{"id":2504,"date":"2019-05-11T21:09:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T21:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2019-06-14T20:07:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:07:56","slug":"out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/11\/out-with-the-old-and-in-with-the-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Out with the old and in with the new!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That said, I\u2019d like to introduce everyone to my new dirt bike. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190320_102859.jpg\" alt=\"New Dirt Bike!\" class=\"wp-image-2505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190320_102859.jpg 924w, https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190320_102859-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190320_102859-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190320_102859-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2018 KTM 450 6 days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This would be the same bike that I rode in Sonora in March.&nbsp; David made me a good deal on it and Jim installed a recluse clutch for me.&nbsp; I just need to put the upgraded skid plate on it.&nbsp; Well, really I need to put a few more things on it.&nbsp; Like radiator braces\/protection, new foot pegs that are wider, and my steering damper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve ridden it a just a couple of times since I got it.&nbsp; Shame on me for not getting out more\noften.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was very pleasantly surprised\nat how much easier it was to ride on the single track around the house then the\nhusky was.&nbsp; There were elements on my\nusual route that even after riding it many times with the 250 I still\nstruggled, but with the 450 the first time through was a 10 fold easier to\nride.&nbsp; I had one freak tip over at the\ntop of hill no less that I wasn\u2019t sure just what I did to cause it.&nbsp; Still that was the only one for the whole\nday.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hills that I had struggled with,\nwere suddenly without any drama, almost easy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That said, I\u2019d like to introduce everyone to my new dirt bike. &nbsp;&nbsp; 2018 KTM 450 6 days.&nbsp; This would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dirt-bikes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507,"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/2507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}