Its Fun now I have the second new bike in my long motorcycle career, (had quite a few previously enjoyed one's) getting used to it has been so far mostly getting in the saddle as its kind of tall because of the long suspension travel.
So now I have 7hours riding time on the nice computer that in the good old days used to be just a speedometer and if you were lucky a revcounter.
Compared to the KLR I traded (which was and still is a good machine) in for this bike its more than a 100 pounds lighter and has about the same power in the smaller engine, so power to weight ratio is a huge difference and I have to remember not to throttle up like the old machine or I could be in trouble.

Today's ride was a real eye opener as the first time out it seemed to be very light on both ends but after a rethink on what to do with said throttle I found the bike responded much better to keeping the RPM up a bit and just tweeking the power in and out as needed that also required carefully selecting the right gear to be used.
Safe to say I came home with wet feet and a smile on my face, why wet feet? well jumping puddles on the trails is tricky so you just slow down a bit and drive through hoping it wont get too deep.

By now you are wondering what this machine is I guess, good job I took a picture five minutes before it got wet and dirty (thats what they are for so you get to wash them)
So see below and know that I am having a VERY good year :-))


At the South end of the K&P trail.

Just a Taste for now

So its late on Sunday the 25th and this is the first time I have had good enough WIFI for a blog post !

Well I have been riding the KLR HARD for 10 days now and apart from cleaning the drive chain and routine check KERMIT, yes kermit is performing well thank goodness.

So this image is from the Gemini Bridges ride

More to come as and when I have time and a good enough connection but for now I need a shower and some sleep as I am into Moab for supplies ( ice, food, water and some extra steel nerve powder! LOL ) first thing and off out into the unknown depths of Canyonlands
TTFN

One Year Later

Well I suppose some would call it tardy or lazy!
I call it busy having FUN :-))

That's why its been a year since the last post.

So what am I up to now, you may well ask and I know you do !!

Its Friday evening and I am only two days from another trip to fun land, on Monday morning very early I leave for Moab in Utah in the good old USA.
You see when I acquired my KLR 650 I knew I was going to get to enjoy riding it and not worry about mud and dirt in general, little did I understand just how much fun I would have with it.
And now before I get any more distance under the saddle I thought it would be a good idea to go back to Moab.
Last time I was there was two years ago and in late July at 120 Fahrenheit, much to hot to hang around for more than a couple of days before heading up in to the hills for cooler temps.
Now after spending the last winter renovating the garage so it would be warm enough to work in I got down to fixing the KLR so it was in better shape for such a trip.
I had with much help from another member of the Three Rusty Beards built a suitable trailer for my bike from an old boat trailer by the start of the winter. So with that done I could get on fixing up the bike and see the picture emerging, car trailer and KlR ready to head west!

Hope you like the end result as much as I do :-))

More from the trip when I can hook up to the internet .