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[DONT BAME ME I VOTED FOR MCCAIN]

DONT BAME ME I VOTED FOR MCCAIN     

No one is BAMING you, he lost, America now has a chance to fix the damage from the last 8 years.

It looks like I have a transmission problem with my 05 Suzuki King Quad 700 EFI.
I am looking for a reputable shop to do the work on the trans. I am in Tampa. Maybe someone on this forum has experience with a mechanic that knows suzuki's?
Thanks for any help-EZ

Eric 813 505 3527

yep, I melted the outside lugs on the mudlite XL's. I like running 4 pounds in them with the beadlockers on there.
But it is not that bad.
The Dust was not Terrible, but is was as bad as croom is on any day.
I now know that I have one of the defective K&N airfilters that does not fit properly. I ordered a Twin air today and have sent the required emai and picture to K&N to get the new filter.

The riding is what ever you want---REALLY!

-Mud pit(s)
-FAST Trails with blue grove hard pack (like concrete almost) and banked curves
-Slow dirty/rocky (small rocks in the ground)
-LOTS of rolling hills on the trails
-MX tracks for bikes only
-MX tracks for both bikes and ATVS
-Tight Tree trails everywhere, but also 12ft wide trails
-Big man made dirt hills
-Pee Wee track
-Flat Circle Track
-hill side trails-like 2 feet  to the left and it drops off 40 ft down.

What ever you want as long as you stay on the marked trails and stay going the correct direction.-EZ

A group of 30 of us will also be up on Thanksgiving.  I read the forum on Durhamtowns site this morning and they say that it is EXTREMELY dry there.  Hope for some rain SOON!!!!

Jay, in my pics, on the night ride, we were with two guys from Riverview and they had Just purchased the atv's. They might be somebody you know or live near-EZ

I guess they have been going thru a severe drought, I has not rained there is months. The nice thing they do is spray pond water down on the entrance and parking area, but once you go to the trails it is dusty.  The cabins get rented out most of the time -so get a reservation. They have  ALOT of staff and you are almost always visible to a staff member when u are in the campsites and parking and entrance area. These are super nice people.
You do not need any registration like at croom.
You Must wear a helmet ANY time you are on a bike or quad or UTV-even when loading/unloading.
All of the trails are ONE WAY, but they do have many loops and return paths. The trails are marked with arrows and you can NOT get lost.
You must wear helmet,  chest protector, boots, gloves, and long pants if you are going on the MX tracks.
Kids under 8 are free.
They do offer multiple day pricing for a discount.
No motors running before 8 am, riding opens at 9 am.
You must be off the trails by 5pm.
You can make campfires in the camp sites.
They do have a chow hall and lodge area, and it stays open after the trails close.
They do have a proshop and tire guys. Prices are very fair and they have alot of parts.
they have air for tires in the parking lot.


---Bring LOTS of quaters for the pressure washers, you will use them.
---Bring an extra air filter or be prepared to clean yours out at the end of the day.
---it is FEAKIN COLD up there now, so bring jackets that u can get dirty-very dirty.
---Bring lots of socks. and anything else that will make it nicer to start the day, but you can just use the same pants and stuff every day because they will be dirty in 5 minutes.
---I am glad I brought my floor drying fan, it was used to dry boots at night.($40 at walmart)
---bring an extra key for everything, There isn't any place close to get one made.
---I chained everything up the first night, but after that we left everything out-it is nice up there.
---Bring paper towels or shop rags, you will use them on everthing, especially your goggles.

Hope this helps-EZ

We just got back!

OK so as tired as I am and as BEAT UP as I feel, I wanted to post up the pics.

Here is the link to all the pics I have so far----

http://www.tampabikers.com/durhamtown_11_9_07.htm



Going Home---

I had no idea anyone from this forum would be at DP this weekend, I brought the family, Yellow King Quad-Black 250EX-Camo 110-qne a Green 50cc Baja. My name is Eric-say hi if you see us!

we go in last night, 29 degrees----

get a fan off ebay, make sure it is off of some kind of atv or dirt bike(designed to be muddy) and fab a bracket and put it on. I just did this as a second "pusher" fan on my king quad. It does not matter if you have a water cooled motor or not. ANY extra air across the fins is better than none. Also, somethingthat helps the air/fuel mixture is to cover (wrap entirely) the air box in heat reflective tape and make sure the intake is directed toward cool air. Hope this helps, it works on any quad/bike-EZ

05 King quad with ITP Beadlocks and Mudlite XL's, I am loving these things!

More pics here-

http://www.tampabikers.com/dirt_9_23_07.htm

[DONT DO IT!!!!!!!]

