:
http://pws.chartermi.net/~jejb/Wudi5/Wudi5_rr.html
This is for an area (White Rock Mtn) almost 200 miles north of this
year's Arkansas part of the ride (Train Robbers Trail, near Hot
Springs, AR).
This year's web site:
http://pws.chartermi.net/~jejb3/Wudi6/wudi6.html
The terrain at TrainRobbers trail is thickly wooded, with a wide
range of terrain conditions, ranging from sandy loam on relatively
flat ground, to mountainous climbs over rocky ground. There is
generally a lot of dirt among the rocks, on most, but not all, trails.
See if you can come down and ride with us. (Only 6 weeks away.)
Craig Faison
> I currently am having a sale on O'Neal boots.$80 for the low cost
> Elements, $99.95 for the ATV (work boot sole) boot, $135 for the M900,
> and $200 for the Hardware boots.
> Most sizes are in stock, here, but I will honor the prices on
> "re-orders".
And free Wudi delivery to boot (get it?)!
Craig
Mike W.
Seems like a great idea. I replaced the narrow and rather worthless
aerodynamic visor on my Arai VXPro with the last of some from the old days
that the Arai Tech guy had laying around. Made all the difference. On my
street bike, I wear a Schuberth and late day west bound riding pretty much
sucks. You have nothing to duck behind. A face shield, the dark internal
visor and the windshield all seem to do their part in spreading out the
glare. I've taped a bar of electrical tape across the shield at eye brow
level... looks dumb but works. I'd like something more like you show in
the photo though. I'd think a longer peak would be nicer but it's a start.
Mike
--
Yours respectfully,
Robert Falcon Scott
N42d 07.084'
W72d 22.344'
"Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood,
endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart
of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the
tale."
00 Kohler-driven Snow-Fighter
96 XR400
74 CZ250 Enduro
99 KZ1000P
BRC, AMA, NETRA, NOHVCC, NRA
Matt R.
hiking boot type sole. The treads grab the foot peg spikes and make it hard
to move your foot for shifting and braking. I was going to grind the sole
smooth, but 1 season and the boots started falling apart so fast I won't be
wearing much longer. Ack!
--
Matt R.
AMA, BRC, NETRA
97 KDX 220
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Matt R.
visor.
Click on Hot News for the 2004 helmets
http://www.araiamericas.com/product/product_home.html
--
Matt R.
AMA, BRC, NETRA
97 KDX 220
"The Cooks" <dirt...@arkansas.net> wrote in message
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Tiago Rocha
wrote:
>How restrictive are bike boots, and who makes ones with good
>tread (as opposed to a slick bottom for sliding)?
On the beggining, you will miss a lot of shifts and will walk on a
funny way. After some time, you'll get used to it and your boots will
get softer after break in. A trick some buddies do is soaking the boot
on a bucket of water one hour before the ride, but with freezing
temperature like yours, I'd rather not do it...
When I started riding, I used a pair of all leather hand made cowboy
boots, with a slick sole and a high heel. It was somewhat small for my
feet so I got a good deal on an used pair of motorcycle street riding
boots with hiking like sole pattern and I *hated* it! Went back to the
cowboy boots and then I got my mx boot, a Gaerne RX. It's a great
boot, but have overall low protection. Anyway, the slick sole is good,
because they allow your feet slide freely over the footpegs, with
hiking sole pattern, you have to raise your feet out of the peg. Also,
my Gaerne have a sole pattern like "barbs" on fish hooks, they slide
freely forward but locks when slided back and it's great on slippery
uphill terrains where I have to help the bike with both feet to keep
going...
ymmv....
Today, I don't see myself out on the dirt wearing anything than a pair
of mx boots, which I put next to the helmet on the "must have"
scale...
--
Tiago Rocha
Recife - Brasil
www.diariodastrilhas.cjb.net
Tiago Rocha
wrote:
>Here's some links I hope work OK:
Nice!
