How far has one went in one trip on dtr
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My cousin is asking me to do 87 mile drive in 2 hours 30 minutes , does anyone think that my bike would be fine a won’t blow up?
@sheamac29 It will be fine as long as the bike is well-maintained.
Back in 1998 I lived in Southampton and rode to Donington Park to watch the British GP on my '88 round slide carb; 200 miles each way loaded up with camping gear and 4 days of campsite mayhem against MOT failure GSX-Rs, event security Land Rovers etc. One bloke borrowed his boss's signwritten van (a locksmith IIRC) for the weekend and thought it would be a good idea to drive over a moped on fire; this then got caught underneath it and burned the van to a crisp. All the fire brigade could do was watch it burn as there were aerosols exploding inside it as well as the diesel. Sadly the notorious Donington Campsite of the 90s is one more casualty of our risk-averse Health and Safety culture.
I guess I must have done about 600 miles that weekend and after a thorough check over at home, all I did was top up the 2-stroke oil and keep an eye on the chain. This is what the DTR was built for and people still use them to get around in remote parts of south-east Asia, the Andes etc. Just bleed your oil pump, lube up all cables, keep the gearbox oil and chain and sprockets fairly new (chains are cheap; smashed crankcases are expensive) and keep greasing up the rear suspension linkage and you're laughing
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@sheamac29 It will be fine as long as the bike is well-maintained.
Back in 1998 I lived in Southampton and rode to Donington Park to watch the British GP on my '88 round slide carb; 200 miles each way loaded up with camping gear and 4 days of campsite mayhem against MOT failure GSX-Rs, event security Land Rovers etc. One bloke borrowed his boss's signwritten van (a locksmith IIRC) for the weekend and thought it would be a good idea to drive over a moped on fire; this then got caught underneath it and burned the van to a crisp. All the fire brigade could do was watch it burn as there were aerosols exploding inside it as well as the diesel. Sadly the notorious Donington Campsite of the 90s is one more casualty of our risk-averse Health and Safety culture.
I guess I must have done about 600 miles that weekend and after a thorough check over at home, all I did was top up the 2-stroke oil and keep an eye on the chain. This is what the DTR was built for and people still use them to get around in remote parts of south-east Asia, the Andes etc. Just bleed your oil pump, lube up all cables, keep the gearbox oil and chain and sprockets fairly new (chains are cheap; smashed crankcases are expensive) and keep greasing up the rear suspension linkage and you're laughing
True. You can get an excellent x~ring chain for £60 with JT sprockets! I haven’t had to adjust it since fitting. There really is no excuse for a chain so slack it skips the front sprocket!…
My first o-ring one was shit because it was missing a roller on the end link and I didn’t notice for ages (to my shame) it wore really quick
I forgot to say, I used to do a 70mile trip nearly every day, my bike had problems and it still never left me stranded. I’ve done 25,000 in the last 2 1/2 years. There reputation is based on 17 year olds who don’t know how to pour 2T, let alone do maintenance
It’s entirely undeserved. They are reliable workhorses…
