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black hills south dakota
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:04 am
by ron criswell
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I went riding in the Black Hills last weekend with Jud, the Rev and a few others. Jud got to find out what happens when you don't adjust your doohickey. I got to find out how inept I am at fixing a flat at the side of the road. Those things bounce around quite a bit when you ride about five miles when the tire is flat (on one side-heh). It convinced me I need to mount my own tires for practice and make sure I have the right tools for the roadside repair. An Allen socket would be better to take the brake caliper off. Fred, I need a new heavy duty rear tube. The Black Hills are a great place to dual sport. There are a lot of corn fields in Nebraska. A lot of Harley's in Sturgis.
Criswell
nklr but funny
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:20 am
by dooden
Funny..
Had that happen to us kind of... cept mice were storing acorns in the exhaust of our old old tractor stored in a barn... Fire up the ole girl idling away can hear this rumble... figured it was something loose, notch the throttle up a few clicks to drive it out and all of a sudden its like a Roman candle got lit... Acorns were red hot by then and popping out the exhaust... Lots of running soon happened in the 100+ year old barn to put out the hot spots.
Dooden
CBR125 ? Heard about a CBR250
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> Reminds me of a similar experience. One morning I was getting my CBR125R ready for the morning commute.
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> A golf ball evacuates the exhaust at high speed hitting the garage door and flying off into the hedges. Courtesy of our oldest little troublemaker.
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black hills south dakota
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:17 pm
by revmaaatin
you forgot one other 'lesson-learned'
LEO's have a [significantly] different opinion than KLR riders on what is considered a safe crossing distance at the RR crossing of a [slow] oncoming train.
revmaaatin.
note to self: don't cross the tracks in plain view of LEO.
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote:
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> I went riding in the Black Hills last weekend with Jud, the Rev and a few others. Jud got to find out what happens when you don't adjust your doohickey. I got to find out how inept I am at fixing a flat at the side of the road. Those things bounce around quite a bit when you ride about five miles when the tire is flat (on one side-heh). It convinced me I need to mount my own tires for practice and make sure I have the right tools for the roadside repair. An Allen socket would be better to take the brake caliper off. Fred, I need a new heavy duty rear tube. The Black Hills are a great place to dual sport. There are a lot of corn fields in Nebraska. A lot of Harley's in Sturgis.
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