Cruisin in the 5 speed.

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Cruisin in the 5 speed.

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Looking thru old file, I shot this just before I started making this van into a 4x4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bh0zxw ... detailpage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oav5fRX5 ... detailpage
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I love the island. Went to side bay last summer, and the weather was perfect. Absolute paradise... couldn't think of a better way to spend 2 weeks vacation.
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yup, its nice when the rain stops occasionally.
I made 2 vids today.
Same Van as the others, but a year or more later the van is now a 4wd 5 speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUm3gZ-_KQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9OlqYujIHE
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Seems like it has more "oomph" off the line than an automatic... got my heart beating a little bit. That's a beautiful neighbourhood. I wouldn't mind living there at all.

Crocs: ugly as sin, yet so versatile.
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Hey C'mon, I love my crocs, they always get a conversation going, lol...
Bone Stock, 2wd, it used to have a 3.08 axle, and it was quick off the line. Surprised a lot of mustangs.
I was tapping it lightly in the vid with a camera in my hand.
Now it has a 95 Vin W engine (& cam ;) ) with the 87 TBI Fuel system. With 3.73 axles now, its very quick to speed up but tops out real easy in 5th gear on the highway. I think OD is 0.73:1
The stock Astro Transmission gearing seems pretty good though and it will crawl around with tons of low end grunt!
Now I'm sold on putting an AWD frame etc, 5 speed, wide tires and a low ride on my safari GT.
That hill where i shifted so well, lol, is where I can test if my AWD works. If I can get a nice smokin 4 wheel drift around the corner and up the hill, it works fine!
Sure you wanna live in that neighborhood?? Lol..
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so here is a sound clip with my home made exhaust system, using 95 stock manifolds and y pipe, into a cherry bomb 2.5 inch and then straight into a Vortex 2.5 inch muffler, then down my homemade tailpipe and out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJmdgrXaAOE
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you know, you can embed those videos now...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJmdgrXaAOE[/youtube]
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Awesome, Thanks Justice, Here I will give it a try...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcub66YuDcs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgq8phzKqfY[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvpSKbmw5yc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjp1d11vE9E[/youtube]
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Well, I havent been around so much these days on the site.
I've been having a love affair, with another 5 speed. :yikes: My KLR 650 :)
Poor old van only gets driven in the rain, and laughed at on sunny days now.
Heres a map of some Vancouver Island Back Roads that I tracked on my KLR, and you could drive your vans all over...
If you ever make it too the island that is... Cheers. Spring is on the way soon ! (believe it or not)
http://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z ... DJ3Wsi2y-E
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Nice! I thought about breaking my KLR out today but it was way to wet earlier as it has been doing nothing but rain all week. Maybe tomorrow! I'm supposed to be snowmobiling this time of year but there is very little in the mountains. (A poker ride on Sunday my daughter and I usually attend has been cancelled.)
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mdmead wrote:Nice! I thought about breaking my KLR out today but it was way to wet earlier as it has been doing nothing but rain all week. Maybe tomorrow! I'm supposed to be snowmobiling this time of year but there is very little in the mountains. (A poker ride on Sunday my daughter and I usually attend has been cancelled.)
Thats too bad.
I went out on Sunday on probably the most technically challenging ride deep in the mountains you would wanna do on a KLR.
It was raining all day, and the mud was extra slippery. We crossed several creeks, climbed twice as many steep hills and had a gas.
:guitar:
Monday was a holiday in BC, so I went riding again in the pouring rain all day again, on logging roads this time, as fast as we dared.
:yikes:
Ya gotta get out there if you wanna have fun
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2021 Yamaha Tenere 700 - Blue.
2016 Yamaha XSR900 - Silver.
1990 Astro - AWD - Brown.
1987 Astro - With 5 Speed & 4wd - Silver & Blue.
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