For me, I was tempted to drag the bike out of the garage for a short ride - the afternoon temp hit a whopping 35 degrees or so...
...alas, the headache that had been threatening all morning decided it really did want to make my afternoon miserable, and that put a stop the the short ride plan.
Wow Cabrito! That looks like it was a beautiful area to go for a ride in! I'm quite jealous of the rolling hills - not quite jealous enough to want to move back to California, but still jealous!
As for me, I didn't ride to work today because the local weather prognosticators claimed it was going to get windy this afternoon. The wind didn't materialize, which means they cheated me out of a spring day I could have ridden...
Ah well, tomorrow is supposed to be windy, with rain/snow showers, so no riding to work tomorrow.
Monday? Should be partly cloudy and about 51 degrees, so I should get out for a bit then...
Today was Black Beauty's first major ride since installing the KXf forks. Also the first road ride of the year. I went for about an hour and a half. It was great!
Up and down Simpsons rest, down rancho verde road and was chased by the same dog twice. Glad the 'ol KLR can outrun a dog! Got it parked and it tipped over (installed sw motech crash bars Monday). So all was good.
Hey, me too. Same destination, almost the exact same distance. First time I've ridden to work this year. Windy as shit on the way home tonight but I didn't mind. I love that ride home at night.
Let's see... The first "ride" this morning (at roughly 0445 hrs) was from the parking lot at work to home - 18 miles. The second "ride" this afternoon was from home back to the parking lot at work - another 18 miles.
Took the Gen1 onto the Beaver Lake pipeline trail yesterday.
Wolf tracks next to my size 10 boot!
Bypass start. Bypasses go around waterholes that span the width of the trail. The trees and bush are too thick to go through.
Bypass pic2
An other water hole. Waterholes vary from 2inches to 2 feet+ deep and can be firm bottom or bottomless muskeg. I have seen quads buried to the fenders in these type of holes. Best to check them out before driving in!!
A KLR in its natural state! If you look carefully you can see the tire track on the extreme left of the water hole(mid thigh deep) right next to the trees. There is no bypass.
Home again! Time out 11am Time home 4pm I worked through or around 20 waterholes during a 30k loop plus un numbered rocks, ruts, roots, and other mayhem!!
The mud holes are mostly at the bottom of valleys or in natural low spots and are often dug very deep by Quads. I have no problem with that, it's just one of the hazards. Muskeg is much worse!! Three weeks ago there was 3ft deep snow on these trails.
I am always happier to see fresh Wolf tracks than fresh Bear tracks!! I never want to see fresh Cougar tracks.
Regards....justjeff
Rode up Middle Canyon in the Oquirrh Mountains between the Salt Lake and Tooele Valleys, with the goal of riding up to the Oquirrh Overlook above the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. Unfortunately, about 200 yards from the top of the pass where the road to the overlook branches off, it appears that Kennecott has installed a gate across the road.
Major bummer!!!
I was really hoping I could get to the overlook to see the big landslide for myself.
i rode to the carwash. hosed her down real good( i know but she REALLY neded it) and came back home. 100+ degree desert heat is a little much for this ****** from the north.
Just had to get out of the house for a while and headed for back country roads that I thought I'd ridden before, but found a few that I hadn't. Seventy-seven mi. of solitudinal (is that a word?) bliss. Mostly 45 mph with more :animal0030 than cars: none of these olicecar: either. :chopper:
Bob
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