Nebie with a Baja

[Briar]

I bought a 03 Baja Sport last week with 59,000 miles on it, I found it in Santa Fe New Mexico and I took the train from Saldelia Mo to Santa Fe to get it . Everything works good on it but the tranny mount was weak so I had a wrx mount installed before I mad the trip back to Missouri. The Baja did just fine on the trip back but I never got better than 26 miles to gal, but my average speed was 78mph. I wont complain about gas mileage ever again since I just got out of a 14' Jetta tdi and 50mpg was the norm. The clutch on the Baja is really close to the floor so I will be putting one in next week or so. I haven't taken any pictures of it yet so I will post some soon. I also have a 82 Brat but it has been parked for the last few years as parts are getting harder to find and the tranny needs to be rebuilt. The Baja has a matching shell on it and I'm hoping to remove it soon but still have some things to do with a shell on, I hope my dirt bike will fit in the bed it does seem smaller than the Brat, I didn't know that could be possible.

[bajaguy]

Cool! If you're planning on selling the ARE cap, there are plenty of ready buyers over on the facebook pages.

[mikeeitup]

Even if the bike dosen't fit you can get a trailer for liek 150 bucks online and tow it! The Baja has great towing capability! Welcome!
mike

[Briar]

I was thinking about mounting a removable channel rail to extend the extra length to get the bike in but your correct about the Baja having good towing capacity and maybe a trailer would work better and then I would still have all that covered room in the bed I could use. I already like this site, my Baja had wind noise around the passenger window and I found a tread on here on how to fix it and it took about 2 minutes to fix both sides and it is so quiet in cabin now! I think I will have to do some research to find what kind of clutch to buy, I had a 98 Forester and I don't think installing a clutch should be very difficult maybe a Saturday job. I'm going to make a pulley system in my garage to take the top off to store when I'm not using it, I really liked having one on my Brat and if it's easy to get on and off then why not.

[Briar]

Here are a couple pictures I took tonight of the Baja, it was getting dark out. and one of the old Brat. mine is the Yellow one.

[dalerich]

Very nice find! Welcome to the group.