Bieffe makes this model:
http://www.webcompany.com.br/stp/img/produtos/3SportSacaki.jpg
The face shield doesn't open like yours.... So, I guess your helmet is
better than Bieffe's...
>-Dave
XR650L_Dave
If you look close you'll see a strip of electrical tape along the
bottom of my visor- same reason, but I'd use it as a sun-visor when
the shield is open.
Mike W.
>Mike W. <outo...@emailbiz.com> wrote in message news:<hdr500llao70mtv0h...@4ax.com>...
>
>If you look close you'll see a strip of electrical tape along the
>bottom of my visor- same reason, but I'd use it as a sun-visor when
>the shield is open.
>-Dave
>
Ah yes... GMTA. You can send your royalty pmt to... :)
On the street, it looks like people live with crap dirt riders will have
no part of. I like my Schuberth on lots of levels but for just around
town, I'm getting one of those 3/4 helmets with the visor and go with sun
glasses. Even with that, the windscreen will be throwing a ton of glare
late in the day (why is it that people only have to travel *west* at
sunset?!:). Hoping for a secondary benefit in all this too.. air.
XR650L_Dave
>
> Dave,
> I currently am having a sale on O'Neal boots.$80 for the low cost
> Elements, $99.95 for the ATV (work boot sole) boot, $135 for the M900,
> and $200 for the Hardware boots.
> Most sizes are in stock, here, but I will honor the prices on
> "re-orders".
>
> I also have a new red/black Acerbis Zoom2 Plus chest protector in
> stock, that I will make a special deal on.
>
> Moose just lowered their price on their XCR chest protectors. These
> are the same as last year's M-1 protector, and Acerbis' older model
> Zoom and Zoom Plus.
>
> There are photos of Arkansas riding avaoilable on Jeb's server, but
> those of the TrainRobbers trail area seem to be missing.
>
> See if you can come down and ride with us. (Only 6 weeks away.)
>
> Jim
I'm coming down with Mr. Faison- I only have to travel 300 miles to
get to my carpool!
Will these prices still be in effect during WUDI, and might I be able
to try some of these boots on?
I really am looking for something with tread on the bottom, so the ATV
boots sound right. Are the ATV boots more flexible as well?
I'm a 8.5 wide, or maybe a 9 wide.
Actually, one foot is one and the other is the other... no wonder I'm
always going in circles!
-Dave
Andy Waddell
your site, but not many of the products listed.
--
Andrew D. Waddell
PML Online Support Rep
www.publicmissiles.com
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XR650L_Dave
XR650L_Dave
> Check out the 2004 Arai XD. It has a face shield that swings up under the
> visor.
>
> Click on Hot News for the 2004 helmets
>
> http://www.araiamericas.com/product/product_home.html
>
> --
That's what inspired me. I saw some euro write-ups of the Arai Tour-X,
then saw it was sold in the US as the XD, but alas, my helmet is too
new to warrant a replacement. A little JB weld, some nylon nuts, ...
-Dave
XR650L_Dave
The hood on my Ranger pickup is painted flat-black, as was the hood on
my toyota pickup before that. Seems like I always live west of work,
and drive into the sun on both commutes.
For the dirt guys, form follows function and fashion is for the
metro-crowd.
-Dave
XR650L_Dave
At about $25us for the whole mod, I'd have lived with a slightly less
attractive result. For something I've done, with epoxy no less, it
came out better than I expected. I thought getting the visor to open
as much as I wanted was a long shot, but I kept getting the sun in my
eyes and that made it a gamble worth pursuing. The arai helmet this is
modeled after (I posted a thread about it awhile back, the Arai
Tour-X/ Arai XD) is about $300-400us. Not in my budget at the moment!
-Dave
XR650L_Dave
turned it into an article.
http://www.4strokes.com/tech/dshelmet/
-Dave
The Cooks
>Jim, can you get any Moose product in their catalog? I see Moose featured on
>your site, but not many of the products listed.
