Sunday, December 11, 2016

FAKE FUN , GRAND VIEW 12/11/2016

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LOOP ~ 62 MILES

TRAIL BOSS – OFFROADER & YMAN

RIDERS- 8 total

photos – John , JimBob , Yman ,Offroader


I decided to leave early and fill-up the truck at Gran-Del.
Jim Grant has always provided 3 grades of non-ethanol gas and asks for
a 20 gal/month minimum purchase to keep the account active. 

The first two pumps gave a “faulty pump” error at the card reader.
Ended up having to top off with “Stove Oil” , now I’m good for –12F !

Jim was there doing some maintenance, didn’t know what was wrong but
thought someone was having trouble Saturday night. 
He said there was a couple of fuel spills on the other island.

I headed to Grand View worried it might be a premonition .

 

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Sunday looked to be a Blue Bird day but the there was an inversion along the
Snake with an ice fog and  25F temperature.

We always park in fog , don't know why we don’t drive above it.

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I got my bike started then noticed no throttle control.
Mid week I did a plug check, didn’t look rich so I decided to raise the needle.
Obviously I didn’t get the collar around the cable . I had to pull the tank and reset   
the cable/ collar .

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After 10-12 miles we were above the fog and the temps were in the mid 30’s .
The frozen sand wash was a hoot with the ice screws. I could almost keep with
the guys running rubber, topping out 50+MPH.

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Old Nike missile bunker , back in the old days when the Russkies
didn’t dare rig our elections . Smile

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Had a section of clay to climb , but the really bad stuff was still frozen .

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Dole Mountain side hill.
It was slow going for me , at any speed  my front tire would walk off the
trail , then there are some deep ruts that are still my monsters to overcome.


We rode the Mckeeth washes all the way back , lots of big whoops.
I hit reserve ~ 55 miles maybe went to rich on the jetting .

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My Tire                                             Wyman’s tire ( you can never screw too much )

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