I did 2300 miles last week!!!

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I did 2300 miles last week!!!

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I rode from KC to Deal's Gap to get away for a while. I have more pics and will probably do a ride report, but I thought you all might like these from The Tail of the Dragon.

The KLR was great for this trip. I did probably 600+ miles of interstate at 80 mph and in the end, she only used about 1/4 qt of oil, which isn't too bad for a thumper! I rolled into my driveway with 2314 on the trip (well, 314 actually, but it rolled over twice :) )

The bike will turn 20,000 miles before I put it away for the winter on stock chain and sprockets (WD-40 about once a week). :shock:

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Here's one from Killboy:

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Do you know a father figure named Mike who rides an XR? :D
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Yeah! That's my Dad!
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lol, that's what i was thinking. we'll have to go for a ride sometime.
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Dad really wants to do a ride in the Flint Hills before it gets too cold. We have a friend named Jacques that lives in Wakarusa that wants to act as a guide. I'll let you know if we pin down a date sometime next month. :D
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my heated grips are ready...
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Good to see that someone else is as cheap as me when it comes to luggage options :mrgreen: 2 thumbs up for the Military coolers.

The gap is quite the road isnt it. Been there about 5 times now. If you really want to see a spetical, watch 2 semis pass eachother in the middle of the gap. Took 4 cops, about half a dozen motorcyclists, and a lot of jocking, handwaving and 30 mins for it to happen. It was really something. I didnt know a big truck could stay upright when only one tire on the trailer was on the road :shock: Poor gal that was in the truck comming up the gap was in tears by the time it was over. I was sitting down at the bottom of the gap at the pull off when she passed by. There was about 20 of us sitting there. I just started yelling STOP HER, STOP HER!!!!!! The only real place she could turn around was right there at the bottom. No one did a thing and just sat there in awe that there was a semi going up the gap. I jumped on the bike and stopped her about 2 miles on past the where we were sitting. She pulled over and was freaking out. She had never been there before and had no Idea what it was like. I Had another guy call 911 and cops came and escorted her through. It was all good till we met the other truck comming down the gap. The whole time we were trying to get the 2 trucks by eachother I didnt even snap a pic. I was quite bummed about this. It was really something. At one point I swear you couldnt put a 2x4 inbetween the 2 trailers :shock:


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Wow! I can't imagine two at the same time. We saw one semi head up when we were getting gas. Everyone basically just said "oh well, I guess I'll buy another Red Bull and wait for him to get through."

We followed a Ford pickup pulling like a little horse trailer on one pass through and he was booking! It was crazy. He broke the trailer loose a couple of times, but never lost it. He must have been a local.
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I saw your old man this weekend. Can you email me his email?
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