Being that I do work for 2WP I had to go. Also since I had just had my forks serviced, seemed like a good time to get my suspension tuned and learn how to do it myself.
Friday I loaded up my luggage and blasted down Territorial hwy, I-5, then up 138 to Diamond Lake for lunch with my brother and dad. I pulled into the park and narrowly missed an OSP that had just pulled someone else over. Territorial is chewed up but scenic. 138 is a great road if you can avoid the RV traffic.
We swapped bikes around at a viewpoint. I got my dad's bike up to (redacted) indicated, and my brother got my CBR up to (redacted), and really liked it. The rest of the ride back to Eagle Point was uneventful, slow, and legal.
Saturday was the big day. I zipped down to KTM in Phoenix. Dave taught seminars in suspension setups and tire wear between bouts of bike setups. We took a run up hwy 66 to test out suspension setups (mine was a huge improvement). Then we explored carcass types and wear patterns to see what means what.
Something something something, run up through Williams and the back way into Grants Pass. Coffee at Dutch Bros, talking to bikers. Downtown full of meth heads. Then dinner with family, drinks, mild hangover.
Then we ran Hwy 227 on Sunday. It was hella chewed up at the top.
The rest of 227 was cool though.
Then lunch at the world's worst indian casino buffet. Probably the hangover didn't help.
I ran I-5 up to Springfield, then Marcola rd up to Lebanon (hella cool). Then the shitty, but direct, route back to home.
Good weekend. Have to tear down the bike in prep for a trackday in a week.
No comments:
Post a Comment