Yeah... if it's not shot for now I'll leave it. I'm building up my Dyna to be the ultimate scrambler/adventure bike for adventure touring, so the rear wheel is coming off again after this in another year anyways. Might as well wait if I can stretch it out.

Think triumph scrambler, but with MX bars, t-sport fairing, adventure tires, mags, aluminum side and top panniers, skid plate etc, chain etc... etc... etc... with the appropriate motor work.

 

I think you should just get a dual sport and call it a day! Not my thing, I did dirt from the age of 5-18, I like nice smooth roads now.

 

I raced motocross for the better part of my life... still can't get enough of the dirt apparently. I would go plop down 18k on a BMW R1200gsA but that's not any fun. I'm not wanting to go down single track, busting brush kind of riding with it... just make it a comfortable jeep track, fire road runner at 50mph or so. There is a thread on Adventure Rider called "Go Sportsters" which is where I got my inspiration from. Check this out.

 

I get it, it's fun but I'd want a honda. I never liked motocross I was a harescrambler not sure if they have those down there. It's woods riding. We blasted through mud rocks trees anything. Started on a PW50 last bike I had before I switched to street was a CR250, did a year on an XT350 on and off road then went for full street. You'd love the XT. It's built for the riding you want to do

 

Oh we got hair scramblers down here, you tree dodging bastards.

I would buy a dual sport but I really don't want two bikes in the stable, and I like having something unique that nobody else has. Of course, there are a lot of adventure hawgs out there made out sporties, FXR's, and Dynas but you get what I'm saying... not a lot of them out there.

A dualsport probably wouldn't do what I would want though... an adventure bike like a Beemer R1200gsA, F650gs, Yamaha Super Tenere, or similar is what I would need, but again, I can make my harley do the same thing and it'd be cooler.

 

Are you putting knobbys and hand guards on?

 

Just adventure tires, like Metzler tourances. Handguards will be going on. Won't be going anywhere that will require an 80/20 or true DOT knobby. Still has to have decent highway manners ya know?

 

Not to be Captain Obvious, but don't do front and rear mounts at the same time. You will have to do alignment from scratch.

 

I can identify with the challenge of removing those mounting bolts, although I haven't actually replaced the rubber mounts themselves. To throw a curved ball (as I believe you chaps call it!) consider installing a True-Track kit while you are in there. You will be amazed just how much better your bike will ride and steer. Ain't cheap, but a truly remarkable Dyna upgrade!

 

Ten-fo

Oh, a true-track is coming... just not now. Can't wait to see what my vision will actually look like in person. Never seen one like what I have in my mind.