Like with any Moose/Thor/Parts Unlimited dealer, if it's in the
warehouse, I can get it.
On the web site, I try to feature specially priced items, as well as
specialty parts and items, and Gas Gas motorcycles, since I figured
that they might be harder to find for those riding in my niche of the
market.
I figured, maybe wrongly, that if I listed brands, people would know
that I could get anything of those brands.
Actually, I can get most anything available in the US. However,
because of shipping, volume involved, and some of the individual
brands' selling practices, I can't always get as good or better deal
than some of the higher volume dealers. Volume even figures into
shipping costs.
A few examples:
I don't sell Fox helmets, because I would have to keep 15 or more in
stock. I do, however, sell the clothing, riding gear, and protective
gear.
I can no longer sell Arai helmets, because I must first purchase a
stock of 12 helmets. The manufacturer doesn't want any Arai helmets
sold mail order. They want them all "tried on" for a perfect fit. This
is admirable, except for those riders who have been wearing Arai
helmets for a long time, and already know what fits them.
An example of using the system to advantage:
The "Three tire Dunlop knobby deal" I worked up.
We have spent the last 7 years becoming dealers for most of the
racing and off-road specialty companies in the US, so that we can
supply a customer whatever their needs. Some brands are available
from the "super-distributors" and many are available only from the
small outfits. We're not proud. We try to hook up with them all, as
long as a customer wants something.
individual supplier examples: Ohlins, PPS, FMF, RYP, Pro Circuit,
Langston Racing, E-Rider, FMF, No-Toil, Pro Moto Billet, Steahly, Zip
Ty, One Industries, Maier, Guts, Ceet, Trail Tech, Race Tech, Motion
Pro, Sprocket Specialists, Acerbis, Applied, BRP, Sidi (Motonation),
Cycra, Oxstar, Sinisalo-Garne, O'neal, Clark, IMS, Scotts Performance,
GP, Flatland Racing, WER, E-Line, Sealsavers, Summers Racing Products,
Extreme, LTR, Thumper, Buchannan, Pro Wheels, Emig Racing, Stavish
Billet, World Class, and other, even smaller suppliers. (although some
of the above list have offerings in the large distributors' catalogs,
they also make stuff thata the "big boys" don't stock.
examples of the "big boys": Tucker Rocky, Parts Unlimited, Marshalls,
Lockhart, Motorcycle Stuff, White Brothers, MTA, McDonald ATV, J&M,
J&L, NACS Racing, Western Power Sports, Southern, and others that I
can't remember the spelling on.
It's all good. It's like a "Quest for Parts".
Jay C
on
> >your site, but not many of the products listed.
>
> Like with any Moose/Thor/Parts Unlimited dealer, if it's in the
> warehouse, I can get it.
Back when I was trying to get my wife into riding, I got her a full matching
MX outfit (my wife digs the clothes). The jersey says "Moose" in huge
letters across the front.
I thought it was funny.
Jay
john
> Back when I was trying to get my wife into riding, I got her a full matching
> MX outfit (my wife digs the clothes). The jersey says "Moose" in huge
> letters across the front.
>
> I thought it was funny.
>
> Jay
person walks by with guess written on their chest...
i say thyroid problem.
john
Hey, I DO have a washboard stomach,
it just has a load of laundry on top!
Tiago Rocha
<jwcN...@NOSPAMsysmatrix.net> wrote:
>
> The jersey says "Moose" in huge
>letters across the front.
>
>I thought it was funny.
ahahaha, Moose tryed to sell here, no way a company that have a moose
as a symbol, with those horns and such could sell a single glove here.
Just because moose, in portuguese (at least br pt) is "veado" which is
an oooold slang for gay... ahahahahahaha No way I'd use anything
related to that animal.... :-)
Moose wised and sells their products without any horn on it and the
name now is "MSR"
>Jay
Charles Stembridge
<dirt...@arkansas.net> wrote:
> >On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:07:53 -0500, "Andy Waddell"
<adwa...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Jim, can you get any Moose product in their catalog? I see Moose featured on
> >your site, but not many of the products listed.
