Is that a loop or road course?
A scorpion on the mountain
Got my new tyres on my 22 KLR. Pirelli Scorpion Trail II.
So much grip on them and a very good 80/20 tyre.
Going around Mt Panaroma with them was a dream, so much grip on the smooth race track.
Had just over 3400km on the original Dunlops, the rear was on the wear marks so would not have lasted much longer.
Will need the better tyres for the Victorian High Country, Great Ocean Road and Tasmania.
So much grip on them and a very good 80/20 tyre.
Going around Mt Panaroma with them was a dream, so much grip on the smooth race track.
Had just over 3400km on the original Dunlops, the rear was on the wear marks so would not have lasted much longer.
Will need the better tyres for the Victorian High Country, Great Ocean Road and Tasmania.
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I feel your PAIN my Brother! They have a "Winter Storm Watch" for us till Tomorrow Night. WAY TOO MUCH SNOW this year!!!
Come on Global Warming!!!
Willie
So much fun, corners even nicer now. Dare I say it, even faster now in the corners.I'll bet the KLR is so much fun on 80/20 tires!
Ah.... life in Minnesota! It's not exactly the tropics!
We do Fahrenheit in the USA. In MN we can (and have) hit -40F without calculating in the "Windchill" here. Add the "Windchill" factor, and the Temps can feel like to -50 to -75F.
I live in the southern part of the state. Our lows this year only got down in the -20's Ambient. It's been a mild & wet winter here. They are predicting SNOW today!
Willie
Tad cold then, I lived in Ohio so know all about the cold. Can still remember walking to school in the snow and blizzards. -20 was the coldest I have been in there.Ah.... life in Minnesota! It's not exactly the tropics!
We do Fahrenheit in the USA. In MN we can (and have) hit -40F without calculating in the "Windchill" here. Add the "Windchill" factor, and the Temps can feel like to -50 to -75F.
I live in the southern part of the state. Our lows this year only got down in the -20's Ambient. It's been a mild & wet winter here. They are predicting SNOW today!
Willie
I have been to some serious cold places, but something about Northern mainland of the USA is just cold beyond cold. Though still remember crazy "********" riding little 2 strokes through the snow.
We used to tow saucers, inner tubes & runner sleds with our 2 strokes with ropes wrapped around our tires on the snow-packed streets of my small home town, Hudson WY, 11 miles to NE of here. Early 1970's.
My '71 CT-1 175 Yamaha would reliably stay running, at about the 75th Kick.
Here in Minnesota where Rep. John Marty works to pass laws BANNING ANYTHING FUN, I did something like that in my Youth!We used to tow saucers, inner tubes & runner sleds with our 2 strokes with ropes wrapped around our tires on the snow-packed streets of my small home town, Hudson WY, 11 miles to NE of here. Early 1970's.
My '71 CT-1 175 Yamaha would reliably stay running, at about the 75th Kick.
We would use out 3-Wheelers (ATC's). My friend had a Honda 250R we would hook a rope to the back of and then to the front of a plastic red tub Sled. It was hard to stay in the Sled. The Goal of the "Sled Rider" was to stay on. The Goal of the "ATC Rider" was to try to get the other guy to fly off the Sled. The good old..... get up to full speed then swing into a turn typically did it!
Well.... one day we thought the guy on the Snowmobile was getting a kick out of our game w had been playing until the COLORED LIGHTS came on!!! We got PULLED OVER!!! We were told the person in the Sled WILL DIE because the Rope WILL get caught up in the Axle and the Sled and person in it will get SLAMMED into the back of the ATC!!!! We informed him the objective was to try and stay in the Sled and it is next to impossible. The Officer did NOT see our viewpoint!
SO.... if you are in the land where ANYTHING FUN is against the law (or Rep. John Marty is going to make it), do NOT use anything other than a RIGID HITCH on a Snowmobile, ATC, ATV, UTV or Motorcycle when towing!
Breakin' the law, breakin the law!!!!
Willie
Always found 2 stroke seem to run nicer in the cold then 4 stroke. However, got to get them running first. Can always have fun on 2 strokes. Will hold onto mine, plus then can stick it to the greenies as well.We used to tow saucers, inner tubes & runner sleds with our 2 strokes with ropes wrapped around our tires on the snow-packed streets of my small home town, Hudson WY, 11 miles to NE of here. Early 1970's.
My '71 CT-1 175 Yamaha would reliably stay running, at about the 75th Kick.
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