You definitely made the right choice with the one you got in my opinion lol. Also damn that dog looks to be living its best life right there, unrelated picture? Yes. appreciated? Absolutely. Doggos are the best

That is one pretty bike!

Ooo I did not. I just got to the trail from the road, I do have a pump in my box to fill it when I get back on the road though. I think I’ll try that when I get back to the trail in a month or so (before I order new tires)

Exactly!

Ooo I’ll have to keep those in mind! Thanks!

We do it not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy. KLRs are such wonderful bikes though

This is why I never and will never wash my bike. The luggage rack is definitely getting fixed though since I quite like it around town lol

Yknow it’d make more sense to not take a 460 pound bike through sketchy shit, but where’s the fun in that? The bikes fine, I just need to design and 3d print a replacement peg for the hard case which broke off lol

Yeah, I think the 80/20 tires would have been fine if the trail was dry, but I’m definitely looking at more aggressive off-road tires next. The trail was basically wet clay. On the plus side that meant no damage to the bike when it took a few dirt naps lol

Is it courage or stupidity? Maybe both lol. And yeah, I want to repaint/wrap my bike eventually, and I’m definitely having my friends wife cut me a halfrica twin sticker for the new colors

The baby on board was taking the picture, it’s me, I’m the baby. Maybe j should consider getting a baby doll and keeping it in the box that’s usually empty just for shits and giggles though

If it does I haven’t noticed it. I just took a 3 hour ride and popped the box off no problem, unless it cooled within the few minutes. I did also have wet clothes in that bag during the ride and they’re still wet, so if there’s any extra heat hitting it it’s a negligible amount.

For sure! Keep the rubber side down amigo. The Honda 500s are phenomenal bikes, definitely sucks about the melted bag though lol.

Matte black still looks great in my opinion!

And Yep! Hopefully links are allowed but these are what I got

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256809352147110.html

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256809352650569.html

Seeing one of the reviews did remind me you’ll need someone with a 3d printer. The plastic spacer bit the bracket came with may as well have been made from tissue paper, but after printing new spacers they’ve been rock solid for me.

I wanna wrap it in something like baby blue personally lol. And yeah, I’d recommend the cheap ones on Aliexpress personally, it’s like a quarter of anything else price wise. It doesn’t line up perfectly but I’m a function over form person lol. And I’m sure it does but I’ll have to check next long ride, but I’ve never had issues with anything melting or anything getting too warm

I have an NX500 myself, to be honest I went with some hard mounts that replace the passenger grab bars and hard boxes from Ali express, even with tarrifs (I’m in the US) the total was sub $500 for two boxes and a rack. Super worth it, I put it through hell and high water and they’re great. Definitely something I’d recommend.