DONT DO IT!!!!!!! I went through a few of those for my kids. up & down the street OK wet forget about it...Cant get parts let alone somone to fix em

I hear ya, but most of the parts are just "replace and run", and since they are dirtbikes/atv's, pretty much anyone who can turn a screwdriver can do the work.

I know many people have had problems with "off brand" bikes and atv's and I have had my fair share also. BUT- I have had WONDERFUL service from the Baja brand (sold mostly thru pepboys). My daughter has a 50cc quad and I have a 125 dirt bike. Now you will never get high performance machines with lots of upgrade parts from any of these manufacturers, but I have ordered parts directly from Baja -ON A SATURDAY!! I recieved the parts on the following friday.  The dirt bike wouldn't fire so I narrowed it down to cdi and coil, I ordered both and they were delivered for $54 TOTAL. The reason I ordered both was because it was so cheap that I didn't want to wait another week if I got the wrong part the first time. I think the cdi was bad because it sat for a year in the shed with out running at all. I sprayed carb cleaner in it and put in new gas, installed the coil and cdi-it started half way thru the first kick.
The little quad lost a bracket somewhere in the woods, I gotr another for $14 delivered to my door. I also have a motortek 175 utility quad that has worked in every job a quad can do for over 5 years. The company went out of business but the parts for the motor are old honda parts. I have put 2 clutches in it over it's life and it still runs great. I won't put any money into it if something else breaks but clutches are normal wear  items, especially since the 175 has done the work of a 350 on MANY different occasions. I am gonna sell the 175 for $350 next month. I don;t need it since I got the King Quad.
So, I don;t know about any brands except the Baja, but the Bajas have given more value than I paid for them. and I would get another for my daughter when she wants to move up. Go ahead and Give Baja Motorsports a call and ask them if the have parts adn manuals and support.
I don't care if anyone buys one, but I feel that they treated me well and I should atleast respond to this post with some positive info.
Good Luck-EZ

Slap some cheap pads on it and ride.

^^^^^^^^^^What he said...
For dirt you are fine.

now that's funny.....

Did anything ever come of this?

I went to Bike week and took some pics, there are some SX and AMA racing pics and some pics from the going's on. The write up and pics are linked from my forum. Did any one from here get out at Daytona?-EZ

http://tampabikers.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?p=194#194

Looks like I am leaving Tampa at 8 am (2.17.06 Fri). Should be kick starting the bike at 9:15 am. I'll be bringin the guys with the crf250x and rap700. I'll be way in the back parking area by the hammock. If anyone is going to be there let me know-EZ  813 505 3527

I will try to be there at 8 am on fri morn. I will be on a Blue Yammy Dirtbike, I a, tryin to get a couple other people also. I will be out back in the Hammock area near where the trial bikes ride.
I have a 99 white dodge longbeg 1500. Let me know if you will be there early-EZ

2006YFZ450-So was I, that was nearly completely under water a couple times as it bounced. I had always thought that they didn't actaully float-but it did when he got off of it. It really floated at mid engie level.

RAD 700r -Thanks!

Numkut - Yes we ABuse our stuff severely

53yfz450 - Yes that was me, I am still learning the difference from roadracing the 600RR and Suspension is key there also, but it takes a bit to trust the adjustments on the dirt bike. Thanks again for the tools

lt250r - Anytime you want to go just call my store number and I will answer or call you back. We try to go early every Fri Morning and Sundays every week. I will be heading up to Jennings alot this summer, but Dirt is on the agenda as much as possible. 813 887 5712 Eric or cel 813 505 3527

DZ 350 - That is Scott, he is obsessed with trying to sink that new 700

This is what I have been doing, until I got the dirt bike

   

 

I ride mostly street and roadrace, but I got a 450. A couple friends and I went to croom sunday I only took a few pics before the camera went into the water with my bike. Bike is fine and the plastic ziploc bag kept the camera ok but the moisture got to the media card, o well-EZ

http://www.tampabikers.com/dirt_2_12_06.htm

Anyone wanna go, or anyone already going, I'd like to hook up with someone who knows how to ride this place so I can get some help-EZ
Eric
813 505 3527

I haven't been riding my four wheeler very much I got this to play with instead, I'll hook up with u guys after new years up at croom or where ever. Looking forward to meeting you guys-EZ

http://www.tampabikers.com/ez's_05_busa.htm