>
>
> Like with any Moose/Thor/Parts Unlimited dealer, if it's in the
> warehouse, I can get it.
>
> On the web site, I try to feature specially priced items, as well as
> specialty parts and items, and Gas Gas motorcycles, since I figured
> that they might be harder to find for those riding in my niche of the
> market.
>
> I figured, maybe wrongly, that if I listed brands, people would know
> that I could get anything of those brands.
>
> Actually, I can get most anything available in the US. However,
> because of shipping, volume involved, and some of the individual
> brands' selling practices, I can't always get as good or better deal
> than some of the higher volume dealers. Volume even figures into
> shipping costs.
>
And Jim is enough of a gentleman that he will tell you when you can get a
better deal somewhere else. That is why we run SMACKOVER on our fenders.
--
Charles
'99 YZF600R
'99 YZ250
Jeff Deeney
"john" <not...@this.add> wrote in message
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> "Jay C" <
> > Back when I was trying to get my wife into riding, I got her a full
matching
> > MX outfit (my wife digs the clothes). The jersey says "Moose" in huge
> > letters across the front.
> >
> > I thought it was funny.
> >
> > Jay
>
> person walks by with guess written on their chest...
> i say thyroid problem.
I once had a Radiologist named Dr. Guess. I suppose that's
why he worked in the University health center.
I think manufacturers should pay you for being a walking
billboard. I despise that practice. I'm quite happy with my
homemade Carhart riding pants & wal-mart/target jerseys.
None of that neon-glitter crap for me, no sir.
-Jeffrey Deeney- DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
'99 ATK 260LQ-Stink Wheels '94 XR650L-DreamSickle
We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.
XR650L_Dave
I looked for ages for a cheap logo-less baseball cap. Walmart, $4.50 .
-Dave
Mike W.
>
>I looked for ages for a cheap logo-less baseball cap. Walmart, $4.50 .
>-Dave
Keith has THE best baseball hats, hands down.
Itchy
>>I looked for ages for a cheap logo-less baseball cap. Walmart, $4.50 .
>>-Dave
>
>Keith has THE best baseball hats, hands down.
>
>Mike
A good hat need to be worn, worn , washed and blocked, and worn again
-- and then it's still all in how you wear it.
-keith
XR650L_Dave
What on earth is blocking? My hat gets washed when the truck does- when it rains.
-D
Itchy
wrote:
Blocking is when you smash it with your fist or yank it down so tight
the blood-vessles in your head leave a mark. I have to wash mine when
they turn color and I run out of desenex to sprinlkle on 'em..
-k
dann mann
Jeff Wallace
I have a pair of the Garne boots and they are THE most comfortable
shoes I own. Hebo, AlpinStar and a couple others make trials boots.
They do not offer quite the toe and shin protection of an MX boot.
But they are still much better than a work or construction boot.
Jim, can you get these? I know Ryan Young products sells them.
http://www.rypusa.com/ as well as B&J racing. http://www.bjracing.com/
Just a satisfied wear'r.
Jeff
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(XR650L_Dave) wrote in message
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The Cooks
>Dave. It sounds to me like what you want is a (trials) boot.
> I have a pair of the Garne boots and they are THE most comfortable
>shoes I own. Hebo, AlpinStar and a couple others make trials boots.
> They do not offer quite the toe and shin protection of an MX boot.
>But they are still much better than a work or construction boot.
> Jim, can you get these? I know Ryan Young products sells them.
> http://www.rypusa.com/ as well as B&J racing. http://www.bjracing.com/
> Just a satisfied wear'r.
> Jeff
Sure!
XR650L_Dave
That sounds like an excellent compromise. Thanks for the suggestion, Jeff!
-DDave