Day Trip

Went on a ride with Dave through part of the Oregon coast range Saturday. I got to try out the new Arai XD helmet and my rain gear in 1/4" of rain on gravel roads almost entirely. It was one heck of a slick, but fun day. I also chocked down/realized that one shall never eat at Blimbies sub shops also - opt for subway!

The KLRs didn't like that intense of rain as the carburetor vent runs near the shock and gets plugged with water - that causes them to hesitate enough to think you are running out of fuel. The solution : T valve the vent line and run one underneath your seat...Gotta love those forums!

Also installed 15 dollar pegs on Friday that are steel with some teeth for traction. The stock ones are rubber and turn quite similar to skating on ice when they get wet. I think I will turn the old ones into some type of highway peg.

Enjoy that splendid weather :)

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I didn't post anything on another day trip that was taken a few weekends ago...
Did roughly 50 miles of mostly gravel roads with some mud, very loose freshly graded gravel, snow and a bit of off road (no trip is complete without any). The photos are from that trip with the exception of the helmet. This was with Dave again and his bike is the turquoise one.

He had roughly 3 unplanned exits on the off road section :) Score is 7-0 on the KLR or so...who is keeping count?