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Introductions / Re: Hi from Kent
« on: June 24, 2015, 04:28:52 PM »
Are you still in Woodbury Kent?  I'm over in Evergreen and have a 2007 FJR if you want to go for a ride some evening and try another one.

Kevin

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General Banter / Re: Adventure Bike Options
« on: July 29, 2014, 02:40:14 PM »
Adventure biking covers a lot of ground - everything from gravel roads to forest trails and single track.  If you're thinking about single track type stuff you want something like a DRZ or perhaps a Yamaha WR250X; anything bigger takes the fun out of it fast.  If just want to be able to explore gravel roads or an occasional forest trail consider something like the Honda above or a Versys with dual sport tires.  For the price of a GS/Tiger etc you can have any of the bikes I've mentioned, plus your VFR and change left over for gear and gas.

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General Banter / Good ride home from Twistar
« on: May 19, 2014, 06:03:38 PM »
Headed to Breitbachs in Balltown, but the ferry was closed so we went to Plan B, which had us eating in McGregor and rolling north on 76.  Waved at the ice cream eaters in Rushford.  Stopped at the Amish house ourselves.

Highlight was watching Tony wick it up on the sweepers heading out of Hammond!  I'm thinking that he's done that a time or two before.   ;)

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General Banter / Helmet Laws - Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics
« on: April 01, 2014, 01:05:45 PM »
New York Times has a visual piece titled Fewer Helmets, More Deaths featuring data plots nationally and from states which have changed there helmet laws.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/31/science/100000002791463.app.html

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General Banter / Re: Crashes Reported in the Media
« on: July 25, 2013, 04:43:05 PM »
St. Paul couple killed in WA motorcycle crash
The Associated Press
Posted:   07/23/2013 12:17:29 PM CDT | Updated:   2 days ago

TWISP, Wash.—The Washington State Patrol says a couple from St. Paul, Minn., were killed Sunday when their motorcycle collided with a car on Highway 20 east of Twisp.

The patrol identifies them as the 64-year-old driver, Ronald A. McKinley, and his 49-year-old passenger, Ann K. Johnson.

The Wenatchee World reports (http://bit.ly/19fVkwh) they were hit by an oncoming vehicle that crossed the centerline. The driver was a 25-year-old Omak woman who was injured and treated at a hospital.

The crash caused a grass fire that burned about a quarter-acre before firefighters put it out.

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Information from: The Wenatchee World, http://www.wenatcheeworld.com

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General Banter / Re: Crashes Reported in the Media
« on: June 17, 2013, 04:57:49 PM »
This one did not involve a motorcycle.  However it's potentially an important lesson as it appears the semi trailer went over the centerline of Hwy 76 near Houston at mile marker 16.  My mapping program shows MM16 is in that really twisty section.  It's not hard to imagine the trucker did not use the shoulders to keep the trailer within his lane.  A reminder to always be vigilant for this situation on a motorcycle.


I was down at the Hiawatha Rally when that happened.  Some folks had trouble getting to the rally because the police had Hwy 76 completely shut down.

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General Banter / Re: Fuel bottle opinions
« on: May 08, 2013, 08:18:00 AM »
You hit on the key issue - you need a cap that will stand up to fuel.  I've used MSR bottles and they work well.  I recently added a Rotopax to a dual sport bike for an extra gallon mounted securely.  I know folks who have used the bladders from the Starbucks/Caribou coffee boxes.

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General Banter / Re: Road conditions 2013
« on: May 01, 2013, 03:32:10 PM »
County Road AA, the Rustic Road with the water crossings still has a steep patch of 20 yards or so that is hard packed snow and ice.  Which made it...interesting.

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General Banter / Re: Auto body painted parts
« on: April 10, 2013, 05:45:29 AM »
The neighbors would probably complain if you did the full-Arkansas by peeling off the rest of the plastic and bolting  a 2x4 across the bumper struts.  Besides, that just doesn't look right without a washing machine on the front porch as a back drop.

More marital-unit mayhem - the car wash episode resulted in the door coming down on the back of the Jeep.  The place she took the Jeep to have the rear door repaired and painted didn't quite get it right.  Paint is either a shade darker, or they didn't mix in the metal flake or something, but it is off. 

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General Banter / Re: Auto body painted parts
« on: April 09, 2013, 03:07:17 PM »
Ouch.
Head to Ace Hardware for some bed liner and spray those bumpers up nice.  That's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

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General Banter / Re: Sensitive Topic
« on: April 02, 2013, 12:39:38 PM »
Sheepskin seat pad.  Allows for some ventilation down there.  Alaskan Leathers is a good source and you can find discount codes on ADV.

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General Banter / Re: DO TELL
« on: February 11, 2013, 04:52:23 PM »
Used to be bicycle criteriums out there at Opus.  May still be.

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Off Topic / Re: Looking for a Good book
« on: January 29, 2013, 10:48:07 AM »
Kindle plus library e-books is a fantastic combo.

Just finished In Cold Blood by Truman Capote - whatever you thought of Truman, the dude could write!

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton.  A lot of his books are set in the UP.

Been reading the Doc Ford series by Randy Wayne White, and the John Rain books by Barry Eisler.

For non-fiction two of my favorite authors are John McPhee and Bill Bryson - you can't go wrong with any of their stuff.

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General Banter / Re: DO TELL
« on: January 29, 2013, 10:37:46 AM »
I always smile when I come to those "Crooked and Steep" signs in Arkansas.  Lots of fun stuff down there.  The only place I've ever had vertigo on a motorcycle - between the closed tree canopy and banked turns I had to stop and find the horizon again.

Most recent "best road ever" experience was in November
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20450166&postcount=39

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General Banter / Re: Where do you dual sport?
« on: December 14, 2012, 11:01:53 AM »
Goodhue county has a number of Minimum Maintenance roads which can be strung together with some other gravel roads to make a fun loop.

Central ADV Rally in northeast Wisconsin has a lot to offer.

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