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Photos of your bike on location

Colorado, eastern slopes.

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Back in Havasu, I spent the morning rolling around shopping, 44 special, shot shells. Last year, nope, this year success.
It got hot about 1pm, I bailed for AC, then awaiting sundown.

Rolled out in search of dinner, got some Black Bear Breakfast.
Cruised island/town, did find a mob o' minis/scooters going the other way.
Hard to see into headlites, there may have been costumes, a comic con in Phoenix this weekend.
48 total miles thru town Sat.

And this morning, quieter in the channel, early morning car show 7 - 9, just a few planning breakfast.
Hotter today, with pale blue sky, no haze. Flagstaff is nursing a lightening fire as a controlled burn, smoking up the state, again.
 

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gixxerjeff said:
it's really cool to see pics of this thing out in the wild, Ken.
Thanks for brining us along on your project.
Really good stuff! :thumbup
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Thanks Jeff. Much appreciated. :thumbup

And to budmans "moostroke" comment :rofl:rofl:rofl

Funny, I looked over at those cows and a couple sure seemed quite interested in what was happening when I pulled over there.
 
I may as well throw this on here also so people can go to their favorite YT channel and watch really cool videos.

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Wheee

Post broken leg recovery ride at Shasta Dam

Mad
 

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Sweet to Ola to Smiths Ferry

I'm finally able to start doing some real rides now. Met up with a guy that I haven't ridden with before who also has a KTM 790 Adv. We both enjoyed this ride.

Two KTM 790 Adventure bikes up in the hills. This was the turn-around point because for some reason I didn't see the Dead End sign when we entered this road and my GPS "thought" we could get through. Nope! Private Property, No Trespassing.
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That is the town of Ola down in the valley there.
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The summit between Ola and Smiths Ferry. Also the county line for Valley County.
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I need to come back here about October when these trees will have beautiful yellow autumn leaves.
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Almost forgot to take any photos today. :laughing We rode over the mountain east of Boise, along the foothills on the other side, then back up over the top. This ride was a bit more technical than the one yesterday with ruts and loose rocks and stuff. Loads of fun.

This is Pine Creek headed back up, when I realized I hadn't taken any photos yet.
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Further up the hill with more of a view.
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San Jose BMW. It really felt like a candy store - so many beautiful new things! I only got a $10 tire valve stem.

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Blankpage said:
Fancy looking bike shop. Is there a dress code?
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:laughing


I wonder if those are Dougmo's CHP leathers and helmet on display??

Eye candy no doubt!!! A buddy just got one of those R/W/B 1000rr's.
Will be on display at the Sweeping Winger Rally.
 
Gary856 said:
San Jose BMW. It really felt like a candy store - so many beautiful new things! I only got a $10 tire valve stem.
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They have a great store and great inventory. I could hang out there indefinitely.

There’s also a couch and large TV with motorcycle racing.

Sometimes, there’re doughnuts….
 
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Just had the 15k mi service done ($1,250 at Advanced Cycle Services) so rode up Mt Hamilton to see how it felt. It ran very well.

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Coming down Mt Hamilton at 9 pm when the front tire smacked into something and bottomed the forks with a metallic sound. When the forks extended on rebound and the front tire touched back down, the handlebars went into a near tank slapper, nearly lock-to-lock-and-back 3 times, I thought I'd lose it but the bike recovered. I circled back to see what I hit, and it must have been this rock which I tossed down the side of the hill. I felt no adrenaline rush, no increase in heart rate or breathing at the time. But thinking back on how bad it might've been, I'm a little shook up by the randomness of this type of risk.

Again, this iPhone night shot is way brighter than it was at 9 pm.

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Truly amazing how bright the iPhone can make lowlighting seem! HECK that's a chunky rock; really glad you're okay! And the bike too, it sounds like. That overlook shot is absolutely gorgeous.
 
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Hitting rocks is NO fun! Ask me how I know?
Glad you and the bike are OK.
Did you dent the rim? I did.
 
Lonster said:
Hitting rocks is NO fun! Ask me how I know?
Glad you and the bike are OK.
Did you dent the rim? I did.
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I hit a rock on my KTM back in 2014 that caused my front tire to go flat just a few hundred feet after I hit it. I was unable to steer and I was on a twisty mountain road a the time. Got stopped all the way on the left edge of the road right before running off. The link in the first sentence goes into great detail along with a big BARF discussion on the subject, including posts from past greats like louemc.

Wait! Did I just post this in the Photos thread? Oops. I'll try to get some more photos tomorrow to make up for this. :cool :laughing :twofinger
 
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