Hey there guys and gals! I am hoping to find a beat up dual sport to borrow for two weeks. The deal is that I am about to go to Mississippi/Louisiana to help out with the relief effort there. I've tried to find one to buy (and I'm still looking if you have something to sell) but that hasn't panned out, so I'm thinking of trying the borrowing route. As I'm not a dirt guy, I was hoping to find something on the smaller end of displacement (read DRZ400 or smaller) so that I can handle it and it will be easy on gas, and street legal so that I can run errands on local roads etc. I already have two close offers from awesome guys trying to help - Grady Anderson has offered to let me use his Yamaha enduro, at least it has lights, but it's not street legal. Michael Parr would let me use his DRZ650, but that's way more than I was hoping to manhandle - my legs are not long for one thing. My thoughts so far is that I'm looking for a KLR250, an XT225, a TW200, an older XT350, or DRZ400. Older is fine as long as it runs ok and other suggestions are more than welcome. Looks don’t matter a bit. Thanks! Tom
I'd also suggest one with a kickstart as a primary or backup starting method - a dead battery won't be an easy fix necessarily.
Absolutely on the repair packs and kickstarter. I was thinking that all those suggestions did still have kickstart, though I haven't looked closely at a DRZ in a long time to know for sure. Thanks for the stickiness sir!
His Mongoness replied first, I just figured he did the sticking. Thank you very much Papa! Well, I leave this coming Saturday, so unless anyone has further ideas it looks like I'll be borrowing the enduro. I'd rather be able to handle the bike, and have to explain the lack of true street worthiness, than put the 650 in a ditch or otherwise get stuck. Anyone know the offroad-bike-on-road laws for Mississippi or Louisiana? I'm hoping in the south they will be lax.
It was stuck before Mongo posted. Grady told me about this the last time we chatted, right before he saw you at Summit. So I semi-expected a thread at some point. I hope someone comes up with something for you.
Tell them you are with the relief effort. Probably lots of vehicles being used down there that are not fully street-legal.
Thanks RC, I really appreciate the thought. I know that there are plenty that would like to help but are just too far away, and time is short. I'm leaving Saturday, and I'm taking Grady's XR200. The more I think about it I guess Darrin is right - I'll have my worker ID with me at all times, and that should help a lot.
I delivered my XR200 to Tom this evening. He will make a difference down there. God will use him well. Keep him in your prayers.
