Put fresh tires on Thursday...hopefully we'll have a few more dry days so I can scrub them in a little better. I rode out with two other motards Saturday and the route was perfect for the 'tard (except I could have done without the CHP that stopped us at the end of the ride...but he let us go).

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It's wierd waiting at a red light and being happy when it takes 5 minutes to change...that means open road ahead with no cages to slow things down for a few miles of twisties.
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Fog burning off...
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pavement ends...I tried to scrub the tires in again Sunday but the roads were still too wet so I headed back to the dirt road that was slick as snot.
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there's about 7 miles of dirt like this with mulitple switchbacks.
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I'm in the market for an under 300lb enduro to mount on the back of my RV.

that is: if you have more pictures...

i need to ride out west...

xcountry on the bmw might be coming up this summer!

My SM has a range of about 110 miles on a tank of gas and I've removed almost 10 lbs of "stuff" to lighten it up a bit.

You can pick up a '05 or '06 used for under $4.5k. I bought my '07 last Feb for $6.2K out the door.

It's a solid bike that requires little maintance (compared to KTMs, Aprilias, and Husqvarnas). Not the fastest thing out there but it is a lot of fun and there are several things that can be done to improve performance and parts are easy to find.

I spent most of my time riding and only stopped a few times for pics. Plus I don't think 316 miles in two days on Nor-Cal back roads with only 15 miles of dirt is quite ADV material.

Here's one a buddy took
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Leaving a small town we got popped by a CHP coming the other way about 100 yards before the 55mph zone. I should have asked the CHP that stopped us Saturday if he'd let us take a pic of him or his truck with our bikes stopped but we were just trying get out of there without a ticket and didn't want to push our luck. I think he saw three muddy "dirt" bikes and wanted to make sure we were legal...that and 50+ in a 35. He let us go with a warning but it was a major buzz kill. At least it was at the end of our ride.

Here's a pic right after we were let go by the CHP (crappy quality from friends phone)
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Here's another pic my buddy took of the front of his DRZ when we got back
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I would love to have one of those.