Dong Fang DF 250 RTB Bobber Information

**barnone** · 01-28-2015, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by birdmove

The blue one is. The black one with the springer front end isn't.

Seems that there are three models of the Frisco and two are air cooled.

**barnone** · 03-09-2015, 07:23 PM

Sure is quite here.
Nobody breaking their DF?
I will be rejoining my DF in a month or so as I left it WNC for the winter.
Gonna take my new Ural up there to meet the DF and the monkey bikes.

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**Nick Papageorgio** · 03-09-2015, 07:34 PM

Just installed new battery yesterday. Also bought a trickle charger with the pig-tail attachment for the battery. Our weather is turning around this week, so I might just be able to get it out of the garage for the first time this year.

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**bowtiewagon** · 03-09-2015, 07:50 PM

Just been way to cold and wet around here to do any riding. Have not even had a chance to change out my master cylinder nor new pads. Hope to get that done this weekend, as the weather man says possible good stuff next week.

**birdmove** · 03-09-2015, 07:58 PM

Nice looking Ural there! I worked with a gent in parts at Destination HD/Buell in Tacoma, Washington for years. Dave is a large man. Not at all overweight, but very tall. He picked up a used Ural rig from an uncle ai believe, in order that he AND his wife could both ride together. He loves that thing!! He also had a Buell Ulyses (spelling??), and he also liked that for solo riding.

**ben2go** · 03-10-2015, 12:52 AM

I bought a brand new bike.Honda CB500X adventure bike with fuel injection.I put 45 miles on it on the way home from the dealer last Wednesday.I have close to 300 miles on it now from commuting and the tag game on ADVrider.

The display tells me MPG,fuel capacity,miles before empty,and gallons until empty.It has two trip meters and can be switched between mph/kph.It has a few other things in the display as well.

**barnone** · 03-10-2015, 01:09 AM

ben2go,
Very nice bike but it is not like you to spring for a new bike. Hit the lottery?

My new Ural is my first EFI bike. Loving it so far.

**bikerdoc** · 03-10-2015, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by ben2go

I bought a brand new bike.Honda CB500X adventure bike with fuel injection.I put 45 miles on it on the way home from the dealer last Wednesday.I have close to 300 miles on it now from commuting and the tag game on ADVrider.

The display tells me MPG,fuel capacity,miles before empty,and gallons until empty.It has two trip meters and can be switched between mph/kph.It has a few other things in the display as well.

Congratulations on the new ride. I rode a CB500X in northern Thailand for close to two months (Jan & Feb) 2014. Clocked up 15000km+ in that time. Rode both on an off road. Lots of dirt roads, 4x4 tracks and some single track. Granted a better set of DS knobbly tyres would have been a help, but the CB500X did very well considering. I luved the bike, and would buy one in a heartbeat if the CB500X were legally distributed in PRC (only the CBR500 & CB500F are legally imported here - TIC).
This year I rode my BMW G650GS from Ningbo PRC to Northern Thailand for two months of folly before returning to PRC last week. The GS was able to go places where the CB500X probably couldn't. There are a pair of CB500X that have been used on fairly serious off-road that have modified suspension front and rear, taken from a KTM model. Met the riders/owners in Nan and saw the bikes out back of the Vespa shop (they own). The guys have a FB page. There's a great resource on the CB500X with discussion about making the bike more off-road capable...

I noticed that many rental/hire CB500X's are being shod with VeeRubber knobbly tyres. VeeRubber are made by a Thai tyre company.

**bikerdoc** · 03-10-2015, 03:58 AM

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**bikerdoc** · 03-10-2015, 04:02 AM

Thai eduro CB500X's (x2) modified with the KTM suspension. The owners had a fac3book page at the time...

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