The 2022' NORRA Mexican 1000
1,300 Mile of Off-Road Motorcycle Racing down the entire length of Mexico's Baja Peninsula
A week or so goes by and I can’t stop this addiction of searching for potential vintage Baja race bikes on the internet. BOOM! A nice looking 1990’ Vintage Lite class DR350S pops up that’s just an hour from where I work. I say to Heidi “I don’t have to buy it, but I have to look” it’s the street version of the beloved DR350 but all that means is that I will have to take stuff off.
I like it A LOT. A total barn find gem! The new mistress ‘Wild Heidi III’ is born. Everything works, she fires right up and it goes like the devil. Only 5K on the clock and as far as I can tell it was stored in a climate controlled barn or something. Just Wow!
At first glance it looks completely stock and as far as I can tell the tires and everything is original.
I like the way it rides. I guess I mean I feel comfortable riding it. It has a lot of top end but not a lot of pop. The suspension is much softer then the XR400 but that is what I expected based on what I read. It feels great on the trails, just a little more pop and spring and she will be a fine Baja Vintage race bike. Only one way to tell.
Just like all our high level race team meetings concluded “We need the XR as a training bike so we don’t wear out the race bike training” (I like this stuff way too much!!!)
The boathouse shed gets a big clean before the new mistress comes in. I have to show some class…
Please stay tuned... This is gonna be fun, I have a lot of work to do on this bike. Cheers!
Hang on, this is going to be fun!
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