Dirt Bikes and Tundra

Added an XPLOR PRO 8946 shock and OXA pipe with a guard. Put the bike through its paces last week riding 5 Miles of Hell and Chimney Rock, in Utah.

The shock is incredible and should have come with the bike. Factory Edition comes with the XPLOR PRO cone valve forks but regular WP PDS shock, which left it feeling imbalanced.

I picked up the OXA pipe and guard on sale at Slavens for less than what it would cost to replace the factory pipe. It’s supposed to provide more clearance than most pipes (other than Mountain High Pipes).

Just a FYI for anyone considering OXA, I’m not sure the ground clearance is noticeable, but I can say the front tire occasionally clips the pipe guard when the forks are deep into compression. I keep two sets of wheels - one set of gummies and another set for the chipped granite bullshit along Colorado’s Front Range. The gummy front is a 90/100r21 fatty and the other is a 80/100r21 - both hit the pipe guard. Other than that, both pipe and guard are quality and no significant change in power.

 

This new Triumph 450 is so freaking cool.

 

We try to go to Durhamtown a few times a year. Still rocking my 2014 YZ250F. Here’s me trying to keep up with one of my youngins on the flat track!

 

Needed a steering stem tool so I made one, realized it needed to be a deep socket one which deflated my handyman high, persisted and won the battle.