450F Meet Elise
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Here it sits with as much as I intend to do to it this year, pre prints, stabilizer, and ready to race
You hid the NOS quite well.
once upon a time I was hanging out at my favorite bike shop with the owner drinking a few beers after hours, he drank too much, I quit, went to the bathroom, and came out and he's got the fuel tank off his husqarvana and he's holding a NOS tank from a drag bike, I asked him what he was doing, you already know the answer
Somebody put a big bend on that kick starter Badger..Here it sits with as much as I intend to do to it this year, pre prints, stabilizer, and ready to race
15 hours on the bike now, I changed out the Maxxis Desert IT that was on the rear after it went flat and I well, um, I raced on it flat for 60ish miles. I put a Dunlop MX71 that I found on sale for $50 on it, and at first I really didn't like it, it bounced a lot and was skittish exiting corners, I have all the clickers on the suspension backed way down, and it feels much better, perhaps it needs lighter springs for me and the riding I do. With those changes made, I rode it today and felt really good, I timed myself on my 25 mile practice loop and did it about 2 seconds faster than my previous best time 
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15 hours on the bike now, I changed out the Maxxis Desert IT that was on the rear after it went flat and I well, um, I raced on it flat for 60ish miles. I put a Dunlop MX71 that I found on sale for $50 on it, and at first I really didn't like it, it bounced a lot and was skittish exiting corners, I have all the clickers on the suspension backed way down, and it feels much better, perhaps it needs lighter springs for me and the riding I do. With those changes made, I rode it today and felt really good, I timed myself on my 25 mile practice loop and did it about 2 seconds faster than my previous best time
Well, you're used to riding on a flat, next to that any inflated tire will feel like it bounces around a lot.....sounds like your getting her dialed in now though.
When I do cross country type of riding I usually have 15-18 lbs in a 19 so I dont get rim cuts or bends. I tend to run less preload and my yz 125's have a good 110-115 mm's of sag. it makes them stay straighter for me on the faster stuff and if i need to sit for long it seems easier on me and always has. 18's like on my cr 500 are happier down around12-13 for all around dirt road, tight trail and rocky sand etc. dont know if you see any logs, but you will like an 18 better especially there, if you are like me.
Hey flake, does the old guy still run the restaurant on I/40 as you come into Gallup that just says "EAT" with a slogan under that says, "if you don't eat here we both starve"?
On the east end? that's been gone almost as long as the pancake house at Fort Courage has been boarded up.