What did you do on or to your other bike part 2

[Gone in 60]

Dang, pdedse, you always take awesome pictures. I've stood in that same place and must have taken dozens of photos of paragliders sailing around, and the pier (that's the UCSD Oceanography Institute pier, you can't just go walk on it). I've never gotten pitures that nice. You must be using something nicer than an iPhone.

Aww, you pulled up the pics of our Enfields - that's the first time we met. You had ridden down on yours and stopped at my office in Santa Ana. I jumped on mine and if I recall, I threw you headlong into the art of lane splitting so we could find a good burrito before riding down the coast a bit?

How's my Enfield holding up? Well, since March, the only thing she's held up is a cover. She's the unfortunate victim of my hubris to start a new job that brought a motorcycle into my garage. The little orange beast was evicted, and has been napping in my nearby friend's garage. He's English, and he and his brother once bought Enfields from the factory in India and rode them home over the course of several months. Having mine in his garage brings up some fond memories, I think. He won't take money for storage. It was just supposed to be until our delivery company got underway and I was able to secure shop space here in Orange County. Hasn't happened yet, but we'll see. I think if I asked "Hey, can I swap bikes in your garage with my Triumph or my CB1100" he'd say yes without hesitation, but I don't want to wear out my welcome. But, I do love and miss the Enfield. I had modified it a bit for the 65 mile, high-speed commute to my last job, upping the front sprocket, adding a cushy touring seat, and de-smogging it. Seeing the tariffs on the horizon, I snagged a really nice pair of slip-on pipes from India that took a ton of weight off of it and gave it a hearty growl (the cats are located in the stock mufflers).

Hope you got home safe, and that your daughter had a great trip and returned home safe too! You saw Super Bird in her full touring trim, as I was carrying Mom's bird feeder and mounting pole in the side cases, and when I do find time to make the trip to Oregon, that's how I'll do it.

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Mom Nature did me a solid yesterday and dropped the temps for another long day in my proudly self-upholstered seat on Blood Bike #4. It still hit 107 in the Rubidoux area of Riverside, but for most of the day it was in the upper 90s to 101. I had another new trainee, so we're expanding. Total miles for the day was 333. I'd say about 2/3 of that was at upper freeway speeds, the other 1/3 carefully threading tight traffic. 

The bike consumed about seven gallons of mid-grade fuel, I consumed 80 ounces of electrolyte drinks, half a bag of Trader Joe's corn nuts, and a homemade ham sandwich (consumed, not shown).

I was noticeably more jovial after a few less digits on the thermometer and a few more hours of sleep. But, Mrs. definitely reminded me of the previous night's crabbiness. All cookies had been consumed prior to last night, at our friend's recent karaoke party, and care packages to Pdedse and Mom.

[alprider]

on a sunday ?....well a SUNDAYloop....of cours.....


     

   

   



   

   

   

   

[pdedse]

Beautiful photos...that bike looks so much fun to ride.

[Gone in 60]

Cool Digger!

[Nachodaddy]

Great photos Alprider! Thank you.

[alprider]

btw.

trip a+b have the same numbers.....or a range of 700km is realistic (i made it already)....But my consumption figures are not typical !.....However, Honda also states 2.5 liters as the average consumption.

   

   

   

[pdedse]

Did a 50 mile ride on the CB1100 yesterday, felt so good to be on a motorcycle after 2 weeks in San Diego and bike-less.  

Today, the DR650 and the forest calls me.  In about 35 minutes, I can get "lost".











As I was heading back, a momma black bear entered the forest service road, about 30 meters in front of me.  She contorted her body, first looking at me then at the edge of the road.  2 cute cubs scrambled after her and they disappeared into the undergrowth on the other side.  A very good way to finish up the ride, about 45 miles on non-pavement.

[Cormanus]

Just lovely, pdedse.

[Gone in 60]

Very pretty! Sounds like a good mental cleansing. Do you use your phone for those pics?

[pdedse]

Very pretty! Sounds like a good mental cleansing. Do you use your phone for those pics?

So often when I'm on the CB1100, I see the mountains in the distance and I begin to explore but quickly run into roads the CB isn't really designed for.  The DR650 and the KLX300 allow me to explore for hours places that are relatively close to home.  Over the years I've explored a substantial percent of local paved options on street bikes...day rides; and I've explored a fair amount of central and eastern OR as well on multi-day rides; but I've actually left a good deal of non-paved options that are cose by.  So yes, it's very refreshing to be in the forests and at elevation...it can be hot in Gresham but cool in the mountains, and I'm out and back in 3 hours--the same amount of time I ride to central OR just to get there.  Eastern OR is 5-7 hours away.

Most of my photos--including the latest--are taken with an I-phone...it's just an SE 2020 edition.  I forgot you asked about the photos from the hand-glider spot in La Jolla; I believe they were taken with a Canon SX740 HS with a 40x zoom.  I use that from time to time, but mostly the I-phone.